The 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline is 3 p.m. ET on Friday, March 6. Click here to view the 2025-26 NHL Trade Tracker, which lists official deals since July 1, 2025.
The #NHLStats Pack: 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline includes:
* Trade Deadline Activity, 1979-80 to 2023-24
* By the Numbers
* Most Points, Remainder of Season by Players Traded on Deadline Day, Since 1979-80
* 2025 Deadline Day Acquisitions: Most Points, Remainder of Season
* Most Points, Ensuing Playoffs by Players Traded on Deadline Day, Since 1979-80
* Most Years Traded on Deadline Day, Since 1979-80
* Years a Player was Traded Multiple Times on Same Deadline Day, Since 1979-80
* First-Round Picks Traded on Deadline Day, Past 20 Years
* Deadline Day Acquisitions by Stanley Cup Champions, Since 1979-80
* Players Acquired on Deadline Day, By Franchise, Since 1979-80
* Olympians Traded Post-Olympics — NEW THIS YEAR
* Trade-by-Trade: Deadline Day Activity, Since 1979-80
* Register – Players Traded on Deadline Day, Since 1979-80
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BY THE NUMBERS
1,340 – Number of players traded on deadline day since 1979-80. This excludes players involved in trades later invalidated by the NHL (one deal in 2022, one in 2009 and one in 1999).
740 – Number of trades on deadline day since 1979-80. This excludes trades later invalidated by the NHL (one deal in 2022, one in 2009 and one in 1999).
547 – Number of draft picks traded on deadline day since 1979-80. This excludes conditional picks where conditions were not met.
164 – Number of players traded multiple times on deadline day, including 14 dealt twice on the same date.
55 – The highest number of different players dealt on a single deadline day, with 55 traded in 2010 and again in 2020. In 2020, deadline day trades involved 57 players but two were dealt twice: Robin Lehner (CHI to TOR, TOR to VGK) and Martins Dzierkals (TOR to CHI, CHI to VGK), who each landed in Vegas via Toronto and Chicago, respectively.
41 – Age of the oldest players traded on trade deadline day, of which there were two. Mark Recchi, acquired by the Bruins on March 4, 2009 (41 years, 31 days), and Ron Francis, acquired by the Maple Leafs on March 9, 2004 (41 years, 8 days).
36 – The number of players traded in-season after representing their country at the Olympic Winter Games, including 23 who were dealt on deadline day. Details in the “Olympians Traded Post-Olympics” list in the PDF.
30 – Number of players since 1979-80 who have won the Stanley Cup after being acquired by a team on deadline day of that season, with Brad Marchand the most recent to achieve the feat (FLA in 2024-25). These players are denoted in the “Deadline Day Trades by Stanley Cup Champions” list in the PDF.
18 – Age of the youngest players to be dealt on deadline day since 1979-80: Hudson Fasching (18 years, 220 days in 2013-14; LAK to BUF), Filip Forsberg (18 years, 233 days in 2012-13; WSH to NSH), Tyrone Garner (18 years, 234 days in 1996-97; NYI to CGY), Eric O’Dell (18 years, 256 days in 2008-09; ANA to ATL) and Michael Chaput (18 years, 325 days in 2010-11; PHI to CBJ).
10 – Number of times Mike Sillinger was traded in his career, the most in NHL history. His tally includes two deadline day deals: 2001 (FLA to OTT) and 2000 (TBL to FLA).
6 – Number of active general managers traded on deadline day since 1979-80: Bill Guerin (2009 & 2007), Steve Staios (2010), Mike Grier (2004), Craig Conroy (2001), Tom Fitzgerald (1998) and Jim Nill (1982).
6 – The most players involved in a single trade on deadline day since 1979-80. In 1991, the Blues traded Geoff Courtnall, Robert Dirk, Sergio Momesso, Cliff Ronning and future considerations to the Canucks for Dan Quinn and Garth Butcher. In 2013, the Blue Jackets traded Derek Dorsett, Derick Brassard, John Moore and their sixth-round pick in 2014 to the Rangers for Marian Gaborik, Blake Parlett and Steven Delisle. In 2025, the highest number of players involved in a two-team trade was four (three trades).
5 – The most draft picks involved in a single trade on deadline day since 1979-80. A trade between the Stars and Kings on deadline day in 2007 saw five picks swapped: Dallas traded Jaroslav Modry and Johan Fransson along with its second- and third-round picks in 2007 and its first-round pick in 2008 to Los Angeles for Mattias Norstrom, Konstantin Pushkarev and the Kings’ third- and fourth-round picks in 2007. In 2025, the highest such number was four (CAR-DAL).
5 – Number of first-round draft picks Steve Yzerman has acquired or traded on deadline day, the most among all active general managers. Yzerman acquired two first-round picks at the 2014 deadline (via NYR) and one in 2021 (via WSH) while trading one away in 2018 (to NYR) and 2015 (to PHI).
4 – Number of active head coaches who were traded on deadline day since 1979-80: Martin St. Louis (2014), Adam Foote (2008), Craig Berube (1999), Lindy Ruff (1989).
4 – The highest number of players acquired on deadline day who wound up engraving their name on the Stanley Cup later that season. In 1993-94, the Rangers picked up five players on deadline day, including Glenn Anderson, Craig MacTavish, Stephane Matteau and Brian Noonan who were part of the championship roster.
1 – Number of players acquired on deadline day since 1979-80 who have gone on to score the Stanley Cup-clinching goal later that season, with Artturi Lehkonen becoming the first with Colorado (from MTL) in 2022.
0 – Number of teams that have acquired a goaltender on deadline day since 1979-80 and had that goaltender earn the Stanley Cup-clinching victory later that season. Only four champions in that time frame have acquired a goaltender on deadline day: the 1981 Islanders (Jari Kaarela), 1988 Oilers (Bill Ranford; won Cup), 2011 Bruins (Anton Khudobin) and 2024 Panthers (Magnus Hellberg).
