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Russian 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 393 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia sits second of 11 in the nations league. Kirill Kaprizov leads with 35 points.

60
NHL players
393
Points
2nd
Nations league
43
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season19/84 games
2025–26
RussiaRUSSIANS LAST NIGHT · NOV 1210 games
13P
1G12A1W
26played
Kirill Kaprizov LW had 3 assists in the win over Toronto Maple Leafs.
Danila Yurov RW had 2 points (1G 1A) in the win over Toronto Maple Leafs.
Arseny Gritsyuk RW had 2 assists in the win over Washington Capitals.
Nikita Kucherov RW had 2 assists in the win over Columbus Blue Jackets.
Andrei Svechnikov RW had 1 assist in the win over Seattle Kraken.
Player of the night
Kirill Kaprizov
MIN
0G3A
CAR4–1SEARussia1 RussiansNOV 12 · 18:00 · last night
Andrei Svechnikov
· RW0G 1A · 18:14 TOI
MTL5–2BOSRussia2 RussiansNOV 13 · 01:00 · overnight
Nikita Zadorov
· D0G 1A · 21:00 TOI
Marat Khusnutdinov
· C0G 0A · 16:50 TOI
MIN5–2TORRussia4 RussiansNOV 13 · 01:00 · overnight
Kirill Kaprizov
· LW0G 3A · 23:27 TOI
Danila Yurov
· RW1G 1A · 16:49 TOI
Yakov Trenin
· C0G 0A · 13:26 TOI
Maxim Shabanov
· RW0G 0A · 13:20 TOI
COL3–4OTTRussia2 RussiansNOV 13 · 01:00 · overnight
Fedor Svechkov
· C0G 0A · 07:15 TOI
Artem Zub
· D0G 0A · 21:22 TOI
WSH2–5NJDRussia2 RussiansNOV 13 · 01:00 · overnight
Arseny Gritsyuk
· RW0G 2A · 15:51 TOI
Alex Ovechkin
· LW0G 0A · 13:25 TOI
TBL3–1CBJRussia5 RussiansNOV 13 · 01:00 · overnight
Nikita Kucherov
· RW0G 2A · 20:53 TOI
Dmitri Voronkov
· LW0G 0A · 11:41 TOI
Ivan Provorov
· D0G 0A · 20:45 TOI
Valeri Nichushkin
· RW0G 0A · 20:08 TOI
Ilya Mikheyev
· RW0G 0A · 18:11 TOI
DET4–5FLARussia1 RussiansNOV 13 · 01:30 · overnight
Dmitry Kulikov
· D0G 0A · 15:21 TOI
BUF2–3CHIRussia1 RussiansNOV 13 · 02:00 · overnight
Roman Kantserov
· RW0G 1A · 20:08 TOI
STL1–0UTARussia6 RussiansNOV 13 · 03:00 · overnight
Mikhail Sergachev
· D0G 0A · 28:07 TOI
Pavel Buchnevich
· LW0G 0A · 20:16 TOI
Alexey Toropchenko
· RW0G 0A · 10:43 TOI
Artem Duda
· D0G 0A · 13:27 TOI
Dmitri Simashev
· D0G 0A · 21:10 TOI
Daniil But
· LW0G 0A · 09:35 TOI
NYI5–2LAKRussia2 RussiansNOV 13 · 04:00 · overnight
Artemi Panarin
· LW0G 1A · 20:25 TOI
Ilya Sorokin
· G26 SV · 2 GA · .929 SV% · Win
NEXT GAMES · NOV 14 · upcoming
6Russians in2games
NYR@VANRussia4 RussiansNOV 14 · 03:00
Pavel Dorofeyev
· RW12 pts this season
Vladislav Gavrikov
· D6 pts this season
Igor Shesterkin
· G3 W this season
Kirill Kudryavtsev
· D0 pts this season
NSH@VGKRussia2 RussiansNOV 14 · 04:00
Ivan Barbashev
· LW15 pts this season
Ilya Lyubushkin
· D0 pts this season

RUSSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

2nd
of 11 ranked nations
39
league points
Rate2ndTop trio3rdBlue line4thGoalies2ndPer million10th

Russia accounts for 6.9% of the NHL's players and 7.5% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Russian goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Andrei VasilevskiyTBL
149-4-0.8832.860
Yaroslav AskarovSJS
145-8-0.8943.120
Ilya SorokinNYI
137-4-0.9142.531
Sergei BobrovskyTOR
133-8-0.8813.470
Pyotr KochetkovCAR
1211-1-0.9201.672
Daniil TarasovDET
82-3-0.9202.101
Sergei MurashovPIT
72-4-0.8893.260
Igor ShesterkinNYR
53-1-0.9271.790
Semyon VarlamovNYI
51-2-0.8912.720
Arsenii SergeevCGY
10-1-0.8535.000

Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team

58 players across 28 teams, plus two more on a roster without a game yet.
Show all 28 teams

Season by season

Russia had 12 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 69 in 2025–26. The peak was 2025–26, with 69. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 8 seasons Russia won.
5
5
6
159
294
1
1
3
267
299
2
1
3
340
205
1
1
1
230
310
4
1
6
439
715
2
2
4
350
820
4
2
4
269
525

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.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Russia against USA

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Russia
Russia
2nd in the league
2–5
USA
USA
3rd in the league

USA wins 5–2 against Russia.

0.52Points per game0.47
83Best trio85
0.35Defencemen's points per game0.38
.896Goalies' save percentage.893
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants0.7
393Total points1 527
58Players in the NHL240
Russia against USA season by season
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