Nations in the NHLSwedish NHL players 2016–17
90 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2016–17. Together they scored 1 870 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden finished first of 10 in the nations league. Nicklas Bäckström scored the most, 86 points.
90
NHL players
1 870
Points
1st
Nations league
84
Goalie wins
SWEDISH LEADERS
Points
Nicklas BäckströmINACTIVE
WSHC· 82 GP
23G63A86P
Victor Hedman
TBLD· 79 GP
16G56A72P
Erik Karlsson
OTTD· 77 GP
17G54A71P
4
Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE
DETC· 82 GP
17G51A68P
5
Viktor Arvidsson
NSHLW· 80 GP
31G30A61P
In the nations league
1st
of 10 ranked nations
38
league points
Rate2ndTop trio4thBlue line2ndGoalies7thPer million2nd
Sweden accounts for 9.2% of the NHL's players and 10.4% of its points.
The full nations leagueSwedish goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robin LehnerBUF | 59 | 23-26-0 | .920 | 2.68 | 2 |
| 57 | 31-20-0 | .910 | 2.74 | 2 | |
| 26 | 10-11-0 | .910 | 2.63 | 0 | |
| 26 | 10-10-0 | .923 | 2.67 | 1 | |
Eddie LäckCAR | 20 | 8-7-0 | .902 | 2.64 | 1 |
| 7 | 1-3-0 | .878 | 3.10 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0-3-0 | .872 | 3.94 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1-0-0 | .929 | 1.53 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0-1-0 | .852 | 4.10 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0-1-0 | .917 | 3.06 | 0 |
Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team
Victor RaskINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 16G 29A45PElias Lindholm
C · 72 GP · 11G 34A45PJoakim NordströmINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 7G 5A12PKlas DahlbeckINACTIVE
D · 43 GP · 2G 4A6PLucas WallmarkINACTIVE
C · 8 GP · 0G 2A2PEddie LäckINACTIVE
G · 20 GP · 8 W · .9028WViktor Arvidsson
LW · 80 GP · 31G 30A61PFilip Forsberg
LW · 82 GP · 31G 27A58PCalle JärnkrokINACTIVE
C · 81 GP · 15G 16A31PMattias Ekholm
D · 82 GP · 3G 20A23PPontus ÅbergINACTIVE
LW · 15 GP · 1G 1A2PPetter GranbergINACTIVE
D · 10 GP · 0G 0A0PHenrik SedinINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 15G 35A50PDaniel SedinINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 15G 29A44PLoui ErikssonINACTIVE
LW · 65 GP · 11G 13A24PAlexander EdlerINACTIVE
D · 68 GP · 6G 15A21PAnton RödinINACTIVE
RW · 3 GP · 0G 1A1PJacob Markström
G · 26 GP · 10 W · .91010WJohan LarssonINACTIVE
LW · 36 GP · 6G 5A11PAlexander Nylander
LW · 4 GP · 0G 1A1PRobin LehnerINACTIVE
G · 59 GP · 23 W · .92023WAnders NilssonINACTIVE
G · 26 GP · 10 W · .92310WLinus Ullmark
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .9170WMika Zibanejad
C · 56 GP · 14G 23A37PJesper FastINACTIVE
RW · 68 GP · 6G 15A21POscar LindbergINACTIVE
LW · 65 GP · 8G 12A20PHenrik LundqvistINACTIVE
G · 57 GP · 31 W · .91031WMagnus HellbergINACTIVE
G · 2 GP · 1 W · .9291WRickard Rakell
RW · 71 GP · 33G 18A51PJakob SilfverbergINACTIVE
RW · 79 GP · 23G 26A49PHampus Lindholm
D · 66 GP · 6G 14A20PJacob LarssonINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PShow all 28 teams
Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 17G 51A68PGustav NyquistINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 12G 36A48PNiklas KronwallINACTIVE
D · 57 GP · 2G 11A13PJonathan EricssonINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 1G 8A9POscar KlefbomINACTIVE
D · 82 GP · 12G 26A38PAdam Larsson
D · 79 GP · 4G 15A19PAnton LanderINACTIVE
C · 22 GP · 1G 3A4PJonas GustavssonINACTIVE
G · 7 GP · 1 W · .8781WJonas Brodin
D · 68 GP · 3G 22A25PChristian FolinINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 2G 6A8PJoel Eriksson Ek
C · 15 GP · 3G 4A7PGustav OlofssonINACTIVE
D · 13 GP · 0G 3A3PErik Karlsson
D · 77 GP · 17G 54A71PViktor StålbergINACTIVE
LW · 75 GP · 11G 5A16PFredrik ClaessonINACTIVE
D · 33 GP · 3G 8A11PAndreas Englund
D · 5 GP · 0G 0A0PAlexander SteenINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 16G 35A51PPatrik BerglundINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 23G 11A34PMagnus PääjärviINACTIVE
LW · 32 GP · 8G 5A13PCarl GunnarssonINACTIVE
D · 56 GP · 0G 6A6PMikael Backlund
C · 81 GP · 22G 31A53PNicklas GrossmannINACTIVE
D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PRasmus Andersson
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PGabriel Landeskog
LW · 72 GP · 18G 15A33PCarl SöderbergINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 6G 8A14PAnton LindholmINACTIVE
D · 12 GP · 0G 0A0PJohn KlingbergINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 13G 36A49PJohnny OduyaINACTIVE
D · 52 GP · 2G 7A9PPatrik NemethINACTIVE
D · 40 GP · 0G 3A3PPatric HörnqvistINACTIVE
RW · 70 GP · 21G 23A44PCarl HagelinINACTIVE
LW · 61 GP · 6G 16A22POskar Sundqvist
C · 10 GP · 0G 0A0PMelker KarlssonINACTIVE
C · 67 GP · 11G 11A22PMarcus SörensenINACTIVE
LW · 19 GP · 1G 3A4PTim HeedINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PNicklas BäckströmINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 23G 63A86PMarcus JohanssonINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 24G 34A58PAndré Burakovsky
LW · 64 GP · 12G 23A35PSeason by season
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.
Swedish NHL players all time
Sweden against USA
Sweden
1st in the league
3–4
USA
7th in the league
USA wins 4–3 against Sweden.
0.44Points per game0.40
229Best trio233
0.34Defencemen's points per game0.33
.913Goalies' save percentage.914
8.5NHL players per million inhabitants0.8
1 870Total points4 533
90Players in the NHL266
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Top scorer
Nicklas Bäckström
Sweden's top scorer in 2016–17.
The team
Washington Capitals
Where Nicklas Bäckström plays.
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