Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Nikulin ya buga wa Team Russia wasa. Ya fafata a gasar zakarun duniya na 'yan kasa da shekaru 18 a shekarar 1999, ya samu lambar azurfa a gasar zakarun duniya na 'yan kasa da shekaru 18.
2000 Gasar Duniya ta Junior, tagulla a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2007, azurfa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2010 da zinare a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2008, 2009 da 2012 IIHF. An zaɓe shi zuwa ƙungiyar Olympics ta Rasha ta 2010.