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Czech NHL players 2026–27

19 Czech players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 74 points, the sixth most of any country, and Czechia sits seventh of 11 in the nations league. David Pastrnak leads with 17 points.

19
NHL players
74
Points
7th
Nations league
13
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season11/84 games
2025–26
CzechiaCZECHS LAST NIGHT · OCT 254 games
3P
0G3A
5played
Martin Necas C had 2 assists in the loss to Nashville Predators.
Filip Hronek D had 1 assist in the loss to Minnesota Wild.
Player of the night
Martin Necas
COL
0G2A
FLA3–2CHICzechia1 CzechsOCT 25 · 20:00 · last night
Radko Gudas
· D0G 0A · 12:30 TOI
NYI3–6DALCzechia1 CzechsOCT 25 · 23:00 · last night
Ondrej Palat
· LW0G 0A · 15:17 TOI
COL2–6NSHCzechia1 CzechsOCT 26 · 01:00 · overnight
Martin Necas
· C0G 2A · 19:07 TOI
MIN4–2VANCzechia2 CzechsOCT 26 · 03:00 · overnight
Filip Hronek
· D0G 1A · 25:39 TOI
Filip Chytil
· C0G 0A · 17:19 TOI
NEXT GAMES · OCT 27 · upcoming
4Czechs in3games
LAK@NYRCzechia2 CzechsOCT 27 · 00:00
Jan Jenik
· C0 pts this season
Jaroslav Chmelar
· RW0 pts this season
TOR@CGYCzechia1 CzechsOCT 27 · 01:30
Adam Klapka
· RW4 pts this season
DET@EDMCzechia1 CzechsOCT 27 · 02:30
Michal Postava
· G0 W this season

CZECH LEADERS

In the nations league

7th
of 11 ranked nations
30
league points
Rate4thTop trio7thBlue line6thGoalies8thPer million5th

Czechia accounts for 2.4% of the NHL's players and 2.4% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Czech goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Karel VejmelkaUTA
106-3-0.8773.131
Lukas DostalANA
84-4-0.8803.270
Dan VladarPHI
62-3-0.9003.150
Jakub DobesMTL
51-2-0.8474.470
Michal PostavaDET
10-0-0.8753.040

Every Czech player in the NHL, team by team

19 players across 16 teams.
BOSBoston Bruins2 players
David Pastrnak
RW · 12 GP · 7G 10A17P
Pavel Zacha
C · 11 GP · 2G 5A7P
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers2 players
David Jiricek
D · 9 GP · 0G 2A2P
Dan Vladar
G · 6 GP · 2 W · .9002W
VANVancouver Canucks2 players
Filip Hronek
D · 13 GP · 0G 8A8P
Filip Chytil
C · 5 GP · 0G 2A2P
ANAAnaheim Ducks1 player
Lukas Dostal
G · 8 GP · 4 W · .8804W
BUFBuffalo Sabres1 player
Jiri Kulich
C · 8 GP · 1G 2A3P
CGYCalgary Flames1 player
Adam Klapka
RW · 10 GP · 2G 2A4P
COLColorado Avalanche1 player
Martin Necas
C · 12 GP · 6G 10A16P
DALDallas Stars1 player
Radek Faksa
C · 10 GP · 0G 1A1P
Show all 16 teams
DETDetroit Red Wings1 player
Michal Postava
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8750W
FLAFlorida Panthers1 player
Radko Gudas
D · 8 GP · 0G 0A0P
MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player
Jakub Dobes
G · 5 GP · 1 W · .8471W
NYINew York Islanders1 player
Ondrej Palat
LW · 11 GP · 2G 2A4P
NYRNew York Rangers1 player
Jaroslav Chmelar
RW · 7 GP · 0G 0A0P
STLSt. Louis Blues1 player
Adam Jiricek
D · 11 GP · 1G 1A2P
UTAUtah Mammoth1 player
Karel Vejmelka
G · 10 GP · 6 W · .8776W
VGKVegas Golden Knights1 player
Tomas Hertl
C · 13 GP · 5G 3A8P

Season by season

Czechia had 19 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 28 in 2025–26. The peak was 2001–02, with 77. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 7 seasons Czechia won.
4
4
5
229
494
2
2
1
156
199
1
4
1
165
105
4
2
2
542
610
6
7
5
338
415
10
8
6
435
620
9
8
8
728
325

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.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Czech NHL players all time

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

Czechia against Switzerland

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
7th in the league
5–2
Switzerland
Switzerland
8th in the league

Czechia wins 5–2 against Switzerland.

0.48Points per game0.46
41Best trio29
0.33Defencemen's points per game0.33
.887Goalies' save percentage.890
1.7NHL players per million inhabitants1.1
74Total points42
19Players in the NHL10
Czechia against Switzerland season by season
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