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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
31 (1995)
Contract
$6,125,000 × 2yr
Expires
UFA 2028 · age 33
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Aug 2026
Drafted
2013 Rd 1 (#7) ANH
Vitals
6'4" · 210 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 485 fwds
CK 71 41st
FG 44 43rd
DI 88 56th
SK 93 95th
ST 80 87th
EN 76 74th
DU 89 60th
PH 76 65th
FO 44 36th
PA 81 84th
SC 75 68th
DF 79 81st
PS 85 97th
EX 75 71st
LD 79 74th
OV 75 85th

Contract

Cap hit $6,125,000 5.9% of cap
Year 4 of 5
2023-24
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 33
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 WSH 78 12 11 23 0.29 -17 11 2 1 0 145 8.3% 46
2020-21 VAN / BUF 81 9 16 25 0.31 -9 23 3 2 1 179 5.0% 77
2021-22 SEA 63 17 18 35 0.56 -9 52 1 5 0 180 9.4% 73
2022-23 SEA 81 27 48 75 0.93 +3 40 3 6 1 337 8.0% 127
2023-24 SEA 82 37 48 85 1.04 +35 18 8 8 0 316 11.7% 72
2024-25 MIN 62 26 26 52 0.84 +2 24 9 4 0 276 9.4% 65
2025-26 MIN 76 40 41 81 1.07 +40 32 8 8 2 284 14.1% 96
CAREER 7 yrs 523 168 208 376 0.72 +45 200 34 34 4 -- 9.8% 556
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2020-21 BUF 7 1 2 3 0.43 -3 0 0 0 0 15 6.7% 5
2021-22 SEA 8 5 4 9 1.13 +2 6 2 1 1 35 14.3% 13
2023-24 SEA 7 3 2 5 0.71 +2 0 0 2 0 29 10.3% 6
2024-25 MIN 6 4 0 4 0.67 -3 2 1 0 0 30 13.3% 13
2025-26 MIN 6 2 5 7 1.17 0 4 0 1 0 23 8.7% 6
CAREER 5 app. 34 15 13 28 0.82 -2 12 3 4 1 -- 11.4% 43
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 CBJ 72 17 32 49 9 26 1 1 4 160 17:44
On Pace - 82 19 36 56 10 30 1 1 5 182 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2013-14 DAL 79 14 20 34 0.43 20 8 2 2 3 10.9% 14:58
2014-15 DAL 8 0 1 1 0.13 -5 2 0 0 0 0.0% 13:46
2015-16 DAL 79 9 20 29 0.37 2 12 1 1 2 6.5% 13:56
2018-19 DAL 57 0 10 10 0.18 -4 0 0 0 0 0.0% 11:55
2019-20 COL 65 13 14 27 0.42 26 14 3 1 1 11.5% 14:04
2020-21 COL 55 10 11 21 0.38 9 4 4 0 1 10.2% 14:05
2021-22 COL 62 25 27 52 0.84 21 14 5 5 9 13.9% 19:02
2022-23 COL 53 17 30 47 0.89 15 2 2 10 16 10.8% 20:16
2023-24 COL 54 28 25 53 0.98 5 22 6 16 21 17.7% 21:21
2024-25 COL 43 21 13 34 0.79 11 8 0 5 8 17.8% 19:44
2025-26 COL 72 17 32 49 0.68 9 26 1 1 4 10.6% 17:44
Career NHL 627 154 203 357 0.57 109 112 24 41 65 11.6% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 19 LW WSH 62 39 88 72 81 59 69 67 30 67 68 62 60 50 46 64
2015-16 20 LW WSH 59 38 85 64 82 55 50 61 30 60 59 58 56 52 46 58
2019-20 24 LW VAN 77 44 99 70 78 62 71 63 44 64 55 68 25 61 61 63
2020-21 25 LW BUF 78 65 92 80 79 67 78 76 35 67 72 71 25 64 65 68
2021-22 26 LW SEA 79 45 92 82 80 77 85 71 34 72 79 78 25 67 68 71
2022-23 27 LW SEA 79 45 92 84 80 80 84 82 25 81 88 79 25 67 69 75
2023-24 28 LW SEA 75 44 98 84 80 85 75 92 25 85 83 77 75 69 72 76
2024-25 29 LW MIN 79 45 87 91 78 87 71 97 33 81 95 75 75 70 73 78
2025-26 30 LW MIN 78 45 93 89 80 81 62 84 44 75 92 70 80 73 77 75
2026-27 31 L-R SJS 71 44 88 93 80 76 89 76 44 81 75 79 85 75 79 75
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 19 LW WSH 62 39 88 72 81 59 69 67 30 67 68 62 60 50 46 64
2015-16 20 LW WSH −3 −1 −3 −8 +1 −4 −19 −6 · −7 −9 −4 −4 +2 · −6
2019-20 24 LW VAN +18 +6 +14 +6 −4 +7 +21 +2 +14 +4 −4 +10 −31 +9 +15 +5
2020-21 25 LW BUF +1 +21 −7 +10 +1 +5 +7 +13 −9 +3 +17 +3 · +3 +4 +5
2021-22 26 LW SEA +1 −20 · +2 +1 +10 +7 −5 −1 +5 +7 +7 · +3 +3 +3
2022-23 27 LW SEA · · · +2 · +3 −1 +11 −9 +9 +9 +1 · · +1 +4
2023-24 28 LW SEA −4 −1 +6 · · +5 −9 +10 · +4 −5 −2 +50 +2 +3 +1
2024-25 29 LW MIN +4 +1 −11 +7 −2 +2 −4 +5 +8 −4 +12 −2 · +1 +1 +2
2025-26 30 LW MIN −1 · +6 −2 +2 −6 −9 −13 +11 −6 −3 −5 +5 +3 +4 −3
2026-27 31 L-R SJS −7 −1 −5 +4 · −5 +27 −8 · +6 −17 +9 +5 +2 +2 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2014-15 WSH $2,125,000 3 yr 3.1% 19 ELC Rookie
2019-20 VAN $2,950,000 2 yr 3.6% 24 RFA Rookie
2021-22 SEA $2,250,000 2 yr 2.8% 26 RFA
2023-24 SEA $6,125,000 5 yr 7.3% 28 RFA CURRENT
2013-14
Aug 9 2013
2013-14
to CAPITALS
2016-17
Jun 29 2016
2016-17
to BLACKHAWKS
2020-21
Feb 5 2021
2020-21
to SABRES
  • Valeri Nichushkin 68
2024-25
Jul 4 2024
2024-25
to WILD
  • Valeri Nichushkin 78

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