Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2000–01
68 Russian players played in the NHL in 2000–01. Together they scored 1 709 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished second of 9 in the nations league. Alex Kovalev scored the most, 95 points.
68
NHL players
1 709
Points
2nd
Nations league
1
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Alex KovalevINACTIVE
PITRW· 79 GP
44G51A95P
Pavel BureINACTIVE
FLARW· 82 GP
59G33A92P
Alexei YashinINACTIVE
OTTC· 82 GP
40G48A88P
4
Alexander MogilnyINACTIVE
NJDRW· 75 GP
43G40A83P
5
Sergei SamsonovINACTIVE
BOSLW· 82 GP
29G46A75P
In the nations league
2nd
of 9 ranked nations
33
league points
Rate2ndTop trio3rdBlue line3rdGoalies2ndPer million7th
Russia accounts for 7.0% of the NHL's players and 9.3% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1-1-0 | .913 | 2.92 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0-0-0 | – | 0.00 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Alexandre KharitonovINACTIVE
RW · 66 GP · 7G 15A22PAndrei ZyuzinINACTIVE
D · 64 GP · 4G 16A20PMaxim GalanovINACTIVE
D · 25 GP · 0G 5A5PDimitri AfanasenkovINACTIVE
LW · 9 GP · 1G 1A2PSergey GusevINACTIVE
D · 16 GP · 1G 0A1PNikolai KhabibulinINACTIVE
G · 2 GP · 1 W · .9131WEvgeny KonstantinovINACTIVE
G · 1 GP · 0 W · –0WPavel BureINACTIVE
RW · 82 GP · 59G 33A92PIgor LarionovINACTIVE
C · 65 GP · 9G 31A40PViktor KozlovINACTIVE
C · 51 GP · 14G 23A37PIvan NovoseltsevINACTIVE
RW · 38 GP · 3G 6A9PYan GolubovskyINACTIVE
D · 6 GP · 0G 2A2PAlexei ZhamnovINACTIVE
C · 63 GP · 13G 36A49PBoris MironovINACTIVE
D · 66 GP · 5G 17A22PAlexander KarpovtsevINACTIVE
D · 53 GP · 2G 13A15PValeri ZelepukinINACTIVE
LW · 36 GP · 3G 4A7PSergei FedorovINACTIVE
C · 75 GP · 32G 37A69PVyacheslav KozlovINACTIVE
LW · 72 GP · 20G 18A38PMaxim KuznetsovINACTIVE
D · 25 GP · 1G 2A3PYuri ButsayevINACTIVE
LW · 15 GP · 1G 1A2PSergei BerezinINACTIVE
LW · 79 GP · 22G 28A50PIgor KorolevINACTIVE
C · 73 GP · 10G 19A29PDmitry YushkevichINACTIVE
D · 81 GP · 5G 19A24PDanny MarkovINACTIVE
D · 59 GP · 3G 13A16PSergei SamsonovINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 29G 46A75PAndrei KovalenkoINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 16G 21A37PAndrei NazarovINACTIVE
LW · 79 GP · 2G 4A6PShow all 26 teams
Vitali YachmenevINACTIVE
RW · 78 GP · 15G 19A34PDenis ArkhipovINACTIVE
C · 40 GP · 6G 7A13PAlexandre BoikovINACTIVE
D · 8 GP · 0G 0A0PAlexander MogilnyINACTIVE
RW · 75 GP · 43G 40A83PSergei BrylinINACTIVE
LW · 75 GP · 23G 29A52PSergei NemchinovINACTIVE
LW · 65 GP · 8G 22A30PAlexei YashinINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 40G 48A88PIgor KravchukINACTIVE
D · 52 GP · 1G 13A14PPetr SchastlivyINACTIVE
LW · 17 GP · 3G 2A5PAlexander KhavanovINACTIVE
D · 74 GP · 7G 16A23PAlexei GusarovINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 1G 8A9PVladimir ChebaturkinINACTIVE
D · 22 GP · 1G 2A3PSergei GoncharINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 19G 38A57PAndrei NikolishinINACTIVE
C · 81 GP · 13G 25A38PDmitri MironovINACTIVE
D · 36 GP · 3G 5A8PSeason 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 USA
Russia
2nd in the league
5–2
USA
8th in the league
Russia wins 5–2 against USA.
0.48Points per game0.41
275Best trio259
0.32Defencemen's points per game0.30
.904Goalies' save percentage.899
0.5NHL players per million inhabitants0.4
1 709Total points2 760
68Players in the NHL148
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Top scorer
Alex Kovalev
Russia's top scorer in 2000–01.
The team
Pittsburgh Penguins
Where Alex Kovalev 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 2000–01
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.