Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2010–11
30 Russian players played in the NHL in 2010–11. Together they scored 649 points, the sixth most of any country, and Russia finished third of 9 in the nations league. Alex Ovechkin scored the most, 85 points.
30
NHL players
649
Points
3rd
Nations league
85
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Alex Ovechkin
WSHLW· 79 GP
32G53A85P
Ilya KovalchukINACTIVE
NJDLW· 81 GP
31G29A60P
Pavel DatsyukINACTIVE
DETC· 56 GP
23G36A59P
4
Nikolay KuleminINACTIVE
TORLW· 82 GP
30G27A57P
5
Alexander SeminINACTIVE
WSHRW· 65 GP
28G26A54P
In the nations league
3rd
of 9 ranked nations
27
league points
Rate1stTop trio4thBlue line6thGoalies4thPer million8th
Russia accounts for 3.1% of the NHL's players and 3.6% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 36-20-0 | .921 | 2.48 | 7 | |
| 54 | 28-13-0 | .915 | 2.59 | 0 | |
| 47 | 10-32-0 | .890 | 3.40 | 2 | |
| 27 | 11-9-0 | .924 | 2.23 | 2 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Ilya KovalchukINACTIVE
LW · 81 GP · 31G 29A60PAnton VolchenkovINACTIVE
D · 57 GP · 0G 8A8PAlexander VasyunovINACTIVE
LW · 18 GP · 1G 4A5PVladimir ZharkovINACTIVE
RW · 38 GP · 2G 2A4PFedor TyutinINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 7G 20A27PNikita FilatovINACTIVE
LW · 23 GP · 0G 7A7PMaksim MayorovINACTIVE
LW · 5 GP · 1G 0A1PSergei SamsonovINACTIVE
LW · 78 GP · 13G 27A40PDmitry Kulikov
D · 72 GP · 6G 20A26PEvgenii DadonovINACTIVE
LW · 36 GP · 8G 9A17PArtem AnisimovINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 18G 26A44PAlex FrolovINACTIVE
LW · 43 GP · 7G 9A16PEvgeny GrachevINACTIVE
C · 8 GP · 0G 0A0PAlex Ovechkin
LW · 79 GP · 32G 53A85PAlexander SeminINACTIVE
RW · 65 GP · 28G 26A54PSemyon Varlamov
G · 27 GP · 11 W · .92411WShow all 17 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 USA
Russia
3rd in the league
1–6
USA
7th in the league
USA wins 6–1 against Russia.
0.50Points per game0.37
204Best trio217
0.30Defencemen's points per game0.32
.912Goalies' save percentage.915
0.2NHL players per million inhabitants0.7
649Total points3 573
30Players in the NHL229
Finland
Sweden
Slovakia
Canada
Czechia
Germany
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Top scorer
Alex Ovechkin
Russia's top scorer in 2010–11.
The team
Washington Capitals
Where Alex Ovechkin 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 2010–11
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.