Nations in the NHLSwedish NHL players 2023–24
101 Swedish players played in the NHL in 2023–24. Together they scored 2 108 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden finished third of 9 in the nations league. William Nylander scored the most, 98 points.
101
NHL players
2 108
Points
3rd
Nations league
125
Goalie wins
SWEDISH LEADERS
Points
William Nylander
TORRW· 82 GP
40G58A98P
Filip Forsberg
NSHLW· 82 GP
48G46A94P
Elias Pettersson
VANC· 82 GP
34G55A89P
4
Jesper Bratt
NJDLW· 82 GP
27G56A83P
5
Victor Hedman
TBLD· 78 GP
13G63A76P
In the nations league
3rd
of 9 ranked nations
29
league points
Rate5thTop trio4thBlue line2ndGoalies8thPer million2nd
Sweden accounts for 9.9% of the NHL's players and 9.7% of its points.
The full nations leagueSwedish goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 23-19-0 | .890 | 2.82 | 4 | |
| 48 | 23-23-0 | .905 | 2.78 | 2 | |
| 45 | 20-18-0 | .899 | 3.06 | 3 | |
| 40 | 22-10-0 | .915 | 2.57 | 2 | |
| 32 | 5-22-0 | .880 | 3.92 | 0 | |
| 30 | 15-12-0 | .890 | 3.21 | 2 | |
| 26 | 12-7-0 | .890 | 3.37 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1-6-0 | .859 | 4.71 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1-2-0 | .823 | 3.87 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2-1-0 | .897 | 3.01 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1-0-0 | .922 | 2.50 | 0 |
Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team
Joel Eriksson Ek
C · 77 GP · 30G 34A64PMarcus JohanssonINACTIVE
LW · 78 GP · 11G 19A30PJonas Brodin
D · 62 GP · 7G 20A27PLiam Öhgren
LW · 4 GP · 1G 1A2PFilip Gustavsson
G · 45 GP · 20 W · .89920WJesper Wallstedt
G · 3 GP · 2 W · .8972WErik Karlsson
D · 82 GP · 11G 45A56PRickard Rakell
RW · 70 GP · 15G 22A37PMarcus Pettersson
D · 82 GP · 4G 26A30PEmil BemströmINACTIVE
C · 56 GP · 8G 8A16PAlexander Nylander
LW · 28 GP · 11G 4A15PMagnus HellbergINACTIVE
G · 3 GP · 1 W · .9221WWilliam Nylander
RW · 82 GP · 40G 58A98PTimothy Liljegren
D · 55 GP · 3G 20A23PCalle JärnkrokINACTIVE
C · 52 GP · 10G 11A21PPontus Holmberg
RW · 54 GP · 7G 10A17PJohn KlingbergINACTIVE
D · 14 GP · 0G 5A5PWilliam Lagesson
D · 40 GP · 0G 4A4PAdrian Kempe
RW · 77 GP · 28G 47A75PViktor Arvidsson
LW · 18 GP · 6G 9A15PCarl Grundström
RW · 50 GP · 8G 4A12PAndreas Englund
D · 82 GP · 1G 9A10PJacob MoverareINACTIVE
D · 24 GP · 1G 0A1POlle LycksellINACTIVE
RW · 18 GP · 1G 4A5PAdam Ginning
D · 9 GP · 1G 0A1PEmil Andrae
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PSamuel Ersson
G · 51 GP · 23 W · .89023WFelix SandströmINACTIVE
G · 5 GP · 1 W · .8231WWilliam Eklund
LW · 80 GP · 16G 29A45PFabian Zetterlund
LW · 82 GP · 24G 20A44PJacob PetersonINACTIVE
C · 6 GP · 0G 0A0POskar LindblomINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PMagnus ChronaINACTIVE
G · 9 GP · 1 W · .8591WShow all 32 teams
Hampus Lindholm
D · 73 GP · 3G 23A26PJesper Boqvist
C · 47 GP · 6G 8A14POskar SteenINACTIVE
C · 34 GP · 1G 0A1PLinus Ullmark
G · 40 GP · 22 W · .91522WMikael Backlund
C · 82 GP · 15G 24A39PRasmus Andersson
D · 78 GP · 9G 30A39POliver KylingtonINACTIVE
D · 33 GP · 3G 5A8PJacob Markström
G · 48 GP · 23 W · .90523WMika Zibanejad
C · 81 GP · 26G 46A72PErik Gustafsson
D · 76 GP · 6G 25A31PAdam Edström
C · 11 GP · 2G 0A2PAnton Blidh
LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PAlexander Wennberg
C · 79 GP · 10G 20A30PAdam Larsson
D · 81 GP · 4G 14A18PAndré Burakovsky
LW · 49 GP · 7G 9A16PGustav OlofssonINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PRasmus Dahlin
D · 81 GP · 20G 39A59PVictor Olofsson
LW · 51 GP · 7G 8A15PIsak Rosén
RW · 7 GP · 0G 0A0PLucas Raymond
LW · 82 GP · 31G 41A72PJonatan Berggren
RW · 12 GP · 2G 4A6PSimon Edvinsson
D · 16 GP · 1G 1A2PMattias Ekholm
D · 79 GP · 11G 34A45PMattias Janmark
C · 71 GP · 4G 8A12PPhilip Broberg
D · 12 GP · 0G 2A2PGustav Forsling
D · 79 GP · 10G 29A39POliver Ekman-Larsson
D · 80 GP · 9G 23A32PKevin Stenlund
C · 81 GP · 11G 4A15PFilip Forsberg
LW · 82 GP · 48G 46A94PGustav NyquistINACTIVE
RW · 81 GP · 23G 52A75PSamuel FagemoINACTIVE
LW · 8 GP · 1G 0A1PPierre Engvall
LW · 74 GP · 10G 18A28PSimon Holmström
RW · 75 GP · 15G 10A25PSebastian AhoINACTIVE
D · 58 GP · 2G 7A9PRasmus Sandin
D · 68 GP · 3G 20A23PNicklas BäckströmINACTIVE
C · 8 GP · 0G 1A1PHardy Häman AktellINACTIVE
D · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PSeason 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 Canada
Sweden
3rd in the league
2–5
Canada
1st in the league
Canada wins 5–2 against Sweden.
0.48Points per game0.45
281Best trio366
0.39Defencemen's points per game0.34
.897Goalies' save percentage.904
9.5NHL players per million inhabitants10.3
2 108Total points8 713
101Players in the NHL414
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Top scorer
William Nylander
Sweden's top scorer in 2023–24.
The team
Toronto Maple Leafs
Where William Nylander plays.
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