The 2026-27 NHL regular season opens tonight, with ESPN carrying a three-game opening-night slate in the United States and Sportsnet airing two games in Canada. By 10 a.m. ET, every club had its roster board posted, setting the first active groups of a new season across the League.
Opening-night roster book
Anaheim Ducks: Leo Carlsson, Judd Caulfield, Sam Colangelo, Lukas Dostal, Cutter Gauthier, Mikael Granlund, A.J. Greer, Drew Helleson, Tyson Hinds, Ville Husso, Nick Jensen, Alex Killorn, Nikita Klepov, Jackson LaCombe, Tristan Luneau, Jeff Malott, Roger McQueen, Pavel Mintyukov, Nikita Nesterenko, Ryan Poehling, Beckett Sennecke, Frank Vatrano and Tim Washe. Ian Moore and Troy Terry are listed as injured or off roster.
Boston Bruins: Jonathan Aspirot, Will Borgen, Frederic Brunet, Connor Clifton, Michael DiPietro, Michael Eyssimont, Morgan Geekie, James Hagens, Tanner Jeannot, Mark Kastelic, Marat Khusnutdinov, Sean Kuraly, Elias Lindholm, Hampus Lindholm, Mason Lohrei, Charlie McAvoy, Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt, David Pastrnak, JJ Peterka, Jeremy Swayman, Pavel Zacha and Nikita Zadorov. Matthew Poitras is injured or not on the roster.
Buffalo Sabres: Zach Benson, Sam Carrick, Louis Crevier, Rasmus Dahlin, Justin Danforth, Josh Doan, Colten Ellis, Matt Grzelcyk, Konsta Helenius, Tyson Kozak, Peyton Krebs, Jiri Kulich, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Alex Lyon, Beck Malenstyn, Ryan McLeod, Zach Metsa, Josh Norris, Noah Ostlund, Owen Power, Jack Quinn, Tage Thompson and Olen Zellweger. Topias Leinonen, Jack Rathbone, Mattias Samuelsson, Conor Sheary, Conor Timmins and Jason Zucker are off roster or injured.
Calgary Flames: Mikael Backlund, Kevin Bahl, Devin Cooley, Matt Coronato, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Matvei Gridin, Joel Hanley, Samuel Honzek, Adam Klapka, Yan Kuznetsov, Jake Middleton, Simon Nemec, Brennan Othmann, Brayden Pachal, Zayne Parekh, Martin Pospisil, Yegor Sharangovich, Ryan Strome, Maxim Tsyplakov, Zach Whitecloud, Dustin Wolf and Connor Zary. Jonathan Huberdeau is listed as injured or non-roster.
Carolina Hurricanes: Sebastian Aho, Jackson Blake, Brandon Bussi, William Carrier, Jalen Chatfield, Nicolas Deslauriers, Nikolaj Ehlers, Shayne Gostisbehere, Taylor Hall, Mark Jankowski, Pyotr Kochetkov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Charles Alexis Legault, Jordan Martinook, K’Andre Miller, Cayden Primeau, Mike Reilly, Eric Robinson, Jaccob Slavin, Jordan Staal, Logan Stankoven, Andrei Svechnikov and Sean Walker. Seth Jarvis is unavailable from the active group.
Chicago Blackhawks: Tyler Bertuzzi, Bowen Byram, Ian Cole, Ethan Del Mastro, Ryan Donato, Anton Frondell, Ryan Greene, Jordan Greenway, Wyatt Kaiser, Patrick Kane, Roman Kantserov, Spencer Knight, Kevin Korchinski, Nick Lardis, Artyom Levshunov, Andrew Mangiapane, Oliver Moore, Frank Nazar, Sam Rinzel, Cole Smith, Arvid Soderblom, Teuvo Teravainen and Alex Vlasic. Connor Bedard and Ryan Ellis are injured or non-roster.
Colorado Avalanche: Mackenzie Blackwood, Brent Burns, T.J. Hughes, Noah Juulsen, Nazem Kadri, Parker Kelly, Brett Kulak, Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Sam Malinski, Josh Manson, Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Nicolas Roy, Jaden Schwartz, Fedor Svechkov, Devon Toews and Scott Wedgewood. Zachary L’Heureux, Taylor Makar, Georgii Merkulov, Trent Miner and Logan O’Connor are listed off roster or injured.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Emil Andrae, Jake Christiansen, Charlie Coyle, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Adam Fantilli, Conor Garland, Jet Greaves, Erik Gudbranson, Danton Heinen, Kent Johnson, Matthew Knies, Ryan Lomberg, Denton Mateychuk, Sean Monahan, Valeri Nichushkin, Mathieu Olivier, Ivan Provorov, Cole Sillinger, Cam Talbot, Dmitri Voronkov and Zach Werenski. Riley Bezeau, Dante Fabbro, Isac Lundestrom, Caleb MacDonald, Mikael Pyyhtia and Damon Severson are unavailable from the roster list.
Dallas Stars: Oskar Back, Jamie Benn, Lian Bichsel, Kyle Capobianco, Casey DeSmith, Matt Duchene, Radek Faksa, Thomas Harley, Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz, Justin Hryckowian, Wyatt Johnston, Joel Kiviranta, Esa Lindell, Nils Lundkvist, Tyler Myers, Jake Oettinger, Mikko Rantanen, Jason Robertson, Tyler Seguin and Sam Steel. Tristan Bertucci, Jaxon Fuder, Cameron Hughes, Luke Krys and Harrison Scott are injured or non-roster.
Detroit Red Wings: Mason Appleton, Viktor Arvidsson, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Ben Chiarot, J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp, Nate Danielson, Alex DeBrincat, Justin Faulk, Emmitt Finnie, John Gibson, Albert Johansson, Anton Johansson, Marco Kasper, Keegan Kolesar, Dylan Larkin, Carter Mazur, Michael Rasmussen, Lucas Raymond, Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Moritz Seider, Daniil Tarasov and William Wallinder. Carter Bear, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Andreas Englund and Chase Stillman are listed outside the active group.
Edmonton Oilers: Evan Bouchard, Colton Dach, Leon Draisaitl, Mattias Ekholm, Ty Emberson, Alex Formenton, Trent Frederic, Isaac Howard, Zach Hyman, Tristan Jarry, Max Jones, Mathieu Joseph, Kasperi Kapanen, Devon Levi, Connor McDavid, Owen Michaels, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Connor Murphy, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Vasily Podkolzin, Ryan Shea, Spencer Stastney and Jake Walman. Frederik Andersen, Jason Dickinson, Mattias Janmark, Atro Leppanen, Alec Regula, Matt Savoie and James Stefan are injured or not on the roster.
Florida Panthers: Uvis Balinskis, Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Lars Eller, Gustav Forsling, Radko Gudas, Garnet Hathaway, Bokondji Imama, Seth Jones, Dmitry Kulikov, Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Jacob Markstrom, Niko Mikkola, Sam Reinhart, Akira Schmid, Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe and Sandis Vilmanis. MacKenzie Entwistle, Jonah Gadjovich and Brad Marchand are listed as injured or non-roster.
Los Angeles Kings: Mikey Anderson, Joel Armia, Quinton Byfield, Cody Ceci, Brandt Clarke, Drew Doughty, Brian Dumoulin, Joel Edmundson, Anton Forsberg, Erik Gustafsson, Erik Haula, Samuel Helenius, Adrian Kempe, Darcy Kuemper, Alex Laferriere, Scott Laughton, Andre Lee, Trevor Moore, Artemi Panarin, Corey Perry, Alex Turcotte and Mats Zuccarello. Jakub Dvorak, Kevin Fiala, Jan Jenik and Otto Salin are unavailable from the opening group.
Minnesota Wild: Zach Bogosian, Matt Boldy, Bobby Brink, Jonas Brodin, Blake Coleman, Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno, Nick Foligno, Ryan Hartman, Quinn Hughes, Daemon Hunt, Kirill Kaprizov, Olli Maatta, Michael McCarron, Calvin Pickard, Maxim Shabanov, David Spacek, Jared Spurgeon, Charlie Stramel, Nico Sturm, Yakov Trenin, Jesper Wallstedt and Danila Yurov. Brock Faber and Filip Gustavsson are injured or non-roster.
Montreal Canadiens: Josh Anderson, Zachary Bolduc, Alexandre Carrier, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Phillip Danault, Ivan Demidov, Jakub Dobes, Noah Dobson, Adam Engstrom, Jake Evans, Lane Hutson, Oliver Kapanen, Chris Kreider, Michael Matheson, Samuel Montembeault, Alex Newhook, Juraj Slafkovsky, Jayden Struble, Nick Suzuki, Alexandre Texier, Arber Xhekaj and Florian Xhekaj. Lucas Condotta, Kaiden Guhle and Bryce Pickford are listed outside the roster.
Nashville Predators: Jack Ahcan, Justus Annunen, Mavrik Bourque, Ross Colton, Jack Drury, Adam Edstrom, Filip Forsberg, Nicolas Hague, Nils Hoglander, Roman Josi, Alexander Kerfoot, Ilya Lyubushkin, Jonathan Marchessault, Ryan O’Reilly, Nick Perbix, Juuse Saros, Reid Schaefer, Brady Skjei, Steven Stamkos, William Trudeau, Ryan Ufko, Adam Wilsby and Matthew Wood. Nashville opens with no players designated injured or non-roster.
New Jersey Devils: Jake Allen, Jesper Boqvist, Jesper Bratt, Connor Brown, Declan Chisholm, Nico Daws, Brenden Dillon, Luke Evangelista, Cody Glass, Arseny Gritsyuk, Dougie Hamilton, Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes, Luke Hughes, Amadeus Lombardi, Anthony Mantha, Timo Meier, Dawson Mercer, Stefan Noesen, Brett Pesce, Remi Poirier, Evan Rodrigues and Jonas Siegenthaler. Nick Bjugstad, Seamus Casey and Johnathan Kovacevic are out of the roster group.
New York Islanders: Casey Cizikas, Tony DeAngelo, Anthony Duclair, Victor Eklund, Emil Heineman, Simon Holmstrom, Bo Horvat, Matthew Kessel, Matias Maccelli, Kyle MacLean, Scott Mayfield, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ondrej Palat, Kyle Palmieri, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock, Calum Ritchie, Alexander Romanov, Matthew Schaefer, Brayden Schenn, Ilya Sorokin, Logan Stanley and Semyon Varlamov. Mathew Barzal is listed as injured or non-roster.
New York Rangers: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jaroslav Chmelar, Will Cuylle, Pavel Dorofeyev, Sean Durzi, Adam Fox, Vladislav Gavrikov, Tye Kartye, Joonas Korpisalo, Noah Laba, Alexis Lafreniere, J.T. Miller, Scott Morrow, Gabe Perreault, Marcus Pettersson, Matt Rempe, Matthew Robertson, Braden Schneider, Igor Shesterkin, Alberts Smits, Eeli Tolvanen, Joe Veleno and Mika Zibanejad. Vincent Iorio, Adam Sykora and Aidan Thompson are not on the active list.
Ottawa Senators: Michael Amadio, Drake Batherson, Andre Burakovsky, Thomas Chabot, Nick Cousins, Dylan Cozens, Cameron Crotty, William Eklund, Samuel Ersson, Claude Giroux, Ridly Greig, Stephen Halliday, Hayden Hodgson, Tyler Kleven, Nikolas Matinpalo, Shane Pinto, Jake Sanderson, Jordan Spence, Hoyt Stanley, Tim Stutzle, Linus Ullmark, Carter Yakemchuk and Fabian Zetterlund. Warren Foegele, Kurtis MacDermid, Blake Montgomery and Artem Zub are listed as injured or non-roster.
Philadelphia Flyers: Noel Acciari, Simon Benoit, Alex Bump, Noah Cates, Sean Couturier, Jamie Drysdale, Christian Dvorak, Tyson Foerster, Nikita Grebenkin, Carl Grundstrom, David Jiricek, Travis Konecny, Porter Martone, Matvei Michkov, Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Sanheim, Nick Seeler, Owen Tippett, Dan Vladar, Garrett Wilson, Joseph Woll, Cam York and Trevor Zegras. Denver Barkey and Helge Grans are unavailable from the roster group.
Pittsburgh Penguins: Declan Carlile, Egor Chinakhov, Sidney Crosby, Connor Dewar, Samuel Girard, David Gustafsson, Filip Hallander, Erik Karlsson, Ville Koivunen, Kaedan Korczak, Hendrix Lapierre, Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin, Rutger McGroarty, Sergei Murashov, Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell, Nick Robertson, Arturs Silovs, Elmer Soderblom, Ilya Solovyov and Trevor van Riemsdyk. Justin Brazeau, Tristan Broz, Gabriel D’Aigle, Melvin Fernstrom, Ryan Graves, Ben Kindel, Andrei Kuzmenko, Blake Lizotte, Oliver Okuliar and Bryan Rust are injured or off roster.
San Jose Sharks: Nolan Allan, Yaroslav Askarov, Luca Cagnoni, Macklin Celebrini, Igor Chernyshov, Ty Dellandrea, Sam Dickinson, Barclay Goodrow, Collin Graf, Michael Kesselring, Brett Leason, Mason Marchment, Michael Misa, Alex Nedeljkovic, Darnell Nurse, Dmitry Orlov, Zack Ostapchuk, Kiefer Sherwood, Will Smith, Ivar Stenberg, Tyler Toffoli, Jacob Trouba, Alexander Wennberg. Alex Barre-Boulet, Logan Couture, Adam Gaudette, Patrick Giles, Mattias Havelid, Kyle Keyser, Cam Lund and Quentin Musty are listed as injured or non-roster.
Seattle Kraken: Matty Beniers, Berkly Catton, Joey Daccord, Curtis Douglas, Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle, Ryker Evans, Cale Fleury, Frederick Gaudreau, Philipp Grubauer, Kaapo Kakko, Adam Larsson, Ryan Lindgren, Josh Mahura, Jared McCann, Bobby McMann, Jacob Melanson, Ben Meyers, Brandon Montour, Ville Ottavainen, Chandler Stephenson, Ryan Winterton and Shane Wright. Jake O’Brien and Mackie Samoskevich are outside the opening roster.
St. Louis Blues: Justin Barron, Jonatan Berggren, Jordan Binnington, Philip Broberg, Pavel Buchnevich, Brandon Carlo, Zach Dean, Dillon Dube, Dalibor Dvorsky, Cam Fowler, Joel Hofer, Dylan Holloway, Adam Jiricek, Ross Johnston, Theo Lindstein, Connor McMichael, Mason McTavish, Jake Neighbours, Colton Parayko, Jimmy Snuggerud, Pius Suter, Robert Thomas and Alexey Toropchenko. Adam Jecho, Torey Krug, Logan Mailloux, Felix Trudeau and Tyler Tucker are injured or non-roster.
Tampa Bay Lightning: John Carlson, Erik Cernak, Anthony Cirelli, Max Crozier, Charle-Edouard D’Astous, Conor Geekie, Zemgus Girgensons, Gage Goncalves, Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel, Jansen Harkins, Victor Hedman, Dennis Hildeby, Pontus Holmberg, Nikita Kucherov, Emil Lilleberg, Ryan McDonagh, Ilya Mikheyev, J.J. Moser, Brayden Point, Scott Sabourin, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jeffrey Viel. Yanni Gourde and Dominic James are listed as injured or non-roster.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Nick Blankenburg, Teddy Blueger, Sergei Bobrovsky, Easton Cowan, Brandon Duhaime, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Zack MacEwen, Kirill Marchenko, Auston Matthews, Jake McCabe, Gavin McKenna, William Nylander, Nick Paul, Darren Raddysh, Morgan Rielly, Jack Roslovic, Colton Sissons, Troy Stecher, Anthony Stolarz, Chris Tanev and John Tavares. Max Domi, Dakota Joshua, Elvis Merzlikins, William Villeneuve and Cade Webber are off the roster or injured.
Utah Mammoth: Daniil But, Michael Carcone, Logan Cooley, Sebastian Cossa, Lawson Crouse, Nick DeSimone, Dylan Guenther, Barrett Hayton, Clayton Keller, Anders Lee, John Marino, Jack McBain, Liam O’Brien, Andrew Peeke, Nick Schmaltz, Nate Schmidt, Mikhail Sergachev, Dmitri Simashev, Kevin Stenlund, Vincent Trocheck, Karel Vejmelka, MacKenzie Weegar and Kailer Yamamoto. Maveric Lamoureux is listed as injured or non-roster.
Vancouver Canucks: Arshdeep Bains, Brock Boeser, Guillaume Brisebois, Zeev Buium, Paul Cotter, Jake DeBrusk, Brendan Gallagher, Filip Hronek, Linus Karlsson, Kevin Lankinen, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Victor Mancini, Leevi Merilainen, Drew O’Connor, Liam Ohgren, Jamie Oleksiak, Elias Pettersson, Elias Pettersson, Aatu Raty, Marco Rossi, Max Sasson, Luke Schenn and Tom Willander. Filip Chytil, Thatcher Demko, Mackenzie MacEachern, Akil Thomas and Jack Thompson are unavailable from the active group.
Vegas Golden Knights: Rasmus Andersson, Ivan Barbashev, Braeden Bowman, Dylan Coghlan, Trevor Connelly, Nic Dowd, Jack Eichel, Marc Gatcomb, Noah Hanifin, Carter Hart, Tomas Hertl, Adin Hill, Brett Howden, William Karlsson, Jeremy Lauzon, Raphael Lavoie, Mitch Marner, Brayden McNabb, Victor Olofsson, Mark Stone, Shea Theodore and Parker Wotherspoon. Lukas Cormier, Ben Hemmerling, Alex Pietrangelo and Kai Uchacz are listed as injured or non-roster.
Washington Capitals: Anthony Beauvillier, Jakob Chychrun, Vincent Desharnais, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Martin Fehervary, Ethen Frank, Cole Hutson, Boone Jenner, Jordan Kyrou, Ryan Leonard, Timothy Liljegren, Charlie Lindgren, Dylan McIlrath, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas, Ilya Protas, Matt Roy, Justin Sourdif, Dylan Strome, Logan Thompson, Alex Tuch and Tom Wilson. Rasmus Sandin and Patrick Thomas are outside the active group.
Winnipeg Jets: Morgan Barron, Tyrel Bauer, Viggo Bjorck, Kyle Connor, Dylan DeMelo, Mario Ferraro, Haydn Fleury, Alex Iafallo, Cole Koepke, Brad Lambert, Adam Lowry, Josh Morrissey, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nino Niederreiter, Cole Perfetti, Neal Pionk, Isak Rosen, Dylan Samberg, Mark Scheifele, Stuart Skinner, Jack St. Ivany, Clay Stevenson and Gabriel Vilardi. Garrett Brown, Walker Duehr and Elias Salomonsson are listed as injured or non-roster.
