{coyotes} By the Numbers: 2026-27 NHL opening rosters

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723 – Players on official opening-day rosters. 

433 – Players who are Gen Z (59.9% of 723). Last season, 61% of NHL players were Gen Z.

306 – Canadian players, the most of any country (42.3% of 723).

283 – Players born in the 2000s (up from 232 last year), amounting to 39% of the League (each team carries at least three).

192 – American players (26.6% of 723); the most American nationals to dress in season openers in one campaign is 185, achieved in 2023-24 (178 of them played, also the most). 

90 – Players born on or since Oct. 8, 2003, when the oldest active player, Brent Burns (COL), made his NHL debut (Burns can set the NHL “Ironman” record this season).

89 – Undrafted players (12.3% of 723). 

41 – Age of Brent Burns (COL), the oldest player named to an opening-day roster; Corey Perry (LAK) and Alex Ovechkin (WSH) are also 41. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) is the only other 40-year-old expected to play this season.

34 – Percentage of players age 25 or younger (243 of 723). This season, the *2027 NHL All-Star Skills* will spotlight 10 young stars ages 25 or younger competing across eight events.  

31 – Percentage of players born outside North America (227 of 723), with Sweden topping the list with 75 players. In 2025-26, 30.4% of players were born outside of North America (316 of 1,038) – the fourth-highest rate in League history.

29 – U.S. birth states represented. Last season, players born in 33 states played in the NHL (regular season or playoffs); the most states represented in one season is 37 (2023-24).

28 – Players born on or since Oct. 5, 2005, when Sidney Crosby (PIT) and Alex Ovechkin (WSH) both made their NHL debut. That list includes Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (DET) who was born that day in Oslo, Norway.

26.4 – Average age of Chicago’s opening-day roster, the youngest in the NHL.

24 – Players with a birth city listed as Toronto, the most common on opening-day rosters and home to the first game of Sportsnet’s doubleheader tonight (7 ET).

22 – Reigning Stanley Cup champions still with Carolina (including Seth Jarvis who is part of their Injured and/or Non-Roster list). The only departure is goaltender Frederik Andersen; defenseman Alexander Nikishin remains a restricted free agent.

20 – Players who are looking to make their NHL debut (regular season or playoffs). Forward Judd Caulfield (ANA; 25 years, 194 days) and goaltender Remi Poirier (DAL; 24 years, 358 days) are the two oldest players on that list. Last year, goaltender Brandon Bussi (CAR) was the oldest player looking to make his NHL debut and went on to secure the Stanley Cup-clinching victory for Carolina.

17 – Sets of brothers, including one trio – Quinn (MIN), Jack (NJD) and Luke (NJD) Hughes – and five pairs who are teammates (including one where one brother is on the Injured and/or Non-Roster list).

16 – Birth countries represented, including seven from Germany, where the League will host NHL regular-season games  in 2026-27 (and beyond). Players born in at least 20 countries have played in the NHL in each of the past 25 seasons (20 in 2025-26).

12 – Teenagers, including five 18-year-olds (all first-round picks in the 2026 NHL Draft). Last season, 11 teenagers played in a season opener, which was the most since 2018-19 (17). The last time at least five 18-year-olds played in season openers was 2016-17 (5).

5 – Members of the 2026 NHL Draft class: Gavin McKenna (TOR; No. 1), Ivar Stenberg (SJS; No. 2), Alberts Smits (NYR; No. 5), Viggo Bjorck (WPG; No. 8) and Nikita Klepov (ANA; No. 15). The top two picks last played in their team’s ensuing season opener in 2019-20 (Jack Hughes: No. 1 & Kaapo Kakko: No. 2). The last time at least five members of a draft class skated in an ensuing season opener was 2016-17 (6 – Auston Matthews: No. 1; Patrik Laine: No. 2; Jesse Puljujarvi: No. 4; Matthew Tkachuk: No. 6; Mikhail Sergachev: No. 9; Jakob Chychrun: No. 16).

0 – Players with experience in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but none in the regular season.

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NEW YORK -- Following are NHL club rosters, as of 10 a.m., Eastern time today. The 2026-27 regular season begins today with an opening-night tripleheader broadcast on ESPN in the U.S. and a doubleheader on Sportsnet in Canada.

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, Tim Washe.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Ian Moore, Troy Terry.

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, Nikita Zadorov.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Matthew Poitras.

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, Olen Zellweger.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Topias Leinonen, Jack Rathbone, Mattias Samuelsson, Conor Sheary, Conor Timmins, Jason Zucker.

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, Connor Zary.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Jonathan Huberdeau.

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, Sean Walker.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Seth Jarvis.

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, Alex Vlasic.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Connor Bedard, Ryan Ellis.

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, Scott Wedgewood.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Zachary L'Heureux, Taylor Makar, Georgii Merkulov, Trent Miner, Logan O'Connor.

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, Zach Werenski.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Riley Bezeau, Dante Fabbro, Isac Lundestrom, Caleb MacDonald, Mikael Pyyhtia, Damon Severson.

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, Sam Steel.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Tristan Bertucci, Jaxon Fuder, Cameron Hughes, Luke Krys, Harrison Scott.

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, William Wallinder.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Carter Bear, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Andreas Englund, Chase Stillman.

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, Jake Walman.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Frederik Andersen, Jason Dickinson, Mattias Janmark, Atro Leppanen, Alec Regula, Matt Savoie, James Stefan.

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, Sandis Vilmanis.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: MacKenzie Entwistle, Jonah Gadjovich, Brad Marchand.

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, Mats Zuccarello.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Jakub Dvorak, Kevin Fiala, Jan Jenik, Otto Salin.

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, Danila Yurov.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Brock Faber, Filip Gustavsson.

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, Florian Xhekaj.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Lucas Condotta, Kaiden Guhle, Bryce Pickford.

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, Matthew Wood.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: None.

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, Jonas Siegenthaler.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Nick Bjugstad, Seamus Casey, Johnathan Kovacevic.

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, Semyon Varlamov.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Mathew Barzal.

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, Mika Zibanejad.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Vincent Iorio, Adam Sykora, Aidan Thompson.

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, Fabian Zetterlund.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Warren Foegele, Kurtis MacDermid, Blake Montgomery, Artem Zub.

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, Trevor Zegras.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Denver Barkey, Helge Grans.

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, Trevor van Riemsdyk.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Justin Brazeau, Tristan Broz, Gabriel D'Aigle, Melvin Fernstrom, Ryan Graves, Ben Kindel, Andrei Kuzmenko, Blake Lizotte, Oliver Okuliar, Bryan Rust.

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.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Alex Barre-Boulet, Logan Couture, Adam Gaudette, Patrick Giles, Mattias Havelid, Kyle Keyser, Cam Lund, Quentin Musty.

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, Shane Wright.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Jake O'Brien, Mackie Samoskevich.

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, Alexey Toropchenko.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Adam Jecho, Torey Krug, Logan Mailloux, Felix Trudeau, Tyler Tucker.

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, Jeffrey Viel.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Yanni Gourde, Dominic James.

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, John Tavares.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Max Domi, Dakota Joshua, Elvis Merzlikins, William Villeneuve, Cade Webber.

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, Kailer Yamamoto.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Maveric Lamoureux.

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, Tom Willander.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Filip Chytil, Thatcher Demko, Mackenzie MacEachern, Akil Thomas, Jack Thompson.

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, Parker Wotherspoon.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Lukas Cormier, Ben Hemmerling, Alex Pietrangelo, Kai Uchacz.

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, Tom Wilson.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Rasmus Sandin, Patrick Thomas.

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, Gabriel Vilardi.

Injured and/or Non-Roster: Garrett Brown, Walker Duehr, Elias Salomonsson.

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Maveric Lamoureux had surgery to repair a dislocated shoulder and will be out 4-6 months, Mammoth general manager Bill Armstrong announced on Monday. The 22-year-old defenseman had one assist in five regular-season games with Utah last season, and 20 points (five goals, 15 assists) in 65 games with Tucson of the American Hockey League. Lamoureux was a first-round pick (No. 29) by the Arizona Coyotes at the 2022 NHL Draft. The Mammoth play their regular-season opener at home against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday (9:30 p.m. ET; Disney+, HULU, ESPN+).

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The NHL gave its first estimate for the 2028-29 salary cap at this week’s Board of Governors meeting, and according to multiple sources, it’s a whopper — $127.5 million. (All figures in U.S. dollars.)

The league and NHLPA are in the second of a three-season agreement that sent to the ceiling to record levels. This year’s number is $104 million and next year’s is $113.5 million. 

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said revenue projections for this coming season are approximately $8.1 billion in mixed currency, obviously a key factor in the rising total. If the 2028-29 guesstimate holds, it would also be the largest season-to-season jump of the cap era, at $14 million.

That’s going to be big challenge for some teams, especially some of the smaller Canadian markets earning revenues in their currency. But it’s a huge windfall for the players, after a summer where Leo Carlsson, Macklin Celebrini and Cale Makar contracts set new stratospheres. 

It is a new era for the NHL, and we’re all adjusting to it.

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The goaltender who backstopped the U.S. to gold at the Olympics is suspended as he awaits a trade he requested, while a teammate from Milan is in limbo after asking for his own a change of scenery.

The absence of Connor Hellebuyck in Winnipeg and the uncertainty surrounding Detroit’s Dylan Larkin are among the biggest storylines going into the NHL season, which begins Tuesday when the Carolina Hurricanes raise their Stanley Cup banner before playing the Florida Panthers in a clash of the preseason favorites to win the championship.

With a record 1,344 regular-season games coming up before the playoffs and the Final in June, AP hockey writers John Wawrow and Stephen Whyno give their predictions on how everything will unfold:

Biggest surprise to watch for

Wawrow: General manager Mike Grier’s practical and patient approach pays off when the San Jose Sharks win the Pacific Division.

Whyno: Macklin Celebrini and the Sharks make the playoffs after acquiring Hellebuyck, getting a proven goaltender rather than waiting on Yaroslav Askarov.

Biggest disappointment to watch for

Wawrow: It’s boom or bust in Edmonton, with the Oilers bringing in Mike Babcock as coach. Is that enough to make the difference or will the wheels fall off in Edmonton?

Whyno: Sidney Crosby and Pittsburgh sink back to the bottom half of the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference after surprisingly making the playoffs in coach Dan Muse’s first season.

Hart Trophy winner for NHL MVP

Wawrow: Celebrini. He’s that good.

Whyno: Celebrini wins it for the first time, leading the league in scoring ahead of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon.

Vezina Trophy winner for best goaltender

Wawrow: When in doubt, go with the NHL’s best goalie: Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Whyno: Boston’s Jeremy Swayman has the best season of his career so far, challenging Hellebuyck and Dallas’ Jake Oettinger for the mantle as the best U.S.-born goalie in the league.

Norris Trophy winner for top defenseman

Wawrow: It’s too easy to pick Colorado’s Cale Makar, deserving as he is, every year. Let’s go with either Minnesota’s Quinn Hughes or Montreal’s Lane Hutson.

Whyno: Taking the layup. Makar signed the richest deal in NHL history, and while it does not kick in until 2027-28, he wants to show why he’s worth every penny. It would be his third Norris honor.

Calder Trophy for rookie of the year

Wawrow: Gavin McKenna, Maple Leafs. Toronto’s spotlight isn’t too big for a Yukon youngster who has answered many of his doubters already. He showed he’s ready to play against men based on his season at Penn State.

Whyno: There are cases to be made for several players, including McKenna and Philadelphia’s Porter Martone, but Washington defenseman Cole Hutson follows brother Lane and wins it.

Jack Adams Award winner for coach of the year

Wawrow: Buffalo’s Lindy Ruff, to make up for last year’s loss, though watch out for San Jose’s Ryan Warsofsky.

Whyno: Martin St. Louis after the Canadiens make another playoff appearance.

Who makes the playoffs in the Eastern Conference

Wawrow: Carolina, Philadelphia, Washington, Montreal, Florida, Tampa Bay, Buffalo and Columbus.

Whyno: Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay, Montreal, Buffalo, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia.

Who makes the playoffs in the Western Conference

Wawrow: Colorado, Minnesota, Utah, Dallas, San Jose, Vegas, Anaheim and Edmonton.

Whyno: Colorado, Edmonton, Vegas, Dallas, San Jose, Utah, Anaheim and Minnesota.

Stanley Cup pick

Wawrow: Montreal beats Minnesota in six, ending Canada’s Stanley Cup drought.

Whyno: Edmonton-Florida III ends the same way as the first two, with the Panthers winning it all for the third time in four years.

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{coyotes} Let’s play two more: NHL features an 84-game season for the first time in decades

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Business has been booming for the NHL for several years, with the salary cap skyrocketing and attendance reaching new heights in packed arenas.

Let’s play two more.

The league is going to an 84-game regular season for the first time since 1994 — it was in place for two seasons — and just the second time in its 109-year history. Players and owners agreed to the increase from 82 for each of the 32 teams as part of the collective bargaining agreement that is in place through 2030, doubling down on more hockey for all.

How much more? A record 1,344 regular-season games because there were fewer teams in the early 1990s.

“That will power some of our growth,” Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said. “That uplift is very subtle. People aren’t realizing it, but that’s an organic way to grow.”

The change meant shorter training camps and fewer exhibition games, and it could have an effect on everything from goaltending tandems to stats and records.

“Eighty-four games is a long, long road,” said ESPN analyst Ray Ferraro, who was a player the last two times the schedule was this long. “I’m just interested to see what the new rhythm of the season will be like.”

Early start spreads out the games

The Sept. 29 opening night is the soonest play is getting underway in North America and matches the earliest start date on the calendar worldwide from when Los Angeles and Anaheim took the ice in London in 2007. The season started Oct. 7 each of the past two years and Oct. 10 in 2023.

“I’m excited that we’re starting early,” Boston winger David Pastrnak said. “That’s probably the biggest change or thing that I’m excited about is that you don’t have to wait until Oct. 10, 11 when you’re already in the town the whole September.”

The 1,344 games are spread out over a 194-day span before every team plays its finale on April 10 ahead of the playoffs. With the exception of the holiday break for Christmas and the All-Star break in early February, there are only two days without at least one game on the schedule.

“There’s going be more time in between games,” Tampa Bay’s Jake Guentzel said. “I think last year it was kind of condensed with the Olympic schedule, so I think the spread-out of games will help. ... You just got to take care of your bodies (because) it’s obviously a war of attrition.”

Pittsburgh has the most back-to-back sets with 15. Vegas and Calgary are tied for the fewest with eight each.

Less fake hockey evens out the workload

Rod Brind’Amour, coach of defending champion Carolina, made headlines by saying he’d rather go to 86 games and eliminate the preseason altogether because it lacks value for fans.

The way the NHL Players’ Association sees it, limiting the exhibition schedule to two games for anyone with 100-plus games of experience more than makes up for extending the regular season.

“The thought behind it is the workload is the same, if not a little less,” said NHLPA assistant executive director Ron Hainsey, who played 17 seasons from 2002-20. “Those exhibition games sometimes are more difficult than a regular-season game. You’re out there with players, not necessarily NHL players, and things get a little haywire. Whereas, there’s a lot of reasons that if you just flip two exhibition into two regular season games, it’s a good thing.”

What to watch for in an 84-game season

— Gone are the days when a goaltender would play in nearly every game. Grant Fuhr’s single-season record of 79 appearances in 1996-97 is safe, and the last time a goalie surpassed 70 was Cam Talbot’s 73 in 2016-17. Utah’s Karel Vejmelka started 63 games last season and played in 64. The NHL has become much more of a rotation in the crease and coaches now have an extra two games to apportion the responsibilities.

— Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record of 894 in April 2025, and now Washington’s longtime captain returns for a 22nd season, sitting on 929 with a couple of extra chances to put the mark further out of reach for the next player who might one day approach it.

“He knows how to score goals,” said Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby, who holds the record for the most point-a-game seasons with 21. “You don’t lose that. Maybe as you get older, you might have to adjust a little bit, but his shot is his shot and that’s not going anywhere.”

— Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov and Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon have combined for the 11 highest-scoring seasons among active players. With two extra games, any of them — plus San Jose’s Macklin Celebrini — could set career highs and maybe even top McDavid’s 153 points that are the most since the salary cap era began in 2005. The NHL record is 215 points set by Wayne Gretzky in 1985-86.

What happened the last time the NHL had 84 games

In 1992-93, the first season with 84, there were 24 teams so there were 1,008 regular-season games in all. The following year, the NHL added two teams wo there were 1,092 games.

The idea then was to grow the game by playing real games in non-NHL cities. So every team played a pair of neutral-site games in Atlanta; Cincinnati; Dallas; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Hamilton, Ontario; Indianapolis; Miami; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Oklahoma City; Orlando, Florida; Peoria, Illinois; Phoenix, Providence, Rhode Island; Richfield, Ohio; Sacramento or Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A few of those cities now have NHL teams.

In 1993-94, Gretzky led all scorers with 130 points, while Pavel Bure scored the most goals with 60. The New York Rangers had the best regular season and won the Stanley Cup, ending their 54-year drought.

Mario Lemieux’s Penguins won the Presidents’ Trophy in ’92-93 but got knocked of the playoffs in the second round. The Montreal Canadiens hoisted the Cup that spring and remain the last team based in Canada to do so.

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{coyotes} Mammoth season preview: Young core, veteran additions bolster high expectations

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Last season: 43-33-6, fourth in Central Division; lost in Western Conference First Round

Coach: Andre Tourigny (sixth season)

Biggest challenge

High expectations. In 2024-25, the Utah Hockey Club enjoyed a whirlwind honeymoon. After the NHL established the new franchise, the team purchased the hockey assets of the Arizona Coyotes and everyone scrambled to play the first season. No one was too disappointed when Utah failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It didn’t have a permanent name nor practice rink yet. Last season, the team became the Mammoth and moved into a palatial facility. Not only did they make the playoffs, but they took a 2-1 lead on the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference First Round before losing in six games. This season, people will expect more. The Central Division remains stacked with three of the top seven teams in the NHL standings last season (the Colorado Avalanche, first; Dallas Stars, third; and Minnesota Wild, seventh).

How they make playoffs

The young players continue to grow, and the veteran additions bring what Utah hopes they will. Captain Clayton Keller, who led the Mammoth with 88 points (26 goals, 62 assists) in 82 games last season, is now 28. But forward Dylan Guenther, who led them with 40 goals last season, is still only 23, and forward Logan Cooley, who missed time with a lower-body injury and had 43 points (24 goals, 19 assists) in 54 games last season, is still only 22. Cooley seems primed to break out. Utah had plenty of speed and skill. What it needed was more grit and experience, so it signed forward Anders Lee, 36, to a three-year, $16.2 million contract ($5.4 million average annual value) and acquired center Vincent Trocheck, 33, from the New York Rangers on July 1.

Most intriguing addition

Trocheck (56 games) has more playoff experience than Cooley (six), Guenther (six), Keller (15), Lawson Crouse (15) and Nick Schmaltz (10) have combined (52). He also helped Team USA win gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Mammoth can use him in so many ways -- center, wing, power play, penalty kill. He can take face-offs whether he’s on the wing or at center; he has already been mentoring his younger teammates on face-offs in practices. It will be interesting to see where he starts out at even strength. In training camp, he has been the left wing on the first line with Schmaltz and Keller, but he has skated with Cooley for years in the offseason in their hometown of Pittsburgh.

Biggest potential surprise

Goalie Sebastian Cossa has played only 45 minutes in the NHL, making one relief appearance for the Detroit Red Wings in 2024-25. But he’s 6-foot-6, 221 pounds, and was selected with the No. 15 pick of the 2021 NHL Draft by Detroit. Cossa went 26-8-4 with a 2.33 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and five shutouts for Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League last season, and is still only 23. After being acquired by Utah on June 26, he will play in the NHL this season. Karel Vejmelka, who started 63 games last season, is expected to carry the bulk of the load again, but Cossa should have opportunity, especially with the schedule expanding from 82 games to 84.

Ready to contribute

Defenseman Dmitri Simashev, selected by Arizona with the No. 6 pick of the 2023 NHL Draft, had one assist in 28 games for Utah and 35 points (eight goals, 27 assists) in 40 games for Tucson of the AHL last season. The 21-year-old, listed at 6-foot-4, 198 pounds, could play the left side on the third pair. Also keep an eye on forward Daniil But, selected by Arizona with the No. 12 pick of the 2023 NHL Draft. The 21-year-old (6-5, 203), had seven points (three goals, four assists) in 29 games for Utah and 39 points (19 goals, 20 assists) in 41 games for Tucson last season, and he had a goal and an assist in a 6-3 preseason win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.

Fantasy sleeper with EDGE stats

Vincent Trocheck, F: He had 53 points (16 goals, 37 assists), 16 power-play points and 193 hits in 67 games with the Rangers last season. Trocheck, who had a career-high 77 points (25 goals, 52 assists) in all 82 games in 2023-24, has had at least 20 goals in four of his past five seasons and at least 175 hits in five straight seasons. Since 2022-23, Trocheck is the only NHL player to have at least 70 goals (89), 700 shots on goal (756), 700 hits (764) and 240 blocked shots (257) over that span. Per NHL EDGE stats, Trocheck ranked highly among forwards in hardest shot (91.12 mph; 88th percentile), max skating speed (23.04 mph; 85th percentile) and total skating distance (218.77 miles; 87th percentile) last season. He remains one of the better category coverage players in the League and can outperform his fantasy average draft position (132.5), especially if he earns exposure to Keller and Schmaltz on the top line. -- Chris Meaney

Projected lineup

Vincent Trocheck -- Nick Schmaltz -- Clayton Keller

Dylan Guenther -- Logan Cooley -- Anders Lee

Jack McBain -- Barrett Hayton -- Lawson Crouse

Michael Carcone -- Kevin Stenlund -- Kailer Yamamoto

Mikhail Sergachev -- MacKenzie Weegar

Nate Schmidt -- John Marino

Dmitri Simashev -- Andrew Peeke 

Karel Vejmelka

Sebastian Cossa

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