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Czech NHL players 2026–27

19 Czech players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 116 points, the sixth most of any country, and Czechia sits seventh of 11 in the nations league. Martin Necas leads with 24 points.

19
NHL players
116
Points
7th
Nations league
17
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season18/84 games
2025–26
CzechiaCZECHS LAST NIGHT · NOV 120 games
No Czech players were in action last night.
NEXT GAMES · NOV 13 · today
18Czechs in8games
MTL@BOSCzechia5 CzechsNOV 13 · 01:00
David Pastrnak
· RW24 pts this season
Pavel Zacha
· C14 pts this season
Jakub Dobes
· G3 W this season
Jiri Patera
· G0 W this season
Ivan Ivan
· C0 pts this season
COL@OTTCzechia1 CzechsNOV 13 · 01:00
Martin Necas
· C24 pts this season
WSH@NJDCzechia1 CzechsNOV 13 · 01:00
David Rittich
· G0 W this season
DET@FLACzechia4 CzechsNOV 13 · 01:30
Michal Postava
· G1 W this season
Radko Gudas
· D0 pts this season
Marek Alscher
· D0 pts this season
Mikulas Hovorka
· D0 pts this season
BUF@CHICzechia1 CzechsNOV 13 · 02:00
Jiri Kulich
· C3 pts this season
WPG@DALCzechia1 CzechsNOV 13 · 02:00
Radek Faksa
· C2 pts this season
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STL@UTACzechia2 CzechsNOV 13 · 03:00
Adam Jiricek
· D3 pts this season
Karel Vejmelka
· G6 W this season
NYI@LAKCzechia3 CzechsNOV 13 · 04:00
Ondrej Palat
· LW5 pts this season
Vitek Vanecek
· G0 W this season
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
Dan VladarPHI
113-4-0.8793.240
Lukas DostalANA
104-4-0.8653.760
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 Germany

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
7th in the league
3–4
Germany
Germany
4th in the league

Germany wins 4–3 against Czechia.

0.50Points per game0.56
63Best trio74
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.37
.881Goalies' save percentage.890
1.7NHL players per million inhabitants0.1
116Total points88
19Players in the NHL8
Czechia against Germany season by season
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