It’s a years-long trend since he arrived in Denver and had a breakout season when the Avs won the Stanley Cup. Just in the years since the title, Colorado is 89-30-10 during the regular season when Nichushkin plays and 46-43-6 when he doesn’t.

Valeri Nichushkin’s puck-handling skills and ... at 18.8 but has played 26 fewer games than the team leader, Artturi Lehkonen. Bednar said before Nichushkin’s injury that he is always at ...

DENVER -- Artturi Lehkonen scored twice for the Colorado Avalanche in a 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Ball Arena on Tuesday.

Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 in Denver on Wednesday night. Artturi Lehkonen, Casey Mittelstadt and Logan O'Connor also scored for Colorado,

Artturi Lehkonen scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt netted the tiebreaking tally with 4:09 to go and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Tuesday in Denver.

On a night where the goaltending was uncharacteristically shaking, the new additions sparked the Avalanche’s offense, and a Valeri Nichushkin hat-trick catapulted them to victory. Colorado trailed the Toronto Maple Leafs by two goals on Saturday but climbed back to win 7-4 at Ball Arena.

The Avalanche are getting Valeri Nichushkin back on Wednesday, head coach Jared Bednar announced during his weekly radio segment. The 29-year-old forward has missed every game since the calendar turned to 2025.

It took 25 seconds for Valeri Nichushkin to make an impact Wednesday ... the top power play at the start of the game. But when Artturi Lehkonen needed a break after drawing a penalty, there ...