NHL Entry Draft
2026 NHL Draft
32 picks in round 1
| # | Rd | Team | Player | Pos | Nation | Ht | Wt | From | NHL GP | NHL P | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.1 |   TOR | Gavin McKenna | LW | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'0" | 170 | PENN STATE (BIG10) | 6 | 4 | TOR |
| 2 | 1.2 |   SJS | Ivar Stenberg | LW | 🇸🇪 SWE | 5'11" | 190 | FROLUNDA (SWEDEN) | 5 | 2 | SJS |
| 3 | 1.3 |   VAN | Caleb Malhotra | C | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'2" | 185 | BRANTFORD (OHL) | – | – | |
| 4 | 1.4 |   BUF | Daxon Rudolph | D | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'3" | 205 | PRINCE ALBERT (WHL) | – | – | |
| 5 | 1.5 |   NYR | Alberts Smits | D | 🇱🇻 LVA | 6'3" | 209 | MUNCHEN (GERMANY) | 7 | 0 | NYR |
| 6 | 1.6 |   CGY | Carson Carels | D | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'2" | 194 | PRINCE GEORGE (WHL) | – | – | |
| 7 | 1.7 |   SEA | Chase Reid | D | 🇺🇸 USA | 6'3" | 190 | SAULT STE. MARIE (OHL) | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1.8 |   WPG | Viggo Bjorck | C | 🇸🇪 SWE | 5'9" | 180 | DJURGARDEN (SWEDEN) | 5 | 0 | WPG |
| 9 | 1.9 | SJS | Keaton Verhoeff | D | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'4" | 215 | NORTH DAKOTA (NCHC) | – | – | |
| 10 | 1.10 |   NSH | Wyatt Cullen | LW | 🇺🇸 USA | 6'1" | 183 | USA U-18 (NTDP - USHL) | – | – | |
| 11 | 1.11 |   STL | Tynan Lawrence | C | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'1" | 183 | BOSTON UNIVERSITY (H-EAST) | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1.12 |   NJD | Alexander Command | C | 🇸🇪 SWE | 6'1" | 187 | OREBRO JR. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1.13 |   NYI | Malte Gustafsson | D | 🇸🇪 SWE | 6'5" | 203 | HV71 (SWEDEN) | – | – | |
| 14 | 1.14 |   CBJ | Oscar Hemming | LW | 🇫🇮 FIN | 6'4" | 204 | BOSTON COLLEGE (H-EAST) | – | – | |
| 15 | 1.15 |   ANA | Nikita Klepov | RW | 🇺🇸 USA | 6'0" | 186 | SAGINAW (OHL) | 1 | 0 | ANA |
| 16 | 1.16 | STL | Maddox Dagenais | C | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'4" | 198 | QUEBEC (QMJHL) | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1.17 |   UTA | Ethan Belchetz | LW | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'5" | 230 | WINDSOR (OHL) | – | – | |
| 18 | 1.18 |   WSH | Oliver Suvanto | C | 🇫🇮 FIN | 6'3" | 213 | TAPPARA (FINLAND) | – | – | |
| 19 | 1.19 |   LAK | Elton Hermansson | RW | 🇸🇪 SWE | 6'1" | 182 | MODO (SWEDEN-2) | – | – | |
| 20 | 1.20 | BUF | Ilia Morozov | C | 🇷🇺 RUS | 6'3" | 205 | MIAMI (NCHC) | – | – | |
| 21 | 1.21 | SJS | Ryan Lin | D | 🇨🇦 CAN | 5'11" | 180 | VANCOUVER (WHL) | – | – | |
| 22 | 1.22 |   PIT | Liam Ruck | RW | 🇨🇦 CAN | 6'0" | 174 | MEDICINE HAT (WHL) | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 1.23 |   DET | Jeffrey (JP) Hurlbert | LW | 🇺🇸 USA | 6'0" | 190 | KAMLOOPS (WHL) | – | – | |
| 24 | 1.24 | VAN | Adam Novotny | LW | 🇨🇿 CZE | 6'1" | 200 | PETERBOROUGH (OHL) | – | – | |
| 25 | 1.25 |   OTT | Jonas Lagerberg Hoen | RW | 🇸🇪 SWE | 6'3" | 178 | LEKSAND JR. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 1.26 |   MTL | Gleb Pugachyov | RW | 🇰🇿 KAZ | 6'3" | 224 | NIZHNY NOVGOROD JR. (RUSSIA-JR.) | – | – | |
| 27 | 1.27 |   PHI | Maksim Sokolovskii | D | 🇰🇿 KAZ | 6'7" | 240 | LONDON (OHL) | – | – | |
| 28 | 1.28 | ANA | Marcus Nordmark | LW | 🇸🇪 SWE | 6'2" | 190 | DJURGARDEN JR. (SWEDEN-JR.) | – | – | |
| 29 | 1.29 |   VGK | Juho Piiparinen | D | 🇫🇮 FIN | 6'2" | 204 | TAPPARA (FINLAND) | – | – | |
| 30 | 1.30 | CGY | Jack Hextall | C | 🇺🇸 USA | 6'1" | 195 | YOUNGSTOWN (USHL) | – | – | |
| 31 | 1.31 | NSH | Thomas Bleyl | D | 🇺🇸 USA | 5'11" | 170 | MONCTON (QMJHL) | – | – | |
| 32 | 1.32 | OTT | Jaxon Cover | RW | 🇺🇸 USA | 6'2" | 183 | LONDON (OHL) | 0 | 0 |
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