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Belarusian NHL players 2026–27

6 Belarusian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 26 points, the eleventh most of any country, and Belarus sits eleventh of 11 in the nations league. Aliaksei Protas leads with 8 points.

6
NHL players
26
Points
11th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season18/84 games
2025–26
BelarusBELARUSIANS LAST NIGHT · NOV 102 games
1P
0G1A
3played
Aliaksei Protas LW had 1 assist in the win over Ottawa Senators.
Player of the night
Aliaksei Protas
WSH
0G1A
WSH3–2OTTBelarus2 BelarusiansNOV 11 · 01:00 · overnight
Aliaksei Protas
· LW0G 1A · 15:33 TOI
Ilya Protas
· LW0G 0A · 10:49 TOI
NSH3–0LAKBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 11 · 04:00 · overnight
Vitali Pinchuk
· C0G 0A · 11:06 TOI
NEXT GAMES · NOV 12 · upcoming
4Belarusians in4games
NYR@CGYBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 12 · 01:30
Yegor Sharangovich
· C7 pts this season
PHI@EDMBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 12 · 03:00
Aleksei Kolosov
· G0 W this season
NSH@ANABelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 12 · 04:00
Vitali Pinchuk
· C2 pts this season
PIT@SJSBelarus1 BelarusiansNOV 12 · 04:00
Ilya Solovyov
· D0 pts this season

BELARUSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

11th
of 11 ranked nations
13
league points
Rate10thTop trio10thBlue line8thGoalies10thPer 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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–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 USA

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
USA
USA
3rd in the league

USA wins 7–0 against Belarus.

0.45Points per game0.47
21Best trio82
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.38
–Goalies' save percentage.894
0.7NHL players per million inhabitants0.7
26Total points1 443
6Players in the NHL237
Belarus against USA season by season
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Top scorer
Aliaksei Protas
Belarus's top scorer in 2026–27.
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Washington Capitals
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