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Valeri Nichushkin has 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 35 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 334 points (148 goals, 186 assists) in 590 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.

  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 30.9 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)
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The 30-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 62% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Valeri Nichushkin is off the ice, the Avalanche control 56% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 30% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 33% in the defensive zone.

  • 82

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 37th of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 14th of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.06
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.62
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.22
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.07
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.58
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.87
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.18
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.52
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.97
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.97
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.30
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.81
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.78
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.32
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.39
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.77
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.26
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.81
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.33
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    6.80
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $6.125M
Player Contract Value: $9.000M
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
31.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 3 0 3 3 17:04 6 50.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0 21:01 3 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 23:28 3 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -2 19:30 0 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 2 15:03 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 3 0 3 3 13 23.1% 0
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 35 11 15 26 9 18:07 91 12.1% 8
Season Projection 74 23 32 55 19 18:07 192 12.0% 17
Total 590 148 186 334 109 1254 11.8% 94
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 MatchPowered by CORE
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 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.74 0.57 80 85 $6.125M
88% Joel Eriksson Ek Team Logo C 28.9 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.71 0.56 75 84 $5.250M
85% Juraj Slafkovský Team Logo LW 21.8 yrs 191 cm / 102 kg 0.80 0.60 83 84 $7.600M
83% Josh Doan Team Logo RW 23.9 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.69 0.55 83 80 $0.925M
83% Dylan Cozens Team Logo C 24.9 yrs 191 cm / 92 kg 0.72 0.60 78 78 $7.100M
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