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Belarusian NHL players 2026–27

6 Belarusian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 15 points, the eleventh most of any country, and Belarus sits tenth of 11 in the nations league. Ilya Protas leads with 5 points.

6
NHL players
15
Points
10th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season11/84 games
2025–26
BelarusBELARUSIANS LAST NIGHT · OCT 251 game
0P
0G0A
1played
FLA3–2CHIBelarus1 BelarusiansOCT 25 · 20:00 · last night
Artyom Levshunov
· D0G 0A · 20:18 TOI
NEXT GAMES · OCT 26 · overnight
2Belarusians in2games
COL0–3NSHLiveBelarus1 BelarusiansOCT 26 · 01:00 · overnight
Vitali Pinchuk
· C1 pts this season
MIN@VANBelarus1 BelarusiansOCT 26 · 03:00
Nikita Tolopilo
· G0 W this season

BELARUSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

10th
of 11 ranked nations
16
league points
Rate9thTop trio10thBlue line6thGoalies10thPer million9th

Belarus accounts for 0.8% of the NHL's players and 0.5% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Every Belarusian player in the NHL, team by team

6 players across 5 teams.
WSHWashington Capitals2 players
Ilya Protas
LW · 10 GP · 1G 4A5P
Aliaksei Protas
LW · 10 GP · 0G 2A2P
CGYCalgary Flames1 player
Yegor Sharangovich
C · 10 GP · 2G 2A4P
CHIChicago Blackhawks1 player
Artyom Levshunov
D · 11 GP · 1G 2A3P
NSHNashville Predators1 player
Vitali Pinchuk
C · 5 GP · 0G 1A1P
PITPittsburgh Penguins1 player
Ilya Solovyov
D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0P

Season by season

Belarus had 1 players in the NHL in 1992–93 and 8 in 2025–26. The peak was 2024–25, with 8. Under each bar is the nations league placing.
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–1
–99
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–3
–05
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–3
–10
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–2
–20
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98
1025

In the NHL Draft

Three Belarusian players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, none of them in the first round. Yaroslav Bryzgalov went first, at number 97 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Belarusian NHL players all time

Regular season, whole careers. The record seasons count completed seasons only.

Belarus against Sweden

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Belarus
Belarus
10th in the league
1–6
Sweden
Sweden
5th in the league

Sweden wins 6–1 against Belarus.

0.44Points per game0.46
12Best trio43
0.32Defencemen's points per game0.31
–Goalies' save percentage.895
0.7NHL players per million inhabitants7.6
15Total points324
6Players in the NHL81
Belarus against Sweden season by season
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Top scorer
Ilya Protas
Belarus's top scorer in 2026–27.
The team
Washington Capitals
Where Ilya Protas plays.
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Every nation in the NHL
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Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 2026–27
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Belarus
Seven rounds, season by season.
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Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.