Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2026–27
57 Russian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27, and two more are on a roster without a game yet. Together they have 288 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia sits second of 11 in the nations league. Kirill Kaprizov leads with 24 points.
59
NHL players
288
Points
2nd
Nations league
33
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season14/84 games
RUSSIANS LAST NIGHT · OCT 319 games8P
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Nikita Kucherov RW had 3 assists in the loss to Nashville Predators.
Pavel Buchnevich LW scored 1 goal in the win over Detroit Red Wings.
Vasily Podkolzin RW scored 1 goal in the win over New York Islanders.
Roman Kantserov RW had 1 assist in the loss to Boston Bruins.
Alexey Toropchenko RW had 1 assist in the win over Detroit Red Wings.
Player of the night
Nikita Kucherov
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27Russians in5games
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points race
Kirill Kaprizov
MINLW· 15 GP
14G10A24P
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 13 GP+3 points last night
4G14A18P
Mikhail Sergachev
UTAD· 14 GP
4G12A16P
4
Vasily Podkolzin
EDMRW· 14 GP+1 point last night
9G5A14P
4
Kirill Marchenko
TORRW· 14 GP
6G8A14P
In the nations league
2nd
of 11 ranked nations
40
league points
Rate2ndTop trio3rdBlue line3rdGoalies2ndPer million10th
Russia accounts for 7.0% of the NHL's players and 7.6% of its points so far.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6-3-0 | .876 | 3.00 | 0 | |
Ilya SorokinNYI | 10 | 6-4-0 | .910 | 2.41 | 1 |
| 10 | 3-5-0 | .885 | 3.29 | 0 | |
| 9 | 9-0-0 | .919 | 1.66 | 1 | |
| 9 | 4-5-0 | .900 | 3.01 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3-1-0 | .927 | 1.79 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0-4-0 | .867 | 3.83 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1-1-0 | .890 | 2.40 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1-0-0 | .941 | 1.40 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0-1-0 | .853 | 5.00 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Matvei Gridin
RW · 14 GP · 5G 5A10PAydar Suniev
LW · 11 GP · 4G 1A5PYan Kuznetsov
D · 13 GP · 0G 2A2PMaxim Tsyplakov
RW · 8 GP · 0G 1A1PArsenii Sergeev
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8530WKirill Kaprizov
LW · 15 GP · 14G 10A24PMaxim Shabanov
RW · 14 GP · 4G 5A9PDanila Yurov
RW · 15 GP · 4G 1A5PYakov Trenin
C · 15 GP · 0G 2A2PEvgeni Malkin
C · 13 GP · 6G 5A11PEgor Chinakhov
RW · 10 GP · 2G 2A4PAndrei Kuzmenko
LW · 10 GP · 0G 1A1PSergei Murashov
G · 5 GP · 0 W · .8670WMikhail Sergachev
D · 14 GP · 4G 12A16PDmitri Simashev
D · 14 GP · 2G 2A4PDaniil But
LW · 13 GP · 2G 2A4PArtem Duda
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PAndrei Svechnikov
RW · 15 GP · 6G 7A13PPyotr Kochetkov
G · 9 GP · 9 W · .9199WAlexander Nikishin
D · No game yet–Valeri Nichushkin
RW · 12 GP · 1G 5A6PDmitri Voronkov
LW · 8 GP · 0G 2A2PIvan Provorov
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PShow all 28 teams
Dmitry Orlov
D · 15 GP · 2G 4A6PIgor Chernyshov
LW · 11 GP · 2G 2A4PYaroslav Askarov
G · 9 GP · 4 W · .9004WNikita Kucherov
RW · 13 GP · 4G 14A18PIlya Mikheyev
RW · 13 GP · 2G 2A4PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 10 GP · 6 W · .8766WSeason by season
In the NHL Draft
23 Russian players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Ilia Morozov went first, at number 20 to the Buffalo Sabres.
Russian NHL players all time
Russia against Sweden
Russia
2nd in the league
3–4
Sweden
5th in the league
Sweden wins 4–3 against Russia.
0.52Points per game0.48
58Best trio56
0.35Defencemen's points per game0.32
.894Goalies' save percentage.894
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants7.7
288Total points417
57Players in the NHL82
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Top scorer
Kirill Kaprizov
Russia's top scorer in 2026–27.
The team
Minnesota Wild
Where Kirill Kaprizov plays.
Nations in the NHL
Every nation in the NHL
How many players each country has in the NHL, with a page for each.
Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 2026–27
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Russia
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.