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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 eleventh of 11 in the nations league. Ilya Protas leads with 5 points.

6
NHL players
15
Points
11th
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 27 · upcoming
1Belarusians in1game
TOR@CGYBelarus1 BelarusiansOCT 27 · 01:30
Yegor Sharangovich
· C4 pts this season

BELARUSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

11th
of 11 ranked nations
15
league points
Rate9thTop trio10thBlue line7thGoalies10thPer 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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–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 Latvia

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Belarus
Belarus
11th in the league
4–2
Latvia
Latvia
9th in the league

Belarus wins 4–2 against Latvia.

0.45Points per game0.42
12Best trio6
0.33Defencemen's points per game0.31
–Goalies' save percentage.891
0.7NHL players per million inhabitants3.2
15Total points7
6Players in the NHL6
Belarus against Latvia season by season
Pick a rivalRussiaRussiaCanadaCanadaUSAUSAGermanyGermanySwedenSwedenFinlandFinlandCzechiaCzechiaSwitzerlandSwitzerlandLatviaLatviaSlovakiaSlovakia
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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.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.