NHL Entry Draft Archive
2026 NHL DRAFT PICKS
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY · June 26–27, 2026
224
Total picks
223
Real picks
7
Rounds
49
Teams
17
Nationalities
138
Leagues
1
Forfeits
Showing 224 of 224 picks from the 2026 NHL Draft
Round 132 picks
#1Gavin McKennaLW
Toronto Maple Leafs·Penn State (NCAA)NCAA·CAN
#2Ivar StenbergLW
San Jose Sharks·Frolunda (SWE)·SWE
#3Caleb MalhotraC
Vancouver Canucks·Brantford (OHL)OHL·CAN
#4Daxon RudolphD
Buffalo Sabres (from Chicago)·Prince Albert (WHL)WHL·CAN
#5Alberts SmitsD
New York Rangers·Munchen (GER) / Jukurit (Liiga)LIIGA·LAT
#6Carson CarelsD
Calgary Flames·Prince George (WHL)WHL·CAN
#7Chase ReidD
Seattle Kraken·Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)OHL·USA
#8Viggo BjorckC
Winnipeg Jets·Djurgarden (SWE)·SWE
#9Keaton VerhoeffD
San Jose Sharks (from Florida)·North Dakota (NCAA)NCAA·CAN
#10Wyatt CullenLW
Nashville Predators·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#11Tynan LawrenceC
St. Louis Blues·Boston University (NCAA)NCAA·USA
#12Alexander CommandC
New Jersey Devils·Orebro Jr. (SWE-JR)·SWE
#13Malte GustafssonD
New York Islanders·HV71 (SWE)·SWE
#14Oscar HemmingLW
Columbus Blue Jackets·Boston College (NCAA)NCAA·FIN
#15Nikita KlepovRW
Anaheim Ducks (from Detroit via St. Louis)·Saginaw (OHL)OHL·USA
#16Maddox DagenaisC
St. Louis Blues·Quebec (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#17Ethan BelchetzLW
Utah Mammoth (from LA Kings)·Windsor (OHL)OHL·CAN
#18Oliver SuvantoC
Washington Capitals (from Anaheim)·Tappara (FIN)·FIN
#19Elton HermanssonRW
Los Angeles Kings (from Utah)·MoDo (SWE-2)·SWE
#20Ilia MorozovC
Buffalo Sabres (from Edmonton/San Jose)·Miami (NCAA)NCAA·RUS
#21Ryan LinD
San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo)·Vancouver (WHL)WHL·CAN
#22Liam RuckRW
Pittsburgh Penguins·Medicine Hat (WHL)WHL·CAN
#23JP HurlbertLW
Detroit Red Wings (from St. Louis)·Kamloops (WHL)WHL·USA
#24Adam NovotnyLW
Vancouver Canucks (from Minnesota)·Peterborough (OHL)OHL·CZE
#25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRW
Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay/Seattle/Florida)·Leksand Jr. (SWE-JR)·SWE
#26Gleb PugachyovRW
Montreal Canadiens (from NY Rangers via Vegas)·Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (RUS-JR)·RUS
#27Maksim SokolovskiiD
Philadelphia Flyers (from San Jose)·London (OHL)OHL·KAZ
#28Marcus NordmarkLW
Anaheim Ducks (from Montreal via Vegas)·Djurgarden Jr. (SWE-JR)·SWE
#29Juho PiiparinenD
Vegas Golden Knights (from St. Louis via Anaheim)·Tappara (FIN)·FIN
#30Jack HextallC
Calgary Flames (from Vegas)·Youngstown (USHL)SHL·USA
#31Tommy BleylD
Nashville Predators (from Carolina)·Moncton (QMJHL)QMJHL·USA
#32Jaxon CoverRW
Ottawa Senators·London (OHL)OHL·CAY
Round 232 picks
#33Brooks RogowskiC
Vancouver Canucks·Oshawa (OHL)OHL·USA
#34Xavier VilleneuveD
Chicago Blackhawks·Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#35Ryan RoobroeckLW
Chicago Blackhawks·Niagara (OHL)OHL·CAN
#36Chase HarringtonLW
Calgary Flames·Spokane (WHL)WHL·CAN
#37Matias VanhanenLW
New Jersey Devils·Everett (WHL)WHL·FIN
#38Casey MutrynRW
Seattle Kraken·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#39Markus RuckC
Pittsburgh Penguins·Medicine Hat (WHL)WHL·CAN
#40Simas IgnataviciusRW
Florida Panthers·Geneve (NL)·USA
#41Niklas Aaram-OlsenLW
Vancouver Canucks·Orebro (SHL)SHL·NOR
#42Tobias TrejbalG
Calgary Flames·Youngstown (USHL)SHL·CZE
#43Egor ShilovC
Colorado Avalanche·Victoriaville (QMJHL)QMJHL·RUS
#44Nikita ShcherbakovD
New Jersey Devils·Ufa (MHL)·RUS
#45Jayden KurtzD
Anaheim Ducks·Rogers (US-HS)·USA
#46Liam LefebvreC
Los Angeles Kings·Chicoutimi (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#47Victor PlanteLW
Detroit Red Wings·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#48Ryder CaliC
Florida Panthers·North Bay (OHL)OHL·SUI
#49Adam GoljerD
Los Angeles Kings·Trencin (Extraliga)·SVK
#50Mathis PrestonRW
Anaheim Ducks·Vancouver (WHL)WHL·CAN
#51William HakanssonD
Carolina Hurricanes·Lulea (SHL)SHL·SWE
#52Oleg KulebiakinRW
Tampa Bay Lightning·Halifax (QMJHL)QMJHL·RUS
#53Brek LiskeD
Philadelphia Flyers·Everett (WHL)WHL·CAN
#54Tomas GalvasD
Pittsburgh Penguins·Liberec (Extraliga)·CZE
#55Alan ShaikhlislamovRW
Calgary Flames·Ufa (MHL)·RUS
#56Yuri IvanovG
Boston Bruins·Spartak (MHL)·RUS
#57Timofei RuntsoD
Montreal Canadiens·Victoria (WHL)WHL·USA
#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsC
Edmonton Oilers·Muskegon (USHL)SHL·LAT
#59Jakub VanecekD
Dallas Stars·Tri-City (WHL)WHL·CZE
#60Alexander BileckiD
Toronto Maple Leafs·Kitchener (OHL)OHL·CAN
#61Wiggo SorenssonC
Carolina Hurricanes·Boro (HockeyEttan)·SWE
#62Martin PsohlavecG
Philadelphia Flyers·Karlovy (Extraliga)·CZE
#63Vegas Golden Knights — pick forfeited
Vegas Golden Knights
#64Benjamin MacBeathD
New York Rangers·Calgary (WHL)WHL·CAN
Round 332 picks
#65Joe IginlaRW
Calgary Flames·Vancouver (WHL)WHL·CAN
#66Samu AlalauriD
Chicago Blackhawks·Pelicans (SM-sarja)·FIN
#67Danai ShaiikovG
New York Rangers·Gatineau (QMJHL)QMJHL·KAZ
#68Zachary LansardRW
Carolina Hurricanes·Regina (WHL)WHL·CAN
#69Ethan MacKenzieD
Toronto Maple Leafs·Edmonton (WHL)WHL·CAN
#70Dmitri BorichevG
Nashville Predators·Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)·RUS
#71Samuel HrenakG
Winnipeg Jets·Fargo (USHL)SHL·SVK
#72Adam NemecLW
Ottawa Senators·Sudbury (OHL)OHL·SVK
#73Zach OlsenRW
Toronto Maple Leafs·Saskatoon (WHL)WHL·CAN
#74Beckett HamiltonC
Colorado Avalanche·Red Deer (WHL)WHL·CAN
#75Luke SchairerD
St. Louis Blues·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#76Mans GudmundssonD
Toronto Maple Leafs·Farjestad (SHL)SHL·SWE
#77Charlie MorrisonD
New York Rangers·Quebec (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#78Dmitri IvchenkoG
Vancouver Canucks·Omsk (MHL)·RUS
#79Michal OrsulakG
Detroit Red Wings·Prince Albert (WHL)WHL·CZE
#80Blake ZielinskiC
Los Angeles Kings·Des Moines (USHL)SHL·USA
#81Tomas ChrenkoC
New York Rangers·Nitra (Extraliga)·SVK
#82Rian ChudzinskiRW
Anaheim Ducks·Moncton (QMJHL)QMJHL·USA
#83Adam AnderssonC
Minnesota Wild·Leksands (SHL)SHL·SWE
#84Malcom GastrinLW
Edmonton Oilers·MoDo (HockeyAllsvenskan)·SWE
#85Juuso AinastoG
Toronto Maple Leafs·Jokerit (Mestis)·FIN
#86Pierce MbuyiLW
Pittsburgh Penguins·Owen Sound (OHL)OHL·CAN
#87Oscar HolmertzC
Ottawa Senators·Linkoping (SHL)SHL·SWE
#88Nils BartholdssonRW
Boston Bruins·Rogle (SHL)SHL·SWE
#89Yegor RybkinG
Los Angeles Kings·Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)·RUS
#90Tomas KralovicD
Tampa Bay Lightning·Bratislava (Extraliga)·SVK
#91Louis-Felix BourqueRW
Ottawa Senators·Drummondville (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#92Benjamin WilmottC
Vegas Golden Knights·Barrie (OHL)OHL·USA
#93Cooper CleavesD
Montreal Canadiens·Dartmouth (NCAA)NCAA·USA
#94Alessandro Di IorioC
Columbus Blue Jackets·Sarnia (OHL)OHL·CAN
#95Sean BurickD
Vegas Golden Knights·Penticton (WHL)WHL·USA
#96Adam ValentiniC
Utah Mammoth·Michigan (NCAA)NCAA·CAN
Round 432 picks
#97Yaroslav BryzgalovLW
Vancouver Canucks·Medicine Hat (WHL)WHL·BLR
#98Jonas KempsD
Florida Panthers·Chicago (USHL)SHL·USA
#99Viktor FedorovC
Seattle Kraken·Torpedo-Gorky (VHL)·RUS
#100Egor BarabanovC
Calgary Flames·Saginaw (OHL)OHL·RUS
#101Tyus SparksC
Washington Capitals·Spokane (WHL)WHL·USA
#102Spencer BowesLW
New York Rangers·Ottawa (OHL)OHL·CAN
#103Thomas VandenbergC
Los Angeles Kings·Ottawa (OHL)OHL·CAN
#104Matvei KotkovRW
Boston Bruins·Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)·RUS
#105Michael BerchildLW
Carolina Hurricanes·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#106Jakub FlorisD
Nashville Predators·Lukko (SM-sarja)·SVK
#107Landon NyczD
St. Louis Blues·UMass (NCAA)NCAA·USA
#108Adam LevacC
Detroit Red Wings·Peterborough (OHL)OHL·CAN
#109Lincoln KuehneD
New York Islanders·Arizona State (NCAA)NCAA·USA
#110Elliot LennonG
Ottawa Senators·Deerfield (US-HS)·CAN
#111Parker Von RichterD
Pittsburgh Penguins·Barrie (OHL)OHL·CAN
#112Kayden LemireRW
Minnesota Wild·Prince George (WHL)WHL·CAN
#113Jonah SivertsonRW
Vegas Golden Knights·Prince Albert (WHL)WHL·CAN
#114Patriks PluminsG
Toronto Maple Leafs·Zemgale (LHHL)·LAT
#115Carl AxelssonG
Utah Mammoth·Muskegon (USHL)SHL·SWE
#116Zach WootenLW
Winnipeg Jets·Green Bay (USHL)SHL·USA
#117Brayden KlimpkeD
Montreal Canadiens·Saskatoon (WHL)WHL·CAN
#118Justin GrafLW
Nashville Predators·Cedar Rapids (USHL)SHL·USA
#119Lavr GashilovC
New Jersey Devils·Yekaterinburg (MHL)·RUS
#120Marek SklenickaG
Philadelphia Flyers·Seattle (WHL)WHL·CZE
#121Evan JardineLW
Columbus Blue Jackets·Youngstown (USHL)SHL·USA
#122Oscar OlssonLW
Boston Bruins·Orebro (SHL)SHL·SWE
#123Vladimir ProskurinG
St. Louis Blues·Mytischi (MHL)·RUS
#124Olivers MurnieksC
Buffalo Sabres·Saint John (QMJHL)QMJHL·LAT
#125Ryder FetterolfG
Carolina Hurricanes·Ottawa (OHL)OHL·USA
#126Tobias TvrznikG
Colorado Avalanche·Wenatchee (WHL)WHL·CZE
#127Brady KnowlingG
San Jose Sharks·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#128Axel ElofssonD
Colorado Avalanche·Orebro (SHL)SHL·SWE
Round 532 picks
#129Connor DavisRW
Vancouver Canucks·Cedar Rapids (USHL)SHL·CAN
#130Theodor KnightsD
Utah Mammoth·MoDo (HockeyAllsvenskan)·SWE
#131Finn KearnsD
Seattle Kraken·St. Andrews College (CA-HS)·CAN
#132Simon KatolickyLW
Calgary Flames·Tappara (SM-sarja)·CZE
#133Andrew RobinsonD
Edmonton Oilers·Windsor (OHL)OHL·CAN
#134Morgan AnderbergC
Tampa Bay Lightning·Vaxjo (SHL)SHL·SWE
#135Alexandre TailleferD
Winnipeg Jets·Quebec (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#136Kent SauerC
Philadelphia Flyers·Andover (US-HS)·USA
#137Filip RuzickaG
Minnesota Wild·Brandon (WHL)WHL·CZE
#138Philip HemmyrLW
Nashville Predators·Bjorkloven (HockeyAllsvenskan)·SWE
#139Nicholas BogasD
St. Louis Blues·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#140Cole TuminaroD
Colorado Avalanche·Chicago (USHL)SHL·USA
#141Vladimir DraveckyD
New York Islanders·Brantford (OHL)OHL·CZE
#142Parker SnellG
Columbus Blue Jackets·Edmonton (WHL)WHL·CAN
#143Beckham EdwardsC
Detroit Red Wings·Sarnia (OHL)OHL·CAN
#144Brian McFaddenD
Washington Capitals·Thayer Academy (US-HS)·USA
#145Vertti SvenskD
Los Angeles Kings·Saipa (SM-sarja)·FIN
#146Eric FrossardD
Anaheim Ducks·Guelph (OHL)OHL·CAN
#147Florent HouleRW
Utah Mammoth·Sherbrooke (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#148Luken HuffD
Seattle Kraken·Cedar Rapids (USHL)SHL·USA
#149Daniil RusakovichG
New Jersey Devils·Dinamo-Shinnik (MHL)·BLR
#150Carter StevensRW
St. Louis Blues·Guelph (OHL)OHL·CAN
#151Harris PangretitschD
Ottawa Senators·Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)OHL·CAN
#152Theodore LechnerD
Colorado Avalanche·Holy Angels (US-HS)·USA
#153Giorgos PantelasD
Los Angeles Kings·Brandon (WHL)WHL·CAN
#154Cooper StollerC
Tampa Bay Lightning·Sioux Falls (USHL)SHL·USA
#155Ryan BrownLW
Dallas Stars·London (OHL)OHL·CAN
#156Doman SzongothC
Buffalo Sabres·Kookoo (SM-sarja)·HUN
#157Jacob VandevenD
Boston Bruins·Komoka (GOHL)OHL·CAN
#158Cooper WilliamsC
Toronto Maple Leafs·Saskatoon (WHL)WHL·CAN
#159Will McLaughlinD
Vegas Golden Knights·Portland (WHL)WHL·CAN
#160Matvei NikonovichG
Pittsburgh Penguins·Togliatti (MHL)·BLR
Round 632 picks
#161Yaroslav FedoseyevD
Toronto Maple Leafs·Chelyabinsk (MHL)·RUS
#162Andre MondouxD
New York Rangers·Kingston (OHL)OHL·CAN
#163Darian AndersonRW
New York Rangers·Flint (OHL)OHL·USA
#164Bode LaylinD
Calgary Flames·Tri-City (USHL)SHL·USA
#165Zachary JovanovskiG
Carolina Hurricanes·Guelph (OHL)OHL·CAN
#166Ola PalmeD
Seattle Kraken·Vaxjo (SHL)SHL·SWE
#167Landon HafeleC
Winnipeg Jets·Green Bay (USHL)SHL·USA
#168Vilho VanhataloRW
Florida Panthers·Tappara (SM-sarja)·FIN
#169Brody PepoyRW
Toronto Maple Leafs·Saginaw (OHL)OHL·USA
#170Roberto HenriquezG
Boston Bruins·Green Bay (USHL)SHL·SVK
#171Lars SteinerRW
St. Louis Blues·Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)QMJHL·SUI
#172Luke WilfleyC
New Jersey Devils·Portland (WHL)WHL·USA
#173Artyom MatyukC
New York Islanders·Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)·RUS
#174Jake GustafsonC
San Jose Sharks·Portland (WHL)WHL·USA
#175Luka ArkkoLW
Detroit Red Wings·Pelicans (SM-sarja)·FIN
#176Lucian BernatRW
Vancouver Canucks·Tappara (SM-sarja)·SVK
#177Alex KostovRW
Los Angeles Kings·Flint (OHL)OHL·CAN
#178Gleb PeshkovG
Anaheim Ducks·Vladivostok (MHL)·RUS
#179Benjamin Cossette-AyotteD
Nashville Predators·Val-d'Or (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#180Caden HarveyC
Edmonton Oilers·Windsor (OHL)OHL·USA
#181Cole ZurawskiRW
Florida Panthers·Owen Sound (OHL)OHL·CAN
#182Anttoni UronenC
Columbus Blue Jackets·HIFK (Liiga)LIIGA·FIN
#183Alexander GruninD
Ottawa Senators·Novosibirsk (MHL)·RUS
#184Samuel ErikssonD
Vancouver Canucks·Farjestad (SHL)SHL·SWE
#185Jonas WooD
Columbus Blue Jackets·Medicine Hat (WHL)WHL·CAN
#186Stepan ShuryginG
Tampa Bay Lightning·Saginaw (OHL)OHL·RUS
#187Anton Emil Wilde LarsenG
Dallas Stars·Frederikshavn (Superisligaen)·DEN
#188Dylan DumontRW
Buffalo Sabres·Drummondville (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#189Parker TrottierLW
Montreal Canadiens·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#190Wesley RoystonRW
Montreal Canadiens·Owen Sound (OHL)OHL·CAN
#191Matthew MinchakG
Vegas Golden Knights·Kingston (OHL)OHL·USA
#192Noah KosickC
Anaheim Ducks·Seattle (WHL)WHL·GER
Round 732 picks
#193Ivan PatrikhayevD
New York Rangers·CSKA (KHL)·RUS
#194Alexander IvanovD
Chicago Blackhawks·Bars Kazan (VHL)·RUS
#195Shawn CarrierLW
Colorado Avalanche·Halifax (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#196Myles BrosnanD
Detroit Red Wings·Dexter School (US-HS)·USA
#197Jasper KuhtaC
Dallas Stars·Ottawa (OHL)OHL·FIN
#198Rylan SinghD
Seattle Kraken·Guelph (OHL)OHL·CAN
#199Alofa Tunoa Ta'amuD
Winnipeg Jets·Edmonton (WHL)WHL·USA
#200William SorbrandC
Chicago Blackhawks·Timra (SHL)SHL·SWE
#201Alexander KarmanovD
San Jose Sharks·North Bay (OHL)OHL·MDA
#202Charlie PuglisiC
Nashville Predators·Winchendon (US-HS)·USA
#203Colin FitzgeraldC
St. Louis Blues·Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)OHL·CAN
#204William TomkoC
Seattle Kraken·Sioux City (USHL)SHL·USA
#205Robert CowanRW
New York Islanders·Western Michigan (NCAA)NCAA·USA
#206Filip NovakLW
Columbus Blue Jackets·Sparta (Extraliga)·CZE
#207Noel PakarinenLW
Vegas Golden Knights·K-Espoo (SM-sarja)·FIN
#208Logan StuartC
Washington Capitals·USA U-18 (NTDP-USHL)SHL·USA
#209Tobias KrestanRW
Los Angeles Kings·HV71 (SWE)·GER
#210James RieberD
Anaheim Ducks·Waterloo (USHL)SHL·USA
#211Artem PrimaLW
Utah Mammoth·Minot (NAHL)AHL·RUS
#212Ryan CameronG
Edmonton Oilers·Cedar Rapids (USHL)SHL·USA
#213Max LaatikainenD
Philadelphia Flyers·K-Espoo (SM-sarja)·SWE
#214Ondrej RumlD
Colorado Avalanche·Ottawa (OHL)OHL·CZE
#215Alexandre RaymondG
Colorado Avalanche·Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#216Cullen McCrateD
Boston Bruins·Fargo (USHL)SHL·USA
#217Louis-Antoine DenaultG
Florida Panthers·Newfoundland (QMJHL)QMJHL·CAN
#218Max VilenD
Tampa Bay Lightning·Moncton (QMJHL)QMJHL·SWE
#219Mikhail CherepanovD
Dallas Stars·New Hampshire (NAHL)AHL·RUS
#220John ParsonsG
Winnipeg Jets·Providence (NCAA)NCAA·USA
#221Jean-Samuel DaigneaultD
Montreal Canadiens·Muskegon (USHL)SHL·CAN
#222Quinn McKenzieC
New Jersey Devils·Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)OHL·USA
#223Lucas AmbrosioD
Los Angeles Kings·Erie (OHL)OHL·CAN
#224Tyler DeakosRW
Montreal Canadiens·Waterloo (USHL)SHL·CAN
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