The 2025 Stanley Cup Final is still going, but thoughts are already drifting to the 2026 Winter Olympics rosters. NHL players are finally back after not participating since 2014. The first few names have been released for the rosters for the next Winter Games in Italy.
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2026 Winter Olympic Rosters Release First Names
Many of the European countries released their rosters first with a number of big names. The NHL enjoyed the successful return of best-on-best international hockey with the Four Nations Face-Off. We saw great games between the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland.
However, we get to see other countries like Czechia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Denmark and others join in on the fun. There will be jockeying for other roster spots, but these first six roster spots are locked in. Let’s take a look who’s been named so far.
Group A
Canada
Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)
Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers)
Czechia
David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins)
Martin Necas (Colorado Avalanche)
Ondrej Palat (New Jersey Devils)
Pavel Zacha (Boston Bruins)
Radko Gudas (Anaheim Ducks)
Lukas Dostal (Anaheim Ducks)
Switzerland
Jonas Siegenthaler (New Jersey Devils)
Roman Josi (Nashville Predators)
Kevin Fiala (Los Angeles Kings)
Nico Hischier (New Jersey Devils)
Nino Niederreiter (Winnipeg Jets)
Timo Meier (New Jersey Devils)
France
Yohann Auvitu (Vitkovice FC, Czechia)
Jules Boscq (Iowa Heartlanders, ECHL)
Hugo Gallet (Tappara Tampere, Finland)
Alexandre Texier (St. Louis Blues)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Ajoie FC, Switzerland)
Jordann Perret (Hradec Kralove, Czechia)
Group B
Finland
Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)
Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars)
Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars)
Mikko Rantanen (Dallas Stars)
Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)
Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)
Italy
Damian Clara (San Diego Gulls, AHL)
Thomas Larkin (Schwenningen Wild Wings, Germany)
Luca Zanatta (Val Pusteria Wolves, Austria)
Diego Kostner (Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland)
Tommy Purdeller (Val Pusteria Wolves, Austria)
Daniel Mantenuto (Bolzano FC, Austria)
Sweden
Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres)
Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings)
Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche)
William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings)
Slovakia
Juraj Slafkovsky (Montreal Canadiens)
Martin Pospisil (Calgary Flames)
Simon Nemec (New Jersey Devils)
Martin Fehervary (Washington Capitals)
Erik Cernak (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Tomas Tatar (EV Zug, Switzeland)
Group C
Denmark
Nikolaj Ehlers (Winnipeg Jets)
Frederik Andersen (Carolina Hurricanes)
Lars Eller (Washington Capitals)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Jonas Rondbjerg (Vegas Golden Knights)
Jesper Jensen Aabo (Klagenfurt AC, Austria)
Germany
Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)
Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings)
Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken)
Lukas Reichel (Chicago Blackhawks)
Nico Sturm (Florida Panthers)
Tim Stutzle (Ottawa Senators)
Latvia
Rodrigo Abols (Philadelphia Flyers)
Uvis Balinskis (Florida Panthers)
Zemgus Girgensons (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Elvis Merzlikins (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Arturs Silovs (Vancouver Canucks)
Teddy Blueger (Vancouver Canucks)
USA
Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights)
Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks)
Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins)
Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators)
Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers)
What It Means
The tournament will be a highly-anticipated one with more than just the four nations playing. There are some good rosters, but the United States and Canada could meet each other again down the way. However, we have to see more of how these 2026 Winter Olympics rosters will take shape.
The Olympics also won’t see Russia or Belarus since both countries are banned from international play. Players like Alex Ovechkin won’t get one last ride on the Olympic ice. The tournament will run from Feb. 11, 2026 to Feb. 22.
Main photo by: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images
