Chicago Blackhawks defeated Colorado Avalanche in National Hockey League (NHL) match.
The match took place at the United Center stadium and ended with Chicago winning with a score of 3:2. Ryan Donato, Lukas Reichel and Tyler Johnson scored for the Blackhawks. Russian hockey player “Chicago” Nikita Zaitsev made two assists.
As part of the losing team, Russian striker Valery Nichushkin scored a double goal. The hockey player played 28 games in the NHL this season and scored 14 goals and 13 assists.
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.
Chicago, which is in last place in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference, broke its four-game losing streak. The Avalanche suffered their second defeat in the last three games of the regular season. The team is in fourth place in the West.
Previously Nikita Kucherov logged in He is in the top 10 in terms of points among Russians in the NHL.