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Czech NHL players 2026–27

19 Czech players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 113 points, the sixth most of any country, and Czechia sits seventh of 11 in the nations league. David Pastrnak leads with 24 points.

19
NHL players
113
Points
7th
Nations league
17
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season17/84 games
2025–26
CzechiaCZECHS LAST NIGHT · NOV 100 games
No Czech players were in action last night.
NEXT GAMES · NOV 11 · today
9Czechs in6games
COL@TORCzechia1 CzechsNOV 11 · 01:00
Martin Necas
· C23 pts this season
MIN@MTLCzechia1 CzechsNOV 11 · 01:00
Jakub Dobes
· G3 W this season
NJD@WPGCzechia1 CzechsNOV 11 · 01:00
David Rittich
· G0 W this season
FLA@CBJCzechia3 CzechsNOV 11 · 01:30
Radko Gudas
· D0 pts this season
Marek Alscher
· D0 pts this season
Mikulas Hovorka
· D0 pts this season
DET@STLCzechia2 CzechsNOV 11 · 02:00
Adam Jiricek
· D3 pts this season
Michal Postava
· G1 W this season
NSH@LAKCzechia1 CzechsNOV 11 · 04:00
Jan Jenik
· C0 pts this season

CZECH LEADERS

In the nations league

7th
of 11 ranked nations
29
league points
Rate3rdTop trio7thBlue line7thGoalies9thPer million5th

Czechia accounts for 2.3% of the NHL's players and 2.3% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Czech goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Karel VejmelkaUTA
136-6-0.8693.291
Lukas DostalANA
104-4-0.8653.760
Dan VladarPHI
103-4-0.8803.270
Jakub DobesMTL
73-2-0.8474.040
Michal PostavaDET
21-0-0.8892.890

Season by season

Czechia had 19 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 28 in 2025–26. The peak was 2001–02, with 77. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 7 seasons Czechia won.
4
4
5
229
494
2
2
1
156
199
1
4
1
165
105
4
2
2
542
610
6
7
5
338
415
10
8
6
435
620
9
8
8
728
325

In the NHL Draft

12 Czech players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Adam Novotny went first, at number 24 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Czechia against Sweden

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
7th in the league
2–5
Sweden
Sweden
5th in the league

Sweden wins 5–2 against Czechia.

0.50Points per game0.48
61Best trio68
0.35Defencemen's points per game0.32
.881Goalies' save percentage.894
1.7NHL players per million inhabitants7.8
113Total points517
19Players in the NHL83
Czechia against Sweden season by season
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