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Valeri Nichushkin

#43

Columbus Blue Jackets

R · 6'4", 217 lb · 31 years old · Shoots left · Chelyabinsk, RUS

Drafted 2013 · DAL · round 1 · #10 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	PHI	1	1	0.2	0	0	18:46
Nov 12	TBL	0	0	0.0	0	-1	20:08
Nov 10	FLA	1	1	0.6	4	+1	18:47
Nov 6	@BUF	0	0	-0.0	0	-1	19:11
Nov 5	DAL	0	0	0.6	1	0	18:08

Against their position

This playerAverage forward

Against 440 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 606.22161st

Blocks / 602.33151st

Takeaways / 600.58283rd

Giveaways / 603.88362nd

Faceoff win %22.2%335th

Penalty minutes4114th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average forward

Goals

F 0.22

Assists

F 0.31

SOG

Shots on goal

F 1.7

Expected goals

F 0.22

Attempts for

F 11.2

Attempts against

F 11.2

TOI

Ice time

F 15:11

Speed

Top, mph

23.0

F 21.9

Hits

F 1.3

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

F +0.4

BLK

Shot blocks

F 0.5

bxG

Block xG margin

F -.01

Poss±

Take minus give

F -0.5

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

F +0.0

FO%

Faceoffs won

F 50.0%

Shot

Hardest, mph

82.3

F 81.0

Every shot this season

Goal3Shot on goal21Missed12Shot blocked10

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Columbus Blue Jackets	18	2	8	10	-2	23	8.7	17:09
2025-26	Colorado Avalanche	72	17	32	49	+9	160	10.6	17:44
2024-25	Colorado Avalanche	43	21	13	34	+11	118	17.8	19:44
2023-24	Colorado Avalanche	54	28	25	53	+5	158	17.7	21:21
2022-23	Colorado Avalanche	53	17	30	47	+15	158	10.8	20:16
2021-22	Colorado Avalanche	62	25	27	52	+21	180	13.9	19:02
2020-21	Colorado Avalanche	55	10	11	21	+9	98	10.2	14:05
2019-20	Colorado Avalanche	65	13	14	27	+26	113	11.5	14:04
2018-19	Dallas Stars	57	0	10	10	-4	65	–	11:55
2015-16	Dallas Stars	79	9	20	29	+2	139	6.5	13:56
2014-15	Dallas Stars	8	0	1	1	-5	6	–	13:46
2013-14	Dallas Stars	79	14	20	34	+20	128	10.9	14:58
Career		645	156	211	367	+107	1346	11.6	16:26

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2017-18	KHL	CSKA Moskva	50	16	11	27
2017-18	EHT	Russia	5	2	0	2
2016-17	KHL	CSKA Moskva	36	11	13	24
2016-17	EHT	Russia	9	1	4	5
2016-17	WC	Russia	6	0	3	3
2014-15	AHL	Texas	5	0	4	4
2013-14	Olympics	Russia	5	1	0	1
2012-13	Russia-Jr.	Chelyabinsk Jr.	9	4	4	8
2012-13	Russia-2	Chelmet	15	8	2	10
2012-13	KHL	Chelyabinsk	18	4	2	6
2011-12	Russia-Jr.	Chelyabinsk Jr.	38	4	6	10