Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2023–24
63 Russian players played in the NHL in 2023–24. Together they scored 1 407 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished fourth of 9 in the nations league. Nikita Kucherov scored the most, 144 points.
63
NHL players
1 407
Points
4th
Nations league
200
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 81 GP
44G100A144P
Artemi Panarin
NYRLW· 82 GP
49G71A120P
Kirill Kaprizov
MINLW· 75 GP
46G50A96P
4
Evgeni Malkin
PITC· 82 GP
27G40A67P
5
Alex Ovechkin
WSHLW· 79 GP
31G34A65P
In the nations league
4th
of 9 ranked nations
27
league points
Rate3rdTop trio2ndBlue line9thGoalies1stPer million8th
Russia accounts for 6.2% of the NHL's players and 6.5% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 36-17-0 | .915 | 2.37 | 6 | |
Ilya SorokinNYI | 56 | 25-19-0 | .909 | 3.01 | 2 |
| 55 | 36-17-0 | .913 | 2.58 | 4 | |
| 52 | 30-20-0 | .900 | 2.90 | 2 | |
| 42 | 23-13-0 | .911 | 2.33 | 4 | |
| 40 | 23-7-0 | .890 | 3.13 | 3 | |
| 28 | 14-8-0 | .918 | 2.60 | 3 | |
| 24 | 8-11-0 | .908 | 3.18 | 0 | |
| 11 | 4-3-0 | .895 | 3.16 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1-0-0 | .943 | 1.47 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0-0-0 | .967 | 1.01 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Klim KostinINACTIVE
C · 52 GP · 8G 6A14PAlexander BarabanovINACTIVE
LW · 46 GP · 4G 9A13PNikita Okhotiuk
D · 52 GP · 1G 8A9PDanil GushchinINACTIVE
LW · 4 GP · 1G 1A2PNikolai KnyzhovINACTIVE
D · 10 GP · 0G 1A1PShakir Mukhamadullin
D · 3 GP · 0G 1A1PGeorgii Romanov
G · 2 GP · 0 W · .9670WKirill Marchenko
RW · 78 GP · 23G 19A42PDmitri Voronkov
LW · 75 GP · 18G 16A34PIvan Provorov
D · 82 GP · 5G 27A32PEgor Chinakhov
RW · 53 GP · 16G 13A29PDaniil Tarasov
G · 24 GP · 8 W · .9088WAndrei Svechnikov
RW · 59 GP · 19G 33A52PDmitry Orlov
D · 82 GP · 6G 20A26PVasily Ponomarev
C · 2 GP · 1G 1A2PPyotr Kochetkov
G · 42 GP · 23 W · .91123WAlexander Romanov
D · 81 GP · 7G 15A22PRuslan Iskhakov
C · 1 GP · 0G 1A1PIlya Sorokin
G · 56 GP · 25 W · .90925WSemyon Varlamov
G · 28 GP · 14 W · .91814WAndrei Kuzmenko
LW · 72 GP · 22G 24A46PIlya Mikheyev
RW · 78 GP · 11G 20A31PNikita Zadorov
D · 75 GP · 6G 14A20PVasily Podkolzin
RW · 19 GP · 0G 2A2PIvan Barbashev
LW · 82 GP · 19G 26A45PPavel Dorofeyev
RW · 47 GP · 13G 11A24PDaniil MiromanovINACTIVE
D · 24 GP · 3G 4A7PGrigori DenisenkoINACTIVE
LW · 6 GP · 0G 0A0PShow all 25 teams
Nikita Kucherov
RW · 81 GP · 44G 100A144PMikhail Sergachev
D · 34 GP · 2G 17A19PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 52 GP · 30 W · .90030WSeason 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
4th in the league
5–2
Slovakia
9th in the league
Russia wins 5–2 against Slovakia.
0.52Points per game0.39
360Best trio98
0.30Defencemen's points per game0.31
.907Goalies' save percentage–
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants2.0
1 407Total points156
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Top scorer
Nikita Kucherov
Russia's top scorer in 2023–24.
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 2023–24
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.