Dmitri Khristich

Dmitri Anatolyevich Khristich (born July 23, 1969) is a former professional ice hockey player and head coach of the national ice hockey team of Ukraine.

Khristich played 811 games in the NHL in his career, for the Washington Capitals, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was the head coach of EIHL side the Edinburgh Capitals, joining in June 2017 but departing in December of the same year. Since 2023, he is the head coach of the national ice hockey team of Ukraine.

Achievements Khristich appeared in the 1997 and 1999 NHL All-Star Games. In the 1998–99 season, he had the highest shooting percentage (20.1%) among players with at least 82 shots (an average of at least one shot per scheduled game). He is the all-time scoring leader for players born and trained in Ukraine.

Transactions July 8, 1995 – Traded to the Los Angeles Kings with Byron Dafoe for the Kings' 1st round choice (Alexandre Volchkov) and the Dallas Stars' 4th round choice (previously acquired, Washington selected Justin Davis) in the 1996 NHL entry draft. August 29, 1997 – Traded to the Boston Bruins with Byron Dafoe for Jozef Stümpel, Sandy Moger, and the Bruins' 4th round choice (later traded to the New Jersey Devils, who selected Pierre Dagenais) in the 1998 NHL entry draft. October 20, 1999 – Traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' 2nd round choice (Ivan Huml) in the 2000 NHL entry draft. December 11, 2000 – Traded back to the Washington Capitals for the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, the Maple Leafs selected Brendan Bell) in the 2001 NHL entry draft.

International play Khristich represented the Soviet Union in the 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships where he won a gold medal. He played for Ukraine at the 2001, 2002 and 2003 World Championships. He also represented Ukraine at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He played two games and scored two goals. The team finished in 10th place.

Awards Selected to two NHL All-Star Games: 1997, 1999

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 Sokil Kyiv USSR 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1986–87 Sokil Kyiv USSR 20 3 0 3 4 — — — — — 1986–87 ShVSM Kyiv USSR II 7 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 1987–88 Sokil Kyiv USSR 37 9 1 10 18 — — — — — 1987–88 ShVSM Kyiv USSR II 4 4 0 4 4 — — — — — 1988–89 Sokil Kyiv USSR 42 17 10 27 15 — — — — — 1989–90 Sokil Kyiv USSR 47 14 22 36 32 — — — — — 1990–91 Sokil Kyiv USSR 28 10 12 22 20 — — — — — 1990–91 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Washington Capitals NHL 40 13 14 27 21 11 1 3 4 6 1991–92 Washington Capitals NHL 80 36 37 73 35 7 3 2 5 15 1992–93 Washington Capitals NHL 64 31 35 66 28 6 2 5 7 2 1993–94 Washington Capitals NHL 83 29 29 58 73 11 2 3 5 10 1994–95 Washington Capitals NHL 48 12 14 26 41 7 1 4 5 0 1995–96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 27 37 64 44 — — — — — 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 75 19 37 56 38 — — — — — 1997–98 Boston Bruins NHL 82 29 37 66 42 6 2 2 4 2 1998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 79 29 42 71 48 12 3 4 7 6 1999–2000 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 53 12 18 30 24 12 1 2 3 0 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 27 3 6 9 8 — — — — — 2000–01 Washington Capitals NHL 43 10 19 29 8 3 0 0 0 0 2001–02 Washington Capitals NHL 61 9 12 21 12 — — — — — 2002–03 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 31 9 12 21 20 3 0 0 0 4 2003–04 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 38 4 7 11 20 — — — — — NHL totals 811 259 337 596 422 75 15 25 40 41 USSR totals 178 53 45 98 89 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 Soviet Union EJC 7 7 0 7 2 1988 Soviet Union WJC 7 1 1 2 0 1989 Soviet Union WJC 7 6 2 8 2 1990 Soviet Union WC 7 2 3 5 4 2001 Ukraine WC 6 1 2 3 2 2002 Ukraine OG 2 2 0 2 0 2002 Ukraine WC 6 0 3 3 6 2003 Ukraine WC 6 0 1 1 28 Junior totals 21 14 3 17 4 Senior totals 27 5 9 14 40