Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2026–27
58 Russian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27, and two more are on a roster without a game yet. Together they have 363 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia sits second of 11 in the nations league. Kirill Kaprizov leads with 31 points.
60
NHL players
363
Points
2nd
Nations league
40
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season17/84 games
RUSSIANS LAST NIGHT · NOV 93 games3P
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Vasily Podkolzin RW had 1 assist in the win over New York Rangers.
Matvei Michkov RW had 1 assist in the win over Vancouver Canucks.
Dmitry Orlov D had 1 assist in the win over New York Islanders.
Ilya Sorokin G stopped 37 of 39 shots (.949) in the loss to San Jose Sharks.
Yaroslav Askarov G stopped 30 of 32 shots (.938) in the win over New York Islanders.
Player of the night
Vasily Podkolzin
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31Russians in7games
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points race
Kirill Kaprizov
MINLW· 19 GP
16G15A31P
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 17 GP
5G17A22P
Mikhail Sergachev
UTAD· 18 GP
5G15A20P
4
Artemi Panarin
LAKLW· 15 GP
8G10A18P
4
Andrei Svechnikov
CARRW· 19 GP
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In the nations league
2nd
of 11 ranked nations
41
league points
Rate2ndTop trio3rdBlue line3rdGoalies1stPer million10th
Russia accounts for 7.0% of the NHL's players and 7.5% of its points so far.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 8-4-0 | .881 | 2.85 | 0 | |
| 13 | 5-8-0 | .889 | 3.22 | 0 | |
| 12 | 11-1-0 | .920 | 1.67 | 2 | |
Ilya SorokinNYI | 12 | 6-4-0 | .913 | 2.57 | 1 |
| 12 | 3-7-0 | .886 | 3.34 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2-3-0 | .920 | 2.10 | 1 | |
| 6 | 1-4-0 | .877 | 3.52 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3-1-0 | .927 | 1.79 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1-2-0 | .891 | 2.72 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0-1-0 | .853 | 5.00 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Matvei Gridin
RW · 18 GP · 5G 6A11PAydar Suniev
LW · 15 GP · 4G 2A6PYan Kuznetsov
D · 17 GP · 0G 4A4PMaxim Tsyplakov
RW · 8 GP · 0G 1A1PArsenii Sergeev
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8530WKirill Kaprizov
LW · 19 GP · 16G 15A31PMaxim Shabanov
RW · 18 GP · 8G 5A13PDanila Yurov
RW · 19 GP · 6G 1A7PYakov Trenin
C · 19 GP · 0G 2A2PEvgeni Malkin
C · 16 GP · 6G 10A16PEgor Chinakhov
RW · 14 GP · 3G 2A5PAndrei Kuzmenko
LW · 12 GP · 0G 1A1PSergei Murashov
G · 6 GP · 1 W · .8771WMikhail Sergachev
D · 18 GP · 5G 15A20PDmitri Simashev
D · 18 GP · 3G 2A5PDaniil But
LW · 13 GP · 2G 2A4PArtem Duda
D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PAndrei Svechnikov
RW · 19 GP · 9G 9A18PAlexander Nikishin
D · 1 GP · 1G 1A2PPyotr Kochetkov
G · 12 GP · 11 W · .92011WValeri Nichushkin
RW · 15 GP · 2G 6A8PDmitri Voronkov
LW · 10 GP · 0G 2A2PIvan Provorov
D · 4 GP · 1G 0A1PShow all 28 teams
Dmitry Orlov
D · 20 GP · 2G 8A10PIgor Chernyshov
LW · 11 GP · 2G 2A4PYaroslav Askarov
G · 13 GP · 5 W · .8895WNikita Kucherov
RW · 17 GP · 5G 17A22PIlya Mikheyev
RW · 17 GP · 4G 3A7PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 13 GP · 8 W · .8818WKirill Marchenko
RW · 14 GP · 6G 8A14PSergei Bobrovsky
G · 12 GP · 3 W · .8863WArtur Akhtyamov
G · No game yet–Season 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 Canada
Russia
2nd in the league
3–4
Canada
1st in the league
Canada wins 4–3 against Russia.
0.52Points per game0.45
73Best trio109
0.36Defencemen's points per game0.36
.895Goalies' save percentage.891
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants8.6
363Total points1 912
58Players in the NHL345
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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.