Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 1982–83

25 Swedish players played in the NHL in 1982–83. Together they scored 982 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden finished first of 5 in the nations league. Kent Nilsson scored the most, 104 points.

NHL players

982

Points

1st

Nations league

Goalie wins

1982–83Active season80/82 games

1981–82 1983–84

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

1st

of 5 ranked nations

league points

Rate1stTop trio2ndBlue line2ndGoalies1stPer million2nd

Sweden accounts for 3.7% of the NHL's players and 5.7% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Pelle LindberghPHI	40	23-13-0	.890	2.99	3

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

25 players across 12 teams.

NYINew York Islanders5 players

Tomas JonssonINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 13G 35A48P

Robert NyströmINACTIVE

RW · 74 GP · 10G 20A30P

Stefan PerssonINACTIVE

D · 70 GP · 4G 25A29P

Mats HallinINACTIVE

C · 30 GP · 7G 7A14P

Anders KallurINACTIVE

C · 55 GP · 6G 8A14P

VANVancouver Canucks5 players

Thomas GradinINACTIVE

C · 80 GP · 32G 54A86P

Patrik SundströmINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 23G 23A46P

Lars MolinINACTIVE

LW · 58 GP · 12G 27A39P

Lars LindgrenINACTIVE

D · 64 GP · 6G 14A20P

Anders EldebrinkINACTIVE

D · 17 GP · 2G 3A5P

NYRNew York Rangers3 players

Anders HedbergINACTIVE

RW · 78 GP · 25G 34A59P

Kent-Erik AnderssonINACTIVE

RW · 71 GP · 8G 20A28P

Ulf NilssonINACTIVE

C · 10 GP · 2G 4A6P

WINWinnipeg Jets3 players

Thomas SteenINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 26G 33A59P

Willy LindströmINACTIVE

RW · 73 GP · 26G 30A56P

Bengt LundholmINACTIVE

LW · 58 GP · 14G 28A42P

LAKLos Angeles Kings2 players

Ulf IsakssonINACTIVE

LW · 50 GP · 7G 15A22P

Peter HelanderINACTIVE

D · 7 GP · 0G 1A1P

CGYCalgary Flames1 player

Kent NilssonINACTIVE

C · 80 GP · 46G 58A104P

MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player

Mats NäslundINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 26G 45A71P

PHIPhiladelphia Flyers1 player

Pelle LindberghINACTIVE

G · 40 GP · 23 W · .89023W

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PITPittsburgh Penguins1 player

Anders HåkanssonINACTIVE

LW · 67 GP · 9G 12A21P

STLSt. Louis Blues1 player

Jörgen PetterssonINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 35G 38A73P

TORToronto Maple Leafs1 player

Börje SalmingINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 7G 38A45P

WSHWashington Capitals1 player

Bengt-Åke GustafssonINACTIVE

LW · 67 GP · 22G 42A64P

Season by season

Sweden had 17 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 103 in 2025–26. The peak was 2019–20, with 111. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 6 seasons Sweden won.

In the NHL Draft

25 Swedish players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, seven of them in the first round. Ivar Stenberg went first, at number 2 to the San Jose Sharks.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Swedish NHL players all time

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

Most points by Swedish players

Most goalie wins

Best seasons by a Swedish player

Sweden against USA

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.

Sweden

1st in the league

5–2

USA

5th in the league

Sweden wins 5–2 against USA.

0.66Points per game0.48

263Best trio226

0.45Defencemen's points per game0.38

.881Goalies' save percentage.875

2.4NHL players per million inhabitants0.2

982Total points1 521

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Top scorer

Kent Nilsson

Sweden's top scorer in 1982–83.

The team

Calgary Flames

Where Kent Nilsson plays.

Nations in the NHL

Every nation in the NHL

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Nations league

NHL battle of the nations 1982–83

The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.

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