Defenseman who joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016. He has more than 50,000 followers on his nikitazaitsev22 Instagram account.
He was chosen fourth as a first round selection in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft.
He won gold at the IIHF World U20 Championship in 2011.
His wife is Margo Gotovtseva and his father is Igor Zaitsev.
He and Sergei Fedorov are both Russian hockey players that have played in the NFL.
