26
Gleb Pugachyov (R)Right wing
Kazakh players in the 2026 NHL Draft
Three Kazakh players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, two of them in the first round. Gleb Pugachyov went first, at number 26 to the Montréal Canadiens. None of them has played in the NHL yet.
3
Picked
2
In the first round
0
Have played in the NHL
Every pick, round by round
Round 1
2 picks
27
Maksim Sokolovskii (D)Defenseman
Round 3
1 pick
67
Danai Shaiikov (G)Goaltender
The teams that drafted them
The class against the other years
- 2026Gleb Pugachyov · 263
- 2023Vladimir Nikitin · 2071
- 2021Andrei Buyalsky · 921
- 2004Victor Alexandrov · 833
- 2003Konstantin Pushkarev · 441
- 2001Alexander Perezhogin · 254
- 2000Pavel Vorobiev · 115
- 1999Konstantin Rudenko · 1603
- 1998Nik Antropov · 102
- 1995Andrei Samokvalov · 2081
- 1994Boris Zelenko · 2063
- 1993Anatoli Filatov · 1581
- 1992Andrei Raisky · 1561
- 1978Victor Shkurdyuk · 2031