List of Latvians in the NHL explained

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.
				7	224
					5	157
				4	119
				5	149
				6	156
				7	184
				3	68
				5	130
			Ottawa Senators	5	142
				3	76
				7	193
				5	124
				1	14
			Vancouver Canucks	2	52
				7	181
				3	91
				7	200
				3	91
				2	64
				8	255
				9	268
				4	119
				5	154
				5	155
				9	269
				2	63
				8	234
				5	127
				9	264
				8	230
				8	207
				3	60
				9	228
				3	55
				6	136
				11	243
				2	30
				10	196
				12	238
				9	228
				9	160

Red players have not played in the NHL.

There have also been 5 undrafted Latvian NHL players - Herberts Vasiļjevs, Pēteris Skudra, Matīss Kivlenieks, Kristiāns Rubīns, and Uvis Balinskis.

Statistics

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

Regular season

Skaters

Name	Position	GP	G	A	P	PIM
		875	167	397	564	638
		588	111	147	258	166
		688	89	99	188	192
		832	32	104	136	375
		336	41	85	126	127
		170	28	34	62	50
		282	12	6	18	569
		51	8	7	15	22
		91	6	9	15	21
		54	8	6	14	12
		38	4	8	12	14
		26	3	6	9	2
		66	1	8	9	32
		24	1	5	6	6
		14	1	2	3	2
		23	1	2	3	8
		26	1	2	3	8
		15	0	2	2	8
		11	0	1	1	6
		8	0	0	0	4
		5	0	0	0	2
		3	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Name	GP	Mins	A	PIM	GA	GAA	W	L	T	SO	Saves	Save%
	568	32,066	9	90	1,513	2.83	218	236	79	33	14,092	0.899
	191	10,451	4	16	558	3.20	68	79	30	10	5,261	0.904
	146	7,163	2	6	326	2.73	51	47	20	6	3,078	0.894
	9	549	0	0	24	2.77	6	2	1	0	212	0.898
	6	285	0	0	14	2.95	1	1	2	0	137	0.898
	3	132	0	0	3	1.37	1	0	1	0	73	0.959

Playoffs

Scoring

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM
		137	23	67	90	131
		45	4	14	18	0
		37	2	4	6	10
		20	0	3	3	12
		5	1	1	2	4
		7	0	0	0	4
		7	0	0	0	2
		1	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

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

See also

• List of Latvians in the Kontinental Hockey League