Athletistic/Hockey. American sports journalist Matthew Zator from The Hockey Writers magazine has compiled a ranking of the ten best Russian hockey players playing in the National Hockey League. Only active players were included in this list.
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov took first place. In second place is Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin. Tampa goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky took third place.
Interestingly, this ranking includes seven forwards and three goalkeepers.
Here is the entire top 10:
- Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning;
- Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals;
- Andrey Vasilevsky, Tampa Bay Lightning;
- Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers;
- Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild;
- Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers;
- Andrey Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes;
- Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins;
- Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders;
- Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals.
- Nazarov praised Ovechkin’s performance at the start of the NHL season
Source: Sport
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