Sergei Sergeyevich Plotnikov (russian: Сергей Сергеевич Плотников; born 3 June 1990) is a Russian professional

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for

HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, ''Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow'') is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. The club i ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

(KHL). Plotnikov previously played in the KHL with

Amur Khabarovsk Hockey Club Amur (russian: Хоккейный клуб Амур), commonly referred to as the Amur Khabarovsk, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Khabarovsk. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ...

and

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. He has played briefly in the

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with the

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and the

Arizona Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Coyotes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and currently play at the Mull ...

Playing career

Plotnikov was not drafted by any

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team. On 1 July 2015, Plotnikov bought out the final year of his contract with

. He signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the NHL's

. In his first North American season in 2015–16, Plotnikov scored just two points in 32 games. From December 2015, he was a healthy scratch for almost two months. Displeased with his lack of playing time, Plotnikov requested a trade and was subsequently traded to the

on 29 February 2016 in exchange for

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and a conditional seventh-round draft pick in

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, dependent on if the Coyotes resigned him. Plotnikov's struggles continued with the Coyotes, unable to find his offensive touch with one assist from 13 games. As a free agent from the Coyotes and with little success in the NHL, Plotnikov returned to Russia in agreeing to a two-year KHL contract with SKA Saint Petersburg on 1 July 2016. Following his fourth season with SKA Saint Petersburg in the 2019–20 season, in which he served as team captain, Plotnikov was traded to his original club, Amur Khabarovsk in exchange for Igor Rudenkov on 16 May 2020. Unable to agree to terms with Amur, Plotnikov was soon traded for the second time within the month, dealt to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in exchange for four prospects and financial compensation. He was then signed to a two-year contract on 28 May 2020. Following a lone season with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Plotnikov left the club with a year remaining on his contract in agreeing to a one-year deal with fellow KHL club, HC CSKA Moscow, on 6 July 2021.

International play

Plotnikov won a gold medal with Russia at the 2014 World Championship. He finished the tournament third overall in scoring. On 23 January 2022, Plotnikov was named to the roster to represent

Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Russian athletes competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data p ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

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* 1990 births Living people Amur Khabarovsk players Amurskie Tigry players Arizona Coyotes players HC CSKA Moscow players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Metallurg Magnitogorsk players People from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Pittsburgh Penguins players Russian expatriate ice hockey people Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Russian ice hockey left wingers SKA Saint Petersburg players Undrafted National Hockey League players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Sportspeople from Khabarovsk Krai {{Russia-icehockey-winger-stub