{"id":423693,"date":"2026-01-22T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423693\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:44:09","slug":"which-nhl-players-will-be-playing-in-2026-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423693\/","title":{"rendered":"Which NHL players will be playing in 2026 Winter Olympics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keith Jenkins<\/p>\n

Jan 23, 2026, 07:42 AM\"Copy<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n

The NHL, NHL Players’ Association, International Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee reached an agreement in 1995 that paved the way for NHL players to compete in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics. Since then, the league’s players participated in five straight Winter Games, beginning with the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and ending in 2014 in Sochi, Russia.<\/p>\n

After a hiatus, many of the NHL’s best are set to return to the Olympic stage in 2026. Here is a look at the active NHL players who are scheduled to represent their respective countries at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan:<\/p>\n

Anaheim Ducks<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Leo Carlsson<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Lukas Dostal<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Mikael Granlund<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Radko Gudas<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

Boston Bruins<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Henri Jokiharju<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Elias Lindholm<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Charlie McAvoy<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e David Pastrnak<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jeremy Swayman<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Pavel Zacha<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Rasmus Dahlin<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Tage Thompson<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Martin Pospisil<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Sebastian Aho<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Frederik Andersen<\/a> (Denmark)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> (Denmark)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jaccob Slavin<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Teuvo Teravainen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Joel Kiviranta<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Gabriel Landeskog<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Artturi Lehkonen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Cale Makar<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Martin Necas<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Brock Nelson<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Devon Toews<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Elvis Merzlikins<\/a> (Latvia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Zach Werenski<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

Dallas Stars<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Radek Faksa<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Thomas Harley<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Miro Heiskanen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Roope Hintz<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Esa Lindell<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jake Oettinger<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Mikko Rantanen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Dylan Larkin<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Lucas Raymond<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Moritz Seider<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Leon Draisaitl<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Connor McDavid<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Florida Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Uvis Balinskis<\/a> (Latvia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Gustav Forsling<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Seth Jones<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Anton Lundell<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Eetu Luostarinen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Niko Mikkola<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Brad Marchand<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Sam Reinhart<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Kings<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Joel Armia<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Drew Doughty<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Kevin Fiala<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Adrian Kempe<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Darcy Kuemper<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Minnesota Wild<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Matt Boldy<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jonas Brodin<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Joel Eriksson Ek<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Brock Faber<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Filip Gustavsson<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Quinn Hughes<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e David Spacek<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nico Sturm<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jesper Wallstedt<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Oliver Kapanen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Juraj Slafkovsky<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nick Suzuki<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Alexandre Texier<\/a> (France)<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

Nashville Predators<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Filip Forsberg<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Erik Haula<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Roman Josi<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Juuse Saros<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

New Jersey Devils<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jesper Bratt<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nico Hischier<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jack Hughes<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jacob Markstrom<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Timo Meier<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Simon Nemec<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Ondrej Palat<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jonas Siegenthaler<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

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

\u25aa\ufe0e Bo Horvat<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

New York Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e J.T. Miller<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Vincent Trocheck<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Mika Zibanejad<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

Ottawa Senators<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Lars Eller<\/a> (Denmark)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nikolas Matinpalo<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jake Sanderson<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Tim Stutzle<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Brady Tkachuk<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Flyers<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Rasmus Ristolainen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Travis Sanheim<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Dan Vladar<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Sidney Crosby<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Erik Karlsson<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Rickard Rakell<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Arturs Silovs<\/a> (Latvia)<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Macklin Celebrini<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Philipp Kurashev<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Pavol Regenda<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Alexander Wennberg<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Oscar Fisker Molgaard (Denmark)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Philipp Grubauer<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Kaapo Kakko<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Eeli Tolvanen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jordan Binnington<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Philip Broberg<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Dalibor Dvorsky<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Colton Parayko<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Pius Suter<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/a> (Denmark)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Erik Cernak<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Anthony Cirelli<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Zemgus Girgensons<\/a> (Latvia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jake Guentzel<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Brandon Hagel<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Victor Hedman<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Pontus Holmberg<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e J.J. Moser<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Brayden Point<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Oliver Ekman-Larsson<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e William Nylander<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Auston Matthews<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

Utah Mammoth<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Clayton Keller<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Olli Maatta<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e JJ Peterka<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Karel Vejmelka<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Teddy Blueger<\/a> (Latvia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Filip Hronek<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e David Kampf<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Kevin Lankinen<\/a> (Finland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Elias Pettersson<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

Vegas Golden Knights<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Rasmus Andersson<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Jack Eichel<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Noah Hanifin<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Tomas Hertl<\/a> (Czechia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Mitch Marner<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Akira Schmid<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Mark Stone<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Shea Theodore<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Martin Fehervary<\/a> (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Logan Thompson<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Tom Wilson<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Kyle Connor<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> (United States)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Josh Morrissey<\/a> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Nino Niederreiter<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN Olympics hub page<\/a> and ESPN NHL hub page<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keith Jenkins Jan 23, 2026, 07:42 AMEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions The NHL, NHL Players’ Association, International Hockey Federation and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-423693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}