Nations in the NHLAmerican NHL players 1998–99
142 American players played in the NHL in 1998–99. Together they scored 2 306 points, the second most of any country, and USA finished eighth of 8 in the nations league. John LeClair scored the most, 90 points.
142
NHL players
2 306
Points
8th
Nations league
174
Goalie wins
AMERICAN LEADERS
Points
John LeClairINACTIVE
PHILW· 76 GP
43G47A90P
Mike ModanoINACTIVE
DALC· 77 GP
34G47A81P
Tony AmonteINACTIVE
CHIRW· 82 GP
44G31A75P
4
Jeremy RoenickINACTIVE
PHXC· 78 GP
24G48A72P
5
Keith TkachukINACTIVE
PHXLW· 68 GP
36G32A68P
In the nations league
8th
of 8 ranked nations
18
league points
Rate7thTop trio3rdBlue line6thGoalies4thPer million7th
USA accounts for 15.8% of the NHL's players and 14.8% of its points.
The full nations leagueAmerican goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guy HebertANA | 69 | 31-29-0 | .922 | 2.42 | 6 |
Mike RichterNYR | 68 | 27-30-0 | .910 | 2.63 | 4 |
Garth SnowVAN | 65 | 20-31-0 | .900 | 2.93 | 6 |
| 62 | 27-18-0 | .902 | 2.18 | 6 | |
| 45 | 22-13-0 | .905 | 2.44 | 3 | |
Mike DunhamNSH | 44 | 16-23-0 | .908 | 3.08 | 1 |
Tom BarrassoPIT | 43 | 19-16-0 | .901 | 2.55 | 4 |
| 12 | 8-3-0 | .898 | 2.48 | 1 | |
| 6 | 3-2-0 | .921 | 2.10 | 0 | |
Jim CareySTL | 4 | 1-2-0 | .829 | 3.87 | 0 |
Robert EschePHX | 3 | 0-1-0 | .860 | 3.24 | 0 |
| 1 | 0-1-0 | .828 | 5.00 | 0 |
Every American player in the NHL, team by team
Jeremy RoenickINACTIVE
C · 78 GP · 24G 48A72PKeith TkachukINACTIVE
LW · 68 GP · 36G 32A68PBob CorkumINACTIVE
C · 77 GP · 9G 10A19PKeith CarneyINACTIVE
D · 82 GP · 2G 14A16PDeron QuintINACTIVE
D · 60 GP · 5G 8A13PJim CumminsINACTIVE
RW · 55 GP · 1G 7A8PMike SullivanINACTIVE
C · 63 GP · 2G 4A6PStephen LeachINACTIVE
RW · 31 GP · 1G 3A4PBrian NoonanINACTIVE
RW · 7 GP · 0G 0A0PJoe DziedzicINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PRobert EscheINACTIVE
G · 3 GP · 0 W · .8600WBill GuerinINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 30G 34A64PMike GrierINACTIVE
RW · 82 GP · 20G 24A44PDoug WeightINACTIVE
C · 43 GP · 6G 31A37PTodd MarchantINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 14G 22A36PTom PotiINACTIVE
D · 73 GP · 5G 16A21PTodd ReirdenINACTIVE
D · 17 GP · 2G 3A5PChris FerraroINACTIVE
C · 2 GP · 1G 0A1PDan LacoutureINACTIVE
LW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PJim DowdINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PJoe HulbigINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PSteve HeinzeINACTIVE
RW · 73 GP · 22G 18A40PPeter FerraroINACTIVE
RW · 46 GP · 6G 8A14PHal GillINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 3G 7A10PShawn BatesINACTIVE
C · 33 GP · 5G 4A9PLandon WilsonINACTIVE
RW · 22 GP · 3G 3A6PDave EllettINACTIVE
D · 54 GP · 0G 6A6PMarquis MathieuINACTIVE
C · 9 GP · 0G 0A0PDennis VaskeINACTIVE
D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PEric NickulasINACTIVE
RW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PTom FitzgeraldINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 13G 19A32PDarren TurcotteINACTIVE
C · 40 GP · 4G 5A9PRob ValicevicINACTIVE
RW · 19 GP · 4G 2A6PMark MowersINACTIVE
RW · 30 GP · 0G 6A6PDan KeczmerINACTIVE
D · 38 GP · 0G 1A1PDoug FriedmanINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 0G 1A1PMatt HendersonINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PDavid LegwandINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PMike DunhamINACTIVE
G · 44 GP · 16 W · .90816WMike ModanoINACTIVE
C · 77 GP · 34G 47A81PJamie LangenbrunnerINACTIVE
RW · 75 GP · 12G 33A45PDerian HatcherINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 9G 21A30PDerek PlanteINACTIVE
C · 51 GP · 6G 14A20PShawn ChambersINACTIVE
D · 61 GP · 2G 9A11PCraig LudwigINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 2G 6A8PBlake SloanINACTIVE
RW · 14 GP · 0G 0A0PKelly FairchildINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PScott YoungINACTIVE
RW · 75 GP · 24G 28A52PCraig ConroyINACTIVE
C · 69 GP · 14G 25A39PJim CampbellINACTIVE
RW · 55 GP · 4G 21A25PMarty ReasonerINACTIVE
C · 22 GP · 3G 7A10PChris McalpineINACTIVE
D · 51 GP · 1G 1A2PRory FitzpatrickINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PBrent JohnsonINACTIVE
G · 6 GP · 3 W · .9213WJim CareyINACTIVE
G · 4 GP · 1 W · .8291WShow all 27 teams
Bryan SmolinskiINACTIVE
C · 82 GP · 16G 24A40PBarry RichterINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 6G 18A24PScott LachanceINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 2G 9A11PKevin MillerINACTIVE
C · 33 GP · 1G 5A6PJoe SaccoINACTIVE
LW · 73 GP · 3G 0A3PEdward CrowleyINACTIVE
D · 13 GP · 1G 2A3PJohn LeClairINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 43G 47A90PShjon PodeinINACTIVE
LW · 55 GP · 3G 6A9PAdam BurtINACTIVE
D · 68 GP · 0G 4A4PJason ZentINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PJohn VanbiesbrouckINACTIVE
G · 62 GP · 27 W · .90227WJean-Marc PelletierINACTIVE
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8280WBrian RolstonINACTIVE
RW · 82 GP · 24G 33A57PJay PandolfoINACTIVE
LW · 70 GP · 14G 13A27PKevin DeanINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 1G 10A11PBobby CarpenterINACTIVE
C · 56 GP · 2G 8A10PChris TerreriINACTIVE
G · 12 GP · 8 W · .8988WBrian LeetchINACTIVE
D · 82 GP · 13G 42A55PKevin StevensINACTIVE
LW · 81 GP · 23G 20A43PMathieu SchneiderINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 10G 24A34PRich BrennanINACTIVE
D · 24 GP · 1G 3A4PMike RichterINACTIVE
G · 68 GP · 27 W · .91027WShawn McEachernINACTIVE
LW · 77 GP · 31G 25A56PTed DonatoINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 11G 16A27PLance PitlickINACTIVE
D · 50 GP · 3G 6A9PJohn GrudenINACTIVE
D · 13 GP · 0G 1A1PDamian RhodesINACTIVE
G · 45 GP · 22 W · .90522WBret HedicanINACTIVE
D · 67 GP · 5G 18A23PDonald BrashearINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 8G 10A18PTrent KlattINACTIVE
RW · 75 GP · 4G 10A14PDarby HendricksonINACTIVE
C · 62 GP · 4G 5A9PGarth SnowINACTIVE
G · 65 GP · 20 W · .90020WSteve KonowalchukINACTIVE
LW · 45 GP · 12G 12A24PKen KleeINACTIVE
D · 78 GP · 7G 13A20PKelly MillerINACTIVE
LW · 62 GP · 2G 5A7PMatthew HerrINACTIVE
C · 30 GP · 2G 2A4PTom ChorskeINACTIVE
RW · 26 GP · 0G 3A3PBrian HolzingerINACTIVE
C · 81 GP · 17G 17A34PErik RasmussenINACTIVE
C · 42 GP · 3G 7A10PMike HurlbutINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PDean SylvesterINACTIVE
RW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PPaul RanheimINACTIVE
LW · 78 GP · 9G 10A19PBates BattagliaINACTIVE
LW · 60 GP · 7G 11A18PSean HillINACTIVE
D · 54 GP · 0G 10A10PMichael RucinskiINACTIVE
D · 15 GP · 0G 1A1PTony AmonteINACTIVE
RW · 82 GP · 44G 31A75PEddie OlczykINACTIVE
RW · 61 GP · 10G 15A25PDoug ZmolekINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 0G 14A14PTy JonesINACTIVE
RW · 8 GP · 0G 0A0PChris DruryINACTIVE
C · 79 GP · 20G 24A44PAaron MillerINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 5G 13A18PScott ParkerINACTIVE
RW · 27 GP · 0G 0A0PBrian WhiteINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PCraig JanneyINACTIVE
C · 56 GP · 5G 22A27PDavid WilkieINACTIVE
D · 46 GP · 1G 7A8PJason BonsignoreINACTIVE
C · 23 GP · 0G 3A3PPaul MaraINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 1G 1A2PMarty McinnisINACTIVE
LW · 81 GP · 19G 35A54PPhil HousleyINACTIVE
D · 79 GP · 11G 43A54PChris O'SullivanINACTIVE
D · 10 GP · 0G 1A1PCraig JohnsonINACTIVE
LW · 69 GP · 7G 12A19PJason BlakeINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 1G 0A1PDan BylsmaINACTIVE
LW · 8 GP · 0G 0A0PJeff NortonINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 4G 18A22PTony GranatoINACTIVE
RW · 35 GP · 6G 6A12PGary SuterINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PBryan BerardINACTIVE
D · 69 GP · 9G 25A34PDallas EakinsINACTIVE
D · 18 GP · 0G 2A2PKevyn AdamsINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PSeason 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 Latvia
USA
8th in the league
3–4
Latvia
4th in the league
Latvia wins 4–3 against USA.
0.37Points per game0.40
246Best trio55
0.27Defencemen's points per game0.32
.907Goalies' save percentage.911
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants3.7
2 306Total points56
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Top scorer
John LeClair
USA's top scorer in 1998–99.
The team
Philadelphia Flyers
Where John LeClair 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 1998–99
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.