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Belarusian NHL players 2026–27

6 Belarusian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 21 points, the eleventh most of any country, and Belarus sits eleventh of 11 in the nations league. Ilya Protas leads with 6 points.

6
NHL players
21
Points
11th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season16/84 games
2025–26
BelarusBELARUSIANS LAST NIGHT · NOV 61 game
0P
0G0A
1played
ANA5–3CGYBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 7 · 02:00 · overnight
Yegor Sharangovich
· C0G 0A · 11:19 TOI
NEXT GAMES · NOV 7 · today
7Belarusians in6games
FLA@WSHBelarus2 BelarusiansNOV 7 · 18:30
Ilya Protas
· LW6 pts this season
Aliaksei Protas
· LW5 pts this season
STL@NSHBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 7 · 19:00
Vitali Pinchuk
· C2 pts this season
NJD@NYIBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 8 · 01:00
Vladislav Kolyachonok
· D0 pts this season
CHI@CARBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 8 · 02:00
Artyom Levshunov
· D3 pts this season
PIT@LAKBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 8 · 03:00
Ilya Solovyov
· D0 pts this season
VAN@EDMBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 8 · 04:00
Nikita Tolopilo
· G0 W this season

BELARUSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

11th
of 11 ranked nations
12
league points
Rate10thTop trio10thBlue line9thGoalies10thPer million9th

Belarus accounts for 0.7% of the NHL's players and 0.5% 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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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 Canada

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Belarus
Belarus
11th in the league
0–7
Canada
Canada
1st in the league

Canada wins 7–0 against Belarus.

0.45Points per game0.46
16Best trio101
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.36
–Goalies' save percentage.890
0.7NHL players per million inhabitants8.5
21Total points1 774
6Players in the NHL342
Belarus against Canada season by season
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Ilya Protas
Belarus's top scorer in 2026–27.
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