Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2025–26
69 Russian players played in the NHL in 2025–26. Together they scored 1 683 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia finished fifth of 12 in the nations league. Nikita Kucherov scored the most, 130 points.
69
NHL players
1 683
Points
5th
Nations league
162
Goalie wins
RUSSIAN LEADERS
Points
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 76 GP
44G86A130P
Kirill Kaprizov
MINLW· 78 GP
45G44A89P
Artemi Panarin
NYRLW· 78 GP
28G56A84P
4
Andrei Svechnikov
CARRW· 79 GP
31G39A70P
5
Kirill Marchenko
CBJRW· 76 GP
27G40A67P
In the nations league
5th
of 12 ranked nations
38
league points
Rate3rdTop trio2ndBlue line8thGoalies3rdPer million11th
Russia accounts for 6.6% of the NHL's players and 7.7% of its points.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 39-15-0 | .912 | 2.31 | 2 | |
Ilya SorokinNYI | 55 | 29-24-0 | .906 | 2.68 | 7 |
| 52 | 27-23-0 | .877 | 3.07 | 4 | |
| 51 | 25-19-0 | .912 | 2.50 | 1 | |
| 47 | 21-20-0 | .884 | 3.63 | 0 | |
| 33 | 13-15-0 | .895 | 3.05 | 0 | |
| 9 | 6-2-0 | .899 | 2.33 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1-1-0 | .897 | 2.56 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0-2-0 | .877 | 5.24 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1-0-0 | .964 | 1.00 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0-0-0 | .769 | 9.00 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Matvei Gridin
RW · 37 GP · 6G 14A20PYan Kuznetsov
D · 57 GP · 4G 8A12PAydar Suniev
LW · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PDaniil MiromanovINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PArsenii Sergeev
G · 1 GP · 1 W · .9641WKirill Kaprizov
LW · 78 GP · 45G 44A89PVladimir TarasenkoINACTIVE
RW · 75 GP · 23G 24A47PDanila Yurov
RW · 73 GP · 12G 15A27PYakov Trenin
C · 82 GP · 6G 17A23PMaxim Shabanov
RW · 44 GP · 5G 13A18PMaxim Tsyplakov
RW · 49 GP · 2G 2A4PAlexander Romanov
D · 15 GP · 0G 1A1PIlya Sorokin
G · 55 GP · 29 W · .90629WDmitry Orlov
D · 82 GP · 3G 34A37PIgor Chernyshov
LW · 28 GP · 9G 10A19PShakir Mukhamadullin
D · 50 GP · 5G 7A12PYaroslav Askarov
G · 47 GP · 21 W · .88421WMarat Khusnutdinov
C · 77 GP · 15G 18A33PNikita Zadorov
D · 81 GP · 2G 20A22PGeorgii Merkulov
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PAndrei Svechnikov
RW · 79 GP · 31G 39A70PAlexander Nikishin
D · 81 GP · 11G 22A33PPyotr Kochetkov
G · 9 GP · 6 W · .8996WShow all 29 teams
Artemi Panarin
LW · 78 GP · 28G 56A84PVladislav Gavrikov
D · 82 GP · 14G 21A35PIgor Shesterkin
G · 51 GP · 25 W · .91225WMatvei Michkov
RW · 81 GP · 20G 31A51PNikita Grebenkin
RW · 55 GP · 4G 10A14PEgor ZamulaINACTIVE
D · 33 GP · 0G 3A3PEvgeni Malkin
C · 56 GP · 19G 42A61PEgor Chinakhov
RW · 72 GP · 21G 21A42PSergei Murashov
G · 5 GP · 1 W · .8971WNikita Kucherov
RW · 76 GP · 44G 86A130PMaxim Groshev
D · 2 GP · 0G 1A1PAndrei Vasilevskiy
G · 58 GP · 39 W · .91239WMikhail Sergachev
D · 78 GP · 10G 49A59PDaniil But
LW · 29 GP · 3G 4A7PDmitri Simashev
D · 28 GP · 0G 1A1PAlex Ovechkin
LW · 82 GP · 32G 32A64PIvan Miroshnichenko
LW · 13 GP · 2G 1A3PBogdan Trineyev
RW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PVladislav Namestnikov
C · 60 GP · 8G 6A14PDanil Zhilkin
C · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PNikita Chibrikov
RW · 11 GP · 0G 0A0PSeason 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 Finland
Russia
5th in the league
5–2
Finland
8th in the league
Russia wins 5–2 against Finland.
0.52Points per game0.47
303Best trio220
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.35
.898Goalies' save percentage.892
0.5NHL players per million inhabitants9.1
1 683Total points878
69Players in the NHL51
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SlovakiaContinue reading
Top scorer
Nikita Kucherov
Russia's top scorer in 2025–26.
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 2025–26
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.