Valery Nichushkin, Russian forward of the Colorado Avalanche club, scored two goals in the match against the Chicago Blackhawks in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Nichushkin scored a double goal in two minutes in the first period, and also scored in the 10th and 12th minutes of the match. His assistants for the first time were Jonathan Drouin and Nathan MacKinnon, and for the second, Mikko Rantanen and Sam Malinsky.
The first half of the Colorado-Chicago match played at the United Center Stadium has ended. The score is equal: 2:2.
Nichushkin appeared in 27 games during the current NHL season and recorded 12 goals and 13 assists before facing Chicago.
Last season, the Russian played in only two NHL play-off games. The club explained his absence as personal reasons. Journalists also wrote that there were some alcohol-related incidents with Nichushkin. Nichushkin won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in the 2021/22 season; In the final series, the Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Previously Nikita Kucherov logged in He is in the top 10 in terms of points among Russians in the NHL.