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Russian NHL players 2014–15

34 Russian players played in the NHL in 2014–15. Together they scored 702 points, the fifth most of any country, and Russia finished fourth of 10 in the nations league. Alex Ovechkin scored the most, 81 points.

34
NHL players
702
Points
4th
Nations league
66
Goalie wins
2014–15Last season82/82 games
2013–142015–16

RUSSIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

4th
of 10 ranked nations
33
league points
Rate1stTop trio3rdBlue line6thGoalies3rdPer million9th

Russia accounts for 3.5% of the NHL's players and 3.9% of its points.

The full nations league

Russian goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Semyon VarlamovCOL
5728-20-0.9212.565
Sergei BobrovskyCBJ
5130-17-0.9182.682
Andrei VasilevskiyTBL
167-5-0.9182.361
Ilya BryzgalovANA
81-4-0.8474.190
Andrey MakarovBUF
10-1-0.9173.000

Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team

34 players across 19 teams.
TBLTampa Bay Lightning4 players
Nikita Kucherov
RW · 82 GP · 29G 36A65P
Vladislav Namestnikov
C · 43 GP · 9G 7A16P
Nikita NesterovINACTIVE
D · 27 GP · 2G 5A7P
Andrei Vasilevskiy
G · 16 GP · 7 W · .9187W
BUFBuffalo Sabres3 players
Nikita Zadorov
D · 60 GP · 3G 12A15P
Mikhail GrigorenkoINACTIVE
C · 25 GP · 3G 3A6P
Andrey MakarovINACTIVE
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .9170W
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets3 players
Artem AnisimovINACTIVE
C · 52 GP · 7G 20A27P
Fedor TyutinINACTIVE
D · 67 GP · 3G 12A15P
Sergei Bobrovsky
G · 51 GP · 30 W · .91830W
EDMEdmonton Oilers3 players
Nail YakupovINACTIVE
RW · 81 GP · 14G 19A33P
Nikita NikitinINACTIVE
D · 42 GP · 4G 6A10P
Bogdan YakimovINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P
MTLMontréal Canadiens3 players
Andrei MarkovINACTIVE
D · 81 GP · 10G 40A50P
Alexei EmelinINACTIVE
D · 68 GP · 3G 11A14P
Sergei GoncharINACTIVE
D · 48 GP · 1G 13A14P
WSHWashington Capitals3 players
Alex Ovechkin
LW · 81 GP · 53G 28A81P
Evgeny KuznetsovINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 11G 26A37P
Stanislav GalievINACTIVE
RW · 2 GP · 1G 0A1P
DETDetroit Red Wings2 players
Pavel DatsyukINACTIVE
C · 63 GP · 26G 39A65P
Alexey MarchenkoINACTIVE
D · 13 GP · 1G 1A2P
STLSt. Louis Blues2 players
Vladimir TarasenkoINACTIVE
RW · 77 GP · 37G 36A73P
Dmitrij JaskinINACTIVE
RW · 54 GP · 13G 5A18P
Show all 19 teams
ANAAnaheim Ducks1 player
Ilya BryzgalovINACTIVE
G · 8 GP · 1 W · .8471W
BOSBoston Bruins1 player
Alex KhokhlachevINACTIVE
C · 3 GP · 0G 0A0P
CARCarolina Hurricanes1 player
Alexander SeminINACTIVE
RW · 57 GP · 6G 13A19P
COLColorado Avalanche1 player
Semyon Varlamov
G · 57 GP · 28 W · .92128W
DALDallas Stars1 player
Valeri Nichushkin
RW · 8 GP · 0G 1A1P
FLAFlorida Panthers1 player
Dmitry Kulikov
D · 73 GP · 3G 19A22P
LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player
Slava VoynovINACTIVE
D · 6 GP · 0G 2A2P
NSHNashville Predators1 player
Anton VolchenkovINACTIVE
D · 46 GP · 0G 7A7P
NYINew York Islanders1 player
Nikolay KuleminINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 15G 16A31P
PITPittsburgh Penguins1 player
Evgeni Malkin
C · 69 GP · 28G 42A70P
SJSSan Jose Sharks1 player
Daniil TarasovINACTIVE
RW · 5 GP · 0G 1A1P

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
356
298
2
2
1
357
303
2
1
1
132
209
3
4
1
639
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 Sweden

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Russia
Russia
4th in the league
2–5
Sweden
Sweden
2nd in the league

Sweden wins 5–2 against Russia.

0.48Points per game0.45
224Best trio227
0.30Defencemen's points per game0.36
.916Goalies' save percentage.910
0.2NHL players per million inhabitants7.2
702Total points1 783
34Players in the NHL76
Russia against Sweden season by season
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