| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 181 |
| League: | KHL |
| Team: | Ak Bars Kazan |
| Former Teams: | San Jose Sharks |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Kazan, Russia |
| Career Start: | 2020 |
| Draft: | 48th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Draft Team: | San Jose Sharks |
Artemi Yurevich Kniazev (ru|Артемий Юрьевич Князев; born 4 January 2001) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2021. Internationally, Kniyazev played for the Russian national junior team at the 2021 World Junior Championships.
Kniazev was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.[1] He was then signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks on July 2, 2019[2]
In the 2021–22 season, Kniazev made his NHL debut with the San Jose Sharks on November 4, 2021, in a 3–5 loss to the St. Louis Blues.[3]
On July 2, 2023, he was traded by the Sharks to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for the rights to Leon Gawanke.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | Irbis Kazan | MHL | 39 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 55 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 51 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Bars Kazan | VHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Irbis Kazan | MHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 14 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2021–22 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 60 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 61 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Russia | U17 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2018 | Russia | IH18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Russia | WJC | 4th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Junior totals | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||