NHL-Affiliated Players in the 2025 World Championship

After a few days of pre-tournament action, the 2025 World Championship kicks off today in earnest in Denmark and Sweden. There’s a slightly increased contingent of NHLers at this year’s event, with some talents on non-playoff teams looking to prove they belong on Olympic rosters as the league releases its players for the 2026 event for the first time in over a decade.

Leading the pack are Canada and the United States, the only two countries to have their rosters comprised entirely of NHL-signed or NHL-drafted players. This year’s two new faces are Hungary and Slovenia, who were the top two finishers in last year’s Division IA tournament to gain promotion to the top level (Great Britain and Poland were relegated from last year’s Worlds). While Slovenia has a lone NHL representative, Hungary enters without one, as does Kazakhstan. At least one of those countries will stay up for next year’s tournament as they’re both in Group B.

Sorted by country, here’s all the NHLers heading to this year’s Worlds:

* – denotes unsigned/reserve list

Austria

D Gregor Biber (Mammoth)*
F Marco Kasper (Red Wings)
F Vinzenz Rohrer (Canadiens)*

Canada

G Jordan Binnington (Blues)
G Marc-Andre Fleury (Wild)
G Dylan Garand (Rangers)
D Noah Dobson (Islanders)
D Ryker Evans (Kraken)
D Mike Matheson (Canadiens)
D Brandon Montour (Kraken)
D Travis Sanheim (Flyers)
D Jared Spurgeon (Wild)
D MacKenzie Weegar (Flames)
F Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)
F Sidney Crosby (Penguins)
F William Cuylle (Rangers)
F Phillip Danault (Kings)
F Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets)
F Tyson Foerster (Flyers)
F Barrett Hayton (Mammoth)
F Bo Horvat (Islanders)
F Kent Johnson (Blue Jackets)
F Travis Konecny (Flyers)
F Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)
F Ryan O’Reilly (Predators)
F Brayden Schenn (Blues)

Czechia

G Josef Korenar (Mammoth)*
G Karel Vejmelka (Mammoth)
G Daniel Vladar (Flames)
D Filip Hronek (Canucks)
D David Spacek (Wild)
F Adam Klapka (Flames)
F Jakub Lauko (Bruins)
F Martin Necas (Avalanche)
F David Pastrnak (Bruins)

Denmark

F Oscar Fisker Molgaard (Kraken)

Finland

G Justus Annunen (Predators)
G Juuse Saros (Predators)
D Atro Leppanen (Oilers)
D Nikolas Matinpalo (Senators)
F Lenni Hameenaho (Devils)
F Waltteri Merela (Lightning)*
F Juuso Parssinen (Rangers)
F Teuvo Teravainen (Blackhawks)
F Eeli Tolvanen (Kraken)

France

G Antoine Keller (Capitals)*
F Alexandre Texier (Blues)

Germany

G Philipp Grubauer (Kraken)
G Arno Tiefensee (Stars)
D Moritz Seider (Red Wings)
D Maksymilian Szuber (Mammoth)
F Lukas Reichel (Blackhawks)
F Josh Samanski (Oilers)
G Tim Stutzle (Senators)

Hungary

none

Kazakhstan

none

Latvia

F Martins Dzierkals (Golden Knights)*
F Dans Locmelis (Bruins)
F Eduards Tralmaks (Red Wings)

Norway

D Stian Solberg (Ducks)
F Noah Steen (Lightning)*

Slovakia

G Samuel Hlavaj (Wild)
D Samuel Knazko (Blue Jackets)
D Patrik Koch (Mammoth)
F Martin Chromiak (Kings)
F Dalibor Dvorsky (Blues)
F Samuel Honzek (Flames)
F Pavol Regenda (Sharks)
F Adam Sykora (Rangers)

Slovenia

D Jan Golicic (Lightning)*

Sweden

G Samuel Ersson (Flyers)
G Jacob Markstrom (Devils)
G Arvid Soderblom (Blackhawks)
D Rasmus Andersson (Flames)
D Jonas Brodin (Wild)
D Simon Edvinsson (Red Wings)
D Erik Gustafsson (Red Wings)
D Adam Larsson (Kraken)
D Marcus Pettersson (Canucks)
F Mikael Backlund (Flames)
F Leo Carlsson (Ducks)
F Filip Forsberg (Predators)
F Emil Heineman (Canadiens)
F Marcus Johansson (Wild)
F Elias Lindholm (Bruins)
F Isac Lundestrom (Ducks)
F Lucas Raymond (Red Wings)
F Alexander Wennberg (Sharks)
F Mika Zibanejad (Rangers)

Switzerland

D Tim Berni (Blue Jackets)*
D J.J. Moser (Lightning)
D Jonas Siegenthaler (Devils)
F Kevin Fiala (Kings)
F Nico Hischier (Devils)
F Simon Knak (Predators)*
F Timo Meier (Devils)

United States

G Joey Daccord (Kraken)
G Hampton Slukynsky (Kings)*
G Jeremy Swayman (Bruins)
D Zeev Buium (Wild)
D Cole Hutson (Capitals)*
D Michael Kesselring (Mammoth)
D Jackson LaCombe (Ducks)
D Mason Lohrei (Bruins)
D Andrew Peeke (Bruins)
D Brady Skjei (Predators)
D Alex Vlasic (Blackhawks)
D Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets)
F Matty Beniers (Kraken)
F Brett Berard (Rangers)
F Logan Cooley (Mammoth)
F Josh Doan (Mammoth)
F Michael Eyssimont (Kraken)
F Conor Garland (Canucks)
F Cutter Gauthier (Ducks)
F Isaac Howard (Lightning)*
F Clayton Keller (Mammoth)
F Michael McCarron (Predators)
F Frank Nazar (Blackhawks)
F Drew O’Connor (Canucks)
F Shane Pinto (Senators)
F Will Smith (Sharks)
F Tage Thompson (Sabres)