Valeri Nichushkin #43

R · Colorado Avalanche · Age 30 · Shoots L · 6′4″, 216 lb · Draft: 2013, round 1, 10th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	72	51st
TOI/GP	17:44	75th
G	17	61st
A	32	79th
P	49	72nd
P/60	2.30	70th
ixG	22.9	79th
G−ixG	−5.9	7th
xGF%	59.6	98th
Rel xGF%	+2.2	70th
GS/GP	+0.97	89th
Pen ±	+7	81st

Scoring		Pctl
G	17	61st
A1	12	57th
A2	20	95th
P	49	72nd
P1	29	58th
P/60	2.30	70th
5v5 P/60	2.28	87th
PPP	4	44th
SHP	1	73rd
ENG	2	80th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	160	76th
iCF	321	77th
iFF	242	75th
ixG	22.9	79th
ixG/60	1.08	80th
G	17	61st
G−ixG	−5.9	7th
Sh%	10.6	34th
xSh%	9.5	73rd
Blk'd	79	83rd
5v5 iCF/60	16.0	89th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	948	62nd
CF%	57.6	96th
FF%	56.8	95th
xGF%	59.6	98th
GF%	57.6	85th
xGF/60	3.36	96th
xGA/60	2.28	81st
oiSh%	9.5	52nd
oiSv%	90.6	54th
PDO	100.1	54th
Rel CF%	+1.0	61st
Rel xGF%	+2.2	70th
OZS%	48.3	35th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	17:44	75th
EV/GP	14:07	68th
5v5/GP	13:10	68th
PP/GP	1:55	60th
SH/GP	1:42	81st
Shifts/GP	23.0	92nd
Shift	0:46	46th
OZ	223	61st
NZ	249	70th
DZ	239	81st
OZS%	48.3	35th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+69.8	87th
GS/GP	+0.97	89th
GS/60	+3.28	89th
Scoring	+32.2	69th
Shooting	+14.9	79th
On ice	+20.9	97th
Penalties	+1.2	84th
Faceoffs	0.0	72nd
Other	+0.6	35th

Other		Pctl
Hits	55	44th
Blk	27	36th
Tk	23	73rd
Gv	59	34th
PenD	16	63rd
PenT	9	64th
Pen ±	+7	81st
PP min ±	+16.0	83rd
FOW	2	9th
FOL	2	95th
FO%	50.0	71st

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	7	1	2	3	1.2	46.7	+0.31	16:25
2025-26	Regular season	72	17	32	49	22.9	59.6	+0.97	17:44
2025-26	Playoffs	12	2	2	4	2.2	43.2	+0.26	15:37

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.9), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 72 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Brock Nelson	C	799:46	57.5	59.3
Brent Burns	D	471:28	56.8	56.8
Cale Makar	D	433:35	54.9	58.2
Josh Manson	D	391:50	60.4	62.5
Devon Toews	D	377:58	56.5	58.1
Sam Malinski	D	335:56	58.0	63.6
Artturi Lehkonen	L	295:15	59.6	65.1
Nathan MacKinnon	C	281:11	61.4	67.0

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	vs SEA	W 2–0	18:13	0	2	0	0.16	60	86	+1.97
Apr 14	@ CGY	W 3–1	15:55	0	0	1	0.09	35	33	−0.47
Apr 13	@ EDM	W 2–1 OT	16:10	0	0	1	0.11	48	60	+0.11
Apr 11	vs VGK	L 2–3 OT	16:52	0	0	2	0.57	48	63	+0.86
Apr 9	vs CGY	W 3–1	16:01	0	0	3	0.73	63	78	+1.03
Apr 7	@ STL	W 3–1	15:45	2	0	6	1.03	69	72	+3.05
Apr 4	@ DAL	W 2–0	16:43	0	0	0	0.00	42	53	+0.15
Apr 1	vs VAN	L 6–8	13:01	0	2	2	0.28	44	43	+1.43
Mar 30	vs CGY	W 9–2	15:42	0	1	4	0.09	59	63	+1.28
Mar 28	vs WPG	L 2–4	16:01	0	1	0	0.00	71	81	+0.83
Mar 26	@ WPG	W 3–2	12:02	0	0	5	0.31	57	67	+0.14
Mar 24	@ PIT	W 6–2	14:58	0	1	3	0.06	58	38	+0.58
Mar 22	@ WSH	W 3–2 OT	18:47	0	0	0	0.00	44	43	−0.36
Mar 20	@ CHI	W 4–1	16:52	1	1	1	0.26	49	46	+1.59
Mar 18	vs DAL	L 1–2 OT	19:56	0	0	3	0.36	68	42	+0.03
Mar 16	vs PIT	L 2–7	22:40	0	0	0	0.18	59	44	−0.37
Mar 14	@ WPG	L 1–3	23:03	0	0	7	0.51	65	68	+0.86
Mar 12	@ SEA	W 5–1	18:19	0	0	0	0.05	61	65	+0.72
Mar 10	vs EDM	L 3–4	18:58	1	0	3	0.48	33	23	+0.61
Mar 8	vs MIN	W 3–2 OT	15:42	0	0	1	0.01	66	52	+0.05
Mar 6	@ DAL	W 5–4 OT	19:15	1	0	3	0.43	67	53	+0.99
Mar 3	@ ANA	W 5–1	14:28	0	1	1	0.17	50	36	+0.54
Mar 2	@ LAK	W 4–2	19:06	0	0	1	0.16	63	77	+1.01
Feb 28	vs CHI	W 3–1	17:54	0	0	2	0.16	71	82	+0.56
Feb 26	vs MIN	L 2–5	15:31	0	0	3	0.19	69	58	+0.04
Feb 25	@ UTA	W 4–2	16:35	0	1	1	0.25	48	48	+0.70
Feb 4	vs SJS	W 4–2	20:44	0	3	2	0.24	69	80	+4.14
Feb 2	vs DET	L 0–2	24:02	0	0	2	0.15	50	48	−0.02
Jan 31	@ DET	W 5–0	22:57	0	1	1	0.60	43	51	+1.37
Jan 29	@ MTL	L 3–7	15:13	0	1	0	0.05	58	45	+0.31
Jan 28	@ OTT	L 2–5	15:59	1	0	2	0.35	65	57	+1.33
Jan 25	@ TOR	W 4–1	17:04	0	1	4	0.78	50	77	+1.84
Jan 23	vs PHI	L 3–7	16:29	0	0	1	0.21	78	51	+0.03
Jan 21	vs ANA	L 1–2 OT	15:49	0	0	0	0.07	83	92	+1.69
Jan 16	vs NSH	L 3–7	15:18	0	1	3	0.21	59	66	+1.14
Jan 12	vs TOR	L 3–4 OT	18:24	0	0	1	0.00	53	63	+0.16
Jan 10	vs CBJ	W 4–0	15:16	0	0	0	0.08	39	27	−0.32
Jan 8	vs OTT	W 8–2	15:03	0	0	1	0.14	45	36	+0.11
Jan 6	@ TBL	L 2–4	19:30	0	0	0	0.00	35	28	−0.47
Jan 4	@ FLA	L 1–2	23:28	0	0	3	0.74	68	70	+1.37
Jan 3	@ CAR	W 5–3	21:01	0	0	3	0.54	48	78	+1.08
Dec 31	vs STL	W 6–1	17:05	3	0	6	0.60	87	90	+4.09
Dec 29	vs LAK	W 5–2	19:43	0	1	2	0.30	42	34	+0.68
Dec 27	@ VGK	W 6–5 OT	20:03	0	1	7	0.42	83	78	+1.66
Dec 23	vs UTA	W 1–0	19:19	0	0	2	0.58	65	72	+1.07
Dec 21	@ MIN	W 5–1	19:27	0	2	3	0.53	63	59	+1.88
Dec 19	vs WPG	W 3–2	21:16	0	1	1	0.54	55	85	+2.28
Dec 16	@ SEA	W 5–3	16:50	0	2	1	0.07	52	40	+1.01
Dec 13	vs NSH	W 4–2	17:45	1	0	8	1.62	66	85	+3.39
Dec 11	vs FLA	W 6–2	16:48	0	1	3	0.40	61	72	+1.47
Dec 9	@ NSH	L 3–4 OT	18:42	0	0	1	0.15	53	55	+0.11
Dec 7	@ PHI	W 3–2	15:22	1	0	2	0.09	37	37	+0.83
Dec 6	@ NYR	W 3–2 OT	18:09	0	0	2	0.17	71	73	+0.31
Dec 4	@ NYI	L 3–6	16:23	1	0	3	0.24	52	60	+1.17
Dec 2	vs VAN	W 3–1	12:50	0	0	2	0.15	59	48	+0.21
Nov 11	vs ANA	W 4–1	12:57	0	1	1	0.12	52	79	+1.59
Nov 9	@ VAN	W 5–4 OT	16:28	0	2	0	0.13	68	56	+1.35
Nov 8	@ EDM	W 9–1	20:54	0	0	1	0.73	35	41	+0.22
Nov 4	vs TBL	W 3–2	19:41	0	0	4	0.40	50	67	+0.62
Nov 1	@ SJS	L 2–3 OT	17:32	0	1	3	0.35	73	86	+1.99
Oct 31	@ VGK	W 4–2	20:07	0	0	1	0.05	38	40	−0.23
Oct 28	vs NJD	W 8–4	20:00	0	1	0	0.17	55	60	+0.94
Oct 26	@ NJD	L 3–4 OT	17:47	1	0	3	0.65	48	54	+1.46
Oct 25	@ BOS	L 2–3	23:32	0	1	6	0.44	70	66	+0.98
Oct 23	vs CAR	L 4–5 OT	22:05	2	0	7	0.83	63	80	+3.31
Oct 21	@ UTA	L 3–4 OT	18:17	0	0	1	0.24	59	60	+0.46
Oct 18	vs BOS	W 4–1	15:41	0	0	2	0.09	67	77	+0.58
Oct 16	@ CBJ	W 4–1	17:21	2	0	4	1.24	68	82	+3.53
Oct 13	@ BUF	W 3–1	15:46	0	1	1	0.07	57	64	+1.46
Oct 11	vs DAL	L 4–5 OT	18:01	0	0	2	0.39	83	45	−0.30
Oct 9	vs UTA	W 2–1	14:54	0	0	2	0.18	28	25	−0.39
Oct 7	@ LAK	W 4–1	14:41	0	0	3	0.19	62	73	+0.38