Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2015–16
39 Russian players played in the NHL in 2015–16. Together they scored 860 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished seventh of 10 in the nations league. Artemi Panarin scored the most, 77 points.
39
NHL players
860
Points
7th
Nations league
53
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Artemi Panarin
CHILW· 80 GP
30G47A77P
Evgeny KuznetsovINACTIVE
WSHC· 82 GP
20G57A77P
Vladimir TarasenkoINACTIVE
STLRW· 80 GP
40G34A74P
4
Alex Ovechkin
WSHLW· 79 GP
50G21A71P
5
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 77 GP
30G36A66P
In the nations league
7th
of 10 ranked nations
24
league points
Rate2ndTop trio3rdBlue line9thGoalies8thPer million9th
Russia accounts for 3.9% of the NHL's players and 4.9% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 27-25-0 | .914 | 2.81 | 2 | |
| 37 | 15-19-0 | .908 | 2.75 | 1 | |
| 24 | 11-10-0 | .910 | 2.76 | 1 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Nikita Kucherov
RW · 77 GP · 30G 36A66PVladislav Namestnikov
C · 80 GP · 14G 21A35PNikita NesterovINACTIVE
D · 57 GP · 3G 6A9PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 24 GP · 11 W · .91011WEvgeny KuznetsovINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 20G 57A77PAlex Ovechkin
LW · 79 GP · 50G 21A71PDmitry Orlov
D · 82 GP · 8G 21A29PStanislav GalievINACTIVE
RW · 24 GP · 0G 3A3PMikhail GrigorenkoINACTIVE
C · 74 GP · 6G 21A27PNikita Zadorov
D · 22 GP · 0G 2A2PSemyon Varlamov
G · 57 GP · 27 W · .91427WNail YakupovINACTIVE
RW · 60 GP · 8G 15A23PNikita NikitinINACTIVE
D · 11 GP · 0G 1A1PAnton SlepyshevINACTIVE
LW · 11 GP · 0G 1A1PAndrei MarkovINACTIVE
D · 82 GP · 5G 39A44PAlexei EmelinINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 0G 12A12PAlexander SeminINACTIVE
RW · 15 GP · 1G 3A4PSeason 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 Switzerland
Russia
7th in the league
5–2
Switzerland
6th in the league
Russia wins 5–2 against Switzerland.
0.44Points per game0.42
228Best trio132
0.26Defencemen's points per game0.36
.912Goalies' save percentage.907
0.3NHL players per million inhabitants1.5
860Total points181
39Players in the NHL13
Sweden
Canada
Denmark
Czechia
Finland
Slovakia
USA
GermanyContinue reading
Top scorer
Artemi Panarin
Russia's top scorer in 2015–16.
The team
Chicago Blackhawks
Where Artemi Panarin 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 2015–16
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.