Valeri Nichushkin
Columbus Blue Jackets · #43 · Right wing · age 31 · 6'4" · 210 lb · shoots LBorn 🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk, RUS · Drafted 2013 · Rd 1 #10
PLAYMAKER83% of points are assists this season
6 points in 12 games — 179th of 424 forwards. The average forward has 6.7.
31HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 62% of forwards · average forward 27
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage forward 95 · last game 2 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
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FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 31 lately — hotter than 62% of forwards, against an average forward at 27.
Now 31 · +7 over these 12 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average forward (27)┈ top 5% of forwards (65)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
3 points in 5 games — 1.2× his usual pace, and 1.2× what an average forward scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE FORWARD | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Assists | 3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | ▲ 1.4× his usual |
| Points | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shots | 7 | 7 | 8 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 5.9% | 13.6% | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | −2 | −1.3 | −0.2 | −1 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 16:24 | 16:25 | 14:51 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ DAL | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 17:26 | 31 |
| Oct 29 | @ CAR | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:02 | 31 |
| Oct 27 | @ PHI | W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:50 | 31 |
| Oct 24 | vs VGK | W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:13 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs TOR | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −1 | 12:27 | 32 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 424 FORWARDS
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best forward; the white tick is the average forward.
Points179th of 424 forwards6leader 
McDavid 39
McDavid 39Goals275th of 424 forwards1leader 
Kaprizov 15
Kaprizov 15Assists100th of 424 forwards5leader McDavid 30
McDavid 30Shots233rd of 424 forwards17leader Boldy 68
Boldy 68Power-play points152nd of 424 forwards1leader McDavid 15
McDavid 15Plus/minus300th of 424 forwards−3leader McDavid +20
McDavid +20Ice time a game147th of 424 forwards16:25leader McDavid 23:28
McDavid 23:28PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS FORWARDS
Shape of his game.
Separates in: assists (76th). Below the middle: plus/minus (27th), goals (27th).
■ Nichushkin this season╍ the average forward┈ top 5% of forwards
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 41 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 53 in 2023–24.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | CBJ | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.50 | −3 |
| 2025–26 |  COL | 72 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 0.68 | +9 |
| 2024–25 | COL | 43 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 0.79 | +11 |
| 2023–24 · best | COL | 54 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 0.98 | +5 |
| 2022–23 | COL | 53 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 0.89 | +15 |
| 2021–22 | COL | 62 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 0.84 | +21 |
| 2020–21 | COL | 55 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0.38 | +9 |
| 2019–20 | COL | 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 0.42 | +26 |
| 2018–19 | DAL | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0.18 | −4 |
| 2015–16 | DAL | 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0.37 | +2 |
| 2014–15 | DAL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | −5 |
| 2013–14 | DAL | 79 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 0.43 | +20 |