Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 1998–99

41 Swedish players played in the NHL in 1998–99. Together they scored 1 025 points, the fifth most of any country, and Sweden finished third of 8 in the nations league. Peter Forsberg scored the most, 97 points.

NHL players

1 025

Points

3rd

Nations league

Goalie wins

1998–99Last season82/82 games

1997–98 1999–00

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

3rd

of 8 ranked nations

league points

Rate5thTop trio3rdBlue line4thGoalies5thPer million3rd

Sweden accounts for 4.6% of the NHL's players and 6.6% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Tommy SaloNYI	64	25-28-0	.903	2.57	5

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

41 players across 19 teams.

NYRNew York Rangers5 players

Niklas SundströmINACTIVE

RW · 81 GP · 13G 30A43P

Ulf SamuelssonINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 4G 8A12P

Peter PopovicINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 1G 4A5P

Jan MertzigINACTIVE

D · 23 GP · 0G 2A2P

Johan WitehallINACTIVE

LW · 4 GP · 0G 0A0P

OTTOttawa Senators4 players

Andreas DackellINACTIVE

RW · 77 GP · 15G 35A50P

Magnus ArvedsonINACTIVE

LW · 80 GP · 21G 26A47P

Andreas JohanssonINACTIVE

LW · 69 GP · 21G 16A37P

Daniel AlfredssonINACTIVE

RW · 58 GP · 11G 22A33P

TBLTampa Bay Lightning4 players

Mikael RenbergINACTIVE

RW · 66 GP · 15G 23A38P

Michael NylanderINACTIVE

C · 33 GP · 4G 10A14P

Mikael AnderssonINACTIVE

RW · 47 GP · 2G 4A6P

Kjell SamuelssonINACTIVE

D · 46 GP · 1G 4A5P

ANAAnaheim Ducks3 players

Fredrik OlaussonINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 16G 40A56P

Tomas SandströmINACTIVE

RW · 58 GP · 15G 17A32P

Johan DavidssonINACTIVE

C · 64 GP · 3G 5A8P

BOSBoston Bruins3 players

Per-Johan AxelssonINACTIVE

LW · 77 GP · 7G 10A17P

Mattias TimanderINACTIVE

D · 22 GP · 0G 6A6P

Peter NordströmINACTIVE

RW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

DETDetroit Red Wings3 players

Nicklas LidströmINACTIVE

D · 81 GP · 14G 43A57P

Tomas HolmströmINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 13G 21A34P

Anders ErikssonINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 2G 18A20P

NYINew York Islanders3 players

Kenny JönssonINACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 8G 18A26P

Mats LindgrenINACTIVE

C · 60 GP · 10G 15A25P

Tommy SaloINACTIVE

G · 64 GP · 25 W · .90325W

VANVancouver Canucks3 players

Markus NäslundINACTIVE

LW · 80 GP · 36G 30A66P

Mattias ÖhlundINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 9G 26A35P

Bert RobertssonINACTIVE

D · 39 GP · 2G 2A4P

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FLAFlorida Panthers2 players

Johan GarpenlövINACTIVE

LW · 64 GP · 8G 9A17P

Marcus NilsonINACTIVE

LW · 8 GP · 1G 1A2P

TORToronto Maple Leafs2 players

Mats SundinINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 31G 52A83P

Fredrik ModinINACTIVE

LW · 67 GP · 16G 15A31P

CGYCalgary Flames1 player

Tommy AlbelinINACTIVE

D · 60 GP · 1G 5A6P

COLColorado Avalanche1 player

Peter ForsbergINACTIVE

C · 78 GP · 30G 67A97P

EDMEdmonton Oilers1 player

Fredrik BrembergINACTIVE

RW · 8 GP · 0G 0A0P

LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player

Mattias NorströmINACTIVE

D · 78 GP · 2G 5A7P

MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player

Jonas HöglundINACTIVE

RW · 74 GP · 8G 10A18P

NSHNashville Predators1 player

Patric KjellbergINACTIVE

LW · 71 GP · 11G 20A31P

SJSSan Jose Sharks1 player

Marcus RagnarssonINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 0G 13A13P

STLSt. Louis Blues1 player

Ricard PerssonINACTIVE

D · 54 GP · 1G 12A13P

WSHWashington Capitals1 player

Calle JohanssonINACTIVE

D · 67 GP · 8G 21A29P

Season by season

Sweden had 22 players in the NHL in 1989–90 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 Canada

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

Sweden

3rd in the league

3–4

Canada

5th in the league

Canada wins 4–3 against Sweden.

0.43Points per game0.35

246Best trio290

0.30Defencemen's points per game0.24

.906Goalies' save percentage.905

3.9NHL players per million inhabitants13.7

1 025Total points8 175

41Players in the NHL551

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Top scorer

Peter Forsberg

Sweden's top scorer in 1998–99.

The team

Colorado Avalanche

Where Peter Forsberg plays.

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