Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman Alexander Nikishin has scored his first career NHL goal, just four games into his regular season career.
The highly touted Russian blueliner has been close quite a few times, especially when he hit the goal post on a 2-on-1 on Tuesday, but he finally got his.
Early into the third period, Nikishin found some soft space in the slot as the Hurricanes' top line was going to work and Sebastian Aho quickly found the activating defenseman.
Nikishin made no mistake, rifling the puck past Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal and you could tell how much that first one meant to him.
Niki with his first, welcome to the NHL‼️ pic.twitter.com/9CbaIrkltk
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 17, 2025
That first NHL goal feeling 🥹 pic.twitter.com/t90p7rSfb6
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 17, 2025
Here's to many more, Niki!
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