Of the 690 players on season-opening rosters, 295 (42.8 percent) are from Canada (as listed by birth country). The defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues have 16 Canada-born players, the most from any country on one team. There are 177 U.S. players (25.7 percent) on season-opening rosters; last season, an NHL-record 153 U.S.-born players skated in their team's opening game. The Minnesota Wild lead the NHL with 11 U.S.-born players; the Arizona Coyotes, New Jersey Devils and Winnipeg Jets are next with 10 each.
Sweden is third with 79 (11.4 percent), followed by Finland (33; 4.8 percent) and Russia (31; 4.5 percent). In all, there are 20 countries with at least one player on an NHL opening-night roster.
Two teams each have players from nine countries on the 23-man roster -- the Colorado Avalanche (Canada, 9; United States, 4; Russia, 3; Finland, 2; Austria, 1; Czech Republic, 1; Germany, 1; France, 1; Sweden, 1) and Columbus Blue Jackets (Canada, 7; United States, 5; Sweden, 4; Finland, 2; Denmark, 1; France, 1; Latvia, 1; Russia, 1; Switzerland, 1).
A total of 35 players on season-opening rosters have yet to play a regular-season NHL game.