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Czech NHL players 2026–27

19 Czech players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 114 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
114
Points
7th
Nations league
17
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season18/84 games
2025–26
CzechiaCZECHS LAST NIGHT · NOV 110 games
No Czech players were in action last night.
NEXT GAMES · NOV 12 · overnight
10Czechs in6games
TBL0–0BUFLiveCzechia1 CzechsNOV 12 · 01:00 · overnight
Jiri Kulich
· C3 pts this season
NYR@CGYCzechia2 CzechsNOV 12 · 01:30
Adam Klapka
· RW6 pts this season
Jaroslav Chmelar
· RW2 pts this season
PHI@EDMCzechia2 CzechsNOV 12 · 03:00
David Jiricek
· D2 pts this season
Dan Vladar
· G3 W this season
UTA@VGKCzechia2 CzechsNOV 12 · 03:30
Tomas Hertl
· C14 pts this season
Karel Vejmelka
· G6 W this season
NSH@ANACzechia1 CzechsNOV 12 · 04:00
Lukas Dostal
· G4 W this season
PIT@SJSCzechia2 CzechsNOV 12 · 04:00
Libor Hajek
· D0 pts this season
Martin Kaut
· RW0 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 Slovakia

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
7th in the league
6–1
Slovakia
Slovakia
9th in the league

Czechia wins 6–1 against Slovakia.

0.50Points per game0.45
62Best trio26
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.35
.881Goalies' save percentage–
1.7NHL players per million inhabitants1.5
114Total points41
19Players in the NHL8
Czechia against Slovakia season by season
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