Kulikov was awarded an assist on the power play in a 4-1 loss to the Flyers on Thursday. The assist is only Kulikov's second of the season but that is not for a lack of playing time. Off to a slow start, Kulikov has zero goals and two assists with a minus-1 rating. He is still being heavily relied on to generate offence, seeing 2:49 of power play time per game. This is second highest on the team and it will most likely remain that way unless Aaron Ekblad is used more throughout the season. Kulikov should be an option only in medium to deep leagues, because of the lack of waiver wire players that see first unit power play time.