NHL players from USSR

63 NHL players on file were born in USSR. 9 are on NHL rosters now, among them Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, and Artemi Panarin. Alex Ovechkin leads them with 1,692 career points. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NHL rosters now (9)

NHL players from USSR on rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Alex OvechkinWSHLW2005–2027221,589 GP · 930 G · 762 A · 1,692 PTSMoscow, USSR
Evgeni MalkinPITC2006–2027211,285 GP · 539 G · 884 A · 1,423 PTSMagnitogorsk, USSR
Artemi PanarinLALW2015–202712846 GP · 338 G · 634 A · 972 PTSKorkino, USSR
Sergei BobrovskyTORG2010–202717819 GP · 459 WNovokuznetsk, USSR
Dmitry OrlovSJD2011–202715969 GP · 81 G · 293 A · 374 PTSNovokuznetsk, USSR
Semyon VarlamovNYIG2008–202718626 GP · 290 WKuybyshev, USSR
Dmitry KulikovFLAD2009–2027181,055 GP · 50 G · 199 A · 249 PTSLipetsk, USSR
Artem ZubOTTD2020–20277399 GP · 24 G · 94 A · 118 PTSKhabarovsk, USSR
Arseny GritsyukNJRW2025–2027285 GP · 21 G · 24 A · 45 PTSKrasnoyarsk, USSR

Former NHL players (54)

Former NHL players from USSR
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Sergei FedorovC1990–2009181,248 GP · 483 G · 696 A · 1,179 PTSPskov, USSR
Alexander MogilnyRW1989–200616990 GP · 473 G · 559 A · 1,032 PTSKhabarovsk, USSR
Peter BondraRW1990–2007161,081 GP · 503 G · 389 A · 892 PTSLuck, USSR
Ilya KovalchukLW2001–202013926 GP · 443 G · 433 A · 876 PTSTver, USSR
Vyacheslav KozlovLW1991–2010181,182 GP · 356 G · 497 A · 853 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Sergei GoncharD1994–2015201,301 GP · 220 G · 591 A · 811 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Igor LarionovC1989–200414921 GP · 169 G · 475 A · 644 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Dainius ZubrusC1996–2016191,293 GP · 228 G · 363 A · 591 PTSElektrenai, USSR
Andrei MarkovD2000–201716990 GP · 119 G · 453 A · 572 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Alexander SeminRW2003–201611650 GP · 239 G · 278 A · 517 PTSKrasnoyarsk, USSR
Valeri KamenskyLW1991–200211637 GP · 200 G · 301 A · 501 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Nik AntropovC1999–201313788 GP · 193 G · 272 A · 465 PTSUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Sergei MakarovRW1989–19977424 GP · 134 G · 250 A · 384 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Alexander RadulovRW2006–20229524 GP · 144 G · 224 A · 368 PTSNizhny Tagil, USSR
Evgeni NabokovG1999–201514697 GP · 353 WUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Vladimir MalakhovD1992–200613712 GP · 86 G · 260 A · 346 PTSYekaterinburg, USSR
Oleg TverdovskyD1994–200711713 GP · 77 G · 240 A · 317 PTSDonetsk, USSR
Valeri ZelepukinLW1991–200110595 GP · 117 G · 177 A · 294 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Sergei BerezinLW1996–20037502 GP · 160 G · 126 A · 286 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Nikolay KuleminLW2008–201810669 GP · 121 G · 153 A · 274 PTSMagnitogorsk, USSR
Fedor TyutinD2003–201713872 GP · 55 G · 209 A · 264 PTSIzhevsk, USSR
Andrei KostitsynLW2005–20127398 GP · 103 G · 119 A · 222 PTSNovopolotsk, USSR
Vitali YachmenevLW1995–20038487 GP · 83 G · 133 A · 216 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Sergei KostitsynLW2007–20136353 GP · 67 G · 109 A · 176 PTSNovopolotsk, USSR
Darius KasparaitisD1992–200714863 GP · 27 G · 136 A · 163 PTSElektrenai, USSR
Dmitri KalininD1999–20099539 GP · 36 G · 126 A · 162 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Andrei NazarovRW1993–200612571 GP · 53 G · 71 A · 124 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Anton KhudobinG2009–202314260 GP · 114 WUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Andrei LomakinLW1991–19954215 GP · 42 G · 62 A · 104 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Dmitri KvartalnovLW1992–19942112 GP · 42 G · 49 A · 91 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Slava VoynovD2011–20154190 GP · 18 G · 63 A · 81 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Evgeny DavydovLW1991–19954155 GP · 40 G · 39 A · 79 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Stanislav ChistovLW2002–20073196 GP · 19 G · 42 A · 61 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Andrei LoktionovC2009–20145155 GP · 22 G · 26 A · 48 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Alexander PerezhoginRW2005–20072128 GP · 15 G · 19 A · 34 PTSUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Valeri KarpovLW1994–1997376 GP · 14 G · 15 A · 29 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Dmitri BykovD2002–2003171 GP · 2 G · 10 A · 12 PTSIzhevsk, USSR
Dmitri TertyshnyD1998–1999162 GP · 2 G · 8 A · 10 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Oskars BartulisD2009–2011266 GP · 1 G · 8 A · 9 PTSOgre, USSR
Andrey VasilyevLW1994–1999416 GP · 2 G · 5 A · 7 PTSVoskresensk, USSR
Denis TsygurovD1993–1996351 GP · 1 G · 5 A · 6 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Alexei SmirnovRW2002–2004252 GP · 3 G · 3 A · 6 PTSTver, USSR
Konstantin PushkarevF2005–2007217 GP · 2 G · 3 A · 5 PTSUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Evgeny GrachevC2010–2012234 GP · 1 G · 3 A · 4 PTSKhabarovsk, USSR
Konstantin ShafranovF1996–199715 GP · 2 G · 1 A · 3 PTSUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Vitaliy KolesnikG2005–200618 GP · 3 WUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Ilya ZubovLW2007–2009211 GP · 0 G · 2 A · 2 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Maxim BalmochnykhLW1999–200016 GP · 0 G · 1 A · 1 PTSLipetsk, USSR
Alexandre BoikovD1999–2001210 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Georgi RomanovG2023–2025210 GP · 0 WYekaterinburg, USSR
Alexander PechurskiG2009–201011 GP · 0 WMagnitogorsk, USSR
Dimitri PatzoldG2007–200813 GP · 0 WKamenogorsk, USSR
Maxim BetsLW1993–199413 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 PTSChelyabinsk, USSR
Vitali YeremeyevG2000–200114 GP · 0 WUst-Kamenogorsk, USSR

Birthplace as ESPN lists it for each player. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.

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