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.
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.
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.
Sandis Ozoliņš is the record-holder in all categories, while Kārlis Skrastiņš owned the NHL record for most consecutive games by a defenceman.
GP - 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 | 688 | 89 | 99 | 188 | 192 |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | D | 832 | 32 | 104 | 136 | 375 |
| Teodors Bļugers | F | 336 | 41 | 85 | 126 | 127 |
| Rūdolfs Balcers | F | 170 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 50 |
| Raitis Ivanāns | F | 282 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 569 |
| 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 |
| Helmuts Balderis | F | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 66 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| Mārtiņš Karsums | F | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Jānis Sprukts | F | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Kaspars Astašenko | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 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 |
| Kristians Rubins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
GP - Games Played Mins - Minutes Played A - Assists PIM - Penalty Minutes GA - Goals Against GAA - Goals Against Average W - Wins L - Losses T - Ties (Overtime Loss since 2005-06) SO - Shutouts Saves - Shots Saved
Save% - Percentage of Shots Saved| Name | GP | Mins | A | PIM | 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 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | 191 | 10,451 | 4 | 16 | 558 | 3.20 | 68 | 79 | 30 | 10 | 5,261 | 0.904 |
| Pēteris Skudra | 146 | 7,163 | 2 | 6 | 326 | 2.73 | 51 | 47 | 20 | 6 | 3,078 | 0.894 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 9 | 549 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.77 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 0.898 |
| Matīss Kivlenieks | 6 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 0.898 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 3 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 0.959 |
| 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 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Viktors Ignatjevs | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 10 | 598 | 29 | 2.91 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 254 | 0.898 |
| Pēteris Skudra | 3 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0.895 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.900 |
| Elvis Merzļikins | 2 | 123 | 4 | 1.96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 0.946 |
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