diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
index 222fe98530d..01c804debc3 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
@@ -123,10 +123,13 @@ function statistics_title_list($dbfield, $dbrows) {
 /**
  * Retrieves a node's "view statistics".
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.2.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0.
- *   Use \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($id).
+ * @deprecated in drupal:8.2.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($id) instead.
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2778245
  */
 function statistics_get($id) {
+  @trigger_error("statistics_get() is deprecated in drupal:8.2.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2778245", E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   if ($id > 0) {
     /** @var \Drupal\statistics\StatisticsViewsResult $statistics */
     $statistics = \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($id);
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.tokens.inc b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.tokens.inc
index 056cac45f38..467c6b4289a 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.tokens.inc
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.tokens.inc
@@ -40,25 +40,22 @@ function statistics_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data, array $options, Bubbleab
 
   if ($type == 'node' & !empty($data['node'])) {
     $node = $data['node'];
-
+    /** @var \Drupal\statistics\StatisticsStorageInterface $stats_storage */
+    $stats_storage = \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node');
     foreach ($tokens as $name => $original) {
       if ($name == 'total-count') {
-        $statistics = statistics_get($node->id());
-        $replacements[$original] = $statistics['totalcount'];
+        $replacements[$original] = $stats_storage->fetchView($node->id())->getTotalCount();
       }
       elseif ($name == 'day-count') {
-        $statistics = statistics_get($node->id());
-        $replacements[$original] = $statistics['daycount'];
+        $replacements[$original] = $stats_storage->fetchView($node->id())->getDayCount();
       }
       elseif ($name == 'last-view') {
-        $statistics = statistics_get($node->id());
-        $replacements[$original] = \Drupal::service('date.formatter')->format($statistics['timestamp']);
+        $replacements[$original] = \Drupal::service('date.formatter')->format($stats_storage->fetchView($node->id())->getTimestamp());
       }
     }
 
     if ($created_tokens = $token_service->findWithPrefix($tokens, 'last-view')) {
-      $statistics = statistics_get($node->id());
-      $replacements += $token_service->generate('date', $created_tokens, ['date' => $statistics['timestamp']], $options, $bubbleable_metadata);
+      $replacements += $token_service->generate('date', $created_tokens, ['date' => $stats_storage->fetchView($node->id())->getTimestamp()], $options, $bubbleable_metadata);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
index 4421bc7c691..cfba14e017a 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     global $base_root;
     $post = ['nid' => $this->node->id()];
     $this->client->post($base_root . $stats_path, ['form_params' => $post]);
-    $node_counter = statistics_get($this->node->id());
-    $this->assertIdentical($node_counter['totalcount'], 1);
+    $node_counter = \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($this->node->id());
+    $this->assertIdentical(1, $node_counter->getTotalCount());
 
     // Try fetching statistics for an invalid node ID and verify it returns
     // FALSE.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTest extends BrowserTestBase {
 
     // This is a test specifically for the deprecated statistics_get() function
     // and so should remain unconverted until that function is removed.
-    $result = statistics_get($node_id);
+    $result = \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($node_id);
     $this->assertIdentical($result, FALSE);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsTokenReplaceTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsTokenReplaceTest.php
index cdffd84a16f..7e99ab3c800 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsTokenReplaceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsTokenReplaceTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class StatisticsTokenReplaceTest extends StatisticsTestBase {
     $stats_path = $base_url . '/' . drupal_get_path('module', 'statistics') . '/statistics.php';
     $client = \Drupal::httpClient();
     $client->post($stats_path, ['headers' => $headers, 'body' => $post]);
-    $statistics = statistics_get($node->id());
+    /** @var \Drupal\statistics\StatisticsViewsResult $statistics */
+    $statistics = \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($node->id());
 
     // Generate and test tokens.
     $tests = [];
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ class StatisticsTokenReplaceTest extends StatisticsTestBase {
     $tests['[node:day-count]'] = 1;
     /** @var \Drupal\Core\Datetime\DateFormatterInterface $date_formatter */
     $date_formatter = $this->container->get('date.formatter');
-    $tests['[node:last-view]'] = $date_formatter->format($statistics['timestamp']);
-    $tests['[node:last-view:short]'] = $date_formatter->format($statistics['timestamp'], 'short');
+    $tests['[node:last-view]'] = $date_formatter->format($statistics->getTimestamp());
+    $tests['[node:last-view:short]'] = $date_formatter->format($statistics->getTimestamp(), 'short');
 
     // Test to make sure that we generated something for each token.
     $this->assertFalse(in_array(0, array_map('strlen', $tests)), 'No empty tokens generated.');
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/Views/IntegrationTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/Views/IntegrationTest.php
index 56e18eefad4..16018206443 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/Views/IntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/Views/IntegrationTest.php
@@ -78,26 +78,20 @@ class IntegrationTest extends ViewTestBase {
     $client->post($stats_path, ['form_params' => ['nid' => $this->node->id()]]);
     $this->drupalGet('test_statistics_integration');
 
-    $expected = statistics_get($this->node->id());
-    // Convert the timestamp to year, to match the expected output of the date
-    // handler.
-    $expected['timestamp'] = date('Y', $expected['timestamp']);
-
-    foreach ($expected as $field => $value) {
-      $xpath = "//div[contains(@class, views-field-$field)]/span[@class = 'field-content']";
-      $this->assertFieldByXpath($xpath, $value, "The $field output matches the expected.");
-    }
+    /** @var \Drupal\statistics\StatisticsViewsResult $statistics */
+    $statistics = \Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView($this->node->id());
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Total views: 1');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Views today: 1');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Most recent view: ' . date('Y', $statistics->getTimestamp()));
 
     $this->drupalLogout();
     $this->drupalLogin($this->deniedUser);
     $this->drupalGet('test_statistics_integration');
     $this->assertResponse(200);
 
-    foreach ($expected as $field => $value) {
-      $xpath = "//div[contains(@class, views-field-$field)]/span[@class = 'field-content']";
-      $this->assertNoFieldByXpath($xpath, $value, "The $field output is not displayed.");
-    }
-
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextNotContains('Total views:');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextNotContains('Views today:');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextNotContains('Most recent view:');
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Kernel/StatisticsDeprecationsTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Kernel/StatisticsDeprecationsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a2416e9f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Kernel/StatisticsDeprecationsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\statistics\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests deprecations in the Statistics module.
+ *
+ * @group statistics
+ * @group legacy
+ */
+class StatisticsDeprecationsTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['statistics'];
+
+  /**
+   * @expectedDeprecation statistics_get() is deprecated in drupal:8.2.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use Drupal::service('statistics.storage.node')->fetchView() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2778245
+   */
+  public function testStatisticsGetDeprecation() {
+    $this->installSchema('statistics', 'node_counter');
+    $this->container->get('statistics.storage.node')->recordView(1);
+    $expected_timestamp = $this->container->get('datetime.time')->getRequestTime();
+    $this->assertSame([
+      'totalcount' => 1,
+      'daycount' => 1,
+      'timestamp' => $expected_timestamp,
+    ], statistics_get(1));
+  }
+
+}