{"id":282524,"date":"2025-10-06T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282524\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:12:12","slug":"2025-nhl-opening-night-rosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282524\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NHL Opening Night Rosters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deadline to submit cap-compliant opening night rosters, which must be at or below the 23-player limit, is today at 4:00 p.m. Central. As teams confirm their final moves, we\u2019ll be listing each team\u2019s initial roster for the 2025-26 campaign as announcements come in:<\/p>\n

Last updated 4:11 p.m.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13): Mikael Backlund<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Blake Coleman<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matthew Coronato<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Joel Farabee<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Morgan Frost<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matvei Gridin<\/strong><\/a>, Samuel Honzek<\/a><\/strong>, Nazem Kadri<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Justin Kirkland<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Adam Klapka<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Lomberg<\/a><\/strong>, Yegor Sharangovich<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Connor Zary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (8):\u00a0Rasmus Andersson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kevin Bahl<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jake Bean<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Joel Hanley<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Daniil Miromanov<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Brayden Pachal<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Zayne Parekh<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0MacKenzie Weegar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0Devin Cooley<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dustin Wolf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: F\u00a0Jonathan Huberdeau<\/a><\/strong> (undisclosed, day-to-day), F\u00a0Martin Pospisil<\/a><\/strong> (undisclosed, day-to-day)<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13):\u00a0Connor Bedard<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Tyler Bertuzzi<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Burakovsky<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Colton Dach<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jason Dickinson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Donato<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nick Foligno<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Greene<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sam Lafferty<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ilya Mikheyev<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Frank Nazar<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Lukas Reichel<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Teuvo Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (8):\u00a0Louis Crevier<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ethan Del Mastro<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matt Grzelcyk<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Wyatt Kaiser<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Artyom Levshunov<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Connor Murphy<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sam Rinzel<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Alex Vlasic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0Spencer Knight<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Arvid S\u00f6derblom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: F\u00a0Joey Anderson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(undisclosed, indefinite), G\u00a0Laurent Brossoit<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(hip, indefinite), F\u00a0Landon Slaggert<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(lower-body, undisclosed), D Shea Weber<\/a><\/strong> (ankle, retired)<\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n

Roster size: 22\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13):\u00a0Zach Aston-Reese<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Yegor Chinakhov<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Charlie Coyle<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Adam Fantilli<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Boone Jenner<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kent Johnson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Isac Lundestr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kirill Marchenko<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sean Monahan<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Mathieu Olivier<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Cole Sillinger<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dmitri Voronkov<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Miles Wood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7): \u00a0Jake Christiansen<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dante Fabbro<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Erik Gudbranson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Denton Mateychuk<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ivan Provorov<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Damon Severson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Zach Werenski<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2): Jet Greaves<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Elvis Merz\u013cikins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOIR: F\u00a0Jordan Dumais<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(right hip strain, proj. return Oct. 17), D\u00a0Luca Marrelli<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(shoulder, proj. return mid-Dec.)<\/p>\n

Dallas Stars<\/p>\n

Roster size: 21\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (12): Nathan Bastian<\/a><\/strong>, Colin Blackwell<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Mavrik Bourque<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matt Duchene<\/a><\/strong>, Radek Faksa<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Roope Hintz<\/a><\/strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0Wyatt Johnston<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Mikko Rantanen<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jason Robertson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Harrison Scott<\/strong><\/a>, Tyler Seguin<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sam Steel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7): Thomas Harley<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Miro Heiskanen<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Esa Lindell<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nils Lundkvist<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ilya Lyubushkin<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Alexander Petrovic<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Trey Taylor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0Casey DeSmith<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jake Oettinger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: F\u00a0Oskar Back<\/a><\/strong> (undisclosed, indefinite), F\u00a0Jamie Benn<\/a><\/strong> (collapsed lung, proj. return Oct. 23)<\/p>\n

SOIR\/non-roster: D\u00a0Luke Krys<\/strong><\/a> (achilles, proj. return Jan. \u2013 Feb.), F\u00a0Kyle McDonald<\/strong><\/a> (ACL, proj. return Nov.), F\u00a0Chase Wheatcroft<\/strong><\/a> (wrist, proj. return mid-Oct.)<\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13): Mason Appleton<\/a><\/strong>, Jonatan Berggren<\/a><\/strong>, Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0J.T. Compher<\/a><\/strong>, Andrew Copp<\/a><\/strong>, Alex DeBrincat<\/a><\/strong>, Emmitt Finnie<\/strong><\/a>, Patrick Kane<\/a><\/strong>, Marco Kasper<\/a><\/strong>, Dylan Larkin<\/a><\/strong>, Michael Rasmussen<\/a><\/strong>, Lucas Raymond<\/a><\/strong>, Elmer S\u00f6derblom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (8): Jacob Bernard-Docker<\/a><\/strong>, Ben Chiarot<\/a><\/strong>, Simon Edvinsson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Erik Gustafsson<\/a><\/strong>, Travis Hamonic<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Albert Johansson<\/a><\/strong>, Axel Sandin-Pellikka<\/strong><\/a>, Moritz Seider<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2): John Gibson<\/a><\/strong>, Cam Talbot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-roster: F James van Riemsdyk<\/a><\/strong> (personal, indefinite)<\/p>\n

SOIR\/non-roster: D Shai Buium<\/strong><\/a> (undisclosed, indefinite), F Nate Danielson<\/strong><\/a> (undisclosed, indefinite)<\/p>\n

New York Islanders\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (14): Mathew Barzal<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Casey Cizikas<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jonathan Drouin<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Anthony Duclair<\/a><\/strong>, Marc Gatcomb<\/a><\/strong>, Emil Heineman<\/a><\/strong>, Simon Holmstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Bo Horvat<\/a><\/strong>, Anders Lee<\/a><\/strong>, Kyle MacLean<\/a><\/strong>, Jean-Gabriel Pageau<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kyle Palmieri<\/a><\/strong>, Maxim Shabanov<\/strong><\/a>, Maxim Tsyplakov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7): Adam Boqvist<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Tony DeAngelo<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Scott Mayfield<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Adam Pelech<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Pulock<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Alexander Romanov<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matthew Schaefer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2): David Rittich<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ilya Sorokin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: D Ethan Bear<\/a><\/strong> (undisclosed, week-to-week), G Semyon Varlamov<\/a><\/strong> (knee, indefinite)<\/p>\n

SOIR\/non-roster: F Pierre Engvall<\/a><\/strong> (hip, proj. return Oct. 2 \u2013 Oct. 9), F Daylan Kuefler<\/strong><\/a> (upper body, indefinite), F\u00a0Jesse Nurmi<\/strong><\/a> (left knee, proj. return Oct. 10 \u2013 24), F\u00a0Calum Ritchie<\/a><\/strong> (lower body, proj. return Oct. 10 \u2013 Oct. 17)<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13):\u00a0Matty Beniers<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Berkly Catton<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Eberle<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick Gaudreau<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Tye Kartye<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Mason Marchment<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jared McCann<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jani Nyman<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jaden Schwartz<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Chandler Stephenson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Eeli Tolvanen<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Winterton<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Shane Wright<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7):\u00a0Vince Dunn<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Cale Fleury<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Adam Larsson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Lindgren<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Josh Mahura<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Brandon Montour<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jamie Oleksiak<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (3):\u00a0Joey Daccord<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Philipp Grubauer<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matt Murray<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: D\u00a0Ryker Evans<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(upper body, proj. return Nov. 12 \u2013 Nov. 26), F\u00a0Kaapo Kakko<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(hand, proj. return Nov. 8)<\/p>\n

SOIR\/non-roster: F Max McCormick<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(hip, out for season)<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (14):\u00a0Nick Bjugstad<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Pavel Buchnevich<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dylan Holloway<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Mathieu Joseph<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jordan Kyrou<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jake Neighbours<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Brayden Schenn<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jimmy Snuggerud<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Oskar Sundqvist<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Pius Suter<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Alexandre Texier<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Robert Thomas<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Alexey Toropchenko<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nathan Walker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7):\u00a0Philip Broberg<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Justin Faulk<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Cam Fowler<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matthew Kessel<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Logan Mailloux<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Colton Parayko<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Tyler Tucker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0Jordan Binnington<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Joel Hofer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: D\u00a0Torey Krug<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(ankle, out for season)<\/p>\n

PTO: F\u00a0Milan Lucic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOIR: F\u00a0Zach Dean<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(personal, indefinite)<\/p>\n

Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13): Andrew Agozzino<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Michael Carcone<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Logan Cooley<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Lawson Crouse<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dylan Guenther<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Barrett Hayton<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Clayton Keller<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jack McBain<\/a><\/strong>, JJ Peterka<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nick Schmaltz<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kevin Stenlund<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Brandon Tanev<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kailer Yamamoto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (8): Ian Cole<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nick DeSimone<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sean Durzi<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Olli M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0John Marino<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nate Schmidt<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Mikhail Sergachev<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dmitri Simashev<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0V\u00edtek Van\u011b\u010dek<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Karel Vejmelka<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: F\u00a0Alexander Kerfoot<\/a><\/strong> (lower body, week-to-week), F Liam O\u2019Brien<\/a><\/strong> (lower body, indefinite), D Juuso V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(ACL, proj. return Nov. 10 \u2013 Dec. 10)<\/p>\n

SOIR: D\u00a0Terrell Goldsmith<\/strong><\/a> (undisclosed, indefinite), G Anson Thornton<\/strong><\/a> (undisclosed, indefinite)<\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (14): Arshdeep Bains<\/a><\/strong>, Teddy Blueger<\/a><\/strong>, Brock Boeser<\/a><\/strong>, Filip Chytil<\/a><\/strong>, Braeden Cootes<\/strong><\/a>, Jake DeBrusk<\/a><\/strong>, Conor Garland<\/a><\/strong>, Evander Kane<\/a><\/strong>, Linus Karlsson<\/a><\/strong>, Jonathan Lekkerimaki<\/a><\/strong>, Drew O\u2019Connor<\/a><\/strong>, Elias Pettersson<\/a><\/strong>, Aatu R\u00e4ty<\/a><\/strong>, Kiefer Sherwood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7): Derek Forbort<\/a><\/strong>, Filip Hronek<\/a><\/strong>, Quinn Hughes<\/a><\/strong>, Pierre-Olivier Joseph<\/a><\/strong>, Tyler Myers<\/a><\/strong>, Elias Pettersson<\/a><\/strong>, Marcus Pettersson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2): Thatcher Demko<\/a><\/strong>, Kevin Lankinen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: F\u00a0Nils H\u00f6glander<\/a><\/strong> (lower body, week-to-week)<\/p>\n

SOIR\/non-roster: D Guillaume Brisebois<\/a><\/strong> (lower body, indefinite), D\u00a0Jett Woo<\/strong><\/a> (upper body, month-to-month)<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Roster size: 23\/23
Link to team announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Forwards (13):\u00a0Anthony Beauvillier<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nic Dowd<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Brandon Duhaime<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Hendrix Lapierre<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Leonard<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Connor McMichael<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sonny Milano<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Alex Ovechkin<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Aliaksei Protas<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Justin Sourdif<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dylan Strome<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Tom Wilson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensemen (8):\u00a0John Carlson<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Declan Chisholm<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jakob Chychrun<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Martin Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1ry<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Vincent Iorio<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Matt Roy<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Rasmus Sandin<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Trevor van Riemsdyk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0Charlie Lindgren<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Logan Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IR: D\u00a0Dylan McIlrath<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(lower body, day-to-day)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The deadline to submit cap-compliant opening night rosters, which must be at or below the 23-player limit, is…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1649,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-282524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-newsstand","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115329286239171964","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}