Nations in the NHLCzech NHL players 2025–26
28 Czech players played in the NHL in 2025–26. Together they scored 469 points, the sixth most of any country, and Czechia finished third of 12 in the nations league. Martin Necas scored the most, 100 points.
28
NHL players
469
Points
3rd
Nations league
148
Goalie wins
CZECH LEADERS
Points
David Pastrnak
BOSRW· 77 GP
29G71A100P
Martin Necas
COLC· 78 GP
38G62A100P
Pavel Zacha
BOSC· 78 GP
30G35A65P
4
Tomas Hertl
VGKC· 82 GP
24G34A58P
5
Filip Hronek
VAND· 82 GP
8G41A49P
In the nations league
3rd
of 12 ranked nations
42
league points
Rate2ndTop trio4thBlue line5thGoalies7thPer million5th
Czechia accounts for 2.7% of the NHL's players and 2.2% of its points.
The full nations leagueCzech goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 38-20-0 | .897 | 2.75 | 2 | |
Lukas DostalANA | 56 | 30-20-0 | .888 | 3.10 | 0 |
Dan VladarPHI | 52 | 29-14-0 | .906 | 2.42 | 0 |
Jakub DobesMTL | 43 | 29-10-0 | .901 | 2.78 | 0 |
| 30 | 14-10-0 | .894 | 2.76 | 2 | |
| 22 | 5-13-0 | .883 | 2.93 | 1 | |
Petr MrazekANA | 10 | 3-5-0 | .858 | 4.07 | 0 |
Jiri PateraVAN | 1 | 0-1-0 | .825 | 7.39 | 0 |
Every Czech player in the NHL, team by team
Radko Gudas
D · 56 GP · 2G 11A13PLukas Dostal
G · 56 GP · 30 W · .88830WPetr MrazekINACTIVE
G · 10 GP · 3 W · .8583WDavid Pastrnak
RW · 77 GP · 29G 71A100PPavel Zacha
C · 78 GP · 30G 35A65PMatěj BlümelINACTIVE
RW · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PTomas NosekINACTIVE
LW · 21 GP · 2G 2A4PMarek Alscher
D · 4 GP · 0G 3A3PMikulas Hovorka
D · 4 GP · 0G 1A1PShow all 16 teams
Season by season
In the NHL Draft
12 Czech players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Adam Novotny went first, at number 24 to the Vancouver Canucks.
Czech NHL players all time
Czechia against Switzerland
Czechia
3rd in the league
5–2
Switzerland
7th in the league
Czechia wins 5–2 against Switzerland.
0.52Points per game0.48
265Best trio165
0.36Defencemen's points per game0.37
.895Goalies' save percentage.895
2.6NHL players per million inhabitants1.3
469Total points367
28Players in the NHL12
Germany
Sweden
USA
Russia
Canada
Finland
Denmark
Belarus
Latvia
SlovakiaContinue reading
Top scorer
Martin Necas
Czechia's top scorer in 2025–26.
The team
Colorado Avalanche
Where Martin Necas 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 Czechia
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.