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 ...

Artturi Lehkonen, Casey Mittelstadt and Logan ... and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 22 shots. Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin, who missed 21 games, was back in action for the first time ...

DENVER --Artturi Lehkonen scored twice for the Colorado ... back ahead 2-1 at 15:51 of the third period. He one-timed Valeri Nichushkin's cross-crease pass off the arm of Nedeljkovic from just ...

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury. The Russian forward ...