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Belarusian NHL players 2026–27

7 Belarusian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 29 points, the eleventh most of any country, and Belarus sits eleventh of 11 in the nations league. Aliaksei Protas leads with 9 points.

7
NHL players
29
Points
11th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season19/84 games
2025–26
BelarusBELARUSIANS LAST NIGHT · NOV 122 games
2P
1G1A
4played
Vladislav Kolyachonok D scored 1 goal in the win over Washington Capitals.
Aliaksei Protas LW had 1 assist in the loss to New Jersey Devils.
Player of the night
Vladislav Kolyachonok
NJD
1G0A
WSH2–5NJDBelarus3 BelarusiansNOV 13 · 01:00 · overnight
Vladislav Kolyachonok
· D1G 0A · 14:36 TOI
Aliaksei Protas
· LW0G 1A · 15:03 TOI
Ilya Protas
· LW0G 0A · 09:40 TOI
BUF2–3CHIBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 13 · 02:00 · overnight
Artyom Levshunov
· D0G 0A · 23:10 TOI
NEXT GAMES · NOV 14 · upcoming
2Belarusians in2games
NYR@VANBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 14 · 03:00
Nikita Tolopilo
· G0 W this season
NSH@VGKBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 14 · 04:00
Vitali Pinchuk
· C2 pts this season

BELARUSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

11th
of 11 ranked nations
15
league points
Rate9thTop trio10thBlue line8thGoalies10thPer million8th

Belarus accounts for 0.8% of the NHL's players and 0.6% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Season by season

Belarus had 1 players in the NHL in 1992–93 and 8 in 2025–26. The peak was 2024–25, with 8. Under each bar is the nations league placing.
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–99
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–05
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–10
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–20
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98
1025

In the NHL Draft

Three Belarusian players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, none of them in the first round. Yaroslav Bryzgalov went first, at number 97 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Belarus against Russia

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Belarus
Belarus
11th in the league
1–6
Russia
Russia
2nd in the league

Russia wins 6–1 against Belarus.

0.45Points per game0.52
23Best trio83
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.35
–Goalies' save percentage.896
0.8NHL players per million inhabitants0.4
29Total points393
7Players in the NHL58
Belarus against Russia season by season
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Top scorer
Aliaksei Protas
Belarus's top scorer in 2026–27.
The team
Washington Capitals
Where Aliaksei Protas plays.
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Against Sweden
Sweden vs Belarus
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