Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 2015–16

85 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2015–16. Together they scored 1 914 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden finished first of 10 in the nations league. Erik Karlsson scored the most, 82 points.

NHL players

1 914

Points

1st

Nations league

107

Goalie wins

2015–16Last season82/82 games

2014–15 2016–17

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

1st

of 10 ranked nations

league points

Rate3rdTop trio4thBlue line2ndGoalies7thPer million2nd

Sweden accounts for 8.6% of the NHL's players and 10.9% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik LundqvistNYR	65	35-21-0	.920	2.48	4
Eddie LäckCAR	34	12-14-0	.901	2.81	2
Jacob MarkströmVAN	32	13-14-0	.915	2.73	0
Anders NilssonSTL	29	10-13-0	.901	3.12	0
Jonas GustavssonBOS	24	11-9-0	.908	2.72	1
Robin LehnerBUF	21	5-9-0	.924	2.47	1
Linus UllmarkBUF	20	8-10-0	.913	2.60	0
Anders LindbäckARI	19	5-7-0	.894	3.11	0
Jhonas EnrothLAK	16	7-5-0	.922	2.17	2
Anton ForsbergCBJ	4	1-3-0	.907	3.03	0
Magnus HellbergNYR	1	0-0-0	.667	6.00	0

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

85 players across 27 teams.

CHIChicago Blackhawks6 players

Niklas HjalmarssonINACTIVE

D · 81 GP · 2G 22A24P

Erik Gustafsson

D · 41 GP · 0G 14A14P

Dennis RasmussenINACTIVE

C · 44 GP · 4G 5A9P

Viktor SvedbergINACTIVE

D · 27 GP · 2G 2A4P

Marcus KrügerINACTIVE

C · 41 GP · 0G 4A4P

David RundbladINACTIVE

D · 9 GP · 0G 2A2P

DETDetroit Red Wings6 players

Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 13G 37A50P

Gustav NyquistINACTIVE

RW · 82 GP · 17G 26A43P

Niklas KronwallINACTIVE

D · 64 GP · 3G 23A26P

Jonathan EricssonINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 3G 12A15P

Joakim AnderssonINACTIVE

C · 29 GP · 1G 2A3P

Johan FranzénINACTIVE

RW · 2 GP · 0G 1A1P

NSHNashville Predators5 players

Filip Forsberg

LW · 82 GP · 33G 31A64P

Mattias Ekholm

D · 82 GP · 8G 27A35P

Calle JärnkrokINACTIVE

C · 81 GP · 16G 14A30P

Viktor Arvidsson

LW · 56 GP · 8G 8A16P

Petter GranbergINACTIVE

D · 27 GP · 0G 2A2P

NYRNew York Rangers5 players

Jesper FastINACTIVE

RW · 79 GP · 10G 20A30P

Oscar LindbergINACTIVE

LW · 68 GP · 13G 15A28P

Viktor StålbergINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 9G 11A20P

Henrik LundqvistINACTIVE

G · 65 GP · 35 W · .92035W

Magnus HellbergINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .6670W

STLSt. Louis Blues5 players

Alexander SteenINACTIVE

LW · 67 GP · 17G 35A52P

Patrik BerglundINACTIVE

C · 42 GP · 10G 5A15P

Carl GunnarssonINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 3G 6A9P

Magnus PääjärviINACTIVE

LW · 48 GP · 3G 6A9P

Anders NilssonINACTIVE

G · 29 GP · 10 W · .90110W

ANAAnaheim Ducks4 players

Rickard Rakell

RW · 72 GP · 20G 23A43P

Jakob SilfverbergINACTIVE

RW · 82 GP · 20G 19A39P

Hampus Lindholm

D · 80 GP · 10G 18A28P

Max FribergINACTIVE

RW · 5 GP · 0G 0A0P

ARIArizona Coyotes4 players

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

D · 75 GP · 21G 34A55P

Klas DahlbeckINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 2G 6A8P

Nicklas GrossmannINACTIVE

D · 58 GP · 3G 4A7P

Anders LindbäckINACTIVE

G · 19 GP · 5 W · .8945W

CARCarolina Hurricanes4 players

Victor RaskINACTIVE

C · 80 GP · 21G 27A48P

Elias Lindholm

C · 82 GP · 11G 28A39P

Joakim NordströmINACTIVE

C · 71 GP · 10G 14A24P

Eddie LäckINACTIVE

G · 34 GP · 12 W · .90112W

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DALDallas Stars4 players

John KlingbergINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 10G 48A58P

Mattias Janmark

C · 73 GP · 15G 14A29P

Johnny OduyaINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 4G 17A21P

Patrik NemethINACTIVE

D · 38 GP · 0G 8A8P

VANVancouver Canucks4 players

Daniel SedinINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 28G 33A61P

Henrik SedinINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 11G 44A55P

Alexander EdlerINACTIVE

D · 52 GP · 6G 14A20P

Jacob Markström

G · 32 GP · 13 W · .91513W

BUFBuffalo Sabres3 players

Johan LarssonINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 10G 7A17P

Linus Ullmark

G · 20 GP · 8 W · .9138W

Robin LehnerINACTIVE

G · 21 GP · 5 W · .9245W

COLColorado Avalanche3 players

Gabriel Landeskog

LW · 75 GP · 20G 33A53P

Carl SöderbergINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 12G 39A51P

Dennis EverbergINACTIVE

RW · 15 GP · 0G 0A0P

CBJColumbus Blue Jackets3 players

Alexander Wennberg

C · 69 GP · 8G 32A40P

William Karlsson

C · 81 GP · 9G 11A20P

Anton Forsberg

G · 4 GP · 1 W · .9071W

MINMinnesota Wild3 players

Jonas Brodin

D · 68 GP · 2G 5A7P

Christian FolinINACTIVE

D · 26 GP · 0G 4A4P

Gustav OlofssonINACTIVE

D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

OTTOttawa Senators3 players

Erik Karlsson

D · 82 GP · 16G 66A82P

Mika Zibanejad

C · 81 GP · 21G 30A51P

Fredrik ClaessonINACTIVE

D · 16 GP · 0G 2A2P

PITPittsburgh Penguins3 players

Patric HörnqvistINACTIVE

RW · 82 GP · 22G 29A51P

Carl HagelinINACTIVE

LW · 80 GP · 14G 25A39P

Oskar Sundqvist

C · 18 GP · 1G 3A4P

TORToronto Maple Leafs3 players

William Nylander

RW · 22 GP · 6G 7A13P

Tobias LindbergINACTIVE

RW · 6 GP · 0G 2A2P

Viktor LöövINACTIVE

D · 4 GP · 0G 2A2P

WSHWashington Capitals3 players

Nicklas BäckströmINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 20G 50A70P

Marcus JohanssonINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 17G 29A46P

André Burakovsky

LW · 79 GP · 17G 21A38P

BOSBoston Bruins2 players

Loui ErikssonINACTIVE

LW · 82 GP · 30G 33A63P

Jonas GustavssonINACTIVE

G · 24 GP · 11 W · .90811W

CGYCalgary Flames2 players

Mikael Backlund

C · 82 GP · 21G 26A47P

Oliver KylingtonINACTIVE

D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

EDMEdmonton Oilers2 players

Oscar KlefbomINACTIVE

D · 30 GP · 4G 8A12P

Anton LanderINACTIVE

C · 61 GP · 1G 2A3P

NJDNew Jersey Devils2 players

Adam Larsson

D · 82 GP · 3G 15A18P

Jacob JosefsonINACTIVE

C · 58 GP · 4G 10A14P

TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 players

Victor Hedman

D · 78 GP · 10G 37A47P

Anton StrålmanINACTIVE

D · 73 GP · 9G 25A34P

LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player

Jhonas EnrothINACTIVE

G · 16 GP · 7 W · .9227W

MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player

Jacob de la RoseINACTIVE

LW · 22 GP · 0G 1A1P

SJSSan Jose Sharks1 player

Melker KarlssonINACTIVE

C · 65 GP · 10G 9A19P

WPGWinnipeg Jets1 player

Tobias EnströmINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 2G 14A16P

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 5 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 Finland

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

Sweden

1st in the league

7–0

Finland

5th in the league

Sweden wins 7–0 against Finland.

0.44Points per game0.41

216Best trio175

0.35Defencemen's points per game0.34

.912Goalies' save percentage.910

8.0NHL players per million inhabitants6.8

1 914Total points582

85Players in the NHL38

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Top scorer

Erik Karlsson

Sweden's top scorer in 2015–16.

The team

Ottawa Senators

Where Erik Karlsson plays.

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