List of Latvians in the NHL

This is a list of Latvian ice hockey players who have played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
== 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	DraftYear	Club 	Round	No.
Kristians Pelss 	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
Raitis Ivanans 	D 	2005 	Montreal Canadiens 	3 	41
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 did not play in the NHL.
==Statistics==
Sandis Ozoliņš is the record-holder in all categories, while Kārlis Skrastiņš owns the NHL record for
most consecutive games by a defenceman.
=== Regular season ===
====Scoring====
Name 	Position	GP 	G 	A 	P 	PM
Sandis Ozoliņš 	D 	875	167	397	564	638
Sergejs Žoltoks 	F 	588	111	147	258	166
Kārlis Skrastiņš 	D 	679	23 	88 	115	313
Raitis Ivanāns 	F 	215	12 	6 	18 	416
Herberts Vasiļjevs 	F 	51 	8 	7 	15 	22
Grigorijs Panteļejevs	F 	54 	8 	6 	14 	12
Oskars Bārtulis 	D 	53 	1 	8 	9 	28
Helmuts Balderis 	F 	26 	3 	6 	9 	2
Mārtiņš Karsums 	F 	24 	1 	5 	6 	6
Jānis Sprukts 	F 	14 	1 	2 	3 	2
Kaspars Astašenko 	D 	23 	1 	2 	3 	8
Artūrs Kulda 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	2
Viktors Ignatjevs 	D 	11 	0 	1 	1 	6
Harijs Vītoliņš 	F 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4
Aleksandrs Kerčs 	F 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
Kaspars Daugaviņš 	F 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
==== Goaltenders ====
Name 	GP 	Mins 	A	PM	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
Pēteris Skudra	147	7 162 	2	6 	326 	2.22	51 	47 	20	6 	2 935 	0.9
 The green players are those who have played at least one NHL game in 2009/2010 season.
Pos - the player's position;
GP - played games;
G - goals
A - assists;
P - points;
PM - penalty minutes;
Mins - game time;
GA - Goals Against;
GAA - Goals against average;
W - L - T - Victory - Loss - Draw;
SO - shutouts;
Saves - repel shots?;
Save% - repel shots percentage 
=== Play-offs ===
====Scoring====
Name 	Pos	GP 	G 	A 	P 	SM
Sandis Ozoliņš 	D 	137	23	67	90	131
Sergejs Žoltoks 	F 	45 	4 	14	18	0
Kārlis Skrastiņš 	D 	20 	0 	3 	3 	12
Viktors Ignatjevs	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
Oskars Bārtulis 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4
==== 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
Pēteris Skudra	3 	116 	6 	2 	0 	1 	0 	51 	0.895
 The green players are those who have played at least one NHL game in 2009/2010 season.
Pos - the player's position;
GP - played games;
G - goals
A - assists;
P - points;
PM - penalty minutes;
Mins - game time;
GA - Goals Against;
GAA - Goals against average;
W - L - T - Victory - Loss - Draw;
SO - shutouts;
Saves - repel shots?;
Save% - repel shots percentage 
== See also ==
*List of Latvians in the Kontinental Hockey League
Category:Lists of NHL players