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Right Wing•#43Valeri Nichushkin is a 31-year-old right wing for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Selected 10th overall by DAL in the 2013 NHL Draft. Born in Chelyabinsk, RUS.
In 2025-26, Valeri has been a consistent offensive contributor with 19 goals and 34 assists for 53 points in 84 games. He averages 0.63 points per game on 17:25 of ice time.
2026-27 projection
Projected September 5, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 19–55 pts
2025-26
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League Percentiles
Among all NHL skaters this season.
Percentile rank among all NHL skaters with 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Valeri was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 72 games, 1,441 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
57.8 vs 54.8 lg
74th percentile
Quality of teammates
77.6 vs 53.2 lg
99th percentile
Deployment
tough-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Valeri takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
240
Goals vs expected
17 vs 20.8 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
34%
With-or-without-you
Who Valeri plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock NelsonC | 622 min | 59.7 | 59.9 | -0.2 |
| Brent BurnsD | 362 min | 58.0 | 60.9 | -2.9 |
| Josh MansonD | 329 min | 62.5 | 58.1 | +4.4 |
| Sam MalinskiD | 291 min | 62.8 | 58.6 | +4.2 |
| Cale MakarD | 258 min | 58.1 | 60.5 | -2.4 |
| Devon ToewsD | 248 min | 58.6 | 60.2 | -1.6 |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Valeri, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
Form
Performance in the last five games played.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24 | @ VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 8:34 |
| May 22 | vs VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:07 |
| May 20 | vs VGK | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:39 |
| May 13 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:32 |
| May 11 | @ MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:09 |
2025-26
Skill profile, on-ice impact metrics, and season projections.
Percentile rankings vs. NHL Forwards
81
Offense
69
Defense
75
Overall
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions vs. all NHL forwards. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, a top on-ice shot share, exceptional playmaking, a heavy penalty-kill workload.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
12-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 12-point spread between offensive (81th) and defensive (69th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first winger.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, a top on-ice shot share, exceptional playmaking, a heavy penalty-kill workload.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
12-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 12-point spread between offensive (81th) and defensive (69th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first winger.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Valeri Nichushkin's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | COL | 72 | 17 | 32 | 49 | +9 | 160 | 10.6% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | COL | 43 | 21 | 13 | 34 | +11 | 118 | 17.8% | |||
| 23-242023-24 | COL | 54 | 28 | 25 | 53 | +5 | 158 | 17.7% |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Columbus Blue Jackets this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts — where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy — zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
End of season statistical forecast
0
games remaining
Goals
19
Current: 19
Assists
34
Current: 34
Points
53
Current: 53
Moderate production expected. Likely to finish between 53-58 points with consistent deployment.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
| 22-232022-23 | COL | 53 | 17 | 30 | 47 | +15 | 158 | 10.8% |
| 21-222021-22 | COL | 62 | 25 | 27 | 52 | +21 | 180 | 13.9% |
| 20-212020-21 | COL | 55 | 10 | 11 | 21 | +9 | 98 | 10.2% |
| 19-202019-20 | COL | 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | +26 | 113 | 11.5% |
| 18-192018-19 | DAL | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 65 | — |
| 15-162015-16 | DAL | 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | +2 | 139 | 6.5% |
| 14-152014-15 | DAL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 | — |
| 13-142013-14 | DAL | 79 | 14 | 20 | 34 | +20 | 128 | 10.9% |
| Career | — | 627 | 154 | 203 | 357 | +109 | 1323 | 11.6% |
C · 33 pts
