Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 1997–98
50 Russian players played in the NHL in 1997–98. Together they scored 1 304 points, the third most of any country, and Russia finished third of 8 in the nations league. Pavel Bure scored the most, 90 points.
50
NHL players
1 304
Points
3rd
Nations league
44
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Pavel BureINACTIVE
VANRW· 82 GP
51G39A90P
Alexei YashinINACTIVE
OTTC· 82 GP
33G39A72P
Valeri KamenskyINACTIVE
COLLW· 75 GP
26G40A66P
4
Sergei ZubovINACTIVE
DALD· 73 GP
10G47A57P
5
Alex KovalevINACTIVE
NYRRW· 73 GP
23G30A53P
In the nations league
3rd
of 8 ranked nations
25
league points
Rate3rdTop trio4thBlue line1stGoalies5thPer million7th
Russia accounts for 6.0% of the NHL's players and 8.7% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 30-28-0 | .900 | 2.74 | 4 | |
| 40 | 13-18-0 | .893 | 3.22 | 1 | |
| 6 | 1-4-0 | .883 | 3.41 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Vyacheslav KozlovINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 25G 27A52PIgor LarionovINACTIVE
C · 69 GP · 8G 39A47PDmitri MironovINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 8G 35A43PSergei FedorovINACTIVE
C · 21 GP · 6G 11A17PViacheslav FetisovINACTIVE
D · 58 GP · 2G 12A14PYan GolubovskyINACTIVE
D · 12 GP · 0G 2A2PAlexei ZhamnovINACTIVE
C · 70 GP · 21G 28A49PSergei KrivokrasovINACTIVE
RW · 58 GP · 10G 13A23PDimitri NabokovINACTIVE
RW · 25 GP · 7G 4A11PAndrei TrefilovINACTIVE
G · 6 GP · 1 W · .8831WAlex KovalevINACTIVE
RW · 73 GP · 23G 30A53PAlexander KarpovtsevINACTIVE
D · 47 GP · 3G 7A10PVladimir VorobievINACTIVE
RW · 15 GP · 2G 2A4PMaxim GalanovINACTIVE
D · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PIgor KorolevINACTIVE
C · 78 GP · 17G 22A39PSergei BerezinINACTIVE
LW · 68 GP · 16G 15A31PDmitry YushkevichINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 0G 12A12PDanny MarkovINACTIVE
D · 25 GP · 2G 5A7PSergei NemchinovINACTIVE
LW · 74 GP · 10G 19A29PVladimir ChebaturkinINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 2A2PJevgeni NamestnikovINACTIVE
D · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PViktor KozlovINACTIVE
C · 64 GP · 17G 13A30PAndrei ZyuzinINACTIVE
D · 56 GP · 6G 7A13PAlexander KorolyukINACTIVE
LW · 19 GP · 2G 3A5PShow all 21 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 Canada
Russia
3rd in the league
2–5
Canada
4th in the league
Canada wins 5–2 against Russia.
0.49Points per game0.35
228Best trio260
0.35Defencemen's points per game0.24
.900Goalies' save percentage.905
0.3NHL players per million inhabitants12.8
1 304Total points8 166
50Players in the NHL515
Czechia
Sweden
Slovakia
Finland
USAContinue reading
Top scorer
Pavel Bure
Russia's top scorer in 1997–98.
The team
Vancouver Canucks
Where Pavel Bure 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 1997–98
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.