Established scorer

Valeri Nichushkin

COL●R●Age 30.9

Already scoring above the top-six bar — past the breakout window. Pythia calls players who haven't arrived yet, so there's no breakout score here.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/602.3073rd pctile (F)

Expected G/601.0782nd pctile (F)

Shots/607.575th pctile (F)

Points/602.30

Goals17

Expected Goals22.7

Shots/607.5

TOI/GP17.7

Games72

Percentiles are within the forwards pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

11 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2013-14	DAL	18.9	79	14	20	34	1.73	14.6	0.74	128	6.5	15.0	1.27
2014-15	DAL	19.9	8	0	1	1	0.54	0.8	0.43	6	3.3	13.8	0.58
2015-16	DAL	20.9	79	9	20	29	1.58	15.1	0.82	139	7.6	13.9	0.92
2018-19	DAL	23.9	57	0	10	10	0.88	5.5	0.49	64	5.7	11.9	0.34
2019-20	COL	24.9	65	14	13	27	1.77	11.7	0.77	114	7.5	14.1	1.48
2020-21	COL	25.9	55	10	11	21	1.63	9.1	0.71	98	7.6	14.1	0.88
2021-22	COL	26.9	62	25	27	52	2.64	24.6	1.25	180	9.2	19.0	2.25
2022-23	COL	27.9	53	17	30	47	2.62	20.5	1.14	158	8.8	20.3	3.38
2023-24	COL	28.9	54	28	25	53	2.76	27.2	1.42	158	8.2	21.4	3.71
2024-25	COL	29.9	43	21	13	34	2.40	18.7	1.32	118	8.3	19.7	2.98
2025-26	COL	30.9	72	17	32	49	2.30	22.7	1.07	160	7.5	17.7	1.76
Career			627	155	202	357	2.08	170.6	0.99	1323	7.7	16.4

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.