Nations in the NHLSwedish NHL players 2026–27
83 Swedish players have played in the NHL in 2026–27, and three more are on a roster without a game yet. Together they have 452 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden sits fourth of 11 in the nations league. Leo Carlsson leads with 22 points.
86
NHL players
452
Points
4th
Nations league
26
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season15/84 games
SWEDES LAST NIGHT · NOV 44 games8P
4G4A2W
15played
Adrian Kempe RW had 4 points (3G 1A) in the win over San Jose Sharks.
Erik Gustafsson D had 2 assists in the win over San Jose Sharks.
Ivar Stenberg LW scored 1 goal in the loss to Los Angeles Kings.
Fabian Zetterlund LW had 1 assist in the win over Buffalo Sabres.
Samuel Ersson G stopped 24 of 25 shots (.960) in the win over Buffalo Sabres.
Player of the night
Adrian Kempe
LAK
3G1A
NEXT GAMES · NOV 6 · upcoming
107Swedes in11games
VGK@DET18 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00
18 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00Lucas Raymond
· LW16 pts this seasonViktor Arvidsson
· LW15 pts this seasonWilliam Karlsson
· C5 pts this seasonVictor Olofsson
· LW5 pts this seasonRasmus Andersson
· D5 pts this seasonWilliam Wallinder
· D4 pts this seasonAnton Johansson
· D4 pts this seasonAlbert Johansson
· D1 pts this seasonAlexander Holtz
· RW1 pts this seasonAxel Sandin-Pellikka
· D1 pts this seasonAndreas Englund
· D0 pts this seasonWilliam Lagesson
· D0 pts this seasonAdam Ginning
· D0 pts this seasonCarl Lindbom
· G0 W this seasonSimon Edvinsson
· D0 pts this seasonWilmer Skoog
· C0 pts this seasonEddie Genborg
· RW0 pts this seasonGustav Sjöqvist
· D0 pts this seasonCHI@TBL10 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00
10 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00Pontus Holmberg
· RW10 pts this seasonAnton Frondell
· C8 pts this seasonVictor Hedman
· D5 pts this seasonDennis Hildeby
· G2 W this seasonSimon Lundmark
· D0 pts this seasonHugo Alnefelt
· G0 W this seasonArvid Söderblom
· G0 W this seasonMorgan Anderberg
· C0 pts this seasonWilliam Sörbrand
· C0 pts this seasonMax Vilén
· D0 pts this seasonSTL@NJD12 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00
12 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00Jesper Bratt
· LW13 pts this seasonPhilip Broberg
· D10 pts this seasonJesper Boqvist
· C6 pts this seasonJonatan Berggren
· RW5 pts this seasonTheo Lindstein
· D2 pts this seasonOtto Stenberg
· C1 pts this seasonOskar Sundqvist
· C0 pts this seasonCalle Rosén
· D0 pts this seasonMilton Gästrin
· C0 pts this seasonGustav Hillström
· C0 pts this seasonLove Härenstam
· G0 W this seasonSigge Holmgren
· D0 pts this seasonCAR@NYI11 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00
11 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00Simon Holmström
· RW7 pts this seasonEmil Heineman
· LW6 pts this seasonVictor Eklund
· RW5 pts this seasonPierre Engvall
· LW0 pts this seasonJoel Nyström
· D0 pts this seasonFelix Unger Sörum
· RW0 pts this seasonViggo Nordlund
· LW0 pts this seasonFilip Ekberg
· RW0 pts this seasonMalte Gustafsson
· D0 pts this seasonWilliam Håkansson
· D0 pts this seasonWiggo Sörensson
· C0 pts this seasonShow all
BOS@PIT9 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00
9 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00Erik Karlsson
· D16 pts this seasonElias Lindholm
· C13 pts this seasonRickard Rakell
· RW9 pts this seasonHampus Lindholm
· D4 pts this seasonElmer Söderblom
· LW1 pts this seasonDavid Gustafsson
· C0 pts this seasonLiam Pettersson
· D0 pts this seasonNils Bartholdsson
· RW0 pts this seasonOscar Olsson
· LW0 pts this seasonVAN@WPG13 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00
13 SwedesNOV 6 · 01:00Elias Pettersson
· C18 pts this seasonJonathan Lekkerimäki
· RW13 pts this seasonLinus Karlsson
· C10 pts this seasonLiam Öhgren
· LW8 pts this seasonElias Pettersson
· D4 pts this seasonTom Willander
· D3 pts this seasonIsak Rosén
· RW2 pts this seasonElias Salomonsson
· D0 pts this seasonViktor Klingsell
· RW0 pts this seasonWilson Björck
· C0 pts this seasonViggo Björck
· C0 pts this seasonAlexander Command
· C0 pts this seasonSamuel Eriksson
· D0 pts this seasonNSH@COL9 SwedesNOV 6 · 03:30
9 SwedesNOV 6 · 03:30Filip Forsberg
· LW19 pts this seasonGabriel Landeskog
· LW10 pts this seasonAdam Edström
· C7 pts this seasonNils Höglander
· LW5 pts this seasonAdam Wilsby
· D5 pts this seasonFabian Lysell
· RW0 pts this seasonLinus Funck
· D0 pts this seasonAxel Elofsson
· D0 pts this seasonPhilip Hemmyr
· LW0 pts this seasonSWEDISH LEADERS
Points race
Leo Carlsson
ANAC· 15 GP
5G17A22P
William Nylander
TORRW· 17 GP
10G11A21P
Filip Forsberg
NSHLW· 15 GP
5G14A19P
4
Elias Pettersson
VANC· 17 GP
4G14A18P
5
Erik Karlsson
PITD· 15 GP
3G13A16P
In the nations league
4th
of 11 ranked nations
36
league points
Rate6thTop trio4thBlue line11thGoalies1stPer million2nd
Sweden accounts for 10.1% of the NHL's players and 10.7% of its points so far.
The full nations leagueSwedish goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 10-2-0 | .919 | 2.06 | 0 | |
| 8 | 7-1-0 | .945 | 1.33 | 0 | |
| 8 | 4-2-0 | .886 | 2.57 | 1 | |
| 8 | 2-3-0 | .880 | 3.33 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0-4-0 | .901 | 2.51 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1-1-0 | .846 | 4.60 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2-0-0 | .885 | 2.98 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0-2-0 | .829 | 4.66 | 0 |
Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team
Lucas Raymond
LW · 16 GP · 6G 10A16PViktor Arvidsson
LW · 16 GP · 8G 7A15PWilliam Wallinder
D · 11 GP · 2G 2A4PAnton Johansson
D · 16 GP · 1G 3A4PAlbert Johansson
D · 11 GP · 0G 1A1PAxel Sandin-Pellikka
D · 7 GP · 0G 1A1PAndreas Englund
D · 11 GP · 0G 0A0PFabian Zetterlund
LW · 17 GP · 1G 6A7PWilliam Eklund
LW · 4 GP · 1G 1A2PAndré Burakovsky
LW · 8 GP · 0G 0A0PLinus Ullmark
G · 8 GP · 7 W · .9457WSamuel Ersson
G · 8 GP · 2 W · .8802WJonas Johansson
G · 4 GP · 1 W · .8461WElias Pettersson
C · 17 GP · 4G 14A18PJonathan Lekkerimäki
RW · 17 GP · 6G 7A13PLinus Karlsson
C · 17 GP · 4G 6A10PLiam Öhgren
LW · 16 GP · 5G 3A8PElias Pettersson
D · 17 GP · 3G 1A4PTom Willander
D · 16 GP · 0G 3A3PAdrian Kempe
RW · 13 GP · 6G 6A12PErik Gustafsson
D · 12 GP · 1G 4A5PAndre Lee
LW · 12 GP · 1G 2A3PAnton Forsberg
G · 6 GP · 0 W · .9010WJoel Eriksson Ek
C · 17 GP · 6G 9A15PJonas Brodin
D · 17 GP · 0G 6A6PJesper Wallstedt
G · 15 GP · 10 W · .91910WFilip Gustavsson
G · No game yet–Filip Forsberg
LW · 15 GP · 5G 14A19PAdam Edström
C · 15 GP · 6G 1A7PNils Höglander
LW · 15 GP · 3G 2A5PAdam Wilsby
D · 15 GP · 0G 5A5PShow all 32 teams
Victor Olofsson
LW · 4 GP · 4G 1A5PWilliam Karlsson
C · 17 GP · 3G 2A5PRasmus Andersson
D · 17 GP · 2G 3A5PAlexander Holtz
RW · 2 GP · 0G 1A1PSimon Holmström
RW · 14 GP · 4G 3A7PEmil Heineman
LW · 14 GP · 2G 4A6PVictor Eklund
RW · 14 GP · 3G 2A5PIvar Stenberg
LW · 17 GP · 4G 6A10PAlexander Wennberg
C · 9 GP · 0G 3A3PFilip Bystedt
C · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PPontus Holmberg
RW · 14 GP · 4G 6A10PVictor Hedman
D · 13 GP · 3G 2A5PDennis Hildeby
G · 3 GP · 2 W · .8852WSeason by season
In the NHL Draft
25 Swedish players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, seven of them in the first round. Ivar Stenberg went first, at number 2 to the San Jose Sharks.
Swedish NHL players all time
Sweden against Finland
Sweden
4th in the league
5–2
Finland
6th in the league
Sweden wins 5–2 against Finland.
0.48Points per game0.49
62Best trio56
0.32Defencemen's points per game0.34
.894Goalies' save percentage.882
7.8NHL players per million inhabitants7.1
452Total points203
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Leo Carlsson
Sweden's top scorer in 2026–27.
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Anaheim Ducks
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