DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin took strides to take his hard-checking, goal-scoring game to another level this season. Same with his life away from the rink, his Colorado Avalanche teammates ...

Nichushkin (lower body) will be in the lineup versus Dallas on Saturday, per Meghan Angley of Guerilla Sports. Nichushkin sat out last Sunday's 4-2 win over Anaheim but had plenty of time to recover.

No sticks were harmed in the making of this article, but Valeri Nichushkin harmed a few over the last couple days. Guess he found one Thursday night he liked. Nichushkin led the way for the ...

Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Stars in Game 3. The goal was Nichushkin's first point of the series. He's added eight shots on net, six hits and a ...