Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 1996–97
54 Russian players played in the NHL in 1996–97. Together they scored 1 410 points, the third most of any country, and Russia finished first of 8 in the nations league. Alexei Yashin scored the most, 75 points.
54
NHL players
1 410
Points
1st
Nations league
37
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Alexei YashinINACTIVE
OTTC· 82 GP
35G40A75P
Alexander MogilnyINACTIVE
VANRW· 76 GP
31G42A73P
Valeri KamenskyINACTIVE
COLLW· 68 GP
28G38A66P
4
Sergei FedorovINACTIVE
DETC· 74 GP
30G33A63P
5
Alexei ZhamnovINACTIVE
CHIC· 74 GP
20G42A62P
In the nations league
1st
of 8 ranked nations
28
league points
Rate2ndTop trio5thBlue line1stGoalies2ndPer million7th
Russia accounts for 6.4% of the NHL's players and 8.6% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 30-33-0 | .908 | 2.83 | 7 | |
| 24 | 7-8-0 | .904 | 2.89 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0-2-0 | .898 | 3.78 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Sergei FedorovINACTIVE
C · 74 GP · 30G 33A63PIgor LarionovINACTIVE
C · 64 GP · 12G 42A54PVyacheslav KozlovINACTIVE
LW · 75 GP · 23G 22A45PVladimir KonstantinovINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 5G 33A38PViacheslav FetisovINACTIVE
D · 64 GP · 5G 23A28PAlexander MogilnyINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 31G 42A73PPavel BureINACTIVE
RW · 63 GP · 23G 32A55PSergei NemchinovINACTIVE
LW · 69 GP · 8G 16A24PAlexander SemakINACTIVE
C · 18 GP · 2G 1A3PJevgeni NamestnikovINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PValeri KarpovINACTIVE
RW · 9 GP · 1G 0A1PNikolai TsulyginINACTIVE
D · 22 GP · 0G 1A1PMikhail ShtalenkovINACTIVE
G · 24 GP · 7 W · .9047WAlexei ZhamnovINACTIVE
C · 74 GP · 20G 42A62PSergei KrivokrasovINACTIVE
RW · 67 GP · 13G 11A24PSergei KlimovichINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PValeri ZelepukinINACTIVE
LW · 71 GP · 14G 24A38PSergei BrylinINACTIVE
LW · 29 GP · 2G 2A4PVadim SharifijanovINACTIVE
RW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PAlexander KarpovtsevINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 9G 29A38PAlex KovalevINACTIVE
RW · 45 GP · 13G 22A35PVladimir VorobievINACTIVE
RW · 16 GP · 5G 5A10PShow all 23 teams
Season by season
In the NHL Draft
23 Russian players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Ilia Morozov went first, at number 20 to the Buffalo Sabres.
Russian NHL players all time
Russia against Slovakia
Russia
1st in the league
5–2
Slovakia
3rd in the league
Russia wins 5–2 against Slovakia.
0.53Points per game0.57
214Best trio211
0.39Defencemen's points per game0.35
.906Goalies' save percentage–
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants1.3
1 410Total points274
54Players in the NHL7
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FinlandContinue reading
Top scorer
Alexei Yashin
Russia's top scorer in 1996–97.
The team
Ottawa Senators
Where Alexei Yashin 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 1996–97
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Russia
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.