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Latvian NHL players 2026–27

6 Latvian players have played in the NHL in 2026–27. Together they have 9 points, the 13th most of any country, and Latvia sits ninth of 11 in the nations league. Teddy Blueger leads with 4 points.

6
NHL players
9
Points
9th
Nations league
5
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season14/84 games
2025–26
LatviaLATVIANS LAST NIGHT · NOV 11 game
0P
0G0A
1played
EDM4–1NYRLatvia1 LatviansNOV 2 · 00:00 · overnight
Alberts Smits
· D0G 0A · 15:25 TOI
NEXT GAMES · NOV 3 · upcoming
2Latvians in1game
DET@FLALatvia2 LatviansNOV 3 · 01:00
Sandis Vilmanis
· LW2 pts this season
Uvis Balinskis
· D1 pts this season

LATVIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

9th
of 11 ranked nations
20
league points
Rate11thTop trio11thBlue line10thGoalies4thPer million4th

Latvia accounts for 0.7% of the NHL's players and 0.2% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Latvian goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Arturs SilovsPIT
95-3-0.8892.982

Season by season

Latvia had 1 players in the NHL in 1989–90 and 7 in 2025–26. The peak was 1998–99, with 7. Under each bar is the nations league placing.
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–
–
–2
–94
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–
–
47
699
9
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–
–3
–05
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9
104
–10
–
–
–
–4
–15
–
–
–
–4
–20
–
–
–
–7
1125

In the NHL Draft

Four Latvian players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Alberts Smits went first, at number 5 to the New York Rangers.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Latvia against Sweden

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Latvia
Latvia
9th in the league
1–6
Sweden
Sweden
5th in the league

Sweden wins 6–1 against Latvia.

0.43Points per game0.48
8Best trio59
0.33Defencemen's points per game0.32
.890Goalies' save percentage.894
3.2NHL players per million inhabitants7.7
9Total points424
6Players in the NHL82
Latvia against Sweden season by season
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Top scorer
Teddy Blueger
Latvia's top scorer in 2026–27.
The team
Toronto Maple Leafs
Where Teddy Blueger 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 2026–27
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Latvia
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.