Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2019–20
48 Russian players played in the NHL in 2019–20. Together they scored 991 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished third of 10 in the nations league. Artemi Panarin scored the most, 95 points.
48
NHL players
991
Points
3rd
Nations league
103
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Artemi Panarin
NYRLW· 69 GP
32G63A95P
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 68 GP
33G52A85P
Evgeni Malkin
PITC· 55 GP
25G49A74P
4
Alex Ovechkin
WSHLW· 68 GP
48G19A67P
5
Andrei Svechnikov
CARRW· 68 GP
24G37A61P
In the nations league
3rd
of 10 ranked nations
32
league points
Rate1stTop trio2ndBlue line7thGoalies4thPer million9th
Russia accounts for 4.9% of the NHL's players and 5.8% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 35-14-0 | .917 | 2.56 | 3 | |
| 50 | 23-19-0 | .900 | 3.23 | 1 | |
| 45 | 19-14-0 | .914 | 2.62 | 2 | |
| 26 | 16-6-0 | .913 | 2.55 | 1 | |
| 12 | 10-2-0 | .932 | 2.52 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Alex Ovechkin
LW · 68 GP · 48G 19A67PEvgeny KuznetsovINACTIVE
C · 63 GP · 19G 33A52PDmitry Orlov
D · 69 GP · 4G 23A27PIlya KovalchukINACTIVE
LW · 46 GP · 10G 16A26PIlya SamsonovINACTIVE
G · 26 GP · 16 W · .91316WVladislav Namestnikov
C · 65 GP · 17G 14A31PArtem AnisimovINACTIVE
C · 49 GP · 15G 5A20PNikita ZaitsevINACTIVE
D · 58 GP · 1G 11A12PVitaly AbramovINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 1G 0A1PNikita Kucherov
RW · 68 GP · 33G 52A85PMikhail Sergachev
D · 70 GP · 10G 24A34PAlexander VolkovINACTIVE
RW · 9 GP · 0G 1A1PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 52 GP · 35 W · .91735WValeri Nichushkin
RW · 65 GP · 13G 14A27PNikita Zadorov
D · 64 GP · 4G 9A13PVladislav KamenevINACTIVE
C · 38 GP · 1G 7A8PArtemi Panarin
LW · 69 GP · 32G 63A95PPavel Buchnevich
LW · 68 GP · 16G 30A46PIgor Shesterkin
G · 12 GP · 10 W · .93210WIvan Provorov
D · 69 GP · 13G 23A36PMikhail VorobyevINACTIVE
C · 20 GP · 1G 2A3PGerman RubtsovINACTIVE
C · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PShow all 24 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 Slovakia
Russia
3rd in the league
5–2
Slovakia
10th in the league
Russia wins 5–2 against Slovakia.
0.55Points per game0.39
254Best trio97
0.31Defencemen's points per game0.26
.912Goalies' save percentage.913
0.3NHL players per million inhabitants2.0
991Total points128
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Top scorer
Artemi Panarin
Russia's top scorer in 2019–20.
The team
New York Rangers
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 2019–20
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.