#NHLStats Pack: Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

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All stats measure the Olympic Winter Games involving NHL players (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2026) unless otherwise indicated.

As a complement to the launch of a new series of pages on Records.NHL.com that provide statistics and information from the League’s participation in the Olympic Winter Games, the #NHLStats Pack for the Olympics features information on 2026 rosters – including “By the Numbers” breakdowns and dedicated pages for all 12 teams competing next month in Milano Cortina, Italy – as well as historic information from the five prior Olympic Winter Games with NHL players.

This #NHLStats Pack will be updated regularly leading up to the tournament, including after each roster change. The current document is up to date entering NHL games of Jan. 28, 2026 (9 a.m. ET).

Download the PDF to view the document in its entirety, including dozens of charts covering 2026 rosters, Stanley Cup winners, the “Triple Gold Club,” all-time head-to-head results, NHL leaders before and after Olympic breaks and much more.

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The National Hockey League has debuted a series of pages on Records.NHL.com that provide statistics and information from the League’s participation in the Olympic Winter Games in advance of this February’s tournament in Milano Cortina, Italy. The new site section includes statistics, game-by-game results and recaps from each of the five prior Olympic Winter Games featuring NHL players (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014). These pages will be updated to include statistics and information from the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, providing fans and media with a one-stop resource for information on the NHL’s participation in the tournament.

Click here to explore the site

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The following team-specific #NHLStats Packs are available:

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All 32 NHL Clubs have at least one Olympian.

149 NHL Players

13 Players on NHL Reserve Lists (not currently in NHL)

138 Players without current NHL Affiliation

300 Total Players

189 Players with NHL Experience (min. 1 GP in regular season or playoffs)

179 Players selected in the NHL Draft, including 83 first-round picks and 9 No. 1 picks

79 Players with Olympic Experience (including 24 current NHL Players)

* The Tampa Bay Lightning have the most players selected (10).

* The Tampa Bay Lightning also are represented across the most Olympic rosters (7).

* Team USA has the largest representation of NHL teams (18). The most players from one NHL team on an Olympic roster is 4 – the Dallas Stars on Team Finland and Minnesota Wild on Team Sweden.

* 39 Stanley Cup winners (57 total wins), 6 Hart Trophy winners (9 total wins), 6 Norris Trophy winners (9 total wins), 6 Calder Trophy winners, 5 Ted Lindsay Award winners (10 total wins), 4 Conn Smythe Trophy winners (5 total wins), 3 Art Ross Trophy winners (8 total wins) and 1 Vezina Trophy winner (3 total wins).

* 22 Olympic medal winners (any color; 24 total medals), including 3 gold medal winners (5 total gold), 7 silver medal winners (7 total silver) and 12 bronze medal winners (12 total bronze). This measures all Olympics. The only players with multiple Olympics medals are Team Canada teammates Sidney Crosby (PIT) and Drew Doughty (LAK) – both won gold in 2010 and 2014.

* 1 player who is part of the “Triple Gold Club” – meaning they have won at least one Olympic gold medal, one Stanley Cup and one World Championship gold medal (Sidney Crosby, PIT/Team Canada).

* 13 players are in contention to join “Triple Gold Club” at Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 (5 on Team Canada, 3 on Team Czechia, 3 on Team Sweden and 2 on Team Finland).

* 8 rookies who have played in the NHL since full rosters were announced: Pavol Regenda (SJS) and Dalibor Dvorsky (STL) on Team Slovakia, Arturs Silovs (PIT) and Sandis Vilmanis (FLA) onTeam Latvia, David Spacek (MIN) on Team Czechia, Oliver Kapanen (MTL) on Team Finland, Josh Samanski (EDM) on Team Germany and Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) on Team Sweden. Forward Oscar Fisker Molgaard of Team Denmark has played as a rookie with the Kraken this season but was in the AHL when named to the Olympic roster and last played an NHL game in November.

* 15 current NHL captains (5 on Team USA, 4 on Team Canada, 3 on Team Sweden, 2 on Team Switzerland and 1 on Team Czechia).

Youngest NHL Player:

Macklin Celebrini (SJS), Team Canada (19 years, 243 days on Feb. 11, 2026)

Youngest Player (overall):

Alberts Smits, Team Latvia (18 years, 71 days on Feb. 11, 2026)

Oldest NHL Player:

Sidney Crosby (PIT), Team Canada (38 years, 188 days on Feb. 11, 2026)

Oldest Player (overall):

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Team France (40 years, 342 days on Feb. 11, 2026)

2026 Roster Changes:

  • Team Finland – Aleksander Barkov (FLA) removed as part of full roster announcement Jan. 2.
  • Team Latvia – Anri Ravinskis (VAN prospect) replaced Erik Mateiko (WSH prospect) Jan. 12; Rihards Bukarts replaced Rodrigo Abols (PHI) Jan. 19.
  • Team Slovakia – Lukas Cingel replaced Marek Hrivik Jan. 28
  • Team Sweden – Hampus Lindholm (BOS) replaced Jonas Brodin (MIN) and Marcus Johansson (MIN) replaced Leo Carlsson (ANA), both Jan. 27.
  • Team USA – Jackson LaCombe (ANA) replaced Seth Jones (FLA) Jan. 21.

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“Did You Know?” facts drawn from the new Olympics section of Records.NHL.com, plus additional #NHLStats ahead of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026:

Most Players from One NHL Team: Entering 2026, the most players from one NHL team named to rosters for a single Olympic Winter Games is 11, by the Detroit Red Wings in 2002 (Chris Chelios, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Fedorov, Dominik Hasek, Tomas Holmstrom, Brett Hull, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson, Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman).

Youngest NHL Players at the Olympics: A teenager has never played for Team Canada or Team USA at Olympics involving NHL players. Among nations participating at the 2026 Olympics, only two have had a teenager play for them at the five previous tournaments: Aleksander Barkov and Olli Määttä for Team Finland in 2014, as well as Marco Sturm (1998) and Christian Ehrhoff (2002) for Team Germany. There are currently two teenagers on Olympic rosters for 2026 – Alberts Smits, 18, of Team Latvia and Macklin Celebrini (SJS), 19, of Team Canada.

NHL Rookies at the Olympics: NHL rookies have played at all five previous Olympic Winter Games with NHL players, including 13 in 2014 (min. 1 GP in 2013-14 regular season). Among the 12 countries participating this year, eight have previously had an NHL rookie on their Olympic roster (CZE, FIN, GER, LAT, SUI, SVK, SWE).

Oldest NHL Players at the Olympics: Nine players age 40 or older have played at Olympics involving NHL players, including Chris Chelios (USA) who did so in both 2002 (age 40) and 2006 (age 44) and is the oldest ever to skate in those Games.

NHL Players by Year: A breakdown of NHL player representation for each of the first five Olympic Winter Games with League participation: 117 NHL players in 1998 (26 of 26 NHL teams), 144 NHL players in 2002 (27 of 30 NHL teams), 151 NHL players in 2006 (29 of 30 NHL teams), 139 NHL players in 2010 (30 of 30 NHL teams) and 148 NHL players in 2014 (30 of 30 NHL teams).

Gold Medal and Stanley Cup in Same Season: All time, eight players have won Olympic gold and the Stanley Cup in the same season. In the five previous Olympics involving NHL players, there have been 18 players to play in both the gold medal game and Stanley Cup Final in the same season.

Stanley Cup Followed by Olympic Gold: Nine players won the Stanley Cup and then in the next NHL season captured Olympic gold, including Sidney Crosby (PIT; Team Canada) who won the Cup in 2008-09 and Olympic gold in 2010.
 

The “Triple Gold Club”: According to the IIHF, there are 30 players who are part of the “Triple Gold Club” – meaning they have won at least one Olympic gold medal, one Stanley Cup and one World Championship gold medal, including Sidney Crosby (PIT; Team Canada).

Olympic Gold Medals by Country: For Olympics involving NHL players, Team Canada leads in gold medals (3), while Team Finland tops the overall medal standings (4).

NHL Leaders at the Olympic Break: The NHL points leader at the Olympic break has gone on to win the Art Ross Trophy twice: Sidney Crosby (CAN) in 2013-14 and Jarome Iginla (CAN) in 2001-02. The NHL goals leader at the Olympic break has finished the season as the leader four times.

Countries Represented by NHL Players: Entering 2026, NHL players have represented 16 different countries at the first five Olympic Winter Games involving the League: Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czechia, Finland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States. Three countries participating in 2026 have yet to have a player representing an NHL team at the Olympics: France, Denmark and Italy.

NHL Players as Olympic Flag Bearers: A total of 19 players with NHL experience have served as their country’s flag bearer for either the Opening or Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games, but only one has done so while representing an NHL team: Zdeno Chara of the Bruins carried Team Slovakia’s flag at the 2014 Opening Ceremony in Sochi, Russia.

Current NHLers at the 2018 and 2022 Olympics: A total of 11 current NHL players named to 2026 Olympic rosters participated in the 2018 or 2022 Olympics.

The following charts are available in the PDF:

NHL Representation on 2026 Rosters

  • 2026 Olympic Rosters by NHL Team (Cumulative)
  • 2026 Country Representation by NHL Team
  • 2026 NHL Team Representation by Country
  • Olympic Medal Winners on 2026 Rosters
  • NHL Captains At Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
  • Youngest and Oldest Player on Each 2026 Roster
  • Sons And Fathers at Olympics, Players On 2026 Rosters
  • NHL Players On 2026 Rosters Who Played In 2018 And 2022 Olympics
  • Players On 2026 Rosters with Olympic Experience
  • Olympic Experience, 2026 Rosters
  • Team Averages, 2026 Rosters
  • NHL Representation, 2026 Rosters
  • Olympic Medals, 2026 Rosters
  • Stanley Cup and Individual NHL Award Winners, 2026 Rosters
  • NHL Draft Picks, 2026 Rosters
  • 2026 Olympic Rosters by NHL Team (Player Details)
  • 2026 Olympians with NHL Affiliation (Not Currently in NHL)

NHL Representation – Past Olympics

  • Most Players from One NHL Team, Single Olympics
  • Most Players from One NHL Team on an Olympic Roster
  • NHL Players by Olympic Tournament
  • NHL Team Representation by Olympic Tournament
  • NHL Rookies to Play at Olympics

Historical Biographical #NHLStats

  • Teenagers to Play, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Youngest Player to Represent Each Country, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Oldest Players to Play, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Oldest Player to Represent Each Country, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Brothers at Same Tournament, Olympics with NHL Players

Stanley Cup Ties

  • Players to Win Olympic Gold Medal and Stanley Cup in Same Season, All Time
  • Gold Medal Game & Stanley Cup Final, Same Season, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Stanley Cup Win One Season Followed by Olympic Gold in Next NHL Season

“Triple Gold Club”

  • “Triple Gold Club” Members
  • “Triple Gold Club” Candidates at Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

Medal Standings

  • Medal Standings, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Olympic Medal Standings, All Time
  • Olympic Medalists by Year, All Time

Olympic Awards

  • All-Star Team, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Most Valuable Player, Olympics with NHL Players
  • Directorate Awards, Olympics with NHL Players

Tournament Leaders

  • Goals Leaders, Olympics, with NHL Players
  • Assists Leaders, Olympics, with NHL Players
  • Points Leaders, Olympics, with NHL Players
  • Wins Leaders, Olympics, with NHL Players

NHL Leaders Before Olympic Breaks

  • NHL Goals Leader Before Olympic Break
  • NHL Assists Leader Before Olympic Break
  • NHL Points Leader Before Olympic Break
  • NHL Wins Leader Before Olympic Break
  • NHL Goals Leader, Defensemen, Before Olympic Break
  • NHL Assists Leader, Defensemen, Before Olympic Break
  • NHL Points Leader, Defensemen, Before Olympic Break

NHL Leaders After Olympic Breaks

  • NHL Goals Leader After Olympic Break
  • NHL Assists Leader After Olympic Break
  • NHL Points Leader After Olympic Break
  • NHL Wins Leader After Olympic Break
  • NHL Goals Leader, Defensemen, After Olympic Break
  • NHL Assists Leader, Defensemen, After Olympic Break
  • NHL Points Leader, Defensemen, After Olympic Break

Head-to-Head Results

  • Team Canada, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Czechia, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Denmark, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Finland, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team France, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Germany, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Italy, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Latvia, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Slovakia, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Sweden, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team Switzerland, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants
  • Team USA, Olympic Results vs. 2026 Participants