June 26, 2026

 2026 NHL DRAFT: 1st Round

No. 1 – Toronto Maple Leafs – Gavin McKenna 
No. 2 – San Jose Sharks – Ivar Stenberg
No. 3 – Vancouver Canucks – Caleb Mahotra
No. 4 – Buffalo Sabres (from Chicago) – Daxon Rudolph
No. 5 – New York Rangers – Alberts Smits
No. 6 – Calgary Flames – Carson Carels
No. 7 – Seattle Kraken – Chase Reid
No. 8 – Winnipeg Jets – Viggo Bjorck
No. 9 – San Jose Sharks (from Florida via Ottawa) – Keaton Verhoeff 
No. 10 – Nashville Predators –  Wyatt Cullen
No. 11 – St. Louis Blues – Tynan Lawrence
No. 12 – New Jersey Devils –  Alexander Command
No. 13 – New York Islanders –  Malte Gustafsson
No. 14 – Columbus Blue Jackets – Oscar Hemming
No. 15 – Anaheim Ducks (from Detroit via St. Louis) –  Nikita Klepov
No. 16 – St. Louis Blues (from Washington) –  Maddox Dagenais

No. 17 – Utah Mammoth (from Los Angeles) – Ethan Belchetz
No. 18 – Washington Capitals (from Anaheim) – Oliver Suvanto
No. 19 –  Los Angeles (from Utah) – Elton Hermansson
No. 20 – Buffalo Sabres (from Edmonton via San Jose) – Iliah Morovov
No. 21 – San Jose Sharks (from Philadelphia)- Ryan Lin
No. 22 – Pittsburgh Penguins – Liam Ruck
No. 23 –  Detroit Red Wings (from Boston via Utah) — J.P. Hurlbert
No. 24 – Vancouver Canucks (from Minnesota) – Adam Novotny
No. 25 – Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay via Seattle and Florida) – Jonas Lagerber Hoen
No. 26 – Montreal Canadiens —  Gleb Pugachyov 
No. 27 –Philadelphia Flyers (from Buffalo via San Jose) — Aleksei Sokolovskii
No. 28 – Anaheim Ducks (from Vegas via Montreal) – Marcus Nordmark 
No. 29 –  Vegas Golden  Knights (from Colorado via Islanders and St. Louis) –  Juho Piiparinen
No. 30 – Calgary Flames (from Vegas) –  Jack Hextall
No. 31 — Nashville Predators (from Carolina Hurricanes) –  Thomas Bleyl 
No. 32 — Ottawa Senators – Jaxon Cover

NHL 2026 Offseason Events Calendar

June 26-27, 2026 NHL Draft (in Buffalo, NY) 

July 1 Free agency begins (12 p.m. ET) 

July 5 Deadline for player-elected salary arbitration notification (5 p.m. ET) 

July 6 Deadline for second club-elected salary arbitration notification (5 p.m. ET) 

July 20 – Aug. 1 Salary arbitration hearings held 

Aug. 3 Deadline for salary arbitration decisions to be rendered

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