All Aboard! Valeri Nichushkin Made Major Impact on Avalanche in 2024-25

Valeri Nichuhskin continued to be a difference-maker for the Avalanche in 2024-25. In 43 regular-season games, he posted 34 points (21g/13a) in addition to four points (3g/1a) in seven playoff games.

With his 21 goals this season, Nichushkin registered consecutive seasons of at least 20 goals for the first time in his career. He’s reached the 20-goal mark in three of the last four seasons and his 0.43 goals per game over that span is sixth among right wingers with at least 200 games played.

Nichushkin’s rare combination of size, speed and skill make him one of the league’s most unique players.

Of the 43 games Nichushkin played in the regular season, he registered at least one point in 25 of them. He posted six multi-point games, including a pair of multi-goal contests, highlighted by a hat trick in a four-point night against the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 8th.

"To me, he's one of the top 200-foot players in the game," Bednar said about Nichushkin after Colorado’s win against Toronto.

Among players who appeared in at least 10 games in the 2024-25 regular season, Nichushkin is one of three to record at least one shot on goal in each contest, along with Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski and Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews.

Nichushkin enters the 2025-26 season with five years remaining on his contract. He’s 45 games from 500 and 29 assists from 200.