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Slovak NHL players 2019–20

11 Slovak players played in the NHL in 2019–20. Together they scored 128 points, the tenth most of any country, and Slovakia finished tenth of 10 in the nations league. Tomas Tatar scored the most, 61 points.

11
NHL players
128
Points
10th
Nations league
18
Goalie wins
2019–20Active season69/82 games
2018–192020–21

SLOVAK LEADERS

In the nations league

10th
of 10 ranked nations
18
league points
Rate10thTop trio10thBlue line10thGoalies2ndPer million5th

Slovakia accounts for 1.1% of the NHL's players and 0.7% of its points.

The full nations league

Slovak goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Jaroslav HalakBOS
3118-6-0.9192.393

Every Slovak player in the NHL, team by team

11 players across 8 teams.
BOSBoston Bruins3 players
Zdeno CharaINACTIVE
D · 68 GP · 5G 9A14P
Peter CehlarikINACTIVE
LW · 3 GP · 0G 1A1P
Jaroslav HalakINACTIVE
G · 31 GP · 18 W · .91918W
WSHWashington Capitals2 players
Richard PanikINACTIVE
RW · 59 GP · 9G 13A22P
Martin Fehérváry
D · 6 GP · 0G 1A1P
DALDallas Stars1 player
Andrej SekeraINACTIVE
D · 57 GP · 2G 6A8P
EDMEdmonton Oilers1 player
Tomas JurcoINACTIVE
RW · 12 GP · 0G 2A2P
MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player
Tomas TatarINACTIVE
LW · 68 GP · 22G 39A61P
OTTOttawa Senators1 player
Christian JarosINACTIVE
D · 13 GP · 0G 3A3P
TBLTampa Bay Lightning1 player
Erik Cernak
D · 67 GP · 5G 7A12P
TORToronto Maple Leafs1 player
Martin MarincinINACTIVE
D · 26 GP · 1G 3A4P

Season by season

Slovakia had 2 players in the NHL in 1989–90 and 9 in 2025–26. The peak was 2003–04, with 37. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 2 seasons Slovakia won.
–
–
–
–9
893
8
3
3
512
798
7
5
3
237
203
3
3
5
618
309
4
1
8
112
814
8
4
9
1010
1020
10
9
9
109
1225

In the NHL Draft

Eight Slovak players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, none of them in the first round. Adam Goljer went first, at number 49 to the Los Angeles Kings.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Slovak NHL players all time

Regular season, whole careers. The record seasons count completed seasons only.

Slovakia against Switzerland

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Slovakia
Slovakia
10th in the league
2–5
Switzerland
Switzerland
7th in the league

Switzerland wins 5–2 against Slovakia.

0.39Points per game0.45
97Best trio168
0.26Defencemen's points per game0.34
.913Goalies' save percentage.909
2.0NHL players per million inhabitants1.6
128Total points281
11Players in the NHL14
Slovakia against Switzerland season by season
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Top scorer
Tomas Tatar
Slovakia's top scorer in 2019–20.
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