List of Slovaks in the NHL

The following is a list of all Slovak ice hockey players who played or are playing in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is sorted by all-time points scored.

Since the 1958–59 season, 66 Slovak forwards and defencemen have played at least one game in the NHL. Also, four goalies native to Slovakia have appeared in games.

At the top of this list, there is the unranked position of Stan Mikita. Stan Mikita was born in Slovakia, but left at the age of eight. He learned to play hockey in Canada and represented Canada internationally, so his first place may be disputed by some sources. All other players started their pro-careers in Europe.

Active players currently playing in the NHL are in bold.

All-time scoring leaders

	Player	Team(s)	Season(s)	GP	Gls	Ast	Pts
1	Stan Mikita	Blackhawks	1958–1980	1394	541	926	1467
2	Peter Stastny	Nordiques, Devils, Blues	1980–1995	977	450	789	1239
3	Peter Bondra	Capitals, Senators, Thrashers, Blackhawks	1990–2007	1081	503	389	892
4	Marian Hossa	Senators, Thrashers, Penguins, Red Wings, Blackhawks	1997–2011	897	388	439	827
5	Pavol Demitra	Senators, Blues, Kings, Wild, Canucks	1993–2010	847	304	464	768
6	Miroslav Satan	Oilers, Sabres, Islanders, Penguins, Bruins	1995–2010	1050	363	372	735
7	Zigmund Palffy	Islanders, Kings, Penguins	1993–2006	684	329	384	713
8	Jozef Stumpel	Bruins, Kings, Panthers	1991–2008	957	196	481	677
9	Anton Stastny	Nordiques	1980–1989	650	252	384	636
10	Marian Gaborik	Wild, Rangers	2000–2011	640	283	288	571
11	Michal Handzus	Blues, Coyotes, Flyers, Blackhawks, Kings, Sharks	1998–2011	844	172	263	435
12	Lubomir Visnovsky	Kings, Oilers, Ducks	2000–2011	703	111	312	423
13	Zdeno Chara	Islanders, Senators, Bruins	1997–2011	928	125	282	407
14	Richard Zednik	Capitals, Islanders, Canadiens, Panthers	1995–2009	745	200	179	379
15	Robert Svehla	Panthers, Maple Leafs	1994–2003	655	68	267	335
16	Ladislav Nagy	Blues, Coyotes, Stars, Kings	1999–2008	435	115	196	311
17	Marian Stastny	Nordiques, Maple Leafs	1981–1986	322	121	173	294
18	Peter Ihnacak	Maple Leafs	1982–1990	417	102	165	267
19	Zdeno Ciger	Devils, Oilers, Rangers, Lightning	1990–1996, 2001–02	352	94	134	228
20	Andrej Meszaros	Senators, Lightning	2005–2011	460	42	133	175
21	Marek Svatos	Avalanche	2003–2011	344	100	72	172
22	Branko Radivojevic	Coyotes, Flyers, Wild	2001–2008	393	52	68	120
23	Vladimir Orszagh	Islanders, Predators, Blues	1997–2000, 2001–2006	289	54	65	119
24	Lubos Bartecko	Blues, Thrashers	1998–2003	257	46	65	111
25	Juraj Kolnik	Islanders, Panthers	2000–2007	240	46	49	95
26	Tomas Kopecky	Red Wings, Blackhawks	2005–11	338	37	58	95
27	Ronald Petrovicky	Flames, Rangers, Thrashers	2000–2007	342	41	51	92
28	Lubomir Sekeras	Wild, Stars	2000–2004	213	18	53	71
29	Radoslav Suchy	Coyotes, Blue Jackets	1999–2006	451	14	57	71
30	Milan Jurcina	Bruins, Capitals	2005–11	365	19	51	70
31	Andrej Sekera	Sabres	2007–11	233	12	55	67
32	Robert Petrovicky	Whalers, Stars, Blues, Lightning, Islanders	1992–1997, 1998–2001	208	27	38	65
33	Marcel Hossa	Canadiens, Rangers Coyotes	2001–2008	237	31	30	61
34	Tomas Surovy	Penguins	2002–2006	126	27	32	59
35	Radovan Somik	Flyers	2002–2004	113	12	20	32
36	Ivan Majesky	Panthers, Thrashers, Capitals	2002–2006	202	8	23	31
37	Marian Cisar	Predators	1999–2002	73	13	17	30
38	Ivan Ciernik	Senators, Capitals	1997–98, 2000–2004	90	12	14	26
39	Igor Liba	Rangers, Kings	1988–89	37	7	18	25
40	Branislav Mezei	Islanders, Panthers	2000–2008	240	5	19	24
41	Martin Cibak	Lightning	2001–02, 2003–2006	154	5	18	23
42	Richard Lintner	Predators, Rangers, Penguins	1999–2001, 2002–03	112	8	12	20
43	Miroslav Ihnacak	Maple Leafs, Red Wings	1985–1987, 1988–89	56	8	9	17
44	Milan Bartovic	Sabres, Blackhawks	2002–2004, 2005–06	50	3	14	17
45	Stefan Ruzicka	Flyers	2005–07	55	4	13	17
46	Martin Strbak	Kings, Penguins	2003–04	49	5	11	16
47	Robert Dome	Penguins, Flames	1997–98, 1999–00, 2002–03	53	7	7	14
48	Dusan Pasek	North Stars	1988–89	48	4	10	14
49	Jiri Bicek	Devils	2000–2004	62	6	7	13
50	Peter Sejna	Blues	2002–2007	49	7	4	11
51	Peter Olvecky	Wild, Predators	2008–2010	32	2	5	7
52	Boris Valábik	Thrashers, | Pens	2007–2011	80	0	7	7
53	Peter Bartos	Wild	2000–01	13	4	2	6
54	Peter Smrek	Blues, Rangers, Predators	2000–2002	28	2	4	6
55	Jozef Balej	Canadiens, Rangers, Canucks	2003–2006	18	1	5	6
56	Andrej Nedorost	Blue Jackets	2001–2004	28	2	3	5
57	Kristian Kudroc	Lightning, Panthers	2000–2002, 2003–04	26	2	2	4
58	Miroslav Zálešák	Sharks	2002–2004	12	1	2	3
59	Vladimir Mihalik	Lightning	2008–2010	15	0	3	3
60	Lubomir Vaic	Canucks	1997–98, 1999–00	9	1	1	2
61	Jergus Baca	Whalers	1990–1992	10	0	2	2
62	Tomas Malec	Hurricanes, Senators	2002–2007	46	0	2	2
63	Andrej Podkonicky	Panthers, Capitals	2000–01, 2003–04	8	1	0	1
64	Roman Tvrdon	Capitals	2003–04	9	0	1	1
65	Ivan Droppa	Blackhawks	1993–94, 1995–96	19	0	1	1
66	Ivan Baranka	Rangers	2007–08	1	0	1	1
67	Stanislav Gron	Devils	2000–01	1	0	0	0
68	Jozef Cierny	Oilers	1993–94	1	0	0	0
69	Jaroslav Obsut	Blues, Avalanche	2000–2002	7	0	0	0
70	Ladislav Karabin	Penguins	1993–94	9	0	0	0
71	Tomáš Tatar	Red Wings	2010–11	9	1	0	1
72	Radoslav Hecl	Sabres	2002–03	14	0	0	0
73	Mário Bližňák	Canucks	2009–11	6	1	0	1

Statistics are correct as of the conclusion of the 2009–10 season

Goalies

• Peter Budaj: 242 games - 13 311 minutes - 101W-91L-27OTL - 9 Shutouts - GAA: 2.83
• Jaroslav Halak: 158 games - 9 052 minutes - 83W-52L-14OTL - 16 shutouts - GAA: 2.57
• Rastislav Stana: 6 games - 211 minutes - 1W-2L - 0 Shutouts - GAA: 3.13
• Jan Lasak: 6 Games - 267 minutes - 0W-4L - 0 Shutouts - GAA: 4.04

See also

• List of NHL players
• List of NHL statistical leaders by country
• Slovakia national ice hockey team

External links

• Slovak NHL Player Leaderboard