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Valeri Nichushkin
Right Wing #13 Avalanche $6.125M
Player Information

Valeri Nichushkin has 34 points (12 goals, 22 assists) in 46 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 10) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Dallas Stars, he has 342 points (149 goals, 193 assists) in 601 regular-season games for the Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 39 points (26 goals, 13 assists) in 79 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 31 yrs (04.03.1995)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 95 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 10th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoDallas Stars
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
Player Evaluation

The 31-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Valeri Nichushkin is off the ice, the Avalanche control 55% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 29% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 34% in the defensive zone.

  • 79

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 60th of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 44th of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.04
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.59
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    17.89
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.91
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.53
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.91
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.07
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.25
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.04
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.76
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.29
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.67
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.98
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.90
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.30
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.07
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.14
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.82
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.34
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    6.27
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $6.125M
Player Contract Value: $7.500M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 36.3 yrs (04.03.1995)
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Valeri Nichushkin
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 1 0 1 -1 15:58 2 50.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 1 1 -1 15:13 0 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 1 1 3 22:56 1 0.0% 0
02.02.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 -2 24:01 2 0.0% 10
04.02.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 3 3 4 20:43 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 5 6 3 7 14.3% 10
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Stars 79 14 20 34 20 14:58 128 10.9% 8
2014-15 Team Logo Stars 8 0 1 1 -5 13:46 6 0.0% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Stars 79 9 20 29 2 13:55 139 6.5% 12
2018-19 Team Logo Stars 57 0 10 10 -4 11:55 65 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 65 13 14 27 26 14:04 113 11.5% 14
2020-21 Team Logo Avalanche 55 10 11 21 9 14:04 98 10.2% 4
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 62 25 27 52 21 19:01 180 13.9% 14
2022-23 Team Logo Avalanche 53 17 30 47 15 20:16 158 10.8% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 54 28 25 53 5 21:21 158 17.7% 22
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 43 21 13 34 11 19:43 118 17.8% 8
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 46 12 22 34 7 18:04 107 11.2% 18
Season Projection 73 19 35 54 11 18:04 170 11.2% 29
Total 601 149 193 342 107 1270 11.7% 104
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Stars 6 1 1 2 1 13:28 9 11.1% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Stars 10 0 1 1 -2 13:31 11 0.0% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 7:57 0 0
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 15 2 1 3 0 14:04 18 11.1% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Avalanche 10 1 2 3 -3 15:37 30 3.3% 10
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 20 9 6 15 6 20:16 72 12.5% 8
2022-23 Team Logo Avalanche 2 1 0 1 -2 19:58 6 16.7% 0
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 8 9 1 10 1 22:31 24 37.5% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 7 3 1 4 1 19:36 13 23.1% 0
Total 79 26 13 39 2 183 14.2% 26
Player Match
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Valeri Nichushkin Team Logo RW 31 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.74 0.57 77 85 $6.125M
89% Joel Eriksson Ek Team Logo C 29.1 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.77 0.57 75 89 $5.250M
89% Pavel Zacha Team Logo C 28.9 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.69 0.56 74 82 $4.750M
87% Dylan Cozens Team Logo C 25 yrs 191 cm / 92 kg 0.75 0.61 81 82 $7.100M
84% Josh Doan Team Logo RW 24.1 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.68 0.56 81 85 $0.925M
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