Nations in the NHLAmerican NHL players 1987–88
112 American players played in the NHL in 1987–88. Together they scored 2 254 points, the second most of any country, and USA finished third of 5 in the nations league. Jimmy Carson scored the most, 107 points.
112
NHL players
2 254
Points
3rd
Nations league
67
Goalie wins
AMERICAN LEADERS
Points
Jimmy CarsonINACTIVE
LAKC· 80 GP
55G52A107P
Pat LaFontaineINACTIVE
NYIC· 75 GP
47G45A92P
Gary SuterINACTIVE
CGYD· 75 GP
21G70A91P
4
Joe MullenINACTIVE
CGYRW· 80 GP
40G44A84P
5
Aaron BrotenINACTIVE
NJDC· 80 GP
26G57A83P
In the nations league
3rd
of 5 ranked nations
16
league points
Rate5thTop trio2ndBlue line1stGoalies1stPer million5th
USA accounts for 15.2% of the NHL's players and 13.6% of its points.
The full nations leagueAmerican goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 27-22-0 | .890 | 3.38 | 2 | |
Tom BarrassoBUF | 54 | 25-18-0 | .896 | 3.32 | 2 |
Bob MasonCHI | 41 | 13-18-0 | .882 | 4.16 | 0 |
Jon CaseyMNS | 14 | 1-7-0 | .882 | 3.72 | 0 |
Bob JanecykLAK | 5 | 1-4-0 | .861 | 4.56 | 0 |
Every American player in the NHL, team by team
Brian LawtonINACTIVE
C · 74 GP · 17G 24A41PNeal BrotenINACTIVE
C · 54 GP · 9G 30A39PBob BrookeINACTIVE
RW · 77 GP · 5G 20A25PScott BjugstadINACTIVE
LW · 33 GP · 10G 12A22PCurt FraserINACTIVE
LW · 37 GP · 5G 7A12PShawn ChambersINACTIVE
D · 19 GP · 1G 7A8PPatrick MichelettiINACTIVE
C · 12 GP · 2G 0A2PLarry DepalmaINACTIVE
C · 7 GP · 1G 1A2PJay CaufieldINACTIVE
RW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PTom HirschINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PJon CaseyINACTIVE
G · 14 GP · 1 W · .8821WAaron BrotenINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 26G 57A83PTom KurversINACTIVE
D · 56 GP · 5G 29A34PMark JohnsonINACTIVE
C · 54 GP · 14G 19A33PCraig WolaninINACTIVE
D · 78 GP · 6G 25A31PJack O'CallahanINACTIVE
D · 50 GP · 7G 19A26PDoug BrownINACTIVE
RW · 70 GP · 14G 11A25PAndy BrickleyINACTIVE
LW · 45 GP · 8G 14A22PJim KornINACTIVE
D · 52 GP · 8G 13A21PDavid MaleyINACTIVE
LW · 44 GP · 4G 2A6PChristopher CichockiINACTIVE
RW · 5 GP · 1G 0A1PDan DorionINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PBob SweeneyINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 22G 23A45PReed LarsonINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 10G 24A34PJay MillerINACTIVE
LW · 78 GP · 7G 12A19PBilly O'DwyerINACTIVE
C · 77 GP · 7G 10A17PCraig JanneyINACTIVE
C · 15 GP · 7G 9A16PFrank SimonettiINACTIVE
D · 30 GP · 2G 3A5PJohn BlumINACTIVE
D · 19 GP · 0G 1A1PJohn CarterINACTIVE
LW · 4 GP · 0G 1A1PPhil HousleyINACTIVE
D · 74 GP · 29G 37A66PMike RamseyINACTIVE
D · 63 GP · 5G 16A21PMike HartmanINACTIVE
LW · 18 GP · 3G 1A4PRichie DunnINACTIVE
D · 12 GP · 2G 0A2PJeff ParkerINACTIVE
RW · 4 GP · 0G 2A2PEd HospodarINACTIVE
D · 42 GP · 0G 1A1PDonald McsweenINACTIVE
D · 5 GP · 0G 1A1PTom BarrassoINACTIVE
G · 54 GP · 25 W · .89625WPat LaFontaineINACTIVE
C · 75 GP · 47G 45A92PRandy WoodINACTIVE
RW · 75 GP · 22G 16A38PKen LeiterINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 4G 13A17PJeff NortonINACTIVE
D · 15 GP · 1G 6A7PKen MorrowINACTIVE
D · 53 GP · 1G 4A5PTodd OkerlundINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PChristopher PryorINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PMichael WalshINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PDave EllettINACTIVE
D · 68 GP · 13G 45A58PPeter TaglianettiINACTIVE
D · 70 GP · 6G 17A23PSteve RooneyINACTIVE
C · 56 GP · 7G 6A13PMark KumpelINACTIVE
RW · 45 GP · 4G 6A10PBrad JonesINACTIVE
LW · 19 GP · 2G 5A7PDwight SchofieldINACTIVE
D · 18 GP · 0G 0A0PGuy GosselinINACTIVE
D · 5 GP · 0G 0A0PAlfie TurcotteINACTIVE
C · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PShow all 20 teams
Brian MullenINACTIVE
RW · 74 GP · 25G 29A54PChris NilanINACTIVE
RW · 72 GP · 10G 10A20PMike DonnellyINACTIVE
LW · 57 GP · 8G 10A18PBrian LeetchINACTIVE
D · 17 GP · 2G 12A14PJeff BrubakerINACTIVE
LW · 31 GP · 2G 0A2PJohn VanbiesbrouckINACTIVE
G · 56 GP · 27 W · .89027WBrian NoonanINACTIVE
RW · 77 GP · 10G 20A30PWayne PresleyINACTIVE
RW · 42 GP · 12G 10A22PRik WilsonINACTIVE
D · 14 GP · 4G 5A9PMark LavarreINACTIVE
RW · 18 GP · 1G 1A2PBob MasonINACTIVE
G · 41 GP · 13 W · .88213WChris CheliosINACTIVE
D · 71 GP · 20G 41A61PCraig LudwigINACTIVE
D · 74 GP · 4G 10A14PMike LalorINACTIVE
D · 66 GP · 1G 10A11PScott SandelinINACTIVE
D · 8 GP · 0G 1A1PMathieu SchneiderINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PDave ChristianINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 37G 21A58PKevin HatcherINACTIVE
D · 71 GP · 14G 27A41PKelly MillerINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 9G 23A32PStephen LeachINACTIVE
RW · 8 GP · 1G 1A2PDavid JensenINACTIVE
C · 5 GP · 0G 1A1PLee NorwoodINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 9G 22A31PMike O'connellINACTIVE
D · 48 GP · 6G 13A19PRick ZomboINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 3G 14A17PSteve MartinsonINACTIVE
LW · 10 GP · 1G 1A2PEddie OlczykINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 42G 33A75PAl IafrateINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 22G 30A52PTom FergusINACTIVE
C · 63 GP · 19G 31A50PTed FaussINACTIVE
RW · 13 GP · 0G 1A1PCraig CoxeINACTIVE
LW · 71 GP · 7G 15A22PIan KiddINACTIVE
D · 19 GP · 4G 7A11PDan WoodleyINACTIVE
RW · 5 GP · 2G 0A2PJeff RohlicekINACTIVE
LW · 7 GP · 0G 0A0PGary SuterINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 21G 70A91PJoe MullenINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 40G 44A84PJoel OttoINACTIVE
C · 62 GP · 13G 39A52PScot KleinendorstINACTIVE
C · 44 GP · 3G 6A9PScott YoungINACTIVE
RW · 7 GP · 0G 0A0PMike VellucciINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PGordie RobertsINACTIVE
D · 70 GP · 3G 15A18PJim PaveseINACTIVE
D · 25 GP · 0G 5A5PScott HarlowINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 0G 1A1PSeason by season
In the NHL Draft
57 American players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, seven of them in the first round. Chase Reid went first, at number 7 to the Seattle Kraken.
American NHL players all time
USA against Sweden
USA
3rd in the league
5–2
Sweden
2nd in the league
USA wins 5–2 against Sweden.
0.52Points per game0.60
290Best trio257
0.46Defencemen's points per game0.45
.886Goalies' save percentage–
0.3NHL players per million inhabitants2.3
2 254Total points899
112Players in the NHL24
Canada
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Top scorer
Jimmy Carson
USA's top scorer in 1987–88.
The team
Los Angeles Kings
Where Jimmy Carson plays.
Nations in the NHL
Every nation in the NHL
How many players each country has in the NHL, with a page for each.
Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 1987–88
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs USA
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.