Nations in the NHLFinnish NHL players 2023–24
48 Finnish players played in the NHL in 2023–24. Together they scored 1 018 points, the fifth most of any country, and Finland finished fifth of 9 in the nations league. Mikko Rantanen scored the most, 104 points.
48
NHL players
1 018
Points
5th
Nations league
130
Goalie wins
FINNISH LEADERS
Points
Mikko Rantanen
COLRW· 80 GP
42G62A104P
Sebastian Aho
CARC· 78 GP
36G53A89P
Aleksander Barkov
FLAC· 73 GP
23G57A80P
4
Roope Hintz
DALC· 80 GP
30G35A65P
5
Mikael Granlund
SJSC· 69 GP
12G48A60P
In the nations league
5th
of 9 ranked nations
25
league points
Rate4thTop trio5thBlue line7thGoalies6thPer million3rd
Finland accounts for 4.7% of the NHL's players and 4.7% of its points.
The full nations leagueFinnish goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juuse SarosNSH | 64 | 35-24-0 | .906 | 2.86 | 3 |
| 55 | 21-26-0 | .890 | 3.27 | 0 | |
| 54 | 27-22-0 | .910 | 2.57 | 5 | |
| 37 | 7-24-0 | .898 | 3.64 | 1 | |
Antti RaantaCAR | 24 | 12-7-0 | .872 | 2.99 | 1 |
| 24 | 11-6-0 | .908 | 2.82 | 1 | |
Ville HussoDET | 19 | 9-5-0 | .892 | 3.55 | 0 |
| 14 | 8-4-0 | .928 | 2.25 | 2 | |
Ivan FedotovPHI | 3 | 0-1-0 | .811 | 4.95 | 0 |
Every Finnish player in the NHL, team by team
Sebastian Aho
C · 78 GP · 36G 53A89PTeuvo Teravainen
C · 76 GP · 25G 28A53PJesperi Kotkaniemi
C · 79 GP · 12G 15A27PAntti RaantaINACTIVE
G · 24 GP · 12 W · .87212WMikko Rantanen
RW · 80 GP · 42G 62A104PArtturi Lehkonen
LW · 45 GP · 16G 18A34PJoel Kiviranta
LW · 56 GP · 3G 6A9PJustus Annunen
G · 14 GP · 8 W · .9288WRoope Hintz
C · 80 GP · 30G 35A65PMiro Heiskanen
D · 71 GP · 9G 45A54PEsa Lindell
D · 82 GP · 5G 21A26PJani HakanpääINACTIVE
D · 64 GP · 2G 10A12PAleksander Barkov
C · 73 GP · 23G 57A80PAnton Lundell
C · 78 GP · 13G 22A35PEetu Luostarinen
C · 82 GP · 12G 15A27PNiko Mikkola
D · 82 GP · 3G 14A17PMatias Maccelli
LW · 82 GP · 17G 40A57PJuuso Välimäki
D · 68 GP · 2G 15A17PAku RatyINACTIVE
RW · 1 GP · 0G 1A1PJuuso Parssinen
C · 44 GP · 8G 4A12PJuuse Saros
G · 64 GP · 35 W · .90635WKevin Lankinen
G · 24 GP · 11 W · .90811WShow all 21 teams
Season by season
In the NHL Draft
12 Finnish players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, three of them in the first round. Oscar Hemming went first, at number 14 to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Finnish NHL players all time
Finland against Czechia
Finland
5th in the league
5–2
Czechia
8th in the league
Finland wins 5–2 against Czechia.
0.49Points per game0.44
273Best trio222
0.31Defencemen's points per game0.34
.901Goalies' save percentage.901
8.6NHL players per million inhabitants3.0
1 018Total points508
48Players in the NHL33
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Top scorer
Mikko Rantanen
Finland's top scorer in 2023–24.
The team
Colorado Avalanche
Where Mikko Rantanen 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 2023–24
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Finland
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.