{"id":194061,"date":"2025-10-06T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/194061\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:15:07","slug":"2025-nhl-opening-night-rosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/194061\/","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 4:14 p.m.<\/p>\n

Boston Bruins<\/p>\n

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

Forwards (14):\u00a0Viktor Arvidsson<\/a>,\u00a0John Beecher<\/a>,\u00a0Michael Eyssimont<\/a>,\u00a0Morgan Geekie<\/a>,\u00a0Tanner Jeannot<\/a>,\u00a0Mark Kastelic<\/a>,\u00a0Marat Khusnutdinov<\/a>,\u00a0Sean Kuraly<\/a>,\u00a0Elias Lindholm<\/a>,\u00a0Fraser Minten<\/a>,\u00a0Casey Mittelstadt<\/a>,\u00a0David Pastr\u0148\u00e1k<\/a>,\u00a0Jeffrey Viel<\/a>,\u00a0Pavel Zacha<\/a><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7):\u00a0Jordan Harris<\/a>,\u00a0Henri Jokiharju<\/a>,\u00a0Hampus Lindholm<\/a>,\u00a0Mason Lohrei<\/a>,\u00a0Charlie McAvoy<\/a>,\u00a0Andrew Peeke<\/a>,\u00a0Nikita Zadorov<\/a><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (2):\u00a0Joonas Korpisalo<\/a>,\u00a0Jeremy Swayman<\/a><\/p>\n

Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

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

Forwards (13):\u00a0Sebastian Aho<\/a>,\u00a0Jackson Blake<\/a>,\u00a0William Carrier<\/a>,\u00a0Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a>,\u00a0Taylor Hall<\/a>,\u00a0Mark Jankowski<\/a>,\u00a0Seth Jarvis<\/a>,\u00a0Jesperi Kotkaniemi<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Martinook<\/a>,\u00a0Eric Robinson<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Staal<\/a>,\u00a0Logan Stankoven<\/a>,\u00a0Andrei Svechnikov<\/a><\/p>\n

Defensemen (7):\u00a0Jalen Chatfield<\/a>,\u00a0Shayne Gostisbehere<\/a>,\u00a0K\u2019Andre Miller<\/a>,\u00a0Alexander Nikishin<\/a>,\u00a0Mike Reilly<\/a>,\u00a0Jaccob Slavin<\/a>,\u00a0Sean Walker<\/a><\/p>\n

Goaltenders (3):\u00a0Frederik Andersen<\/a>,\u00a0Pyotr Kochetkov<\/a>,\u00a0Brandon Bussi<\/a><\/p>\n

SOIR\/non-roster: F Juha Jaaska<\/a>\u00a0(undisclosed, indefinite)<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

IR: F\u00a0Joey Anderson<\/a>\u00a0(undisclosed, indefinite), G\u00a0Laurent Brossoit<\/a>\u00a0(hip, indefinite), F\u00a0Landon Slaggert<\/a>\u00a0(lower-body, undisclosed), D Shea Weber<\/a> (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>,\u00a0Yegor Chinakhov<\/a>,\u00a0Charlie Coyle<\/a>,\u00a0Adam Fantilli<\/a>,\u00a0Boone Jenner<\/a>,\u00a0Kent Johnson<\/a>,\u00a0Isac Lundestr\u00f6m<\/a>,\u00a0Kirill Marchenko<\/a>,\u00a0Sean Monahan<\/a>,\u00a0Mathieu Olivier<\/a>,\u00a0Cole Sillinger<\/a>,\u00a0Dmitri Voronkov<\/a>,\u00a0Miles Wood<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

SOIR: F\u00a0Jordan Dumais<\/a>\u00a0(right hip strain, proj. return Oct. 17), D\u00a0Luca Marrelli<\/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>, Colin Blackwell<\/a>,\u00a0Mavrik Bourque<\/a>,\u00a0Matt Duchene<\/a>, Radek Faksa<\/a>,\u00a0Roope Hintz<\/a>,\u00a0Wyatt Johnston<\/a>,\u00a0Mikko Rantanen<\/a>,\u00a0Jason Robertson<\/a>,\u00a0Harrison Scott<\/a>, Tyler Seguin<\/a>,\u00a0Sam Steel<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

SOIR\/non-roster: D\u00a0Luke Krys<\/a> (achilles, proj. return Jan. \u2013 Feb.), F\u00a0Kyle McDonald<\/a> (ACL, proj. return Nov.), F\u00a0Chase Wheatcroft<\/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>, Jonatan Berggren<\/a>, Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd<\/a>,\u00a0J.T. Compher<\/a>, Andrew Copp<\/a>, Alex DeBrincat<\/a>, Emmitt Finnie<\/a>, Patrick Kane<\/a>, Marco Kasper<\/a>, Dylan Larkin<\/a>, Michael Rasmussen<\/a>, Lucas Raymond<\/a>, Elmer S\u00f6derblom<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SOIR\/non-roster: F Pierre Engvall<\/a> (hip, proj. return Oct. 2 \u2013 Oct. 9), F Daylan Kuefler<\/a> (upper body, indefinite), F\u00a0Jesse Nurmi<\/a> (left knee, proj. return Oct. 10 \u2013 24), F\u00a0Calum Ritchie<\/a> (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>,\u00a0Berkly Catton<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Eberle<\/a>,\u00a0Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick Gaudreau<\/a>,\u00a0Tye Kartye<\/a>,\u00a0Mason Marchment<\/a>,\u00a0Jared McCann<\/a>,\u00a0Jani Nyman<\/a>,\u00a0Jaden Schwartz<\/a>,\u00a0Chandler Stephenson<\/a>,\u00a0Eeli Tolvanen<\/a>,\u00a0Ryan Winterton<\/a>,\u00a0Shane Wright<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

SOIR\/non-roster: F Max McCormick<\/a>\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>,\u00a0Pavel Buchnevich<\/a>,\u00a0Dylan Holloway<\/a>,\u00a0Mathieu Joseph<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Kyrou<\/a>,\u00a0Jake Neighbours<\/a>,\u00a0Brayden Schenn<\/a>,\u00a0Jimmy Snuggerud<\/a>,\u00a0Oskar Sundqvist<\/a>,\u00a0Pius Suter<\/a>,\u00a0Alexandre Texier<\/a>,\u00a0Robert Thomas<\/a>,\u00a0Alexey Toropchenko<\/a>,\u00a0Nathan Walker<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

SOIR: F\u00a0Zach Dean<\/a>\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>,\u00a0Michael Carcone<\/a>,\u00a0Logan Cooley<\/a>,\u00a0Lawson Crouse<\/a>,\u00a0Dylan Guenther<\/a>,\u00a0Barrett Hayton<\/a>,\u00a0Clayton Keller<\/a>,\u00a0Jack McBain<\/a>, JJ Peterka<\/a>,\u00a0Nick Schmaltz<\/a>,\u00a0Kevin Stenlund<\/a>,\u00a0Brandon Tanev<\/a>,\u00a0Kailer Yamamoto<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

SOIR: D\u00a0Terrell Goldsmith<\/a> (undisclosed, indefinite), G Anson Thornton<\/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>, Teddy Blueger<\/a>, Brock Boeser<\/a>, Filip Chytil<\/a>, Braeden Cootes<\/a>, Jake DeBrusk<\/a>, Conor Garland<\/a>, Evander Kane<\/a>, Linus Karlsson<\/a>, Jonathan Lekkerimaki<\/a>, Drew O\u2019Connor<\/a>, Elias Pettersson<\/a>, Aatu R\u00e4ty<\/a>, Kiefer Sherwood<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

SOIR\/non-roster: D Guillaume Brisebois<\/a> (lower body, indefinite), D\u00a0Jett Woo<\/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>,\u00a0Nic Dowd<\/a>,\u00a0Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a>,\u00a0Brandon Duhaime<\/a>,\u00a0Hendrix Lapierre<\/a>,\u00a0Ryan Leonard<\/a>,\u00a0Connor McMichael<\/a>,\u00a0Sonny Milano<\/a>,\u00a0Alex Ovechkin<\/a>,\u00a0Aliaksei Protas<\/a>,\u00a0Justin Sourdif<\/a>,\u00a0Dylan Strome<\/a>,\u00a0Tom Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

IR: D\u00a0Dylan McIlrath<\/a>\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":2,"featured_media":85584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,10232,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-194061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-newsstand","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}