| Nicknames | The bulin wall,Nik |
| Number | 35 |
Current Team | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Catches | Left |
| Height | 6'0" |
| Weight | 205 |
| Date of Birth | January 13th, 1973 |
| Birthplace | Sverdlovsk, Russia |
| Resides | Wesley Chapel, Florida |
| Drafted | 204th choice, 9th round, 1992 draft |
| Agent | Jay Grossman |
| Contract: | 3 year contract signed in 2001 with a club option for a fourth year. Average salary is $5 million, with the option year paying $6.5 million
taken. Bonuses include $1 million for each year the Lightning make the playoffs. In 2001, NHLPA reports Nik is making $3,500,000. |
| Childhood Idol | Nik read a book about Vladislav Tretiak at the age of 14 that inspired him to become a goalie. |
| Hobbies: | Drinking coffee, playing tennis, and analyzing the statistics of other NHL players. Quit smoking cigarettes during his NHL holdout from 1999-2001. |
| Family | Nik and his wife Victoria have one daughter, Sasha. Victoria played tennis as a junior with Natalia Zvereva - currently one of the top women tennis players in the world. It seems that Sasha is following her mothers footsteps, since Sasha is a budding junior tennis star herself. One reason Nik was excited to play in Tampa was the facilities for tennis available for his daughter. |
| Favorite Foods | salmon and Pelmeny (Russian dumplings with meat inside) |
| Favorite Music | unlimited (European Techno) |
| Favorite TV Shows | Seinfeld and David Letterman |
