Nations in the NHLRussian NHL players 2026–27
54 Russian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27, and two more are on a roster without a game yet. Together they have 241 points, the fourth most of any country, and Russia sits first of 11 in the nations league. Kirill Kaprizov leads with 19 points.
56
NHL players
241
Points
1st
Nations league
27
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season11/84 games
RUSSIANS LAST NIGHT · OCT 254 games1P
1G0A
8played
Roman Kantserov RW scored 1 goal in the loss to Florida Panthers.
Ilya Sorokin G stopped 32 of 38 shots (.842) in the loss to Dallas Stars.
Player of the night
Roman Kantserov
CHI
1G0A
NEXT GAMES · OCT 26 · overnight
27Russians in5games
TOR@CGY10 RussiansOCT 27 · 01:30
10 RussiansOCT 27 · 01:30Kirill Marchenko
· RW14 pts this seasonMatvei Gridin
· RW5 pts this seasonAydar Suniev
· LW4 pts this seasonYan Kuznetsov
· D1 pts this seasonMaxim Tsyplakov
· RW1 pts this seasonSergei Bobrovsky
· G3 W this seasonSemyon Der-Arguchintsev
· C0 pts this seasonNikita Okhotiuk
· D0 pts this seasonArtur Akhtyamov
· G0 W this seasonArsenii Sergeev
· G0 W this seasonRUSSIAN LEADERS
Points race
Kirill Kaprizov
MINLW· 13 GP
12G7A19P
Nikita Kucherov
TBLRW· 11 GP
4G10A14P
Mikhail Sergachev
UTAD· 12 GP
3G11A14P
Kirill Marchenko
TORRW· 13 GP
6G8A14P
5
Vasily Podkolzin
EDMRW· 11 GP
7G5A12P
In the nations league
1st
of 11 ranked nations
42
league points
Rate2ndTop trio4thBlue line1stGoalies1stPer million10th
Russia accounts for 6.8% of the NHL's players and 7.9% of its points so far.
The full nations leagueRussian goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5-3-0 | .882 | 2.78 | 0 | |
Ilya SorokinNYI | 8 | 5-3-0 | .918 | 2.26 | 1 |
| 8 | 3-3-0 | .895 | 3.10 | 0 | |
| 7 | 7-0-0 | .917 | 1.70 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3-4-0 | .883 | 3.43 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3-1-0 | .927 | 1.79 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1-0-0 | .941 | 1.40 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0-3-0 | .879 | 3.50 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0-1-0 | .897 | 2.25 | 0 |
Every Russian player in the NHL, team by team
Matvei Gridin
RW · 10 GP · 2G 3A5PAydar Suniev
LW · 7 GP · 3G 1A4PYan Kuznetsov
D · 9 GP · 0G 1A1PMaxim Tsyplakov
RW · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PKirill Kaprizov
LW · 13 GP · 12G 7A19PMaxim Shabanov
RW · 12 GP · 2G 4A6PDanila Yurov
RW · 13 GP · 4G 1A5PYakov Trenin
C · 13 GP · 0G 2A2PEvgeni Malkin
C · 11 GP · 6G 3A9PEgor Chinakhov
RW · 8 GP · 2G 1A3PAndrei Kuzmenko
LW · 8 GP · 0G 1A1PSergei Murashov
G · 4 GP · 0 W · .8790WAlexander Romanov
D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PIlya Sorokin
G · 8 GP · 5 W · .9185WSemyon Varlamov
G · 3 GP · 0 W · .8970WPavel Dorofeyev
RW · 13 GP · 3G 4A7PVladislav Gavrikov
D · 13 GP · 1G 5A6PIgor Shesterkin
G · 5 GP · 3 W · .9273WShow all 28 teams
Mikhail Sergachev
D · 12 GP · 3G 11A14PDmitri Simashev
D · 12 GP · 2G 2A4PDaniil But
LW · 12 GP · 2G 2A4PSeason 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
1st in the league
3–4
USA
3rd in the league
USA wins 4–3 against Russia.
0.51Points per game0.45
47Best trio54
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.34
.896Goalies' save percentage.894
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants0.7
241Total points865
54Players in the NHL227
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Top scorer
Kirill Kaprizov
Russia's top scorer in 2026–27.
The team
Minnesota Wild
Where Kirill Kaprizov 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 2026–27
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.