Nations in the NHL

American NHL players 2019–20

261 American players played in the NHL in 2019–20. Together they scored 4 749 points, the second most of any country, and USA finished sixth of 10 in the nations league. Patrick Kane scored the most, 84 points.

261

NHL players

4 749

Points

6th

Nations league

168

Goalie wins

2019–20Active season69/82 games

2018–19 2020–21

AMERICAN LEADERS

In the nations league

6th

of 10 ranked nations

league points

Rate8thTop trio3rdBlue line1stGoalies9thPer million8th

USA accounts for 26.9% of the NHL's players and 27.6% of its points.

The full nations league

American goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Connor HellebuyckWPG	58	31-21-0	.922	2.57	6
John GibsonANA	51	20-26-0	.904	3.00	1
Ben BishopDAL	44	21-16-0	.920	2.50	2
Jonathan QuickLAK	42	16-22-0	.904	2.79	1
Alex StalockMIN	38	20-11-0	.910	2.67	4
Craig AndersonOTT	34	11-17-0	.902	3.25	0
Thatcher DemkoVAN	27	13-10-0	.905	3.06	0
Jimmy HowardDET	27	2-23-0	.882	4.20	0
Jack CampbellTOR	26	11-12-0	.904	2.80	0
Ryan MillerANA	23	9-6-0	.907	3.10	0
Cory SchneiderNJD	13	3-6-0	.887	3.53	1
Cal PetersenLAK	8	5-3-0	.922	2.64	0
Charlie LindgrenMTL	6	2-4-0	.888	3.33	0
Keith KinkaidMTL	6	1-1-0	.875	4.24	0
Alex NedeljkovicCAR	4	1-2-0	.887	3.05	0
Alex LyonPHI	3	1-1-0	.890	3.55	0
Cayden PrimeauMTL	2	1-1-0	.931	2.52	0
Garret SparksVGK	1	0-0-0	.857	4.38	0
Anthony StolarzANA	1	0-1-0	.944	2.04	0

Every American player in the NHL, team by team

261 players across 31 teams.

BOSBoston Bruins15 players

Torey Krug

D · 61 GP · 9G 40A49P

Charlie Coyle

C · 70 GP · 16G 21A37P

Charlie McAvoy

D · 67 GP · 5G 27A32P

Sean Kuraly

C · 69 GP · 6G 17A23P

Matt Grzelcyk

D · 68 GP · 4G 17A21P

Anders BjorkINACTIVE

LW · 58 GP · 9G 10A19P

Brandon Carlo

D · 67 GP · 4G 15A19P

Chris WagnerINACTIVE

RW · 67 GP · 6G 4A10P

Karson KuhlmanINACTIVE

Steven KampferINACTIVE

PITPittsburgh Penguins15 players

Bryan Rust

RW · 55 GP · 27G 29A56P

Jake Guentzel

C · 39 GP · 20G 23A43P

Jason Zucker

LW · 60 GP · 20G 21A41P

John Marino

D · 56 GP · 6G 20A26P

Alex GalchenyukINACTIVE

C · 59 GP · 8G 16A24P

Conor Sheary

LW · 63 GP · 10G 13A23P

Zachary Aston-Reese

LW · 57 GP · 6G 7A13P

Chad RuhwedelINACTIVE

Anthony AngelloINACTIVE

C · 8 GP · 1G 0A1P

Zach TrotmanINACTIVE

D · 8 GP · 0G 0A0P

ARIArizona Coyotes13 players

Nick Schmaltz

C · 70 GP · 11G 34A45P

Clayton Keller

RW · 70 GP · 17G 27A44P

Conor Garland

RW · 68 GP · 22G 17A39P

Christian Dvorak

C · 70 GP · 18G 20A38P

Phil KesselINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 14G 24A38P

Alex GoligoskiINACTIVE

D · 70 GP · 4G 28A32P

Derek StepanINACTIVE

C · 70 GP · 10G 18A28P

Jakob Chychrun

D · 63 GP · 12G 14A26P

Vinnie Hinostroza

C · 68 GP · 5G 17A22P

Jordan OesterleINACTIVE

D · 58 GP · 3G 10A13P

Christian FischerINACTIVE

MINMinnesota Wild13 players

Ryan SuterINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 8G 40A48P

Zach PariseINACTIVE

LW · 69 GP · 25G 21A46P

Luke KuninINACTIVE

C · 63 GP · 15G 16A31P

Jordan Greenway

LW · 67 GP · 8G 20A28P

Marcus Foligno

LW · 59 GP · 11G 14A25P

Ryan Donato

C · 62 GP · 14G 9A23P

Ryan Hartman

RW · 69 GP · 9G 11A20P

Brennan MenellINACTIVE

G · 38 GP · 20 W · .91020W

WPGWinnipeg Jets13 players

Kyle Connor

LW · 71 GP · 38G 35A73P

Blake WheelerINACTIVE

RW · 71 GP · 22G 43A65P

Neal Pionk

D · 71 GP · 6G 39A45P

Jack Roslovic

C · 71 GP · 12G 17A29P

Andrew Copp

C · 63 GP · 10G 16A26P

Tucker PoolmanINACTIVE

D · 57 GP · 4G 12A16P

Anthony BitettoINACTIVE

D · 51 GP · 0G 8A8P

Jansen Harkins

C · 29 GP · 2G 5A7P

Nicholas ShoreINACTIVE

G · 58 GP · 31 W · .92231W

NJDNew Jersey Devils12 players

Kyle Palmieri

C · 65 GP · 25G 20A45P

Miles Wood

LW · 68 GP · 11G 12A23P

Jack Hughes

C · 61 GP · 7G 14A21P

Will ButcherINACTIVE

D · 56 GP · 4G 17A21P

Kevin RooneyINACTIVE

C · 49 GP · 4G 5A9P

Joey AndersonINACTIVE

RW · 18 GP · 4G 2A6P

Connor CarrickINACTIVE

Matt TennysonINACTIVE

D · 20 GP · 0G 3A3P

Josh JacobsINACTIVE

D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

Cory SchneiderINACTIVE

G · 13 GP · 3 W · .8873W

CBJColumbus Blue Jackets11 players

Zach Werenski

D · 63 GP · 20G 21A41P

Nick Foligno

LW · 67 GP · 10G 21A31P

Seth Jones

D · 56 GP · 6G 24A30P

Cam AtkinsonINACTIVE

RW · 44 GP · 12G 14A26P

Sonny MilanoINACTIVE

LW · 55 GP · 7G 16A23P

Eric Robinson

LW · 50 GP · 7G 5A12P

Nathan GerbeINACTIVE

C · 30 GP · 4G 6A10P

Stefan MatteauINACTIVE

C · 9 GP · 2G 1A3P

Andrew Peeke

D · 22 GP · 1G 2A3P

Ryan MacInnisINACTIVE

C · 10 GP · 0G 1A1P

Kole SherwoodINACTIVE

RW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0P

LAKLos Angeles Kings11 players

Alex Iafallo

LW · 70 GP · 17G 26A43P

Dustin BrownINACTIVE

RW · 66 GP · 17G 18A35P

Blake Lizotte

C · 65 GP · 6G 17A23P

Matt Roy

D · 70 GP · 4G 14A18P

Derek ForbortINACTIVE

D · 20 GP · 0G 1A1P

Paul LaDueINACTIVE

D · 2 GP · 0G 1A1P

Jonathan QuickINACTIVE

G · 42 GP · 16 W · .90416W

Cal PetersenINACTIVE

G · 8 GP · 5 W · .9225W

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NYRNew York Rangers10 players

Tony DeAngelo

D · 68 GP · 15G 38A53P

Chris Kreider

LW · 63 GP · 24G 21A45P

Adam Fox

D · 70 GP · 8G 34A42P

Jacob Trouba

D · 70 GP · 7G 20A27P

Brady Skjei

D · 67 GP · 8G 16A24P

Brendan LemieuxINACTIVE

LW · 59 GP · 6G 12A18P

Ryan Lindgren

D · 60 GP · 1G 13A14P

Tim GettingerINACTIVE

LW · 2 GP · 0G 1A1P

Steven FogartyINACTIVE

C · 7 GP · 0G 0A0P

Boo NievesINACTIVE

C · 4 GP · 0G 0A0P

PHIPhiladelphia Flyers10 players

Sean Couturier

C · 69 GP · 22G 37A59P

Kevin HayesINACTIVE

RW · 69 GP · 23G 18A41P

James van RiemsdykINACTIVE

LW · 66 GP · 19G 21A40P

Matt NiskanenINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 8G 25A33P

Joel Farabee

LW · 52 GP · 8G 13A21P

Tyler Pitlick

C · 63 GP · 8G 12A20P

Justin BraunINACTIVE

D · 62 GP · 3G 16A19P

Nate ThompsonINACTIVE

C · 70 GP · 4G 11A15P

Shayne Gostisbehere

D · 42 GP · 5G 7A12P

Alex Lyon

G · 3 GP · 1 W · .8901W

VANVancouver Canucks10 players

J.T. Miller

C · 69 GP · 27G 45A72P

Quinn Hughes

D · 68 GP · 8G 45A53P

Brock Boeser

RW · 57 GP · 16G 29A45P

Adam Gaudette

RW · 59 GP · 12G 21A33P

Tyler Myers

D · 68 GP · 6G 15A21P

Brandon SutterINACTIVE

Justin BaileyINACTIVE

RW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

Thatcher Demko

G · 27 GP · 13 W · .90513W

COLColorado Avalanche9 players

J.T. Compher

LW · 67 GP · 11G 20A31P

Ian Cole

D · 65 GP · 4G 22A26P

Matt NietoINACTIVE

LW · 70 GP · 8G 13A21P

Erik JohnsonINACTIVE

D · 59 GP · 3G 13A16P

OTTOttawa Senators9 players

Brady Tkachuk

LW · 71 GP · 21G 23A44P

Colin White

C · 61 GP · 7G 16A23P

Mike Reilly

D · 44 GP · 1G 15A16P

Ron HainseyINACTIVE

D · 64 GP · 1G 11A12P

Drake Batherson

RW · 23 GP · 3G 7A10P

Craig AndersonINACTIVE

G · 34 GP · 11 W · .90211W

VGKVegas Golden Knights9 players

Max PaciorettyINACTIVE

LW · 71 GP · 32G 34A66P

Nate Schmidt

D · 59 GP · 7G 24A31P

Alex Tuch

RW · 42 GP · 8G 9A17P

Alec MartinezINACTIVE

D · 51 GP · 3G 13A16P

Jon MerrillINACTIVE

D · 49 GP · 2G 5A7P

Patrick BrownINACTIVE

C · 1 GP · 1G 0A1P

Gage QuinneyINACTIVE

C · 3 GP · 0G 1A1P

Jake BischoffINACTIVE

D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0P

Garret SparksINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8570W

ANAAnaheim Ducks8 players

Troy Terry

RW · 47 GP · 4G 11A15P

Max Jones

LW · 59 GP · 8G 4A12P

G · 51 GP · 20 W · .90420W

Ryan MillerINACTIVE

G · 23 GP · 9 W · .9079W

Anthony Stolarz

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .9440W

NSHNashville Predators8 players

Nick BoninoINACTIVE

C · 67 GP · 18G 17A35P

Craig SmithINACTIVE

C · 69 GP · 18G 13A31P

Rocco GrimaldiINACTIVE

RW · 66 GP · 10G 21A31P

Austin WatsonINACTIVE

LW · 53 GP · 6G 8A14P

Colin Blackwell

C · 27 GP · 3G 7A10P

Jarred TinordiINACTIVE

NYINew York Islanders8 players

Brock Nelson

C · 68 GP · 26G 28A54P

Anders Lee

LW · 68 GP · 20G 23A43P

Nick LeddyINACTIVE

D · 60 GP · 3G 18A21P

Andy GreeneINACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 2G 12A14P

Scott Mayfield

D · 67 GP · 5G 8A13P

Kieffer BellowsINACTIVE

LW · 8 GP · 2G 1A3P

Cole BardreauINACTIVE

C · 10 GP · 1G 1A2P

Oliver WahlstromINACTIVE

RW · 9 GP · 0G 0A0P

CARCarolina Hurricanes7 players

Jaccob Slavin

D · 68 GP · 6G 30A36P

Ryan DzingelINACTIVE

C · 64 GP · 8G 21A29P

Jake GardinerINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 4G 20A24P

Brett Pesce

D · 61 GP · 4G 14A18P

Trevor van Riemsdyk

D · 49 GP · 1G 7A8P

Brian GibbonsINACTIVE

C · 15 GP · 0G 0A0P

Alex Nedeljkovic

G · 4 GP · 1 W · .8871W

DETDetroit Red Wings7 players

Dylan Larkin

C · 71 GP · 19G 34A53P

Danny DeKeyserINACTIVE

D · 8 GP · 0G 4A4P

Justin AbdelkaderINACTIVE

LW · 49 GP · 0G 3A3P

Brian LashoffINACTIVE

D · 9 GP · 0G 1A1P

Jimmy HowardINACTIVE

G · 27 GP · 2 W · .8822W

TBLTampa Bay Lightning7 players

Kevin ShattenkirkINACTIVE

D · 70 GP · 8G 26A34P

Blake Coleman

LW · 66 GP · 21G 11A32P

Tyler JohnsonINACTIVE

C · 65 GP · 14G 17A31P

Patrick MaroonINACTIVE

LW · 64 GP · 9G 14A23P

Ryan McDonagh

D · 50 GP · 1G 11A12P

Zach Bogosian

D · 27 GP · 1G 6A7P

Luke WitkowskiINACTIVE

D · 12 GP · 1G 2A3P

BUFBuffalo Sabres6 players

Jack Eichel

C · 68 GP · 36G 42A78P

Jimmy VeseyINACTIVE

LW · 64 GP · 9G 11A20P

Kyle OkposoINACTIVE

RW · 52 GP · 9G 10A19P

Jake McCabe

D · 66 GP · 3G 10A13P

CGYCalgary Flames6 players

Matthew Tkachuk

LW · 69 GP · 23G 38A61P

Johnny GaudreauINACTIVE

LW · 70 GP · 18G 40A58P

Derek RyanINACTIVE

C · 68 GP · 10G 19A29P

Noah Hanifin

D · 70 GP · 5G 17A22P

Austin CzarnikINACTIVE

C · 8 GP · 2G 1A3P

Buddy RobinsonINACTIVE

RW · 5 GP · 1G 0A1P

CHIChicago Blackhawks6 players

Patrick Kane

RW · 70 GP · 33G 51A84P

Alex DeBrincat

RW · 70 GP · 18G 27A45P

Brandon SaadINACTIVE

LW · 58 GP · 21G 12A33P

Connor Murphy

D · 58 GP · 5G 14A19P

Ryan CarpenterINACTIVE

C · 69 GP · 3G 12A15P

Dennis Gilbert

D · 21 GP · 1G 2A3P

FLAFlorida Panthers6 players

Keith YandleINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 5G 40A45P

Vincent Trocheck

C · 62 GP · 11G 27A38P

Frank Vatrano

RW · 69 GP · 16G 18A34P

Noel Acciari

C · 66 GP · 20G 7A27P

MTLMontréal Canadiens6 players

Jeff PetryINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 11G 29A40P

G · 6 GP · 2 W · .8882W

Keith KinkaidINACTIVE

G · 6 GP · 1 W · .8751W

Cayden Primeau

G · 2 GP · 1 W · .9311W

WSHWashington Capitals6 players

John Carlson

D · 69 GP · 15G 60A75P

T.J. OshieINACTIVE

RW · 69 GP · 26G 23A49P

Garnet Hathaway

RW · 66 GP · 9G 7A16P

DALDallas Stars5 players

Joe PavelskiINACTIVE

C · 67 GP · 14G 17A31P

Stephen JohnsINACTIVE

D · 17 GP · 2G 3A5P

Joel L'EsperanceINACTIVE

G · 44 GP · 21 W · .92021W

TORToronto Maple Leafs5 players

Auston Matthews

C · 70 GP · 47G 33A80P

Justin Holl

D · 68 GP · 2G 16A18P

Trevor Moore

LW · 42 GP · 6G 4A10P

Kevin GravelINACTIVE

D · 3 GP · 0G 0A0P

Jack CampbellINACTIVE

G · 26 GP · 11 W · .90411W

SJSSan Jose Sharks4 players

Kevin LabancINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 14G 19A33P

Dylan GambrellINACTIVE

STLSt. Louis Blues4 players

Zachary SanfordINACTIVE

LW · 58 GP · 16G 14A30P

Justin Faulk

D · 69 GP · 5G 11A16P

Mackenzie MacEachern

LW · 51 GP · 7G 3A10P

Austin PoganskiINACTIVE

RW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

EDMEdmonton Oilers2 players

Kailer Yamamoto

RW · 27 GP · 11G 15A26P

Caleb Jones

D · 43 GP · 4G 5A9P

Season by season

USA had 118 players in the NHL in 1989–90 and 301 in 2025–26. The peak was 2021–22, with 324. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 5 seasons USA won.

In the NHL Draft

58 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.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

American NHL players all time

Regular season, whole careers. The record seasons count completed seasons only.

Most points by American players

Most goalie wins

Best seasons by a American player

USA against Russia

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.

USA

6th in the league

4–3

Russia

3rd in the league

USA wins 4–3 against Russia.

0.43Points per game0.55

242Best trio254

0.36Defencemen's points per game0.31

.907Goalies' save percentage.912

0.8NHL players per million inhabitants0.3

4 749Total points991

261Players in the NHL48

USA against Russia season by season

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Top scorer

Patrick Kane

USA's top scorer in 2019–20.

The team

Chicago Blackhawks

Where Patrick Kane 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 2019–20

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.

AMERICAN LEADERS

Points

Goals

Assists

Goalies: wins

In the nations league

American goalies

Every American player in the NHL, team by team

Season by season

In the NHL Draft

American NHL players all time

Most points by American players

Most goalie wins

Best seasons by a American player

USA against Russia

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