Valeri Nichushkin
- Position
- Right wing
- Age
- 31Mar 4, 1995
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 217 lbs98 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Chelyabinsk, RUS
- Nationality
- RUS
- Draft
- 2013 · Round 1 · 10th overall · DAL
Valeri Nichushkin, Columbus Blue Jackets right wing, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Chelyabinsk, RUS · Draft: 2013 · Round 1, pick 10 (#10 overall) · DAL · 12 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 639
- G
- 155
- A
- 208
- PTS
- 363
- +/-
- 106
Playoffs
- GP
- 91
- G
- 28
- A
- 15
- PTS
- 43
- +/-
- 3
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2021-22
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits27#128 of 659
- Hits per game1.80#157 of 659
- Hits per 606.45#181 of 659
- Blocked shots12#227 of 659
- Takeaways2#372 of 659
- Giveaways18#502 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)2.01#303 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.48#351 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.01#285 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.074#297 of 659
- High-danger shots9#246 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)49.3%#336 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+1.1%#260 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)48.8%#356 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.985#398 of 659
- Offensive zone starts53.9%#244 of 659
- Time on ice per game16:44#295 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 14 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 43.1%41.6%Beats 45%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%40.7%Beats 45%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.3%40.3%Beats 42%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph23.0 mphBeats 93%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2020Beats 59%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 12Beats 78%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph53.8 mphBeats 53%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.4 mph82.3 mphBeats 53%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 5 shots
- Left circle: 2 shots
- Right circle: 2 shots
- High slot: 2 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 4 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 1 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 86Beats 48%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 76Beats 58%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 25More than 94%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
33.3%
Won–Lost
2–4
6 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone40.0% · 2/5
- Neutral zone0.0% · 0/1
- Defensive zone— · 0/0
By situation
- Even strength33.3% · 1/3
- Power play33.3% · 1/3
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
Game LogLast 10 games
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