The Super Series were exhibition games between Soviet teams and NHL teams that took place on the NHL opponents' home ice in North America from 1976 to 1991. The Soviet teams were usually club teams from the Soviet hockey league. The exception was in 1983, when the Soviet National Team represented the Soviet Union. A total of 18 series were held; the Soviet teams won 14 and the NHL won 2, with the remaining two series tied. 98 games were played across the 18 series, with Soviet teams posting an overall record of 55–33–10.

Summary of results

Soviet and NHL overall record by series and games

Records between individual Soviet and NHL teams

Super Series 1976

Moscow Central Red Army versus the NHL

The Red Army won a series against NHL teams, with 2 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss. The scores were:

Soviet Wings versus the NHL

The Wings won a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, 1 loss. The scores were:

Super Series 1978

Spartak Moscow versus the NHL

Spartak won a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, 2 losses. The scores were:

Super Series 1979

Soviet Wings versus the NHL

Soviet Wings won a series against NHL teams with 2 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss. The scores were:

Super Series 1980

Dynamo Moscow versus NHL

Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL team with 2 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss. The scores were:

Moscow Central Red Army versus the NHL

Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, and 2 losses. The scores were:

Super Series 1983

Soviet journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin reported in his 2016 book The Red Machine, that the nickname for the Soviet national team came into usage during the 1983 series, when a headline in a Minneapolis newspaper read "The Red Machine rolled down on us".

Soviet national team versus NHL

The USSR won a series against NHL teams with 4 wins, 0 ties, and 2 losses. The scores were:

Super Series 1986

Moscow Central Red Army versus the NHL

Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 5 wins, 0 ties, and 1 loss. The scores were:

Dynamo Moscow versus NHL

Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL teams with 2 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss. The scores were:

Super Series 1989

Moscow Central Red Army versus the NHL

Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 4 wins, 1 tie, and 2 losses. The scores were:

Dynamo Riga versus NHL

The NHL teams won a series against Dynamo Riga with 4 wins, 1 tie, 2 losses. The scores were:

Super Series 1990

Khimik Voskresensk versus the NHL

Khimik Voskresensk tied a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, 3 losses. The scores were:

Soviet Wings versus the NHL

The NHL teams won a series against Soviet Wings with 3 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss. The scores were:

Moscow Central Red Army versus the NHL

Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 4 wins, 0 ties, 1 loss. The scores were:

Dynamo Moscow versus NHL

Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL team, with 3 wins, 0 ties, and 2 losses. The scores were:

Super Series 1991

Khimik Voskresensk versus the NHL

Khimik Voskresensk tied a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 1 tie, 3 losses. The scores were:

Moscow Central Red Army versus the NHL

The Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 6 wins, 0 ties, 1 loss. The scores were:

Dynamo Moscow versus NHL

Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 2 ties, 2 losses. The scores were: