NHL Forwards Totals by Nationality, 1997‑98 Stats

Rk	Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Canada	302	14 874	2581	3527	6108	17 549	641	104	430
2	United States	85	4413	834	1127	1961	3637	202	49	134
3	Russia	28	1606	393	527	920	990	100	19	56
4	Czech Republic	22	1149	253	387	640	662	59	11	44
5	Sweden	21	1297	242	375	617	696	49	17	34
6	Slovakia	11	495	185	194	379	231	48	11	32
7	Finland	11	519	126	182	308	166	26	6	26
8	Ukraine	2	83	29	37	66	42	13	2	1
9	Belarus	1	73	18	34	52	18	2	0	1
10	Germany	2	83	10	23	33	46	2	0	3
11	Lithuania	1	69	8	25	33	42	1	0	5
12	Poland	2	141	14	16	30	318	2	0	3
13	Latvia	1	78	10	13	23	16	7	0	1
14	Switzerland	1	31	9	7	16	6	1	0	1
15	Norway	1	19	3	0	3	6	1	0	0
16	England	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Croatia	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	Italy	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Percentage of Forward Nationalities in 1997‑98 NHL

Rk	Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Canada	61.1%	59.6%	54.7%	54.5%	54.6%	71.8%	55.5%	47.5%	55.8%
2	United States	17.2%	17.7%	17.7%	17.4%	17.5%	14.9%	17.5%	22.4%	17.4%
3	Russia	5.7%	6.4%	8.3%	8.1%	8.2%	4.1%	8.7%	8.7%	7.3%
4	Czech Republic	4.5%	4.6%	5.4%	6.0%	5.7%	2.7%	5.1%	5.0%	5.7%
5	Sweden	4.3%	5.2%	5.1%	5.8%	5.5%	2.8%	4.2%	7.8%	4.4%
6	Slovakia	2.2%	2.0%	3.9%	3.0%	3.4%	0.9%	4.2%	5.0%	4.2%
7	Finland	2.2%	2.1%	2.7%	2.8%	2.8%	0.7%	2.3%	2.7%	3.4%
8	Ukraine	0.4%	0.3%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	1.1%	0.9%	0.1%
9	Belarus	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
10	Germany	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
11	Lithuania	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
12	Poland	0.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
13	Latvia	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
14	Switzerland	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
15	Norway	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
16	England	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
17	Croatia	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
18	Italy	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Current season NHL stats last updated: May 21, 2013