2025–26 Minnesota Wild season

2025–26 Minnesota Wild
2025–26 Minnesota Wild
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2025–26 record	34–14–10
Home record	17–6–7
Road record	17–8–3
Goals for	196
Goals against	169
Team information
General manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains	Marcus Foligno; Kirill Kaprizov
Arena	Grand Casino Arena
Minor league affiliates	Iowa Wild (AHL); Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Matt Boldy; Kirill Kaprizov (32)
Assists	Kirill Kaprizov (38)
Points	Kirill Kaprizov (70)
Penalty minutes	Jacob Middleton (57)
Plus/minus	Brock Faber (+19)
Wins	Filip Gustavsson (20)
Goals against average	Filip Gustavsson (2.64)

The 2025–26 Minnesota Wild season is the 26th season of operation (25th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

During the offseason, the team's arena Xcel Energy Center was renamed to Grand Casino Arena on September 3, 2025.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	55	37	9	9	34	212	138	+74	83
2	Minnesota Wild	58	34	14	10	21	196	169	+27	78
3	Dallas Stars	57	34	14	9	28	193	160	+33	77
4	Utah Mammoth	57	30	23	4	23	183	157	+26	64
5	Nashville Predators	57	26	24	7	19	169	198	−29	59
6	Chicago Blackhawks	57	22	26	9	17	154	185	−31	53
7	Winnipeg Jets	56	22	26	8	20	160	175	−15	52
8	St. Louis Blues	57	20	28	9	19	147	203	−56	49

Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2026. Source: National Hockey League^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	Utah Mammoth	57	30	23	4	23	183	157	+26	64
2	PA	Anaheim Ducks	56	30	23	3	18	185	195	−10	63

3	PA	Los Angeles Kings	56	23	19	14	14	146	161	−15	60
4	CE	Nashville Predators	57	26	24	7	19	169	198	−29	59
5	PA	San Jose Sharks	55	27	24	4	16	171	193	−22	58
6	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	57	22	26	9	17	154	185	−31	53
7	CE	Winnipeg Jets	56	22	26	8	20	160	175	−15	52
8	PA	Calgary Flames	56	23	27	6	19	142	169	−27	52
9	CE	St. Louis Blues	57	20	28	9	19	147	203	−56	49
10	PA	Vancouver Canucks	57	18	33	6	12	147	205	−58	42

Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2026. Source: National Hockey League^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on July 13, 2025.^[3]

2025–26 Minnesota Wild preseason

2025 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–0–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Location	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Minnesota	3–2	Winnipeg	OT	Canada Life Centre	14,481	1–0–0	^[4]
2	September 23	Minnesota	2–3	Dallas	OT	American Airlines Center	14,514	1–0–1	^[5]
3	September 25	Dallas	5–2	Minnesota		Grand Casino Arena	16,755	1–1–1	^[6]
4	September 28	Chicago	4–1	Minnesota		Grand Casino Arena	17,808	1–2–1	^[7]
5	September 30	Winnipeg	2–3	Minnesota		Grand Casino Arena	16,487	2–2–1	^[8]
6	October 3	Minnesota	3–2	Chicago		United Center	9,569	3–2–1	^[9]

Legend

Win Loss OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.^[10]

2025–26 game log

October: 3–6–3 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Minnesota	5–0	St. Louis		Gustavsson	18,096	1–0–0	2	^[11]
2	October 11	Columbus	7–4	Minnesota		Gustavsson	18,836	1–1–0	2	^[12]
3	October 13	Los Angeles	3–4	Minnesota	SO	Wallstedt	17,102	2–1–0	4	^[13]
4	October 14	Minnesota	2–5	Dallas		Gustavsson	18,532	2–2–0	4	^[14]
5	October 17	Minnesota	1–5	Washington		Gustavsson	17,482	2–3–0	4	^[15]
6	October 18	Minnesota	1–2	Philadelphia	OT	Wallstedt	17,011	2–3–1	5	^[16]
7	October 20	Minnesota	3–1	NY Rangers		Gustavsson	18,006	3–3–1	7	^[17]
8	October 22	Minnesota	1–4	New Jersey		Gustavsson	16,434	3–4–1	7	^[18]
9	October 25	Utah	6–2	Minnesota		Gustavsson	18,088	3–5–1	7	^[19]
10	October 26	San Jose	6–5	Minnesota	OT	Wallstedt	17,101	3–5–2	8	^[20]
11	October 28	Winnipeg	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	16,102	3–5–3	9	^[21]
12	October 30	Pittsburgh	4–1	Minnesota		Gustavsson	16,203	3–6–3	9	^[22]

November: 11–1–2 (Home: 7–0–2; Road: 4–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Vancouver	2–5	Minnesota		Gustavsson	17,216	4–6–3	11	^[23]
14	November 4	Nashville	2–3	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	16,253	5–6–3	13	^[24]
15	November 6	Minnesota	3–4	Carolina		Gustavsson	18,299	5–7–3	13	^[25]
16	November 7	Minnesota	5–2	NY Islanders		Wallstedt	15,792	6–7–3	15	^[26]
17	November 9	Calgary	0–2	Minnesota		Wallstedt	17,090	7–7–3	17	^[27]
18	November 11	San Jose	2–1	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	16,253	7–7–4	18	^[28]
19	November 15	Anaheim	0–2	Minnesota		Wallstedt	17,458	8–7–4	20	^[29]
20	November 16	Vegas	2–3	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	17,439	9–7–4	22	^[30]
21	November 19	Carolina	3–4	Minnesota	SO	Wallstedt	16,087	10–7–4	24	^[31]
22	November 21	Minnesota	5–0	Pittsburgh		Gustavsson	17,527	11–7–4	26	^[32]
23	November 23	Minnesota	3–0	Winnipeg		Wallstedt	14,368	12–7–4	28	^[33]
24	November 26	Minnesota	4–3	Chicago	OT	Gustavsson	18,933	13–7–4	30	^[34]
25	November 28	Colorado	2–3	Minnesota	SO	Wallstedt	19,044	14–7–4	32	^[35]
26	November 29	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota	SO	Gustavsson	17,233	14–7–5	33	^[36]

December: 10–3–3 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 5–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 2	Minnesota	1–0	Edmonton		Wallstedt	19,173	15–7–5	35	^[37]
28	December 4	Minnesota	1–4	Calgary		Gustavsson	16,924	15–8–5	35	^[38]
29	December 6	Minnesota	2–4	Vancouver		Wallstedt	18,629	15–9–5	35	^[39]
30	December 8	Minnesota	4–1	Seattle		Gustavsson	17,151	16–9–5	37	^[40]
31	December 11	Dallas	2–5	Minnesota		Gustavsson	17,109	17–9–5	39	^[41]
32	December 13	Ottawa	2–3	Minnesota		Wallstedt	18,058	18–9–5	41	^[42]
33	December 14	Boston	2–6	Minnesota		Gustavsson	18,322	19–9–5	43	^[43]
34	December 16	Washington	0–5	Minnesota		Gustavsson	18,044	20–9–5	45	^[44]
35	December 18	Minnesota	5–2	Columbus		Wallstedt	14,845	21–9–5	47	^[45]
36	December 20	Edmonton	2–5	Minnesota		Gustavsson	19,025	22–9–5	49	^[46]
37	December 21	Colorado	5–1	Minnesota		Wallstedt	19,146	22–10–5	49	^[47]
38	December 23	Nashville	3–2	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	19,033	22–10–6	50	^[48]
39	December 27	Minnesota	4–3	Winnipeg	OT	Wallstedt	15,225	23–10–6	52	^[49]
40	December 29	Minnesota	5–2	Vegas		Gustavsson	18,102	24–10–6	54	^[50]
41	December 31	Minnesota	3–4	San Jose	SO	Wallstedt	17,435	24–10–7	55	^[51]

January: 8–4–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 5–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 2	Minnesota	6–2	Anaheim		Gustavsson	16,214	25–10–7	57	^[52]
43	January 3	Minnesota	4–5	Los Angeles	SO	Wallstedt	18,145	25–10–8	58	^[53]
44	January 5	Minnesota	2–4	Los Angeles		Gustavsson	16,874	25–11–8	58	^[54]
45	January 8	Minnesota	3–2	Seattle	OT	Wallstedt	17,151	26–11–8	60	^[55]
46	January 10	NY Islanders	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	19,036	26–11–9	61	^[56]
47	January 12	New Jersey	5–2	Minnesota		Wallstedt	18,747	26–12–9	61	^[57]
48	January 15	Winnipeg	6–2	Minnesota		Wallstedt	18,275	26–13–9	61	^[58]
49	January 17	Minnesota	5–4	Buffalo	OT	Gustavsson	19,070	27–13–9	63	^[59]
50	January 19	Minnesota	6–3	Toronto		Gustavsson	18,742	28–13–9	65	^[60]
51	January 20	Minnesota	3–4	Montreal		Wallstedt	21,962	28–14–9	65	^[61]
52	January 22	Detroit	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	18,067	29–14–9	67	^[62]
53	January 24	Florida	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	19,103	29–14–10	68	^[63]
54	January 27	Chicago	3–4	Minnesota	SO	Wallstedt	18,011	30–14–10	70	^[64]
55	January 29	Calgary	1–4	Minnesota		Gustavsson	17,278	31–14–10	72	^[65]
56	January 31	Minnesota	7–3	Edmonton		Wallstedt	18,347	32–14–10	74	^[66]

February: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
57	February 2	Montreal	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Gustavsson	18,228	33–14–10	76	^[67]
58	February 4	Minnesota	6–5	Nashville	OT	Gustavsson	17,235	34–14–10	78	^[68]
59	February 26	Minnesota	–	Colorado
60	February 27	Minnesota	–	Utah

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
61	March 1	St. Louis	–	Minnesota
62	March 3	Tampa Bay	–	Minnesota
63	March 6	Minnesota	–	Vegas
64	March 8	Minnesota	–	Colorado
65	March 10	Utah	–	Minnesota
66	March 12	Philadelphia	–	Minnesota
67	March 14	NY Rangers	–	Minnesota
68	March 15	Toronto	–	Minnesota
69	March 17	Minnesota	–	Chicago
70	March 19	Chicago	–	Minnesota
71	March 21	Dallas	–	Minnesota
72	March 24	Minnesota	–	Tampa Bay
73	March 26	Minnesota	–	Florida
74	March 28	Minnesota	–	Boston

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
75	April 2	Vancouver	–	Minnesota
76	April 4	Minnesota	–	Ottawa
77	April 5	Minnesota	–	Detroit
78	April 7	Seattle	–	Minnesota
79	April 9	Minnesota	–	Dallas
80	April 11	Minnesota	–	Nashville
81	April 13	Minnesota	–	St. Louis
82	April 14	Anaheim	–	Minnesota

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key:

† Contract is entry-level.
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26)	To Seattle Kraken Frederick Gaudreau	To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2025	^[69]
June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Brendan Gaunce	To Minnesota Wild Cameron Butler	^[70]
December 12, 2025 (2025-12-12)	To Vancouver Canucks Marco Rossi Liam Ohgren Zeev Buium 1st-round pick in 2026	To Minnesota Wild Quinn Hughes	^[71]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Nico Sturm	Florida Panthers	2-year	Free agency	^[72]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[73]
	Ben Gleason	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	^[73]
	Matt Kiersted	Florida Panthers	2-year	Free agency	^[73]
	Cal Petersen	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	^[73]
	Tyler Pitlick	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	^[73]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Travis Boyd	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	^[74]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Justin Brazeau	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	Free agency	^[75]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Graeme Clarke	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[76]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Gustav Nyquist	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	^[77]
August 25, 2025 (2025-08-25)	Cameron Crotty	Ottawa Senators	2-year	Free agency	^[78]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 2, 2025 (2025-06-02)	Marcus Johansson	1-year	^[79]
August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)	Marco Rossi	3-year	^[80]
September 30, 2025 (2025-09-30)	Kirill Kaprizov	8-year‡	^[81]
October 4, 2025 (2025-10-04)	Filip Gustavsson	5-year‡	^[82]

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	52	Theodor Hallquisth	D	Sweden	Örebro HK J20 (J20 Nationell)
4	102	Adam Benak	C	Czech Republic	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
4	121	Lirim Amidovski	RW	Canada	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
4	123	Carter Klippenstein	C	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5	141	Justin Kipkie	D	Canada	Victoria Royals (WHL)

Notes:

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^ "Maple Leafs Sign Pezzetta, Groulx, Boyd And Mermis". www.nhl.com. Toronto Maple Leafs. July 1, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Penguins Sign Justin Brazeau, Parker Wotherspoon and Caleb Jones to Two-Year Contracts". www.nhl.com. Pittsburgh Penguins. July 1, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Capitals Sign Louie Belpedio, Calle Rosen and Graeme Clarke". www.nhl.com. Washington Capitals. July 2, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Jets sign forward Gustav Nyquist to a one-year contract". www.nhl.com. Winnipeg Jets. July 2, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Senators sign defenceman Cameron Crotty and forward Jan Jenik to two-way contracts". www.nhl.com. Ottawa Senators. August 25, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Wild Signs Marcus Johansson to a One-year Contract". www.nhl.com. Minnesota Wild. June 2, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Wild Signs Marco Rossi to Three-Year Contract". www.nhl.com. Minnesota Wild. August 22, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Wild Signs Kirill Kaprizov to an Eight-year Contract Extension". www.nhl.com. Minnesota Wild. September 30, 2025. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Wild Signs Filip Gustavsson to a Five-year Contract Extension". www.nhl.com. Minnesota Wild. October 4, 2025. Retrieved October 6, 2025.

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[23] "Minnesota Wild - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 1, 2025". NHL.com. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.

[24] "Minnesota Wild - Nashville Predators - Nov 4, 2025". NHL.com. November 4, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

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[26] "Minnesota Wild - New York Islanders - Nov 7, 2025". NHL.com. November 7, 2025. Retrieved November 7, 2025.

[27] "Calgary Flames - Minnesota Wild - Nov 9, 2025". NHL.com. November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

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[29] "Anaheim Ducks - Minnesota Wild - Nov 15, 2025". NHL.com. November 15, 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.

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[32] "Minnesota Wild - Pittsburgh Penguins - Nov 21, 2025". NHL.com. November 21, 2025. Retrieved November 21, 2025.

[33] "Minnesota Wild - Winnipeg Jets - Nov 23, 2025". NHL.com. November 23, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.

[34] "Minnesota Wild - Chicago Blackhawks - Nov 26, 2025". NHL.com. November 26, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.

[35] "Colorado Avalanche - Minnesota Wild - Nov 28, 2025". NHL.com. November 28, 2025. Retrieved November 28, 2025.

[36] "Buffalo Sabres - Minnesota Wild - Nov 29, 2025". NHL.com. November 29, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.

[37] "Minnesota Wild – Edmonton Oilers – Dec 2, 2025". NHL.com. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.

[38] "Calgary Flames - Minnesota Wild - Dec 4, 2025". NHL.com. December 4, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[39] "Minnesota Wild - Vancouver Canucks - Dec 6, 2025". NHL.com. December 6, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025.

[40] "Minnesota Wild - Seattle Kraken - Dec 8, 2025". NHL.com. December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 9, 2025.

[41] "Dallas Stars - Minnesota Wild - Dec 11, 2025". www.nhl.com. December 11, 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.

[42] "Minnesota Wild - Ottawa Senators - Dec 13, 2025". www.nhl.com. December 13, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.

[43] "Boston Bruins - Minnesota Wild - Dec 14, 2025". NHL.com. December 14, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

[44] "Minnesota Wild - Washington Capitals - Dec 16, 2025". NHL.com. December 16, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.

[45] "Columbus Blue Jackets - Minnesota Wild - Dec 18, 2025". NHL.com. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

[46] "Edmonton Oilers - Minnesota Wild - Dec 20, 2025". NHL.com. December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.

[47] "Colorado Avalanche - Minnesota Wild - Dec 21, 2025". NHL.com. December 21, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.

[48] "Minnesota Wild - Nashville Predators - Dec 23, 2025". NHL.com. December 23, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026.

[49] "Minnesota Wild - Winnipeg Jets - Dec 27, 2025". NHL.com. December 27, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026.

[50] "Minnesota Wild - Vegas Golden Knights - Dec 29, 2025". NHL.com. December 29, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026.

[51] "Minnesota Wild - San Jose Sharks - Dec 31, 2025". NHL.com. December 31, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026.

[52] "Minnesota Wild - Anaheim Ducks - Jan 2, 2026". NHL.com. January 2, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.

[53] "Los Angeles Kings - Minnesota Wild - Jan 3, 2026". NHL.com. January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[54] "Los Angeles Kings - Minnesota Wild - Jan 5, 2026". NHL.com. January 5, 2026. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

[55] "Minnesota Wild - Seattle Kraken - Jan 8, 2026". NHL.com. January 8, 2026. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[56] "Minnesota Wild - New York Islanders - Jan 10, 2026". NHL.com. January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 11, 2026.

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Minnesota Wild
Franchise	General managers Coaches Players Draft picks expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	Ice hockey in Minnesota Records Award winners Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Bill Guerin Head coach John Hynes Team captain Jared Spurgeon
Arena	Grand Casino Arena
Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Iowa Heartlanders
Media	TV FanDuel Sports Network North Radio KFXN-FM/KFAN (100.3 FM)
Culture and lore	Nordy 2016 Stadium Series TRIA Rink 2022 Winter Classic
Category

Minnesota Wild seasons
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

2025–26 NHL season
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Atlantic	Boston Buffalo Detroit Florida Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto
Metropolitan	Carolina Columbus New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
See also	Entry draft Winter Classic All-Star Game (cancelled) 2026 Winter Olympics Stadium Series Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Final Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines