Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2024–25
61 Russian players played in the NHL in 2024–25. Together they scored 1 429 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished second of 10 in the nations league. Nikita Kucherov scored the most, 121 points.
61
NHL players
1 429
Points
2nd
Nations league
185
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 78 GP
37G84A121P
Artemi Panarin
NYRLW· 80 GP
37G52A89P
Kirill Marchenko
CBJRW· 79 GP
31G43A74P
4
Alex Ovechkin
WSHLW· 65 GP
44G29A73P
5
Matvei Michkov
PHIRW· 80 GP
26G37A63P
In the nations league
2nd
of 10 ranked nations
34
league points
Rate3rdTop trio2ndBlue line5thGoalies2ndPer million9th
Russia accounts for 6.0% of the NHL's players and 6.7% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 38-20-0 | .921 | 2.18 | 6 | |
Ilya SorokinNYI | 61 | 30-24-0 | .907 | 2.71 | 4 |
| 61 | 27-29-0 | .905 | 2.86 | 6 | |
| 54 | 33-19-0 | .906 | 2.44 | 5 | |
| 47 | 27-16-0 | .898 | 2.60 | 2 | |
| 29 | 16-9-0 | .891 | 2.82 | 2 | |
| 20 | 7-10-0 | .881 | 3.54 | 1 | |
| 13 | 4-6-0 | .896 | 3.10 | 0 | |
| 10 | 3-4-0 | .889 | 2.89 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0-6-0 | .877 | 3.89 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Kirill Marchenko
RW · 79 GP · 31G 43A74PDmitri Voronkov
LW · 73 GP · 23G 24A47PIvan Provorov
D · 82 GP · 7G 26A33PEgor Chinakhov
RW · 30 GP · 7G 8A15PDaniil Tarasov
G · 20 GP · 7 W · .8817WShakir Mukhamadullin
D · 30 GP · 2G 7A9PKlim KostinINACTIVE
C · 35 GP · 1G 6A7PDanil GushchinINACTIVE
LW · 12 GP · 0G 1A1PYaroslav Askarov
G · 13 GP · 4 W · .8964WGeorgii Romanov
G · 8 GP · 0 W · .8770WMaxim Tsyplakov
RW · 77 GP · 10G 25A35PAlexander Romanov
D · 64 GP · 4G 16A20PIlya Sorokin
G · 61 GP · 30 W · .90730WSemyon Varlamov
G · 10 GP · 3 W · .8893WPavel Dorofeyev
RW · 82 GP · 35G 17A52PIvan Barbashev
LW · 70 GP · 23G 28A51PGrigori DenisenkoINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PIlya SamsonovINACTIVE
G · 29 GP · 16 W · .89116WAndrei Svechnikov
RW · 72 GP · 20G 28A48PDmitry Orlov
D · 76 GP · 6G 22A28PPyotr Kochetkov
G · 47 GP · 27 W · .89827WKirill Kaprizov
LW · 41 GP · 25G 31A56PYakov Trenin
C · 76 GP · 7G 8A15PMarat Khusnutdinov
C · 75 GP · 5G 7A12PShow all 29 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 USA
Russia
2nd in the league
2–5
USA
5th in the league
USA wins 5–2 against Russia.
0.51Points per game0.43
284Best trio281
0.32Defencemen's points per game0.34
.903Goalies' save percentage.904
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants0.9
1 429Total points6 233
61Players in the NHL316
Canada
Sweden
Germany
Switzerland
Czechia
Finland
Belarus
SlovakiaContinue reading
Top scorer
Nikita Kucherov
Russia's top scorer in 2024–25.
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 2024–25
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.