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Nikolay Kulemin's 2008-2009 season

Points
31
NHL#245
Goals
15
NHL#166
Assists
16
NHL#309
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#732
Games
73
89%
89% of 82

Left winger Nikolay Kulemin was 22 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 73 of a possible 82 games and scored 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points, 0.42 points per game. Toronto Maple Leafs did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2008-2009
  1. NHL debut

    Nikolay Kulemin makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Detroit Red Wings

    Nikolay was 22 years old · Joe Louis Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    1
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    1
    Points
    +2
    +/-
    11:50
    TOI
    First NHL goalFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Alexander Steen, Jonas Frögren, Tomas Holmström, among others.

    • The game
      TOR3–2DET
      W
      game 1/829
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG11:50TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Nikolay Kulemin scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 9

    • The game
      MTL6–1TOR
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:52TOI
    • The game
      STL5–4TOR
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG13:00TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR0–1NYR
      L
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:43TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4PIT
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG17:48TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–2TOR
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:22TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–2BOS
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP17:27TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Nikolay Kulemin records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Boston Bruins · October 23

    • The game
      OTT2–3TOR
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:13TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–2TOR
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG09:31TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–5NJD
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG12:33TOI
    • November 2008
    • The game
      NYR2–5TOR
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:30TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–6CAR
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG11:35TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR5–4TOR
      L
      game 13/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP18:32TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR2–5BOS
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:42TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–6TOR
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG15:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–4CGY
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG18:35TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–2EDM
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP16:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–4VAN
      L
      game 18/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:31TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2TOR
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG15:08TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–4TOR
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:17TOI
    • The game
      ATL6–3TOR
      L
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:55TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      9
      points
      NHL#196
      3
      goals
      NHL#183
      6
      assists
      NHL#179
      TOR
      7-9-5W-L-OT19Points
      4th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR1–2OTT
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG15:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–4TOR
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:02TOI
    • December 2008
    • The game
      TOR3–1LAK
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG13:41TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–5SJS
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–6PHX
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:08TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1TOR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:37TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4TOR
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG09:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–1BUF
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:20TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–3TOR
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:19TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–8BOS
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP13:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR7–3PIT
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:24TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–2ATL
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:17TOI
    • The game
      DAL8–2TOR
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:10TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4NYI
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:40TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:42TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4TOR
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:49TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–3TOR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:19TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–2TOR
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:02TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      14
      points
      NHL#264
      7
      goals
      NHL#176
      7
      assists
      NHL#316
      TOR
      16-19-6W-L-OT38Points
      4th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–3TOR
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:50TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–6MIN
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG11:10TOI
    • The game
      TOR7–4COL
      W
      game 49/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP15:02TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT4–5TOR
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP15:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2009
    • The game
      FLA4–3TOR
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:59TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–5BUF
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG10:44TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–2MTL
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG10:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–5FLA
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG11:51TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–6TBL
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG12:39TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–6TOR
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG12:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:48TOI
    • The game
      CBJ4–3TOR
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:55TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–2NYR
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:47TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–2TOR
      W
      game 61/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG15:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–4NYI
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG10:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8255 of 62 played
      22
      points
      NHL#246
      10
      goals
      NHL#181
      12
      assists
      NHL#301
      TOR
      24-26-12W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–3OTT
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:54TOI
    • March 2009
    • The game
      NJD3–2TOR
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:50TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:57TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–1TOR
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:45TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–2OTT
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:15TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3TOR
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG11:03TOI
    • The game
      TBL4–1TOR
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG11:07TOI
    • The game
      CGY6–8TOR
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG15:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–3TBL
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:56TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–2MTL
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP16:46TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG21:17TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–5BUF
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP15:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS7–5TOR
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG16:06TOI
      +1 goal
    • April 2009
    • The game
      PHI2–3TOR
      W
      game 77/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:33TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–8PHI
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP14:23TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL6–2TOR
      L
      game 79/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG13:34TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–1NJD
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:01TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–1TOR
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG17:23TOI
    The season in numbers

    Nikolay Kulemin closes the 2008-2009 season with 31 points

    Toronto Maple Leafs did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    31
    NHL#245
    Games
    73of 82
    89%
    Goals
    15
    NHL#166
    Assists
    16
    NHL#309
    P/GP
    0.42
    NHL#267
    +/-
    -8
    NHL#732
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    1×
    Second star