NHL Record: 18 Swedish Goals in One Night
Swedish NHL Players Break Goal-Scoring Record
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On a single night, Swedish-born players in teh National Hockey League (NHL) collectively scored 18 goals, surpassing the previous record.
Updated as of December 12, 2025, at 19:09:12 PST
Record-Breaking night
Swedish players are consistently represented in NHL scoring, but on a recent date, they achieved a new milestone. A total of 18 goals were scored by players born in Sweden, setting a new NHL record for a single day.
Marcus Johansson of the Minnesota Wild scored two goals,with 16 other Swedish players also finding the back of the net. The total was reached by including Oliver Kapanen, a Swedish-born player who represents Finland internationally.Oliver Kapanen.
List of Goal Scorers
The following Swedish players scored goals on the record-breaking night:
- Erik Karlsson
- Filip Forsberg
- Alexander Wennberg
- John Klingberg
- Pontus Holmberg
- Jesper Bratt
- leo Carlsson
- Simon Holmström
- Joel Eriksson Ek
- Hampus Lindholm
- Elias Lindholm
- Mattias Ekholm
- Simon Edvinsson
- Gabriel Landeskog
- Rasmus Dahlin
Historical Context
This achievement marks the first time players from a nationality other than the United States or Canada have scored this many goals in a single day in NHL history. the previous record for Swedish-born players was 17 goals, set on December 31, 2022.