Valeri Nichushkin

R · #43 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Valeri Nichushkin is a right wing for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Born March 4, 1995 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, he stands 6'4", weighs 217 lbs and shoots left. He was drafted in 2013 (round 1, 10th overall) by the Dallas Stars. In 642 NHL regular-season games he has 156 goals and 209 assists for 365 points. This season: 2 goals and 6 assists in 15 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

642

Goals

156

Assists

209

Points

365

NHL playoff career

Games

91

Goals

28

Assists

15

Points

43

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.24

Assists / game

0.33

Points / game

0.57

Shots / game

2.09

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

28

2023–24 · Colorado Avalanche

Assists

32

2025–26 · Colorado Avalanche

Points

53

2023–24 · Colorado Avalanche

Shots

180

2021–22 · Colorado Avalanche

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2026–27

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

2. 2025–26

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

3. 2024–25

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

4. 2023–24

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

5. 2022–23

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

6. 2021–22

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

7. 2020–21

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

8. 2019–20

   • Colorado AvalancheNHL

9. 2018–19

   • Dallas StarsNHL

10. 2017–18

    • RussiaEHT
    • CSKA MoskvaKHL

11. 2016–17

    • RussiaEHT
    • CSKA MoskvaKHL
    • RussiaWC

12. 2015–16

    • Dallas StarsNHL

13. 2014–15

    • TexasAHL
    • Dallas StarsNHL

14. 2013–14

    • Dallas StarsNHL
    • RussiaOlympics

15. 2012–13

    • ChelyabinskKHL
    • ChelmetRussia-2
    • Chelyabinsk Jr.Russia-Jr.

16. 2011–12

    • Chelyabinsk Jr.Russia-Jr.

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.

Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2026–27	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	15	2	6	8	2	-2	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 6 Avg Toi 16:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3333 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 15 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -2 Points 8 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1053 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 19
2025–26	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	72	17	32	49	26	9	160	1	4	1	1	1	0	All stats Assists 32 Avg Toi 17:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 72 Goals 17 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus 9 Points 49 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.1063 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 160
2025–26	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	12	2	2	4	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 15:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 12 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1053 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 19
2024–25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	43	21	13	34	8	11	118	5	8	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 13 Avg Toi 19:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 43 Goals 21 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 11 Points 34 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.178 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 118
2024–25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	7	3	1	4	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 19:36 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.2308 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 13
2023–24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	54	28	25	53	22	5	158	16	21	0	2	6	2	All stats Assists 25 Avg Toi 21:21 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.2857 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 54 Goals 28 Ot Goals 2 Pim 22 Plus Minus 5 Points 53 Power Play Goals 16 Power Play Points 21 Shooting Pctg 0.1772 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 158
2023–24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	8	9	1	10	2	1	24	4	5	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 22:31 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 8 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 1 Points 10 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.375 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 24
2022–23	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	53	17	30	47	2	15	158	10	16	1	3	2	0	All stats Assists 30 Avg Toi 20:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 53 Goals 17 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 15 Points 47 Power Play Goals 10 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.1076 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 158
2022–23	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 19:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
2021–22	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	62	25	27	52	14	21	180	5	9	2	2	5	0	All stats Assists 27 Avg Toi 19:02 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 62 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 21 Points 52 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 9 Shooting Pctg 0.139 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 180
2021–22	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	20	9	6	15	8	6	72	1	1	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 6 Avg Toi 20:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 20 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 6 Points 15 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 72
2020–21	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	55	10	11	21	4	9	98	0	1	1	1	4	1	All stats Assists 11 Avg Toi 14:05 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3333 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 55 Goals 10 Ot Goals 1 Pim 4 Plus Minus 9 Points 21 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.102 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 98
2020–21	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	10	-3	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 15:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus -3 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.033 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 30
2019–20	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	65	13	14	27	14	26	113	1	1	1	1	3	0	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 14:04 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 65 Goals 13 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 26 Points 27 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.115 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 113
2019–20	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Playoffs	15	2	1	3	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 14:05 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 15 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.111 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 18
2018–19	NHL	Dallas Stars	Regular	57	0	10	10	0	-4	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 10 Avg Toi 11:55 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 57 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -4 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 65
2018–19	NHL	Dallas Stars	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 7:57 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 0
2017–18	EHT	Russia	Regular	5	2	0	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Pim 2 Plus Minus 2 Points 2
2017–18	KHL	CSKA Moskva	Regular	50	16	11	27	14	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 11 Games Played 50 Goals 16 Pim 14 Plus Minus 11 Points 27
2017–18	KHL	CSKA Moskva	Playoffs	19	3	6	9	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 19 Goals 3 Pim 4 Plus Minus 4 Points 9
2016–17	EHT	Russia	Regular	9	1	4	5	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 9 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus 4 Points 5
2016–17	KHL	CSKA Moskva	Regular	36	11	13	24	9	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 36 Goals 11 Pim 9 Plus Minus 25 Points 24
2016–17	WC	Russia	Regular	6	0	3	3	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 3
2016–17	KHL	CSKA Moskva	Playoffs	9	1	4	5	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 9 Goals 1 Pim 4 Plus Minus 3 Points 5
2015–16	NHL	Dallas Stars	Regular	79	9	20	29	12	2	139	1	2	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 20 Avg Toi 13:56 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 79 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 2 Points 29 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0647 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 139
2015–16	NHL	Dallas Stars	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	2	-2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 13:31 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 11
2014–15	AHL	Texas	Regular	5	0	4	4	12	-6	16	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus -6 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 16
2014–15	NHL	Dallas Stars	Regular	8	0	1	1	2	-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 13:46 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 8 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -5 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
2013–14	NHL	Dallas Stars	Regular	79	14	20	34	8	20	128	2	3	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 20 Avg Toi 14:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 79 Goals 14 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 20 Points 34 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.1094 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 128
2013–14	Olympics	Russia	Regular	5	1	0	1	0	-2	4	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 4
2013–14	NHL	Dallas Stars	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 13:28 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1111 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 9
2012–13	KHL	Chelyabinsk	Regular	18	4	2	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 18 Goals 4 Pim 0 Points 6
2012–13	Russia-2	Chelmet	Regular	15	8	2	10	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 15 Goals 8 Pim 4 Points 10
2012–13	Russia-Jr.	Chelyabinsk Jr.	Regular	9	4	4	8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 9 Goals 4 Pim 0 Points 8
2012–13	KHL	Chelyabinsk	Playoffs	25	6	3	9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 25 Goals 6 Pim 0 Points 9
2011–12	Russia-Jr.	Chelyabinsk Jr.	Regular	38	4	6	10	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 38 Goals 4 Pim 6 Points 10

NHL game-by-game archive

15 imported games.

NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.

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Profile updated Nov 8, 6:40 pm EST. Missing stats are shown as –.

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