NHL players from Latvia

21 NHL players on file were born in Latvia. 6 are on NHL rosters now, among them Zemgus Girgensons, Teddy Blueger, and Uvis Balinskis. Sandis Ozolinsh leads them with 564 career points. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NHL rosters now (6)

NHL players from Latvia on rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Zemgus GirgensonsTBC2013–202713858 GP · 101 G · 117 A · 218 PTSRiga, LAT
Teddy BluegerTORC2018–20279473 GP · 60 G · 113 A · 173 PTSRiga, LAT
Uvis BalinskisFLAD2023–20274166 GP · 10 G · 27 A · 37 PTSVentspils, LAT
Arturs SilovsPITG2022–2027570 GP · 32 WRiga, LAT
Sandis VilmanisFLALW2025–2027235 GP · 6 G · 6 A · 12 PTSRiga, LAT
Alberts SmitsNYRD2026–2027117 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 PTSValmiera, LAT

Former NHL players (15)

Former NHL players from Latvia
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Sandis OzolinshD1992–200815875 GP · 167 G · 397 A · 564 PTSRiga, LAT
Sergei ZholtokC1992–200410588 GP · 111 G · 147 A · 258 PTSRiga, LAT
Arturs IrbeG1991–200413568 GP · 218 WRiga, LAT
Karlis SkrastinsD1998–201112832 GP · 32 G · 104 A · 136 PTSRiga, LAT
Elvis MerzlikinsG2019–20267274 GP · 108 WRiga, LAT
Peter SkudraG1997–20036146 GP · 51 WRiga, LAT
Viktor TikhonovRW2008–20162111 GP · 11 G · 11 A · 22 PTSRiga, LAT
Raitis IvanansLW2005–20127282 GP · 12 G · 6 A · 18 PTSRiga, LAT
Herbert VasiljevsC1998–2002451 GP · 8 G · 7 A · 15 PTSRiga, LAT
Kaspars DaugavinsLW2009–2013391 GP · 6 G · 9 A · 15 PTSRiga, LAT
Martins KarsumsRW2008–2009124 GP · 1 G · 5 A · 6 PTSRiga, LAT
Janis SpruktsC2006–2009214 GP · 1 G · 2 A · 3 PTSRiga, LAT
Kaspars AstashenkoD1999–2001223 GP · 1 G · 2 A · 3 PTSRiga, LAT
Viktor IgnatjevD1998–1999111 GP · 0 G · 1 A · 1 PTSRiga, LAT
Harijs VitolinshC1993–199418 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 PTSRiga, LAT

Birthplace as ESPN lists it for each player. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.

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