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Swedish 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 510 points, the third most of any country, and Sweden sits fifth of 11 in the nations league. Leo Carlsson leads with 26 points.

86
NHL players
510
Points
5th
Nations league
29
Goalie wins
2026–27Active season17/84 games
2025–26
SwedenSWEDES LAST NIGHT · NOV 86 games
9P
4G5A
22played
Pontus Holmberg RW scored 2 goals in the loss to Winnipeg Jets.
Viggo Björck C had 2 assists in the win over Tampa Bay Lightning.
Jesper Bratt LW had 2 assists in the win over Toronto Maple Leafs.
Elias Lindholm C scored 1 goal in the win over Florida Panthers.
Rickard Rakell RW scored 1 goal in the loss to Anaheim Ducks.
Player of the night
Pontus Holmberg
TBL
2G0A
FLA1–4BOSSweden4 SwedesNOV 8 · 19:00 · last night
Elias Lindholm
· C1G 0A · 18:58 TOI
Jacob Markström
· G32 SV · 4 GA · .889 SV% · Loss
Hampus Lindholm
· D0G 0A · 14:28 TOI
Gustav Forsling
· D0G 0A · 21:51 TOI
VGK4–1BUFSweden5 SwedesNOV 8 · 21:30 · last night
Victor Olofsson
· LW0G 0A · 12:54 TOI
William Karlsson
· C0G 0A · 16:27 TOI
Noah Östlund
· C0G 0A · 18:23 TOI
Rasmus Dahlin
· D0G 0A · 23:14 TOI
Rasmus Andersson
· D0G 0A · 20:44 TOI
TBL3–4WPGSweden4 SwedesNOV 9 · 00:00 · overnight
Pontus Holmberg
· RW2G 0A · 13:23 TOI
Viggo Björck
· C0G 2A · 13:22 TOI
Victor Hedman
· D0G 0A · 17:18 TOI
Isak Rosén
· RW0G 0A · 06:44 TOI
NJD4–0TORSweden4 SwedesNOV 9 · 01:00 · overnight
Jesper Bratt
· LW0G 2A · 15:52 TOI
William Nylander
· RW0G 0A · 16:51 TOI
Jesper Boqvist
· C0G 0A · 14:25 TOI
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
· D0G 0A · 20:06 TOI
PHI3–4CGYSweden2 SwedesNOV 9 · 01:00 · overnight
William Strömgren
· LW0G 0A · 08:47 TOI
Mikael Backlund
· C0G 0A · 18:38 TOI
PIT2–5ANASweden3 SwedesNOV 9 · 02:00 · overnight
Rickard Rakell
· RW1G 0A · 22:06 TOI
Erik Karlsson
· D0G 1A · 25:33 TOI
Leo Carlsson
· C0G 0A · 21:33 TOI
NEXT GAMES · NOV 10 · upcoming
28Swedes in3games
NYR@EDMSweden9 SwedesNOV 10 · 02:00
Mika Zibanejad
· C15 pts this season
Mattias Ekholm
· D8 pts this season
Filip Hållander
· C3 pts this season
Marcus Pettersson
· D2 pts this season
Anton Blidh
· LW0 pts this season
Mattias Janmark
· C0 pts this season
Zeb Lindgren
· D0 pts this season
Felix Färhammar
· D0 pts this season
Malcom Gästrin
· LW0 pts this season
PHI@VANSweden11 SwedesNOV 10 · 03:30
Elias Pettersson
· C19 pts this season
Jonathan Lekkerimäki
· RW14 pts this season
Linus Karlsson
· C10 pts this season
Liam Öhgren
· LW9 pts this season
Elias Pettersson
· D4 pts this season
Tom Willander
· D3 pts this season
Carl Grundström
· RW0 pts this season
Helge Grans
· D0 pts this season
Wilson Björck
· C0 pts this season
Samuel Eriksson
· D0 pts this season
Max Laatikainen
· D0 pts this season
NYI@SJSSweden8 SwedesNOV 10 · 04:00
Ivar Stenberg
· LW11 pts this season
Simon Holmström
· RW9 pts this season
Emil Heineman
· LW8 pts this season
Victor Eklund
· RW8 pts this season
Alexander Wennberg
· C3 pts this season
Pierre Engvall
· LW0 pts this season
Filip Bystedt
· C0 pts this season
Malte Gustafsson
· D0 pts this season

SWEDISH LEADERS

In the nations league

5th
of 11 ranked nations
36
league points
Rate5thTop trio5thBlue line11thGoalies1stPer million2nd

Sweden accounts for 10.0% of the NHL's players and 10.6% of its points so far.

The full nations league

Swedish goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Jesper WallstedtMIN
1611-2-0.9221.990
Jacob MarkströmFLA
94-3-0.8862.741
Samuel ErssonOTT
93-3-0.8893.140
Linus UllmarkOTT
87-1-0.9451.330
Anton ForsbergLAK
60-4-0.9012.510
Arvid SöderblomCHI
50-3-0.8424.670
Dennis HildebyTBL
43-0-0.8802.950
Jonas JohanssonOTT
41-1-0.8464.600

Every Swedish player in the NHL, team by team

83 players across 32 teams, plus three more on a roster without a game yet.
Show all 32 teams

Season by season

Sweden had 17 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 103 in 2025–26. The peak was 2019–20, with 111. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 6 seasons Sweden won.
2
2
2
428
194
4
4
2
346
399
3
2
5
546
405
6
3
3
163
210
2
2
2
285
115
1
4
3
296
320
1
1
3
3103
225

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.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Sweden against Finland

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Sweden
Sweden
5th in the league
5–2
Finland
Finland
6th in the league

Sweden wins 5–2 against Finland.

0.48Points per game0.50
68Best trio67
0.32Defencemen's points per game0.34
.894Goalies' save percentage.884
7.8NHL players per million inhabitants7.3
510Total points228
83Players in the NHL41
Sweden against Finland season by season
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