Valeri Nichushkin 
Age 26 Mar 4, 1995
Chelyabinsk RUS
Right Wing shoots left
6'4" 193 cm
210 lbs 95 kg
ELC Signing Age 23
Waivers Signing Age
UFA Year 2022
Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond
Transaction History
| Dec 7, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on four shots, adding three hits and one blocked shot in Monday's 7-5 win over Philadelphia. | |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin had a goal and an assist in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Canadiens. | |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin had an assist and two hits in Wednesday's 8-3 loss to the Maple Leafs. | |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (illness) will be in the lineup versus Toronto on Wednesday, Aarif Deen of Mile High Sports reports. | |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin is under the weather but tested negative for COVID-19, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports. | |
| Nov 27, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots and levied four hits in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Predators. | |
| Nov 24, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots in a 5-2 win over the Ducks on Wednesday. | |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on two shots, dished an assist, went plus-4 and added two PIM in Monday's 7-5 win over the Senators. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a shorthanded goal on three shots in Friday's 7-3 win over the Kraken. | |
| Nov 13, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin produced an assist and went plus-2 in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Sharks. | |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) scored a goal on two shots in 17:17 of ice time during Thursday's 7-1 win over the Canucks. | |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Activated | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) is expected to be activated off injured reserve and skate at left wing on the second line for Thursday's game against Vancouver, Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports. |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) may be an option to play in Thursday's matchup with the Canucks. | |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) is set to miss the Avs' next two games against Columbus on Wednesday and Saturday, Vic Lombardi of Altitude Sports reports. | |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) remains week-to-week despite getting on the ice Monday, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports. | |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports. | |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin posted an assist, three shots on goal and two hits in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks. | |
| May 30, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin recorded an assist, four shots on goal, two hits and 10 PIM in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Golden Knights in Game 1. | |
| May 23, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored an empty-net goal on the power play in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Blues in Game 4. He finished with two shots and two hits. | |
| May 21, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin posted an assist, two hits and a plus-2 rating in Friday's 5-1 win over the Blues in Game 3. | |
| May 12, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin managed an assist and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Kings. | |
| May 3, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over the Sharks. | |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots and added two hits in Friday's 2-0 win over the Ducks. | |
| Apr 3, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) will play in Saturday's game versus the Blues, Adrian Dater of ColoradoHockeyNow.com reports. | |
| Apr 2, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin (upper body) won't play Friday versus the Blues, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin picked up an assist along with five shots on net and one blocked shot in Wednesday's 9-3 win over Arizona. | |
| Mar 29, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal and an assist and was plus-2 in Monday's 5-2 win over the Ducks. | |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Avalanche. | |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin recorded two assists and a plus-2 rating in Monday's 5-1 win over the Coyotes. | |
| Mar 21, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots and had two PIM in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Wild. | |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin produced a power-play assist and two hits in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Ducks. | |
| Mar 14, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin recorded an assist, four shots on goal and two blocked shots in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Kings. | |
| Mar 11, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin had four shots over 15:12 of ice time in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime win over Arizona. | |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Coyotes. | |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored twice on a team-high seven shots in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Ducks. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin managed an assist, two hits and two shots on goal in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Coyotes. | |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Wild. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin scored a goal and added an assist in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the Sharks. | |
| Jan 16, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche | Valeri Nichushkin | Nichushkin had two hits and was plus-1 over 12:48 of ice time in Friday's 8-0 win over St. Louis. | |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Colorado Avalanche | re-signed RW Valeri Nichushkin to a two-year, $5 million contract. | |
| Aug 19, 2019 | Colorado Avalanche | signed RW Valeri Nichushkin to a one-year, $850,000 contract. | |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Dallas Stars | waived RW Valeri Nichushkin. | |
| Jul 1, 2018 | Dallas Stars | signed RW Valeri Nichushkin to a two-year, $5.9 million contract. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Dallas Stars | signed RW Valeri Nichushkin to a two-year contract. | |
| Apr 2, 2015 | Recalled | Dallas Stars | recalled RW Valeri Nichushkin from Texas (AHL). |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Assigned | Dallas Stars | loaned RW Valeri Nichushkin to Texas (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. |
| Mar 24, 2015 | Assigned | Dallas Stars | loaned RW Valeri Nichushkin to Texas (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. |
| Nov 3, 2014 | Recalled | Dallas Stars | recalled RW Valeri Nichushkin from Texas (AHL). |
| Oct 30, 2014 | Assigned | Dallas Stars | assigned RW Valeri Nichushkin to Texas (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. |
2021-2022 Regular Season Stats
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Valeri Nichushkin |
GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 |
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| Colorado Avalanche
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13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 167 | 52.00 | 55.60 | 3.70 | 57.70 | 5.30 | 1.44 | 3.23 |
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Career Stats
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 | Playoffs | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | Team Urals U15 | Districts Cup U15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Team Urals U16 | Districts Cup U16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk | MHL | 38 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | Russia U18 |WJAC-19| | WJAC-19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | Russia U17 | WHC-17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | Russia U18 | WJC-18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk | MHL | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Chelmet Chelyabinsk | VHL | 15 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Playoffs | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Russia U20 | WJC-20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Russia U18 | WJC-18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Russian Selects U20 | Jr Super Series | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 79 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1,042 | 61.73 | 51.56 | 2.06 | 51.18 | 0.79 | 0.63 | 1.61 | Playoffs | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013-2014 | Russia | OG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Russia (all) | International | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 42.86 | 53.52 | -1.20 | 51.09 | -0.63 | 0.00 | 0.61 | ||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Texas Stars | AHL | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Russia (all) | International | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Russia | EHT | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2016 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 1,005 | 54.55 | 51.99 | -1.75 | 52.30 | -0.72 | 0.48 | 1.61 | Playoffs | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016-2017 | CSKA Moskva | KHL | 36 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 9 | Playoffs | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Russia | EHT | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Russia | WC | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Russia (all) | International | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | CSKA Moskva | KHL | 50 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 14 | Playoffs | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | Russia | EHT | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | Russia (all) | International | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018-2019 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 629 | 42.86 | 49.11 | -2.45 | 48.64 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.86 | Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019-2020 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 754 | 71.40 | 57.00 | 7.40 | 55.90 | 5.30 | 0.88 | 1.83 | Playoffs | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020-2021 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 55 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 621 | 55.30 | 62.80 | 5.10 | 61.10 | 3.00 | 0.68 | 1.55 | Playoffs | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021-2022 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 167 | 52.00 | 55.60 | 3.70 | 57.70 | 5.30 | 1.44 | 3.23 | ||||||||
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Active Contract
Standard Contract | 2 Years $5,000,000 3.07% of cap space
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Hit | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | UFA |
| AAV | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |
| Performance Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Base Salary | $2,200,000 | $2,800,000 | |
| Signing Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Total Salary | $2,200,000 | $2,800,000 | |
| Minors Salary | $2,200,000 | $2,800,000 | |
| Clauses | |||
| UFA Year | |||
| Buy It Out | |||
Contract History
Standard Contract | 2 Years $5,900,000 3.71% of cap space
| 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Hit | $2,950,000 | $2,950,000 | RFA |
| AAV | $2,950,000 | $2,950,000 | |
| Performance Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Base Salary | $2,200,000 | $2,700,000 | |
| Signing Bonuses | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| Total Salary | $2,700,000 | $3,200,000 | |
| Minors Salary | $2,700,000 | $3,200,000 | |
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| UFA Year | |||
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Contract was bought out by 
Dallas Stars prior to the 2019-2020 season.% of remaining years was allocated to their cap according to the buyout calculator. |
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