Valeri Nichushkin
Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 217 lb · Born Chelyabinsk, RUS
Drafted 2013, #10 overall by Dallas
2025-262025-26: 72 games, 17-32-49, 0.68 points per game Season detail →
Valeri Nichushkin has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 49 points in 72 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Distance per 60 in the 99th percentile of forwards: 10.92 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.44vs
BUF1 Oct · 3rd 13:30 - 20.29vs
UTA3 Oct · 3rd 10:07 - 19.87vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 16:32
- 19.72vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 01:39
- 19.68vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 04:34
- 19.36vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 01:00
- 19.23vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 18:19
- 19.04vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 09:21
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 72.26vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 04:34
- 60.72vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 01:40
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.03vsUTA3 Oct · 16:47 TOI
- 2.89vsBUF1 Oct · 15:45 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.96 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of two
PITW 6-20113+114:58PITL 2-70000−222:40UTAL 1-40002−116:47BUFW 6-30110−115:4549 points in 72 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 17 goals and 32 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 17 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
320 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 72 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 98th percentile of forwards: 10.37 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (36 of 72)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of two
PITW 6-20113+114:58PITL 2-70000−222:40
SEAW 2-00220+218:13
CGYW 3-10001015:55
EDMW 2-1 SO0001−116:10
VGKOTL 2-3 OT0002−116:52CGYW 3-10003+116:01
STLW 3-12026+215:45
DALW 2-00000016:43
VANL 6-80222+213:01CGYW 9-20114+115:42
WPGL 2-40110016:01UTAL 1-40002−116:47BUFW 6-30110−115:45Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$6.13M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 8.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 215th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Columbus
261st in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEleven seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct