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Danish NHL players 2026–27

4 Danish players have played in the NHL in 2026–27, and one more is on a roster without a game yet. Together they have 31 points, the tenth most of any country. The nations league needs at least five skaters, so Denmark is not part of it. Nikolaj Ehlers leads with 14 points.

5
NHL players
31
Points
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Nations league
0
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season16/84 games
2025–26
DenmarkDANES LAST NIGHT · NOV 60 games
No Danish players were in action last night.
NEXT GAMES · NOV 7 · today
6Danes in5games
FLA@WSHDenmark1 DanesNOV 7 · 18:30
Lars Eller
· C8 pts this season
NYR@SEADenmark2 DanesNOV 7 · 23:00
Oliver Bjorkstrand
· RW9 pts this season
Oscar Fisker Molgaard
· C0 pts this season
CHI@CARDenmark1 DanesNOV 8 · 02:00
Nikolaj Ehlers
· LW14 pts this season
TBL@MINDenmark1 DanesNOV 8 · 02:00
Mads Sogaard
· G0 W this season
VAN@EDMDenmark1 DanesNOV 8 · 04:00
Frederik Andersen
· G0 W this season

DANISH LEADERS

In the nations league

The nations league needs five skaters, and Denmark has four. In raw numbers the country is tenth in points and twelfth in players.

Denmark accounts for 0.5% of the NHL's players and 0.7% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Season by season

Denmark had 1 players in the NHL in 2006–07 and 7 in 2025–26. The peak was 2016–17, with 10. Under each bar is the nations league placing.
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–
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96
910
10
9
7
67
315
6
7
8
98
720
7
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–7
925

In the NHL Draft

One Danish player was picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, not in the first round. Anton Emil Wilde Larsen went 187th overall to the Dallas Stars.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →
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