154 G · 203 A · 627 GP
0.569 P/GP · 65 PPP · 16:25 ATOI
Columbus Blue Jackets#43Active
Valeri Nichushkin
R · 6′4″ / 210 lb · Shoots L · Chelyabinsk, RUS · Age 31 · 2013 #10 by DAL
357Career points
0.569Career P/GP
627Games played
154Goals
11 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2649points
The latest read.
49 points in 72 games in 2025-26. Career: 357 points across 627 games.
72GP
17goals
32assists
49points
160shots
4PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
28 G · 15 A · 91 GP
0.473 P/GP · 7 PPP · 16:56 ATOI
0.430 → 0.681P/GP by season · 10 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2023-24
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 11 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 91 GP · 28 G · 15 A · 43 pts (0.473 P/GP)
86.4
85.6
93.3
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-24@ VGKPlayoff8:34 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-05-22vs VGKPlayoff15:07 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-05-20vs VGKPlayoff13:39 TOI1G 0A1 P · 3 S
2026-05-13vs MINPlayoff15:32 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-05-11@ MINPlayoff19:09 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2013 draft#10round 1 · DAL
28Players in sample
100.0%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: Radek Dvorak (1995, FLA), 1,260 NHL games.
Sample: 28 players taken #10, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Valeri Nichushkin's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Valeri Nichushkin. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2021-22 peak: 62 GP / 25 G / 27 A / 52 Pts / 0.839 P/GP · 19:02 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 54 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 0.981 |
| 2022-23 | 53 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 0.887 |
| 2021-22 | 62 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 0.839 |
| 2024-25 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 0.791 |
| 2025-26 | 72 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 0.681 |
| Prime-five | 284 | 108 | 127 | 235 | 0.827 |
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Stanley Cup2021-22All-Star Team7th · 2025Frank J. Selke Trophy8th · 2020Calder Memorial Trophy12th · 2014Frank J. Selke Trophy19th · 2021
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart11 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Colorado Avalanche | 72 | 17 | 32 | 49 | +9 | 4 | 160 |
| 2024-25 | Colorado Avalanche | 43 | 21 | 13 | 34 | +11 | 8 | 118 |
| 2023-24 | Colorado Avalanche | 54 | 28 | 25 | 53 | +5 | 21 | 158 |
| 2022-23 | Colorado Avalanche | 53 | 17 | 30 | 47 | +15 | 16 | 158 |
| 2021-22Peak | Colorado Avalanche | 62 | 25 | 27 | 52 | +21 | 9 | 180 |
| 2020-21 | Colorado Avalanche | 55 | 10 | 11 | 21 | +9 | 1 | 98 |
| 2019-20 | Colorado Avalanche | 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | +26 | 1 | 113 |
| 2018-19 | Dallas Stars | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 65 |
| 2015-16 | Dallas Stars | 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | +2 | 2 | 139 |
| 2014-15 | Dallas Stars | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013-14 | Dallas Stars | 79 | 14 | 20 | 34 | +20 | 3 | 128 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Colorado Avalanche | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024-25 | Colorado Avalanche | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023-24 | Colorado Avalanche | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | +1 | 5 | 24 |
| 2022-23 | Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | Colorado Avalanche | 20 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +6 | 1 | 72 |
| 2020-21 | Colorado Avalanche | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 30 |
| 2019-20 | Colorado Avalanche | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2018-19 | Dallas Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Dallas Stars | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2013-14 | Dallas Stars | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 9 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2023-24 is the best season either way: 0.981 raw, 0.946 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 72 | 0.681 | 3.13 | 0.653 |
| 2024-25 | 43 | 0.791 | 3.04 | 0.780 |
| 2023-24Best adjusted | 54 | 0.981 | 3.11 | 0.946 |
| 2022-23 | 53 | 0.887 | 3.18 | 0.837 |
| 2021-22 | 62 | 0.839 | 3.14 | 0.800 |
| 2020-21 | 55 | 0.382 | 2.94 | 0.390 |
| 2019-20 | 65 | 0.415 | 3.02 | 0.413 |
| 2018-19 | 57 | 0.175 | 3.01 | 0.175 |
| 2015-16 | 79 | 0.367 | 2.71 | 0.406 |
| 2013-14 | 79 | 0.430 | 2.74 | 0.470 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | EHT | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | KHL | CSKA Moskva | 50 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| 2017-18 | KHL | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016-17 | EHT | Russia | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016-17 | KHL | CSKA Moskva | 36 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2016-17 | WC | Russia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | KHL | CSKA Moskva | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014-15 | AHL | Texas | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013-14 | Olympics | Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012-13 | KHL | Chelyabinsk | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012-13 | Russia-2 | Chelmet | 15 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012-13 | Russia-Jr. | Chelyabinsk Jr. | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012-13 | KHL | Chelyabinsk | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011-12 | Russia-Jr. | Chelyabinsk Jr. | 38 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 627 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 502 to 752); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 96 of them cleared the band.
Joel Eriksson EkC · 2015 #20 · active614 GP · 155 G · 195 A · 350 P0.570 P/GP · +0.001Jake DeBruskL · 2015 #14 · active628 GP · 189 G · 167 A · 356 P0.567 P/GP · −0.002Chandler StephensonC · 2012 #77 · active653 GP · 118 G · 252 A · 370 P0.567 P/GP · −0.003Evgenii DadonovL · 2007 #71 · retired641 GP · 164 G · 198 A · 362 P0.565 P/GP · −0.005Pavel ZachaC · 2015 #6 · active706 GP · 155 G · 252 A · 407 P0.576 P/GP · +0.007
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed87.7mph67.0
141.1 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed23.5mph94.6
37.8 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated355.0km88.3
220.6 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game6.6km94.6
4.1 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph186bursts92.5
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time43.0%62.4
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time18.5%90.1
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time38.5%69.6
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal160shots83.1
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal61shots85.5
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot5311 G85th
High Slot202 G88th
Center Point140 G98th
R Circle123 G70th
L Circle110 G68th
Outside L100 G86th
Crease80 G82th
Outside R70 G75th
R Point70 G92th
L Point50 G80th
Offensive Neutral Zone50 G87th
L Net Side41 G74th
Beyond Red Line20 G59th
L Corner10 G84th
R Net Side10 G32th
Behind the Net00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
61high danger11 G · 18.0%
43mid danger5 G · 11.6%
26long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 160 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 8 ballot appearances · 0 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Points / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 56.3 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.SJS24 points31 GP · 10 G · 14 A66 shots · 3 PP points
Career vs.ANA22 points36 GP · 10 G · 12 A69 shots · 3 PP points
Career vs.STL22 points51 GP · 9 G · 13 A109 shots · 3 PP points
Career vs.CGY21 points26 GP · 6 G · 15 A55 shots · 6 PP points
Career vs.WPG21 points31 GP · 10 G · 11 A70 shots · 5 PP points
Career vs.DAL18 points35 GP · 12 G · 6 A75 shots · 3 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.SEA1.00 P/GP13 GP · 5 G · 8 A32 shots · 1 PP points
Pace vs.BUF0.93 P/GP14 GP · 5 G · 8 A31 shots · 2 PP points
Pace vs.TOR0.93 P/GP14 GP · 8 G · 5 A38 shots · 1 PP points
Pace vs.CAR0.92 P/GP13 GP · 5 G · 7 A32 shots · 1 PP points
Pace vs.NJD0.92 P/GP13 GP · 4 G · 8 A28 shots · 1 PP points
Pace vs.VAN0.81 P/GP21 GP · 9 G · 8 A32 shots · 6 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Best and worst goaltenders faced · 3 seasonsNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
492 shots on goal against 71 goaltenders, 76 goals: 15.4% overall, against a league baseline of 10.2%. 4 of those goaltenders have seen the 20 shots a rate is published on below.
Best against: minimum 20 shots on goal
| Goaltender | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake OettingerDAL | 43 | 11 | 25.6% | snap |
| Connor HellebuyckWPG | 33 | 5 | 15.2% | wrist |
| Jordan BinningtonSTL | 25 | 3 | 12.0% | wrist |
| Carter HartVGK | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | wrist |
Worst against: same 20-shot minimum
| Goaltender | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter HartVGK | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | wrist |
| Jordan BinningtonSTL | 25 | 3 | 12.0% | wrist |
| Connor HellebuyckWPG | 33 | 5 | 15.2% | wrist |
| Jake OettingerDAL | 43 | 11 | 25.6% | snap |
Method: every shot is attributed to the goaltender the feed says was in the net (details.goalieInNetId). Blocked shots and empty-net events are both excluded, the first because the puck never reached a goaltender and the second because there was none to charge. Shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal, the league definition. The league baseline of 10.2% beside each rate is computed from the same 241,107 shots this dataset counted, so the two figures are measured the same way. A 20-shot minimum is a small sample by any standard and these boards will move; they are a record of what has happened, not a prediction of what will.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.70blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#145Yahoo#103Fantrax#96Roto#111
25-2672 GP17 G32 A1.43 pts/gm
2nd half-0.37New clubCOL → CBJMarket avg#157.5Point games50%Worst blank run6
This desk has Valeri Nichushkin No. 145 among skaters on the ESPN points board — the market has him 13 seats lower.
The room.
Every current Columbus Blue Jackets teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
