Canada, the United States, Sweden, Finland, Czechia, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Denmark, Latvia, France, and Italy each announced their first six players for the 2026 Olympics on Monday.
Here are the preliminary players for each nation, beginning with Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Finland before proceeding in alphabetical order.
Canada 🇨🇦
Player
Position
Team
Sidney Crosby
F
Pittsburgh Penguins
Nathan MacKinnon
F
Colorado Avalanche
Connor McDavid
F
Edmonton Oilers
Brayden Point
F
Tampa Bay Lightning
Sam Reinhart
F
Florida Panthers
Cale Makar
D
Colorado Avalanche
United States 🇺🇸
Player
Position
Team
Jack Eichel
F
Vegas Golden Knights
Auston Matthews
F
Toronto Maple Leafs
Brady Tkachuk
F
Ottawa Senators
Matthew Tkachuk
F
Florida Panthers
Quinn Hughes
D
Vancouver Canucks
Charlie McAvoy
D
Boston Bruins
Sweden 🇸🇪
Player
Position
Team
Adrian Kempe
F
Los Angeles Kings
Gabriel Landeskog
F
Colorado Avalanche
William Nylander
F
Toronto Maple Leafs
Lucas Raymond
F
Detroit Red Wings
Rasmus Dahlin
D
Buffalo Sabres
Victor Hedman
D
Tampa Bay Lightning
Finland 🇫🇮
Player
Position
Team
Sebastian Aho
F
Carolina Hurricanes
Aleksander Barkov
F
Florida Panthers
Mikko Rantanen
F
Dallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen
D
Dallas Stars
Esa Lindell
D
Dallas Stars
Juuse Saros
G
Nashville Predators
Czechia 🇨🇿
Player
Position
Team
Martin Necas
F
Colorado Avalanche
Ondrej Palat
F
New Jersey Devils
David Pastrnak
F
Boston Bruins
Pavel Zacha
F
Boston Bruins
Radko Gudas
D
Anaheim Ducks
Lukas Dostal
G
Anaheim Ducks
Denmark 🇩🇰
Player
Position
Team
Oliver Bjorkstrand
F
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikolaj Ehlers
F
Winnipeg Jets
Lars Eller
F
Washington Capitals
Jonas Rondbjerg
F
Vegas Golden Knights
Jesper Jensen Aabo
D
EC-KAC (ICEHL)
Frederik Andersen
G
Carolina Hurricanes
France 🇫🇷
Player
Position
Team
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
F
HC Ajoie (NL)
Jordann Perret
F
Mountfield HK (Czech Extraliga)
Alexandre Texier
F
St. Louis Blues
Yohann Auvitu
D
HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
Jules Boscq
D
HPK (Liiga)
Hugo Gallet
D
Tappara (Liiga)
Germany 🇩🇪
Player
Position
Team
Leon Draisaitl
F
Edmonton Oilers
Lukas Reichel
F
Chicago Blackhawks
Nico Sturm
F
Florida Panthers
Tim Stutzle
F
Ottawa Senators
Moritz Seider
D
Detroit Red Wings
Philipp Grubauer
G
Seattle Kraken
Italy 🇮🇹
Player
Position
Team
Diego Kostner
F
HC Ambri-Piotta (NL)
Daniel Mantenuto
F
HC Bolzano (ICEHL)
Tommy Purdeller
F
HC Pustertal (ICEHL)
Thomas Larkin
D
Schwenninger (DEL)
Luca Zanatta
D
HC Pustertal (ICEHL)
Damian Clara
G
San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Latvia 🇱🇻
Player
Position
Team
Rodrigo Abols
F
Philadelphia Flyers
Teddy Blueger
F
Vancouver Canucks
Zemgus Girgensons
F
Tampa Bay Lightning
Uvis Balinskis
D
Florida Panthers
Elvis Merzlikins
G
Columbus Blue Jackets
Arturs Silovs
G
Vancouver Canucks
Slovakia 🇸🇰
Player
Position
Team
Martin Pospisil
F
Calgary Flames
Juraj Slafkovsky
F
Montreal Canadiens
Tomas Tatar
F
EV Zug (NL)
Erik Cernak
D
Tampa Bay Lightning
Martin Fehervary
D
Washington Capitals
Simon Nemec
D
New Jersey Devils
Switzerland 🇨🇭
Player
Position
Team
Kevin Fiala
F
Los Angeles Kings
Nico Hischier
F
New Jersey Devils
Timo Meier
F
New Jersey Devils
Nino Niederreiter
F
Winnipeg Jets
Roman Josi
D
Nashville Predators
Jonas Siegenthaler
D
New Jersey Devils
Italian cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo will host the Games from Feb. 6-22. NHL players haven't participated in the Olympics since 2014.
