# List of Latvians in the NHL

This is a list of Latvian ice hockey players who have played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Apart from the players listed below, there have been several NHL players of Latvian descent. Harold Snepsts, Mike Knuble as well as Aris Brimanis and Jarrod Skalde are among such examples.

## Players

This is a list of players drafted in the NHL Amateur and Entry Draft. In 1975 Viktor Khatulev became the first Latvian and also the first Soviet hockey player to be drafted.
| Name | Position | Draft Year | Club | Round | No. |
| Eriks Mateiko | F | 2024 | Washington Capitals | 3 | 90 |
| Mikus Vecvanags | G | 2024 | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | 134 |
| Darels Uļjanskis | D | 2024 | Anaheim Ducks | 7 | 214 |
| Dans Ločmelis | F | 2022 | Boston Bruins | 4 | 119 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | F | 2022 | Florida Panthers | 5 | 157 |
| Klāvs Veinbergs | F | 2022 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 7 | 224 |
| Raivis Ansons | F | 2020 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5 | 149 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | G | 2019 | Vancouver Canucks | 6 | 156 |
| Rodrigo Ābols | F | 2016 | Vancouver Canucks | 7 | 184 |
| Mārtiņš Dzierkals | F | 2015 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 68 |
| Kārlis Čukste | D | 2015 | San Jose Sharks | 5 | 130 |
| Rūdolfs Balcers | F | 2015 | Ottawa Senators | 5 | 142 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | G | 2014 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 76 |
| Edgars Kulda | F | 2014 | Arizona Coyotes | 7 | 193 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | G | 2013 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 124 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | F | 2012 | Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 14 |
| Teodors Bļugers | F | 2012 | Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 52 |
| Kristiāns Pelšs | F | 2010 | Edmonton Oilers | 7 | 181 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | F | 2006 | Ottawa Senators | 3 | 91 |
| Artūrs Kulda | D | 2006 | Atlanta Thrashers | 7 | 200 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 2005 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | 91 |
| Mārtiņš Karsums | F | 2004 | Boston Bruins | 2 | 64 |
| Raimonds Daņiličs | F | 2003 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8 | 255 |
| Lauris Dārziņš | F | 2003 | Nashville Predators | 9 | 268 |
| Jēkabs Rēdlihs | D | 2002 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 119 |
| Krišjānis Rēdlihs | D | 2002 | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 154 |
| Armands Bērziņš | F | 2002 | Minnesota Wild | 5 | 155 |
| Juris Štāls | F | 2001 | New York Rangers | 9 | 269 |
| Agris Saviels | D | 2000 | Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 63 |
| Jānis Sprukts | F | 2000 | Florida Panthers | 8 | 234 |
| Kaspars Astašenko | D | 1999 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 127 |
| Georgijs Pujacs | D | 1999 | Boston Bruins | 9 | 264 |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | D | 1998 | Nashville Predators | 8 | 230 |
| Aleksandrs Andrejevs | D | 1997 | Phoenix Coyotes | 8 | 207 |
| Aleksandrs Kerčs | F | 1993 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | 60 |
| Harijs Vītoliņš | F | 1993 | Winnipeg Jets | 9 | 228 |
| Sergejs Žoltoks | F | 1992 | Boston Bruins | 3 | 55 |
| Grigorijs Panteļejevs | F | 1992 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 136 |
| Viktors Ignatjevs | D | 1992 | San Jose Sharks | 11 | 243 |
| Sandis Ozoliņš | D | 1991 | San Jose Sharks | 2 | 30 |
| Artūrs Irbe | G | 1989 | Minnesota North Stars | 10 | 196 |
| Helmuts Balderis | F | 1989 | Minnesota North Stars | 12 | 238 |
| Harijs Vītoliņš | F | 1988 | Montreal Canadiens | 9 | 228 |
| Viktors Hatuļevs | F | 1975 | Philadelphia Flyers | 9 | 160 |
Red players have not played in the NHL.
There have also been 7 undrafted Latvian NHL players - Herberts Vasiļjevs, Pēteris Skudra, Raitis Ivanāns, Ronalds Ķēniņš, Matīss Kivlenieks, Kristiāns Rubīns and Uvis Balinskis.

## Statistics

Sandis Ozoliņš is the record-holder in all categories, while Kārlis Skrastiņš owned the NHL record for most consecutive games by a defenceman.

### Regular season
#### Skaters

GP - Games Played; G - Goals A - Assists P - Points
| Name | Position | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
| Sandis Ozoliņš | D | 875 | 167 | 397 | 564 | 638 |
| Sergejs Žoltoks | F | 588 | 111 | 147 | 258 | 166 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | F | 688 | 89 | 99 | 188 | 192 |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | D | 832 | 32 | 104 | 136 | 375 |
| Teodors Bļugers | F | 336 | 41 | 85 | 126 | 127 |
| Rūdolfs Balcers | F | 170 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 50 |
| Raitis Ivanāns | F | 282 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 569 |
| Herberts Vasiļjevs | F | 51 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | F | 91 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 |
| Grigorijs Panteļejevs | F | 54 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
| Ronalds Ķēniņš | F | 38 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Helmuts Balderis | F | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 66 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| Mārtiņš Karsums | F | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Jānis Sprukts | F | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Kaspars Astašenko | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Artūrs Kulda | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Viktors Ignatjevs | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Harijs Vītoliņš | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Aleksandrs Kerčs | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kristiāns Rubīns | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltenders

GP - Games Played Mins - Minutes Played A - Assists PIM - Penalty Minutes GA - Goals Against GAA - Goals Against Average W - Wins L - Losses T - Ties (Overtime Loss since 2005-06) SO - Shutouts Saves - Shots Saved
| Name | GP | Mins | A | PIM | GA | GAA | W | L | T | SO | Saves | Save% |
| Artūrs Irbe | 568 | 32,066 | 9 | 90 | 1,513 | 2.83 | 218 | 236 | 79 | 33 | 14,092 | 0.899 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | 191 | 10,451 | 4 | 16 | 558 | 3.20 | 68 | 79 | 30 | 10 | 5,261 | 0.904 |
| Pēteris Skudra | 146 | 7,163 | 2 | 6 | 326 | 2.73 | 51 | 47 | 20 | 6 | 3,078 | 0.894 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 9 | 549 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.77 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 0.898 |
| Matīss Kivlenieks | 6 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 0.898 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 3 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 0.959 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Name | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
| Sandis Ozoliņš | D | 137 | 23 | 67 | 90 | 131 |
| Sergejs Žoltoks | F | 45 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
| Teodors Bļugers | F | 37 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Ronalds Ķēniņš | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Viktors Ignatjevs | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltenders

| Name | GP | Mins | GA | GAA | W | L | SO | Saves | Save Pct. |
| Artūrs Irbe | 51 | 2,981 | 142 | 2.86 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 1,439 | 0.901 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 10 | 598 | 29 | 2.91 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 254 | 0.898 |
| Pēteris Skudra | 3 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0.895 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.900 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | 2 | 123 | 4 | 1.96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 0.946 |