Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 2002–03

58 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2002–03. Together they scored 1 450 points, the fifth most of any country, and Sweden finished fifth of 9 in the nations league. Peter Forsberg scored the most, 106 points.

NHL players

1 450

Points

5th

Nations league

Goalie wins

2002–03Last season82/82 games

2001–02 2003–04

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

5th

of 9 ranked nations

league points

Rate5thTop trio2ndBlue line4thGoalies7thPer million5th

Sweden accounts for 5.9% of the NHL's players and 8.2% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Tommy SaloEDM	65	29-27-0	.899	2.71	4
Johan HedbergPIT	41	14-22-0	.895	3.14	1
Mikael TellqvistTOR	3	1-1-0	.895	2.79	0
Johan HolmqvistNYR	1	0-1-0	.889	3.08	0

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

58 players across 26 teams.

ANAAnaheim Ducks5 players

Niclas HävelidINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 11G 22A33P

Patric KjellbergINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 8G 11A19P

Samuel PåhlssonINACTIVE

C · 34 GP · 4G 11A15P

Fredrik OlaussonINACTIVE

D · 44 GP · 2G 6A8P

Jonathan HedströmINACTIVE

RW · 4 GP · 0G 0A0P

PITPittsburgh Penguins5 players

Dick TärnströmINACTIVE

D · 61 GP · 7G 34A41P

Mikael SamuelssonINACTIVE

RW · 80 GP · 10G 14A24P

Mathias JohanssonINACTIVE

C · 58 GP · 5G 10A15P

Hans JonssonINACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 1G 4A5P

Johan HedbergINACTIVE

G · 41 GP · 14 W · .89514W

TORToronto Maple Leafs5 players

Mats SundinINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 37G 35A72P

Mikael RenbergINACTIVE

RW · 67 GP · 14G 21A35P

Jonas HöglundINACTIVE

RW · 79 GP · 13G 19A32P

Anders ErikssonINACTIVE

D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0P

Mikael TellqvistINACTIVE

G · 3 GP · 1 W · .8951W

VANVancouver Canucks5 players

Markus NäslundINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 48G 56A104P

Henrik SedinINACTIVE

C · 78 GP · 8G 31A39P

Daniel SedinINACTIVE

LW · 79 GP · 14G 17A31P

Mattias ÖhlundINACTIVE

D · 59 GP · 2G 27A29P

Mats LindgrenINACTIVE

C · 54 GP · 5G 9A14P

WSHWashington Capitals4 players

Michael NylanderINACTIVE

C · 80 GP · 17G 43A60P

Calle JohanssonINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 3G 12A15P

Andreas SalomonssonINACTIVE

C · 32 GP · 1G 4A5P

Josef BoumedienneINACTIVE

D · 6 GP · 1G 0A1P

DETDetroit Red Wings3 players

Nicklas LidströmINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 18G 44A62P

Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE

C · 79 GP · 22G 22A44P

Tomas HolmströmINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 20G 20A40P

NYINew York Islanders3 players

Kenny JönssonINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 8G 18A26P

Mattias WeinhandlINACTIVE

RW · 47 GP · 6G 17A23P

Mattias TimanderINACTIVE

D · 80 GP · 3G 13A16P

ATLAtlanta Thrashers2 players

Daniel TjärnqvistINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 3G 12A15P

Per SvartvadetINACTIVE

C · 62 GP · 1G 7A8P

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BOSBoston Bruins2 players

Per-Johan AxelssonINACTIVE

LW · 66 GP · 17G 19A36P

Martin SamuelssonINACTIVE

LW · 8 GP · 0G 1A1P

CARCarolina Hurricanes2 players

Niclas WallinINACTIVE

D · 77 GP · 2G 8A10P

Tommy WestlundINACTIVE

LW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0P

FLAFlorida Panthers2 players

Kristian HuseliusINACTIVE

LW · 78 GP · 20G 23A43P

Marcus NilsonINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 15G 19A34P

LAKLos Angeles Kings2 players

Andreas LiljaINACTIVE

D · 73 GP · 4G 11A15P

Mattias NorströmINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 0G 6A6P

NJDNew Jersey Devils2 players

Christian BerglundINACTIVE

LW · 38 GP · 4G 5A9P

Tommy AlbelinINACTIVE

D · 37 GP · 1G 6A7P

OTTOttawa Senators2 players

Daniel AlfredssonINACTIVE

RW · 78 GP · 27G 51A78P

Magnus ArvedsonINACTIVE

LW · 80 GP · 16G 21A37P

SJSSan Jose Sharks2 players

Niklas SundströmINACTIVE

RW · 80 GP · 7G 19A26P

Marcus RagnarssonINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 3G 13A16P

TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 players

Fredrik ModinINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 17G 23A40P

Jimmie ÖlvestadINACTIVE

LW · 37 GP · 0G 3A3P

BUFBuffalo Sabres1 player

Henrik TallinderINACTIVE

D · 46 GP · 3G 10A13P

COLColorado Avalanche1 player

Peter ForsbergINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 29G 77A106P

DALDallas Stars1 player

Ulf DahlénINACTIVE

RW · 63 GP · 17G 20A37P

EDMEdmonton Oilers1 player

Tommy SaloINACTIVE

G · 65 GP · 29 W · .89929W

MINMinnesota Wild1 player

Rickard WallinINACTIVE

C · 4 GP · 1G 0A1P

MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player

Andreas DackellINACTIVE

RW · 73 GP · 7G 18A25P

NSHNashville Predators1 player

Andreas JohanssonINACTIVE

LW · 56 GP · 20G 17A37P

NYRNew York Rangers1 player

Johan HolmqvistINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8890W

PHIPhiladelphia Flyers1 player

Kim JohnssonINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 10G 29A39P

STLSt. Louis Blues1 player

Christian BäckmanINACTIVE

D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0P

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

5th in the league

2–5

Canada

4th in the league

Canada wins 5–2 against Sweden.

0.45Points per game0.36

288Best trio290

0.30Defencemen's points per game0.23

.901Goalies' save percentage.911

5.5NHL players per million inhabitants13.4

1 450Total points8 191

58Players in the NHL539

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Top scorer

Peter Forsberg

Sweden's top scorer in 2002–03.

The team

Colorado Avalanche

Where Peter Forsberg plays.

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