Nations in the NHL

Swedish NHL players 2017–18

97 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2017–18. Together they scored 2 115 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden finished fourth of 10 in the nations league. William Karlsson scored the most, 78 points.

NHL players

2 115

Points

4th

Nations league

Goalie wins

2017–18Last season82/82 games

2016–17 2018–19

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

4th

of 10 ranked nations

league points

Rate6thTop trio5thBlue line4thGoalies6thPer million2nd

Sweden accounts for 9.8% of the NHL's players and 10.6% of its points.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik LundqvistNYR	63	26-26-0	.915	2.98	2
Jacob MarkströmVAN	60	23-26-0	.912	2.71	2
Robin LehnerBUF	53	14-26-0	.908	3.01	3
Anton ForsbergCHI	35	10-16-0	.908	2.97	0
Anders NilssonVAN	27	7-14-0	.901	3.44	2
Eddie LäckNJD	8	2-4-0	.870	4.02	0
Linus UllmarkBUF	5	1-2-0	.935	2.00	0
Oscar DanskVGK	4	3-0-0	.946	1.78	1

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

97 players across 30 teams.

VANVancouver Canucks7 players

Daniel SedinINACTIVE

LW · 81 GP · 23G 32A55P

Henrik SedinINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 3G 47A50P

Alexander EdlerINACTIVE

D · 70 GP · 6G 28A34P

Loui ErikssonINACTIVE

LW · 50 GP · 10G 13A23P

Philip HolmINACTIVE

D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

Jacob Markström

G · 60 GP · 23 W · .91223W

Anders NilssonINACTIVE

G · 27 GP · 7 W · .9017W

CARCarolina Hurricanes6 players

Elias Lindholm

C · 81 GP · 16G 28A44P

Victor RaskINACTIVE

C · 71 GP · 14G 17A31P

Joakim NordströmINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 2G 5A7P

Marcus KrügerINACTIVE

C · 48 GP · 1G 5A6P

Klas DahlbeckINACTIVE

D · 33 GP · 1G 4A5P

Lucas WallmarkINACTIVE

C · 11 GP · 1G 0A1P

ANAAnaheim Ducks5 players

Rickard Rakell

RW · 77 GP · 34G 35A69P

Jakob SilfverbergINACTIVE

RW · 77 GP · 17G 23A40P

Hampus Lindholm

D · 69 GP · 13G 18A31P

Dennis RasmussenINACTIVE

C · 27 GP · 1G 3A4P

Marcus Pettersson

D · 22 GP · 1G 3A4P

BUFBuffalo Sabres5 players

Johan LarssonINACTIVE

LW · 80 GP · 4G 13A17P

Jacob JosefsonINACTIVE

G · 53 GP · 14 W · .90814W

Linus Ullmark

G · 5 GP · 1 W · .9351W

CHIChicago Blackhawks5 players

Erik Gustafsson

D · 35 GP · 5G 11A16P

Gustav Forsling

D · 41 GP · 3G 10A13P

Carl DahlströmINACTIVE

D · 11 GP · 0G 3A3P

Victor EjdsellINACTIVE

C · 6 GP · 0G 1A1P

Anton Forsberg

G · 35 GP · 10 W · .90810W

NSHNashville Predators5 players

Filip Forsberg

LW · 67 GP · 26G 38A64P

Viktor Arvidsson

LW · 78 GP · 29G 32A61P

Calle JärnkrokINACTIVE

C · 68 GP · 16G 19A35P

Mattias Ekholm

D · 81 GP · 10G 24A34P

Pontus ÅbergINACTIVE

LW · 53 GP · 4G 12A16P

STLSt. Louis Blues5 players

Alexander SteenINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 15G 31A46P

Patrik BerglundINACTIVE

C · 57 GP · 17G 9A26P

Magnus PääjärviINACTIVE

LW · 79 GP · 8G 4A12P

Carl GunnarssonINACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 5G 4A9P

Oskar Sundqvist

C · 42 GP · 1G 4A5P

COLColorado Avalanche4 players

Gabriel Landeskog

LW · 78 GP · 25G 37A62P

Carl SöderbergINACTIVE

C · 77 GP · 16G 21A37P

Patrik NemethINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 3G 12A15P

Anton LindholmINACTIVE

D · 48 GP · 0G 4A4P

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DETDetroit Red Wings4 players

Henrik ZetterbergINACTIVE

C · 82 GP · 11G 45A56P

Gustav NyquistINACTIVE

RW · 82 GP · 21G 19A40P

Niklas KronwallINACTIVE

D · 79 GP · 4G 23A27P

Jonathan EricssonINACTIVE

D · 81 GP · 3G 10A13P

NYRNew York Rangers4 players

Mika Zibanejad

C · 72 GP · 27G 20A47P

Jesper FastINACTIVE

RW · 71 GP · 13G 20A33P

Lias AnderssonINACTIVE

C · 7 GP · 1G 1A2P

Henrik LundqvistINACTIVE

G · 63 GP · 26 W · .91526W

TORToronto Maple Leafs4 players

William Nylander

RW · 82 GP · 20G 41A61P

Andreas BorgmanINACTIVE

D · 48 GP · 3G 8A11P

Andreas JohnsonINACTIVE

LW · 9 GP · 2G 1A3P

Calle Rosén

D · 4 GP · 0G 1A1P

ARIArizona Coyotes3 players

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

D · 82 GP · 14G 28A42P

Niklas HjalmarssonINACTIVE

D · 48 GP · 1G 8A9P

Mario KempeINACTIVE

RW · 18 GP · 2G 2A4P

LAKLos Angeles Kings3 players

Adrian Kempe

RW · 81 GP · 16G 21A37P

Christian FolinINACTIVE

D · 65 GP · 3G 10A13P

Oscar FantenbergINACTIVE

D · 27 GP · 2G 7A9P

MINMinnesota Wild3 players

Jonas Brodin

D · 73 GP · 6G 15A21P

Joel Eriksson Ek

C · 75 GP · 6G 10A16P

Gustav OlofssonINACTIVE

D · 41 GP · 0G 8A8P

NJDNew Jersey Devils3 players

Jesper Bratt

LW · 74 GP · 13G 22A35P

Marcus JohanssonINACTIVE

LW · 29 GP · 5G 9A14P

Eddie LäckINACTIVE

G · 8 GP · 2 W · .8702W

OTTOttawa Senators3 players

Erik Karlsson

D · 71 GP · 9G 53A62P

Fredrik ClaessonINACTIVE

D · 64 GP · 1G 6A7P

Andreas Englund

D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

PHIPhiladelphia Flyers3 players

Oskar LindblomINACTIVE

LW · 23 GP · 2G 4A6P

SJSSan Jose Sharks3 players

Melker KarlssonINACTIVE

C · 71 GP · 8G 11A19P

Tim HeedINACTIVE

D · 29 GP · 3G 8A11P

Marcus SörensenINACTIVE

LW · 32 GP · 5G 2A7P

VGKVegas Golden Knights3 players

William Karlsson

C · 82 GP · 43G 35A78P

Oscar LindbergINACTIVE

LW · 63 GP · 9G 2A11P

Oscar DanskINACTIVE

G · 4 GP · 3 W · .9463W

WSHWashington Capitals3 players

Nicklas BäckströmINACTIVE

C · 81 GP · 21G 50A71P

André Burakovsky

LW · 56 GP · 12G 13A25P

Christian DjoosINACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 3G 11A14P

CGYCalgary Flames2 players

Mikael Backlund

C · 82 GP · 14G 31A45P

Rasmus Andersson

D · 10 GP · 0G 0A0P

CBJColumbus Blue Jackets2 players

Alexander Wennberg

C · 66 GP · 8G 27A35P

Gabriel CarlssonINACTIVE

D · 14 GP · 0G 2A2P

DALDallas Stars2 players

John KlingbergINACTIVE

D · 82 GP · 8G 59A67P

Mattias Janmark

C · 81 GP · 19G 15A34P

EDMEdmonton Oilers2 players

Oscar KlefbomINACTIVE

D · 66 GP · 5G 16A21P

Adam Larsson

D · 63 GP · 4G 9A13P

PITPittsburgh Penguins2 players

Patric HörnqvistINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 29G 20A49P

Carl HagelinINACTIVE

LW · 81 GP · 10G 21A31P

TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 players

Victor Hedman

D · 77 GP · 17G 46A63P

Anton StrålmanINACTIVE

D · 80 GP · 4G 14A18P

BOSBoston Bruins1 player

Anton Blidh

LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player

Jacob de la RoseINACTIVE

LW · 55 GP · 4G 8A12P

NYINew York Islanders1 player

Sebastian AhoINACTIVE

D · 22 GP · 1G 3A4P

WPGWinnipeg Jets1 player

Tobias EnströmINACTIVE

D · 43 GP · 1G 5A6P

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

4th in the league

3–4

Canada

6th in the league

Canada wins 4–3 against Sweden.

0.43Points per game0.42

218Best trio307

0.33Defencemen's points per game0.32

.910Goalies' save percentage.910

9.2NHL players per million inhabitants11.0

2 115Total points8 886

97Players in the NHL441

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Top scorer

William Karlsson

Sweden's top scorer in 2017–18.

The team

Vegas Golden Knights

Where William Karlsson plays.

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