The following Latvian ice hockey players 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
editThis 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. Alberts Šmits is the currently highest drafted Latvian player in history, taken 5th overall by the New York Rangers in 2026.
Red players have not officially played a game 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
editSandis Ozoliņš is the record-holder in all categories, while Kārlis Skrastiņš owned the NHL record for most consecutive games by a defenceman.
Regular season
editSkaters
editGP - Games Played; G - Goals A - Assists P - Points
PIM - Penalty Minutes| 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 | 844 | 100 | 114 | 214 | 270 |
| Teodors Bļugers | F | 453 | 58 | 111 | 169 | 188 |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | D | 832 | 32 | 104 | 136 | 375 |
| Rūdolfs Balcers | F | 170 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 50 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 156 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 65 |
| Raitis Ivanāns | F | 282 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 569 |
| Rodrigo Ābols | F | 64 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| 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 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 66 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| Helmuts Balderis | F | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Mārtiņš Karsums | F | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | F | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Kaspars Astašenko | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jānis Sprukts | F | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 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
editGP - Games Played Mins - Minutes Played W - Wins L - Losses T - Ties (Overtime Losses since 2005-06) SO - Shutouts A - Assists PIM - Penalty Minutes GA - Goals Against GAA - Goals Against Average Saves - Shots Saved
Save% - Percentage of Shots Saved| Name | GP | Mins | W | L | T | SO | A | PIM | GA | GAA | Saves | Save% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artūrs Irbe | 568 | 32,066 | 218 | 236 | 79 | 33 | 9 | 90 | 1,513 | 2.83 | 14,092 | 0.899 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | 274 | 15,301 | 108 | 111 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 821 | 3.22 | 7,367 | 0.900 |
| Pēteris Skudra | 146 | 7,163 | 51 | 47 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 326 | 2.73 | 3,078 | 0.894 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 58 | 3,339 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 171 | 3.07 | 906 | 0.886 |
| Matīss Kivlenieks | 6 | 285 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.95 | 137 | 0.898 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 3 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.37 | 73 | 0.959 |
Playoffs
editScoring
edit| 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 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
edit| Name | GP | Mins | W | L | SO | GA | GAA | Saves | Save% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artūrs Irbe | 51 | 2,981 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 142 | 2.86 | 1,439 | 0.901 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 13 | 795 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 2.57 | 331 | 0.907 |
| Pēteris Skudra | 3 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 0.895 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | 2 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.96 | 70 | 0.946 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 2 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.02 | 18 | 0.900 |