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Photo of NHL player Nikita Tolopilo

Vancouver Canucks Logo Nikita Tolopilo

Position Goaltender Current Team Vancouver Canucks
Catches Left Current Contract 2 years ($775.0K CapHit)
Height 6'6" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 229 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 27
Age (DOB) 26 (Apr 6, 2000) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted Undrafted
Date Team Transaction
Mar 6, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Emergency Recall
Mar 6, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Feb 23, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Emergency Recall
Feb 5, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Jan 24, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Emergency Recall
Jan 18, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Jan 11, 2026 Vancouver Canucks Recalled from AHL
Dec 11, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Dec 4, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Recalled from AHL
Dec 3, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Nov 24, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Recalled from AHL
Jul 8, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 17, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Apr 12, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Recalled from AHL
Mar 10, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Mar 8, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Recalled from AHL
Oct 1, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Mar 31, 2023 Vancouver Canucks Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2024-25 VAN 2 59:49 35.11 18.06 2.04 2.01 0.04 88.89 88.69 0.20
2025-26 VAN 21 934:22 45.08 29.92 3.25 3.53 -0.28 88.20 89.14 -0.95

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2024-25 VAN 2 7:01 59.86 42.76 5.40 8.55 -3.15 80.00 87.37 -7.37
2025-26 VAN 21 69:58 73.75 49.74 8.09 7.72 0.37 84.48 83.73 0.75

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Nikita Tolopilo signed a $1,550,000 2-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on July 8, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 25 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $230,000 RFA-arb
2026-27 26 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $380,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $610,000
Signed: July 8, 2025
Team: Vancouver Canucks
GM: Patrik Alvin
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Nikita Tolopilo signed a $1,900,000 2-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on March 31, 2023 with an AAV of $950,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.14% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2023-24 23 $950,000 $950,000 - $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
2024-25 24 $950,000 $950,000 - $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
Total - $190,000 $1,710,000 $1,900,000 $165,000
Signed: Mar 31, 2023
Team: Vancouver Canucks
GM: Patrik Alvin
Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2015-16 U17-Elit Gottéron U17 28 15 9 3 70 2.51 5 1 2 2 17 3.15
2016-17 WJC-18 Belarus U18 1 1 5 2 37.50 0.600
2016-17 Belarus Vysshaya Team Belarus U18 4 4.22
2016-17 Belarus Vysshaya Team Belarus U17 21 3.83
2017-18 WJC-18 Belarus U18 4 1 2 109 16 5.30 0.853
2017-18 Belarus Vysshaya Team Belarus U18 21 2.06 1 7.70
2017-18 Belarus Team Belarus U20 10 3 4 256 23 2.87 0.910
2018-19 WJC-20 D1A Belarus U20 3 1 1 59 7 2.56 0.881
2018-19 Belarus Team Belarus U20 42 5 28 1167 127 3.80 0.891 4 4 124 17 5.11 0.863
2019-20 KHL Dinamo Minsk 6 2 2 136 18 3.64 0.868
2019-20 WJC-20 D1A Belarus U20 3 1 1 64 8 3.42 0.875
2019-20 Belarus Dinamo-Molodechno 12 7 5 245 19 1.93 0.922 2 1 1 23 3 4.29 0.870
2020-21 KHL Dinamo Minsk 3 3 78 8 2.71 0.897
2020-21 Belarus Dinamo-Molodechno 28 16 12 711 60 2.16 0.916 4 2 2 121 9 2.49 0.926
2021-22 HockeyAllsvenska Södertälje SK 34 11 21 1048 106 3.27 0.899 6 4 2 204 10 1.57 0.951
2023-24 AHL Abbotsford Canucks 35 20 13 1 1007 96 2.83 0.905
2024-25 NHL Vancouver Canucks 2 2 1 1 26 3 2.15 0.885
2024-25 AHL Abbotsford Canucks 36 20 14 2 924 91 2.66 0.902 1 1 2 23 2 2.68 0.913
2025-26 NHL Vancouver Canucks 21 21 6 11 2 582 69 3.61 0.881
2025-26 AHL Abbotsford Canucks 19 8 8 3 561 58 3.07 0.897
NHL Career 23 23 7 12 2 608 72 3.51 0.882