Nations in the NHLSwedish NHL players 1984–85
30 Swedish players played in the NHL in 1984–85. Together they scored 1 070 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden finished first of 5 in the nations league. Kent Nilsson scored the most, 99 points.
30
NHL players
1 070
Points
1st
Nations league
40
Goalie wins
SWEDISH LEADERS
Points
Kent NilssonINACTIVE
CGYC· 77 GP
37G62A99P
Thomas SteenINACTIVE
WINC· 79 GP
30G54A84P
Mats NäslundINACTIVE
MTLLW· 80 GP
42G37A79P
4
Håkan LoobINACTIVE
CGYRW· 78 GP
37G35A72P
5
Patrik SundströmINACTIVE
VANC· 71 GP
25G43A68P
Goalies: wins
Pelle LindberghINACTIVE
PHIG· 65 GP
.89940W
In the nations league
1st
of 5 ranked nations
20
league points
Rate2ndTop trio3rdBlue line2ndGoalies1stPer million2nd
Sweden accounts for 4.5% of the NHL's players and 6.2% of its points.
The full nations leagueSwedish goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 40-17-0 | .899 | 3.02 | 2 |
Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team
Tomas JonssonINACTIVE
D · 69 GP · 16G 34A50PStefan PerssonINACTIVE
D · 54 GP · 3G 19A22PAnders KallurINACTIVE
C · 51 GP · 10G 8A18PRobert NyströmINACTIVE
RW · 36 GP · 2G 5A7PMats HallinINACTIVE
C · 38 GP · 5G 0A5PTomas SandströmINACTIVE
RW · 74 GP · 29G 29A58PAnders HedbergINACTIVE
RW · 64 GP · 20G 31A51PPeter SundströmINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 18G 25A43PJan ErixonINACTIVE
LW · 66 GP · 7G 22A29PBo BerglundINACTIVE
LW · 45 GP · 10G 10A20PPeter LoobINACTIVE
D · 8 GP · 1G 2A3PRoger HägglundINACTIVE
D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PSeason by season
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.
Swedish NHL players all time
Sweden against USA
Sweden
1st in the league
5–2
USA
4th in the league
Sweden wins 5–2 against USA.
0.61Points per game0.52
262Best trio260
0.41Defencemen's points per game0.41
.888Goalies' save percentage.877
2.8NHL players per million inhabitants0.3
1 070Total points1 883
30Players in the NHL91
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Top scorer
Kent Nilsson
Sweden's top scorer in 1984–85.
The team
Calgary Flames
Where Kent Nilsson 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 1984–85
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
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The Swedes in the NHL today
The rest of the site follows the Swedes in the NHL.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.