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Valeri Nichushkin

Valeri Nichushkin

CBJ·FJersey number #43
Played for COL in the game shown
COLvsCGY
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 9:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 333 game sample
PTS
58.7
SOG
195.5
G
26.7
A
32.0
PPP
10.3
HIT
89.7
BLK
36.0
PIM
22.7

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 333 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−2.57
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −6.9 goals over 242
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.47
per 100 attempts, projected
−1.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 333 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 333 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.72
G
0.33
A
0.39
SOG
2.39
PPP
0.13
HIT
1.09
BLK
0.44
PIM
0.28

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26721732490.6816017:44
2024-25432113340.7911819:44
2023-24542825530.9815821:21
2022-23531730470.8915820:16
2021-22622527520.8418019:02

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26122240.331915:37
2024-2573140.571319:36
2023-24891101.252422:31
2022-2321010.50619:58
2021-222096150.757220:16

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 2/10G 2/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 24@ VGKPO20002008:34
May 22vs VGKPO200010015:07
May 20vs VGKPO310030013:39
May 13vs MINPO200030015:32
May 11@ MINPO300022019:09
May 9@ MINPO100010013:25
May 5vs MINPO110021017:56
May 3vs MINPO202010015:24
Apr 26@ LAKPO000001014:38
Apr 23@ LAKPO100010017:29

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2623.917minus 6.9 goals above expected68242
2024-2519.721plus 1.3 goals above expected43170
2023-2424.428plus 3.6 goals above expected52230
2022-2320.317minus 3.3 goals above expected52210
2021-2221.725plus 3.3 goals above expected61227

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2615 goals, 29 assists, 44 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2024-2516 goals, 10 assists, 26 points5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-2411 goals, 18 assists, 29 points16 goals, 5 assists, 21 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2022-236 goals, 22 assists, 28 points10 goals, 6 assists, 16 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2021-2218 goals, 23 assists, 41 points5 goals, 4 assists, 9 points2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points

Shot locations

242 attempts · 17 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (82)Shot on goal (143)Goal (17)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
23%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
7%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.3
P(over)
41%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.