Nikita Grebenkin

Nikita Sergeevich Grebenkin (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Гребёнкин, born 2 May 2003) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the fifth round, 135th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2022 NHL entry draft.

Nikita Grebenkin
Born	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 22) Serov, Russia
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams	Philadelphia Flyers Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Metallurg Magnitogorsk Amur Khabarovsk Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL draft	135th overall, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	2021–present

Playing career

Grebenkin made his professional hockey debut with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on 8 December 2021 in a 6–4 win against Kunlun Red Star, with it being his sole KHL appearance of the season.^[1] He spent the majority of the 2021–22 hockey campaign with Stalnye Lisy in the Russian Junior Hockey League (MHL) in which he scored 17 goals and 64 points in 58 games. Following this performance, Grebenkin was selected in the fifth-round, 135th overall in the 2022 NHL entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was his second year of draft eligibility; he had not been selected the year prior.^[2]

Metallurg loaned Grebenkin to Amur Khabarovsk for the majority of the 2022–23 KHL season,^[3] where he won the Alexei Cherepanov Award as the KHL's rookie of he year.^[4] The following year, Grebenkin was returned to Metallurg where the team won the 2024 Gagarin Cup.^[5] Following the season, he signed an entry-level contract with the Maple Leafs.^[6]

After playing his entire career to that point in Russia, Grebenkin moved to North America to join the Toronto Marlies, American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Maple Leafs, for the 2024–25 season. After 13 games, over which he recorded four goals and ten points, he was called up to the Maple Leafs to replace an injured Max Domi, and made his NHL debut on 20 November 2024 in a 3–0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.^[7][8]

On March 7, 2025, Grebenkin was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers along with a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2026 NHL entry draft in exchange for Scott Laughton and two draft picks.^[9]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2020–21	Stalnye Lisy	MHL		54	12	22	34	30		5	0	3	3	33
2021–22	Stalnye Lisy	MHL		58	17	47	64	6		9	2	11	13	4
2021–22	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Stalnye Lisy	MHL		1	0	3	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	VHL		4	1	2	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		7	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		45	9	17	26	6		—	—	—	—	—
2023–24	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		67	19	22	41	17		23	3	3	6	6
2024–25	Toronto Marlies	AHL		39	9	12	21	34		—	—	—	—	—
2024–25	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		7	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2024–25	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	AHL		11	3	4	7	9		7	1	3	4	0
KHL totals				120	28	39	67	23		23	3	3	6	6
NHL totals				7	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—

Awards and honors

Award	Year
KHL
Rookie of the Year	2023	[4]
Gagarin Cup champion	2024	[4]