Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2016–17
42 Russian players played in the NHL in 2016–17. Together they scored 917 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished second of 10 in the nations league. Nikita Kucherov scored the most, 85 points.
42
NHL players
917
Points
2nd
Nations league
70
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 74 GP
40G45A85P
Vladimir TarasenkoINACTIVE
STLRW· 82 GP
39G36A75P
Artemi Panarin
CHILW· 82 GP
31G43A74P
4
Evgeni Malkin
PITC· 62 GP
33G39A72P
5
Alex Ovechkin
WSHLW· 82 GP
33G36A69P
In the nations league
2nd
of 10 ranked nations
34
league points
Rate1stTop trio2ndBlue line8thGoalies1stPer million9th
Russia accounts for 4.3% of the NHL's players and 5.1% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 41-17-0 | .931 | 2.06 | 7 | |
| 50 | 23-17-0 | .917 | 2.61 | 2 | |
| 24 | 6-17-0 | .898 | 3.38 | 1 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Alexander RadulovINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 18G 36A54PAndrei MarkovINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 6G 30A36PAlexei EmelinINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 2G 8A10PNikita ScherbakINACTIVE
RW · 3 GP · 1G 0A1PMikhail Sergachev
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PMikhail GrigorenkoINACTIVE
C · 75 GP · 10G 13A23PFedor TyutinINACTIVE
D · 69 GP · 1G 12A13PNikita Zadorov
D · 56 GP · 0G 10A10PSemyon Varlamov
G · 24 GP · 6 W · .8986WVladimir TarasenkoINACTIVE
RW · 82 GP · 39G 36A75PIvan Barbashev
LW · 30 GP · 5G 7A12PDmitrij JaskinINACTIVE
RW · 51 GP · 1G 10A11PNail YakupovINACTIVE
RW · 40 GP · 3G 6A9PNikita Kucherov
RW · 74 GP · 40G 45A85PVladislav Namestnikov
C · 74 GP · 10G 18A28PNikita NesterovINACTIVE
D · 48 GP · 4G 13A17PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 50 GP · 23 W · .91723WNikita ZaitsevINACTIVE
D · 82 GP · 4G 32A36PNikita SoshnikovINACTIVE
RW · 56 GP · 5G 4A9PAlexey MarchenkoINACTIVE
D · 41 GP · 1G 7A8PAlex Ovechkin
LW · 82 GP · 33G 36A69PEvgeny KuznetsovINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 19G 40A59PDmitry Orlov
D · 82 GP · 6G 27A33PSeason 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
3–4
USA
7th in the league
USA wins 4–3 against Russia.
0.46Points per game0.40
234Best trio233
0.30Defencemen's points per game0.33
.918Goalies' save percentage.914
0.3NHL players per million inhabitants0.8
917Total points4 533
42Players in the NHL266
Sweden
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Slovakia
Finland
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
CzechiaContinue reading
Top scorer
Nikita Kucherov
Russia's top scorer in 2016–17.
The team
Tampa Bay Lightning
Where Nikita Kucherov 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 2016–17
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.