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› Valeri Nichushkin
Valeri Nichushkin
RW · #43 · CBJ · 31 ·
Net-front middle-six
Average career stats over an 82-game season
20
G
27
A
47
P
+14
+/−
15
PIM
16:25
TOI/GP
1:51
PP TOI/GP
0:58
SH TOI/GP
'14
'15
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26
CAREER
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE
Team rank
4/22
22/24
26/30
7/24
11/27
6/28
9/31
3/29
4/33
9/27
3/24
League rank
114/752
506/736
630/767
98/736
113/728
65/808
230/774
33/772
55/761
226/778
91/717
Age rank
2/7
16/28
51/67
11/62
11/64
9/68
19/64
2/59
4/55
13/50
4/50
Playoffs
+6.1
6 GP
-10.1
10 GP
+13.8
1 GP
+1.9
12 GP
-16.7
10 GP
+8.6
20 GP
+26.3
2 GP
+43.2
8 GP
+17.6
7 GP
-5.5
12 GP
+4.9
88 GP
Overall
+4.5
78 GP
-3.1
79 GP
-5.1
57 GP
+5.0
65 GP
+5.3
55 GP
+8.8
62 GP
+1.8
53 GP
+11.1
54 GP
+8.0
43 GP
+1.6
72 GP
+3.3
627 GP
EV offense
EV defense
+1.7
-0.6
13:38
+0.4
+0.2
12:56
-1.7
+1.6
11:16
+0.8
+2.5
11:55
+2.3
+1.9
11:45
+2.9
+1.4
14:56
+2.0
+0.7
14:55
+4.1
-1.0
15:39
+5.0
-1.2
15:24
+2.0
+1.3
14:06
+1.7
+0.5
Power play
-0.4
1:19
-0.3
0:59
-0.3
0:20
-0.1
1:33
-0.2
0:53
+0.1
2:19
+0.7
3:33
+0.7
3:52
+0.7
3:02
+0.0
1:54
+0.0
Penalty kill
-0.0
0:00
-0.0
0:00
+0.4
0:18
+0.4
0:35
+0.1
1:26
+0.5
1:44
-0.0
1:46
+1.0
1:49
-1.0
1:17
+0.4
1:42
+0.1
Finishing
+0.8
-4.3
-8.1
-0.3
-0.7
+2.4
-4.7
+5.9
+4.3
-4.0
-0.8
Penalties
+3.1
+1.1
+3.0
+1.7
+2.0
+1.6
+3.1
+0.4
+0.2
+1.9
+1.7
Faceoffs
-0.0
-0.0
+0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
+0.0
+0.0
-0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82
Competition
+0.4
+1.7
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
-0.6
+0.3
+0.1
-0.2
+0.4
+0.7
+0.1
Teammates
+1.9
+4.1
+3.1
-0.8
+0.9
+3.2
+6.0
+3.7
+6.5
+4.4
+3.5
+3.5
Seguin 56%
Benn 50%
Goligoski 35%
Gonchar 32%
Spezza 44%
Seguin 42%
Hemsky 42%
Benn 40%
Spezza 40%
Goligoski 38%
Oduya 32%
Klingberg 30%
Heiskanen 37%
Lindell 36%
Polak 29%
Faksa 28%
Girard 37%
Bellemare 35%
Cole 30%
Johnson 30%
Jost 44%
Donskoi 39%
Toews 36%
Graves 34%
Makar 44%
Toews 42%
Kadri 40%
Rantanen 32%
Toews 44%
Compher 42%
MacKinnon 42%
Rantanen 40%
MacKinnon 59%
Rantanen 57%
Makar 50%
Toews 46%
Makar 52%
MacKinnon 48%
Toews 37%
Girard 29%
Nelson 63%
Burns 37%
Makar 34%
Manson 31%
Toews 20%
Makar 19%
MacKinnon 15%
Rantanen 14%
NHL EDGE (2021+)
Hardest shot
86.3
87.6
86.8
88.0
87.7
88.0
Top speed
23.4
23.5
24.0
23.1
23.5
24.0
Bursts/GP
3.6
1.5
2.5
3.1
2.6
3.6
60-game
form
'14
'15
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26
+17.3
-8.6
+0.3
Career
net goals
'14
'15
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26
+26
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)
Wrist
54%
+0.2
Snap
14%
-0.5
Slap
6%
Backhand
12%
-0.7
Tip-in
10%
+0.5
Deflection
3%
Other
1%
net goals/82
shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$6.13M
CAP HIT 2026-27
5.9%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.53
NET GOALS/82 PER $M