Where NHL players are from

Canada has the most players on NHL rosters now, 705, ahead of Sweden with 151. Of the cities, Toronto, Canada has the most, 47. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

US states

NHL players by state of birth
#	State	On rosters now	On file
1	Minnesota	100	229
2	Michigan	60	155
3	Massachusetts	51	142
4	New York	47	116
5	Illinois	36	70
6	California	27	50
7	New Jersey	24	36
8	Pennsylvania	17	38
9	Florida	16	19
10	Arizona	13	13
11	Ohio	11	25
12	Wisconsin	10	31
13	Colorado	10	18
14	Missouri	9	19
15	Texas	8	10
16	North Dakota	7	16
17	New Hampshire	6	12
18	Connecticut	5	28
19	Rhode Island	5	15
20	Maryland	5	8
21	Nebraska	4	5
22	Tennessee	4	4
23	Washington	3	10
24	Maine	3	7
25	Alaska	2	12
26	Indiana	2	9
27	Utah	2	6
28	Georgia	2	5
29	North Carolina	1	3
30	Oregon	1	3
31	Virginia	0	4

Countries outside the United States

NHL players by country of birth
#	Country	On rosters now	On file
1	Canada	705	2539
2	Sweden	151	313
3	Russia	122	231
4	Finland	85	199
5	Czechia	40	109
6	USSR	23	76
7	Czechoslovakia	22	163
8	Belarus	19	22
9	Slovakia	15	33
10	Latvia	15	29
11	Switzerland	14	24
12	Germany	12	21
13	Norway	9	14
14	Denmark	8	14
15	NF	5	25
16	Austria	5	10
17	Kazakhstan	4	5
18	France	2	6
19	Ukraine	1	15
20	West Germany	1	10
21	ENG	1	5
22	Poland	1	4
23	YUG	1	3
24	Slovenia	0	5
25	Angarsk	0	3

Cities

NHL players by city of birth
#	City	On rosters now	On file
1	Toronto, Canada	47	155
2	Moscow, Russia	28	70
3	Stockholm, Sweden	28	61
4	Edmonton, Canada	25	107
5	Calgary, Canada	25	91
6	Montreal, Canada	19	114
7	Ottawa, Canada	19	64
8	Saskatoon, Canada	18	50
9	Mississauga, Canada	16	34
10	London, Canada	15	43
11	Winnipeg, Canada	14	56
12	Hamilton, Canada	14	29
13	Vancouver, Canada	12	41
14	Helsinki, Finland	12	27
15	Laval, Canada	11	26
16	Halifax, Canada	11	22
17	Oakville, Canada	11	19
18	Boston, Massachusetts	10	25
19	Chicago, Illinois	10	20
20	Oulu, Finland	10	18
21	Minsk, Belarus	10	13
22	Kitchener, Canada	9	28
23	Brandon, Canada	9	21
24	Espoo, Finland	9	16
25	Newmarket, Canada	9	15
26	Riga, Latvia	8	22
27	Richmond, Canada	8	14
28	Karlstad, Sweden	8	9
29	Markham, Canada	8	9
30	Regina, Canada	7	38
31	Windsor, Canada	7	28
32	Prague, Czechia	7	21
33	Buffalo, New York	7	18
34	North Vancouver, Canada	7	17
35	Barrie, Canada	7	16
36	Edina, Minnesota	7	16
37	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	7	16
38	Yaroslavl, Russia	7	12
39	St. Albert, Canada	7	11
40	Saint Petersburg, Russia	7	10
41	Chelyabinsk, Russia	7	9
42	Scottsdale, Arizona	7	7
43	Quebec City, Canada	6	21
44	Peterborough, Canada	6	19
45	St. Louis, Missouri	6	13
46	Gatineau, Canada	6	12
47	Pori, Finland	6	10
48	Vasteras, Sweden	6	10
49	Oslo, Norway	6	9
50	Khabarovsk, USSR	6	8
51	Longueuil, Canada	6	8
52	Phoenix, Arizona	6	6
53	Thunder Bay, Canada	5	28
54	Kingston, Canada	5	21
55	Tampere, Finland	5	18
56	Sherbrooke, Canada	5	15
57	Vantaa, Finland	5	14
58	Burlington, Canada	5	13
59	Richmond Hill, Canada	5	12
60	Kosice, Slovakia	5	10
61	Trois Rivieres, Canada	5	10
62	Gavle, Sweden	5	9
63	Novosibirsk, Russia	5	9
64	Skelleftea, Sweden	5	9
65	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	5	7
66	Langley, Canada	5	7
67	Omsk, Russia	5	7
68	Burnsville, Minnesota	5	6
69	Maple Grove, Minnesota	5	6
70	Coquitlam, Canada	5	5
71	Lakeville, Minnesota	5	5
72	Oshawa, Canada	4	20
73	Turku, Finland	4	19
74	Brampton, Canada	4	14
75	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden	4	14
76	Ostrava, Czechia	4	13
77	Lethbridge, Canada	4	11
78	Abbotsford, Canada	4	10
79	Kuopio, Finland	4	10
80	Surrey, Canada	4	10
81	Etobicoke, Canada	4	9
82	Bratislava, Slovakia	4	8
83	Fort Saskatchewan, Canada	4	8
84	Saint Paul, Minnesota	4	7
85	Goteborg, Sweden	4	6
86	Moncton, Canada	4	6
87	Danderyd, Sweden	4	5
88	Estevan, Canada	4	5
89	Pointe-Claire, Canada	4	5
90	San Jose, California	4	5
91	Scarborough, Canada	3	30
92	Sudbury, Canada	3	21
93	Burnaby, Canada	3	16
94	Victoria, Canada	3	14
95	Trencin, Czechoslovakia	3	11
96	Brno, Czechia	3	9
97	Sherwood Park, Canada	3	9
98	Ufa, Russia	3	9
99	Cambridge, Canada	3	8
100	Denver, Colorado	3	8
101	New Westminster, Canada	3	8
102	Summerside, Canada	3	8
103	Charlottetown, Canada	3	7
104	Kelowna, Canada	3	7
105	Lahti, Finland	3	7
106	Syracuse, New York	3	6
107	Grand Forks, North Dakota	3	5
108	Huddinge, Sweden	3	5
109	Linkoping, Sweden	3	5
110	Ljungby, Sweden	3	5
111	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3	5
112	Rimouski, Canada	3	5
113	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	23
114	Sault Ste. Marie, Canada	2	15
115	Most, Czechoslovakia	2	13
116	Belleville, Canada	2	12
117	Brantford, Canada	2	12
118	St. John's, NF	2	12
119	Bloomington, Minnesota	2	10
120	Gothenburg, Sweden	2	9
121	Grand Rapids, Minnesota	2	9
122	Guelph, Canada	2	9
123	Zlin, Czechoslovakia	2	9
124	La Salle, Canada	2	8
125	Livonia, Michigan	2	8
126	Prince George, Canada	2	8
127	Niagara Falls, Canada	2	7
128	Sodertalje, Sweden	2	7
129	Brockville, Canada	2	6
130	Malmo, Sweden	2	6
131	New York, New York	2	6
132	North Bay, Canada	2	6
133	Repentigny, Canada	2	6
134	Viking, Canada	2	6
135	Ajax, Canada	2	5
136	Ann Arbor, Michigan	2	5
137	Canton, Michigan	2	5
138	Fargo, North Dakota	2	5
139	Kazan, Russia	2	5
140	Liptovsky Mikulas, Czechoslovakia	2	5
141	Los Angeles, California	2	5
142	Moorhead, Minnesota	2	5
143	Orebro, Sweden	2	5
144	Osoyoos, Canada	2	5
145	Piteå, Sweden	2	5
146	Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada	2	5
147	Sorel, Canada	2	5
148	Victoriaville, Canada	2	5
149	Whitby, Canada	2	5
150	Zvolen, Slovakia	2	5
151	Detroit, Michigan	1	20
152	St. Catharines, Canada	1	15
153	Kladno, Czechoslovakia	1	13
154	Prince Albert, Canada	1	12
155	Red Deer, Canada	1	12
156	Madison, Wisconsin	1	11
157	Anchorage, Alaska	1	10
158	Lloydminster, Canada	1	10
159	North York, Canada	1	10
160	Plzen, Czechia	1	10
161	Rochester, New York	1	9
162	Cranbrook, Canada	1	8
163	Jihlava, Czechoslovakia	1	8
164	Spruce Grove, Canada	1	8
165	Dearborn, Michigan	1	7
166	Martin, Czechoslovakia	1	7
167	Pardubice, Czechia	1	7
168	Cleveland, Ohio	1	6
169	Flin Flon, Canada	1	6
170	Jonkoping, Sweden	1	6
171	Kamloops, Canada	1	6
172	Murmansk, Russia	1	6
173	Swift Current, Canada	1	6
174	Airdrie, Canada	1	5
175	Antigonish, Canada	1	5
176	Duluth, Minnesota	1	5
177	Elektrostal, Russia	1	5
178	Fort Mcmurray, Canada	1	5
179	Salt Lake City, Utah	1	5
180	Skalica, Czechoslovakia	1	5
181	Stratford, Canada	1	5
182	Chelyabinsk, USSR	0	14
183	Kyiv, Ukraine	0	10
184	Trail, Canada	0	10
185	Voskresensk, USSR	0	10
186	Medicine Hat, Canada	0	9
187	Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia	0	8
188	Sarnia, Canada	0	8
189	Tolyatti, Russia	0	8
190	Ust-Kamenogorsk, USSR	0	8
191	Welland, Canada	0	8
192	Meadow Lake, Canada	0	7
193	Hull, Canada	0	6
194	Rochester, Minnesota	0	6
195	Vernon, Canada	0	6
196	Chatham, Canada	0	5
197	Cornwall, Canada	0	5
198	Fernie, Canada	0	5
199	Lansing, Michigan	0	5
200	New Haven, Connecticut	0	5
201	Nitra, Czechoslovakia	0	5
202	Owen Sound, Canada	0	5
203	Roseau, Minnesota	0	5
204	Rouyn-Noranda, Canada	0	5
205	Simcoe, Canada	0	5
206	Timmins, Canada	0	5

Birthplace as ESPN lists it for each player; places with 3 or more NHL players on file, cities with five or more.