Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 2006–07

50 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2006–07. Together they scored 1 304 points, the fifth most of any country, and Sweden finished sixth of 9 in the nations league. Daniel Alfredsson scored the most, 87 points.

NHL players

1 304

Points

6th

Nations league

Goalie wins

2006–07Last season82/82 games

2005–06 2007–08

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

6th

of 9 ranked nations

league points

Rate4thTop trio4thBlue line8thGoalies6thPer million4th

Sweden accounts for 5.3% of the NHL's players and 6.7% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik LundqvistNYR	70	37-22-0	.917	2.34	5
Johan HolmqvistTBL	48	27-15-0	.893	2.85	1
Mikael TellqvistTOR	31	11-12-0	.885	3.34	2
Johan HedbergATL	21	9-4-0	.898	2.89	0

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

50 players across 24 teams.

DETDetroit Red Wings7 players

Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE

C · 63 GP · 33G 35A68P

Nicklas LidströmINACTIVE

D · 80 GP · 13G 49A62P

Tomas HolmströmINACTIVE

LW · 77 GP · 30G 22A52P

Mikael SamuelssonINACTIVE

RW · 53 GP · 14G 20A34P

Johan FranzénINACTIVE

RW · 69 GP · 10G 20A30P

Niklas KronwallINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 1G 21A22P

Andreas LiljaINACTIVE

D · 57 GP · 0G 5A5P

VANVancouver Canucks5 players

Daniel SedinINACTIVE

LW · 81 GP · 36G 48A84P

Henrik SedinINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 10G 71A81P

Markus NäslundINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 24G 36A60P

Mattias ÖhlundINACTIVE

D · 77 GP · 11G 20A31P

Alexander EdlerINACTIVE

D · 22 GP · 1G 2A3P

CBJColumbus Blue Jackets3 players

Fredrik ModinINACTIVE

LW · 79 GP · 22G 20A42P

Anders ErikssonINACTIVE

D · 79 GP · 0G 23A23P

Joakim LindströmINACTIVE

C · 9 GP · 1G 0A1P

DALDallas Stars3 players

Loui ErikssonINACTIVE

LW · 59 GP · 6G 13A19P

Joel LundqvistINACTIVE

C · 36 GP · 3G 3A6P

Nicklas GrossmannINACTIVE

D · 8 GP · 0G 0A0P

PHIPhiladelphia Flyers3 players

Peter ForsbergINACTIVE

C · 57 GP · 13G 42A55P

TORToronto Maple Leafs3 players

Mats SundinINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 27G 49A76P

Alexander SteenINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 15G 20A35P

Mikael TellqvistINACTIVE

G · 31 GP · 11 W · .88511W

ANAAnaheim Ducks2 players

Samuel PåhlssonINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 8G 18A26P

Björn MelinINACTIVE

RW · 3 GP · 1G 0A1P

ATLAtlanta Thrashers2 players

Niclas HävelidINACTIVE

D · 77 GP · 3G 18A21P

Johan HedbergINACTIVE

G · 21 GP · 9 W · .8989W

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CGYCalgary Flames2 players

Kristian HuseliusINACTIVE

LW · 81 GP · 34G 43A77P

Marcus NilsonINACTIVE

LW · 63 GP · 5G 10A15P

CHIChicago Blackhawks2 players

Michael HolmqvistINACTIVE

C · 63 GP · 6G 7A13P

Jonas NordquistINACTIVE

C · 3 GP · 0G 2A2P

MINMinnesota Wild2 players

Kim JohnssonINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 3G 19A22P

Mattias WeinhandlINACTIVE

RW · 12 GP · 1G 1A2P

NYRNew York Rangers2 players

Michael NylanderINACTIVE

C · 79 GP · 26G 57A83P

Henrik LundqvistINACTIVE

G · 70 GP · 37 W · .91737W

PHXPhoenix Coyotes2 players

Fredrik SjöströmINACTIVE

LW · 78 GP · 9G 9A18P

Mathias TjärnqvistINACTIVE

LW · 44 GP · 6G 7A13P

TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 players

Andreas KarlssonINACTIVE

C · 53 GP · 3G 6A9P

Johan HolmqvistINACTIVE

G · 48 GP · 27 W · .89327W

BOSBoston Bruins1 player

Per-Johan AxelssonINACTIVE

LW · 55 GP · 11G 16A27P

BUFBuffalo Sabres1 player

Henrik TallinderINACTIVE

D · 47 GP · 4G 10A14P

CARCarolina Hurricanes1 player

Niclas WallinINACTIVE

D · 67 GP · 2G 8A10P

EDMEdmonton Oilers1 player

Daniel TjärnqvistINACTIVE

D · 37 GP · 3G 12A15P

LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player

Mattias NorströmINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 2G 9A11P

NJDNew Jersey Devils1 player

Johnny OduyaINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 2G 9A11P

OTTOttawa Senators1 player

Daniel AlfredssonINACTIVE

RW · 77 GP · 29G 58A87P

PITPittsburgh Penguins1 player

Nisse EkmanINACTIVE

RW · 34 GP · 6G 9A15P

SJSSan Jose Sharks1 player

Douglas MurrayINACTIVE

D · 35 GP · 0G 3A3P

STLSt. Louis Blues1 player

Christian BäckmanINACTIVE

D · 61 GP · 7G 11A18P

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 Germany

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

Sweden

6th in the league

5–2

Germany

7th in the league

Sweden wins 5–2 against Germany.

0.49Points per game0.49

254Best trio205

0.29Defencemen's points per game0.31

.903Goalies' save percentage–

4.7NHL players per million inhabitants0.1

1 304Total points284

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Top scorer

Daniel Alfredsson

Sweden's top scorer in 2006–07.

The team

Ottawa Senators

Where Daniel Alfredsson plays.

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Every nation in the NHL

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Nations league

NHL battle of the nations 2006–07

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