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Russian NHL players 1998–99

56 Russian players played in the NHL in 1998–99. Together they scored 1 523 points, the third most of any country, and Russia finished second of 8 in the nations league. Alexei Yashin scored the most, 94 points.

56
NHL players
1 523
Points
2nd
Nations league
45
Goalie wins
1998–99Last season82/82 games
1997–981999–00

RUSSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

2nd
of 8 ranked nations
27
league points
Rate1stTop trio5thBlue line1stGoalies3rdPer million8th

Russia accounts for 6.2% of the NHL's players and 9.8% of its points.

The full nations league

Russian goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Nikolai KhabibulinPHX
6332-23-0.9232.138
Mikhail ShtalenkovPHX
3813-19-0.8982.623
Andrei TrefilovCHI
50-4-0.8564.830

Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team

56 players across 22 teams.
TORToronto Maple Leafs5 players
Sergei BerezinINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 37G 22A59P
Igor KorolevINACTIVE
C · 66 GP · 13G 34A47P
Dmitry YushkevichINACTIVE
D · 78 GP · 6G 22A28P
Alexander KarpovtsevINACTIVE
D · 58 GP · 3G 25A28P
Danny MarkovINACTIVE
D · 57 GP · 4G 8A12P
DETDetroit Red Wings4 players
Sergei FedorovINACTIVE
C · 77 GP · 26G 37A63P
Igor LarionovINACTIVE
C · 75 GP · 14G 49A63P
Vyacheslav KozlovINACTIVE
LW · 79 GP · 29G 29A58P
Yan GolubovskyINACTIVE
D · 17 GP · 0G 1A1P
PITPittsburgh Penguins4 players
German TitovINACTIVE
C · 72 GP · 11G 45A56P
Alex KovalevINACTIVE
RW · 77 GP · 23G 30A53P
Aleksey MorozovINACTIVE
RW · 67 GP · 9G 10A19P
Maxim GalanovINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 4G 3A7P
TBLTampa Bay Lightning4 players
Alexander SelivanovINACTIVE
RW · 72 GP · 14G 19A33P
Andrei NazarovINACTIVE
LW · 62 GP · 7G 9A16P
Sergey GusevINACTIVE
D · 36 GP · 1G 7A8P
Andrei SkopintsevINACTIVE
D · 19 GP · 1G 1A2P
WSHWashington Capitals4 players
Andrei NikolishinINACTIVE
C · 73 GP · 8G 27A35P
Sergei GoncharINACTIVE
D · 53 GP · 21G 10A31P
Dmitri MironovINACTIVE
D · 46 GP · 2G 14A16P
Alexei TezikovINACTIVE
D · 5 GP · 0G 0A0P
FLAFlorida Panthers3 players
Viktor KozlovINACTIVE
C · 65 GP · 16G 35A51P
Oleg KvashaINACTIVE
C · 68 GP · 12G 13A25P
Pavel BureINACTIVE
RW · 11 GP · 13G 3A16P
MTLMontréal Canadiens3 players
Vladimir MalakhovINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 13G 21A34P
Igor UlanovINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 3G 9A12P
Andrei BashkirovINACTIVE
LW · 10 GP · 0G 0A0P
NYINew York Islanders3 players
Sergei NemchinovINACTIVE
LW · 77 GP · 12G 8A20P
Dimitri NabokovINACTIVE
RW · 4 GP · 0G 2A2P
Vladimir ChebaturkinINACTIVE
D · 8 GP · 0G 0A0P
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OTTOttawa Senators3 players
Alexei YashinINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 44G 50A94P
Igor KravchukINACTIVE
D · 79 GP · 4G 21A25P
Viacheslav ButsayevINACTIVE
C · 3 GP · 0G 1A1P
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers3 players
Andrei KovalenkoINACTIVE
RW · 74 GP · 19G 21A40P
Valeri ZelepukinINACTIVE
LW · 74 GP · 16G 9A25P
Dimitri TertyshnyINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 2G 8A10P
PHXPhoenix Coyotes3 players
Andrei VasilyevINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P
Nikolai KhabibulinINACTIVE
G · 63 GP · 32 W · .92332W
Mikhail ShtalenkovINACTIVE
G · 38 GP · 13 W · .89813W
CHIChicago Blackhawks2 players
Alexei ZhamnovINACTIVE
C · 76 GP · 20G 41A61P
Andrei TrefilovINACTIVE
G · 5 GP · 0 W · .8560W
COLColorado Avalanche2 players
Valeri KamenskyINACTIVE
LW · 65 GP · 14G 30A44P
Alexei GusarovINACTIVE
D · 54 GP · 3G 10A13P
EDMEdmonton Oilers2 players
Boris MironovINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 11G 38A49P
Vladimir VorobievINACTIVE
RW · 2 GP · 2G 0A2P
NSHNashville Predators2 players
Sergei KrivokrasovINACTIVE
RW · 70 GP · 25G 23A48P
Vitali YachmenevINACTIVE
RW · 55 GP · 7G 10A17P
NJDNew Jersey Devils2 players
Vadim SharifijanovINACTIVE
RW · 53 GP · 11G 16A27P
Sergei BrylinINACTIVE
LW · 47 GP · 5G 10A15P
SJSSan Jose Sharks2 players
Alexander KorolyukINACTIVE
LW · 55 GP · 12G 18A30P
Andrei ZyuzinINACTIVE
D · 25 GP · 3G 1A4P
BOSBoston Bruins1 player
Sergei SamsonovINACTIVE
LW · 79 GP · 25G 26A51P
CGYCalgary Flames1 player
Valeri BureINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 26G 27A53P
DALDallas Stars1 player
Sergei ZubovINACTIVE
D · 81 GP · 10G 41A51P
LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player
Vladimir TsyplakovINACTIVE
LW · 69 GP · 11G 12A23P
VANVancouver Canucks1 player
Alexander MogilnyINACTIVE
RW · 59 GP · 14G 31A45P

Season by season

Russia had 9 players in the NHL in 1989–90 and 69 in 2025–26. The peak was 2025–26, with 69. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 8 seasons Russia won.
4
5
5
657
193
2
1
1
367
299
2
1
3
340
205
1
1
1
230
310
4
1
6
439
715
2
2
4
350
820
4
2
4
269
525

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.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Russian NHL players all time

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

Russia against Finland

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Russia
Russia
2nd in the league
6–1
Finland
Finland
6th in the league

Russia wins 6–1 against Finland.

0.51Points per game0.47
220Best trio218
0.33Defencemen's points per game0.32
.910Goalies' save percentage–
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants3.0
1 523Total points470
56Players in the NHL17
Russia against Finland season by season
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Top scorer
Alexei Yashin
Russia's top scorer in 1998–99.
The team
Ottawa Senators
Where Alexei Yashin plays.
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Every nation in the NHL
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Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 1998–99
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