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Belarusian NHL players 2025–26

8 Belarusian players played in the NHL in 2025–26. Together they scored 120 points, the eleventh most of any country, and Belarus finished tenth of 12 in the nations league. Aliaksei Protas scored the most, 52 points.

8
NHL players
120
Points
10th
Nations league
6
Goalie wins
2025–26Last season82/82 games
2024–252026–27

BELARUSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

10th
of 12 ranked nations
17
league points
Rate9thTop trio11thBlue line9thGoalies9thPer million10th

Belarus accounts for 0.8% of the NHL's players and 0.6% of its points.

The full nations league

Belarusian goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Nikita TolopiloVAN
216-11-0.8813.610
Aleksei KolosovPHI
40-2-0.8304.000

Every Belarusian player in the NHL, team by team

8 players across 7 teams.
WSHWashington Capitals2 players
Aliaksei Protas
LW · 76 GP · 25G 27A52P
Ilya Protas
LW · 4 GP · 1G 3A4P
CGYCalgary Flames1 player
Yegor Sharangovich
C · 78 GP · 15G 14A29P
CHIChicago Blackhawks1 player
Artyom Levshunov
D · 68 GP · 2G 22A24P
DALDallas Stars1 player
Vladislav Kolyachonok
D · 13 GP · 1G 2A3P
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers1 player
Aleksei Kolosov
G · 4 GP · 0 W · .8300W
PITPittsburgh Penguins1 player
Ilya Solovyov
D · 30 GP · 1G 7A8P
VANVancouver Canucks1 player
Nikita Tolopilo
G · 21 GP · 6 W · .8816W

Season by season

Belarus had 1 players in the NHL in 1992–93 and 8 in 2024–25. The peak was 2024–25, with 8. Under each bar is the nations league placing.
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–1
–98
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–2
–03
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–3
–09
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–1
–14
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–8
924

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 Russia

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
Russia
Russia
5th in the league

Russia wins 6–1 against Belarus.

0.45Points per game0.52
105Best trio303
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.34
.890Goalies' save percentage.898
0.9NHL players per million inhabitants0.5
120Total points1 683
8Players in the NHL69
Belarus against Russia season by season
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Top scorer
Aliaksei Protas
Belarus's top scorer in 2025–26.
The team
Washington Capitals
Where Aliaksei Protas 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 2025–26
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Belarus
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.