Valeri Nichushkin
Columbus Blue Jackets · R · #43
Points / GP
0.68
Goals / GP
0.24
Assists / GP
0.44
Shots / GP
2.2
Plus/Minus
+9
PP Points
4
HockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 72 GP · 1312 games analyzedxG Share?xG ShareA player's individual xG as a share of their team's total xG in the games they played. Shows how much of the offense runs through them.
8.5%
ZEIS?Zone Exit/Entry Impact Score (ZEIS)Transition impact: rush shots plus zone-coded takeaways, minus costly giveaways, per game. Positive = drives play up ice; negative = bleeds possession. Event-derived proxy (the NHL feed has no entry/exit tracking).
0.05
PSPL?Pre-Shot Pass Lethality (PSPL)The xG a player creates for teammates within 3 seconds — rebounds their shots generate and shots off their offensive-zone steals. Playmaking danger the assist column misses. Event-derived proxy.
0.93
Def Suppression?Defensive SuppressionBlocked shots plus defensive-zone takeaways minus defensive-zone giveaways, per game. A proxy for who kills opposing offense before it starts.
0.49
Percentiles vs. league forwards with 20+ GP · hockeyalpha.com
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Born
- 1995-03-04
- Birthplace
- Chelyabinsk, RUS
- Shoots
- L
- Draft
- 2013 DAL · R1 #10
Recent form · last 10 games
Last 5 games
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-24 | @ VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:34 |
| 2026-05-22 | vs VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 2026-05-20 | vs VGK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:39 |
| 2026-05-13 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 2026-05-11 | @ MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:09 |
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Colorado Avalanche | 72 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 9 |
| 2024–25 | Colorado Avalanche | 43 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 11 |
| 2023–24 | Colorado Avalanche | 54 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 5 |
| 2022–23 | Colorado Avalanche | 53 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 15 |
| 2021–22 | Colorado Avalanche | 62 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | Colorado Avalanche | 55 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 9 |
| 2019–20 | Colorado Avalanche | 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 26 |
| 2018–19 | Dallas Stars | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -4 |
| 2015–16 | Dallas Stars | 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | Dallas Stars | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 |
| 2013–14 | Dallas Stars | 79 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 20 |