Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 2007–08

53 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2007–08. Together they scored 1 357 points, the fourth most of any country, and Sweden finished third of 9 in the nations league. Henrik Zetterberg scored the most, 92 points.

NHL players

1 357

Points

3rd

Nations league

Goalie wins

2007–08Last season82/82 games

2006–07 2008–09

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

3rd

of 9 ranked nations

league points

Rate3rdTop trio3rdBlue line5thGoalies8thPer million4th

Sweden accounts for 5.6% of the NHL's players and 7.5% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik LundqvistNYR	72	37-24-0	.912	2.23	10
Johan HolmqvistTBL	47	21-16-0	.889	3.04	2
Johan HedbergATL	36	14-15-0	.892	3.46	1
Mikael TellqvistPHX	22	9-8-0	.908	2.74	2
Erik ErsbergLAK	14	6-5-0	.927	2.48	2

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

53 players across 25 teams.

DETDetroit Red Wings9 players

Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 43G 49A92P

Nicklas LidströmINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 10G 60A70P

Tomas HolmströmINACTIVE

LW · 59 GP · 20G 20A40P

Mikael SamuelssonINACTIVE

RW · 73 GP · 11G 29A40P

Johan FranzénINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 27G 11A38P

Niklas KronwallINACTIVE

D · 65 GP · 7G 28A35P

Andreas LiljaINACTIVE

D · 79 GP · 2G 10A12P

Jonathan EricssonINACTIVE

D · 8 GP · 1G 0A1P

Mattias RitolaINACTIVE

C · 2 GP · 0G 1A1P

VANVancouver Canucks5 players

Henrik SedinINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 15G 61A76P

Daniel SedinINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 29G 45A74P

Markus NäslundINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 25G 30A55P

Mattias ÖhlundINACTIVE

D · 53 GP · 9G 15A24P

Alexander EdlerINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 8G 12A20P

DALDallas Stars4 players

Loui ErikssonINACTIVE

LW · 69 GP · 14G 17A31P

Joel LundqvistINACTIVE

C · 55 GP · 3G 11A14P

Mattias NorströmINACTIVE

D · 66 GP · 2G 11A13P

Nicklas GrossmannINACTIVE

D · 62 GP · 0G 7A7P

TORToronto Maple Leafs4 players

Mats SundinINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 32G 46A78P

Alexander SteenINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 15G 27A42P

Anton StrålmanINACTIVE

D · 50 GP · 3G 6A9P

Staffan KronwallINACTIVE

D · 18 GP · 0G 0A0P

ATLAtlanta Thrashers3 players

Tobias EnströmINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 5G 33A38P

Niclas HävelidINACTIVE

D · 81 GP · 1G 13A14P

Johan HedbergINACTIVE

G · 36 GP · 14 W · .89214W

CGYCalgary Flames3 players

Kristian HuseliusINACTIVE

LW · 81 GP · 25G 41A66P

Anders ErikssonINACTIVE

D · 61 GP · 1G 17A18P

Marcus NilsonINACTIVE

LW · 47 GP · 3G 2A5P

PHXPhoenix Coyotes3 players

Fredrik SjöströmINACTIVE

LW · 69 GP · 12G 9A21P

Mathias TjärnqvistINACTIVE

LW · 78 GP · 4G 7A11P

Mikael TellqvistINACTIVE

G · 22 GP · 9 W · .9089W

CBJColumbus Blue Jackets2 players

Fredrik ModinINACTIVE

LW · 23 GP · 6G 6A12P

Joakim LindströmINACTIVE

C · 25 GP · 3G 4A7P

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NJDNew Jersey Devils2 players

Johnny OduyaINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 6G 20A26P

Niclas BergforsINACTIVE

RW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 players

Andreas KarlssonINACTIVE

C · 58 GP · 2G 2A4P

Johan HolmqvistINACTIVE

G · 47 GP · 21 W · .88921W

WSHWashington Capitals2 players

Nicklas BäckströmINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 14G 55A69P

Michael NylanderINACTIVE

C · 40 GP · 11G 26A37P

ANAAnaheim Ducks1 player

Samuel PåhlssonINACTIVE

C · 56 GP · 6G 9A15P

BOSBoston Bruins1 player

Per-Johan AxelssonINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 13G 16A29P

BUFBuffalo Sabres1 player

Henrik TallinderINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 1G 17A18P

CARCarolina Hurricanes1 player

Niclas WallinINACTIVE

D · 66 GP · 2G 6A8P

CHIChicago Blackhawks1 player

Niklas HjalmarssonINACTIVE

D · 13 GP · 0G 1A1P

COLColorado Avalanche1 player

Peter ForsbergINACTIVE

C · 9 GP · 1G 13A14P

EDMEdmonton Oilers1 player

Dick TärnströmINACTIVE

D · 48 GP · 3G 11A14P

FLAFlorida Panthers1 player

Magnus JohanssonINACTIVE

D · 45 GP · 0G 14A14P

LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player

Erik ErsbergINACTIVE

G · 14 GP · 6 W · .9276W

MINMinnesota Wild1 player

Kim JohnssonINACTIVE

D · 80 GP · 4G 23A27P

NYRNew York Rangers1 player

Henrik LundqvistINACTIVE

G · 72 GP · 37 W · .91237W

OTTOttawa Senators1 player

Daniel AlfredssonINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 40G 49A89P

SJSSan Jose Sharks1 player

Douglas MurrayINACTIVE

D · 66 GP · 1G 9A10P

STLSt. Louis Blues1 player

Christian BäckmanINACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 3G 15A18P

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 Slovakia

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

Sweden

3rd in the league

5–2

Slovakia

5th in the league

Sweden wins 5–2 against Slovakia.

0.47Points per game0.45

259Best trio203

0.30Defencemen's points per game0.33

.905Goalies' save percentage.909

5.0NHL players per million inhabitants4.3

1 357Total points565

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Top scorer

Henrik Zetterberg

Sweden's top scorer in 2007–08.

The team

Detroit Red Wings

Where Henrik Zetterberg plays.

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