The 2025-26 NHL season is finally here (LET’S GO!) and for some players, they’ll be entering the year with the honored symbol of leadership on their jersey: A “C” for captain.
Not every team has a captain, and that’s fine — it could mean the franchise is waiting for a leader to emerge, or that the locker room works just fine without one standout voice at the top.
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But if you’re here, you may be wondering: Who are the captains for every team? And which teams don’t have a captain? We have answers!
Here’s the full list:
Boston Bruins: No captain
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin
Calgary Flames: Mikael Backlund
Carolina Hurricanes: Jordan Staal
Chicago Blackhawks: Nick Foligno
Colorado Avalanche: Gabriel Landeskog
Columbus Blue Jackets: Boone Jenner
Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin
Edmonton Oilers: Connor McDavid
Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov
Los Angeles Kings: Anze Kopitar
Minnesota Wild: Jared Spurgeon
Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki
Nashville Predators: Roman Josi
New Jersey Devils: Nico Hischier
New York Islanders: Anders Lee
New York Rangers: J.T. Miller
Ottawa Senators: Brady Tkachuk
Philadelphia Flyers: Sean Couturier
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby
San Jose Sharks: No captain
Seattle Kraken: Jordan Eberle
Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor Hedman
Toronto Maple Leafs: Auston Matthews
Utah Mammoth: Clayton Keller
Vancouver Canucks: Quinn Hughes
Vegas Golden Knights: Mark Stone
Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin
Winnipeg Jets: Adam Lowry
This article originally appeared on For The Win: NHL captains for every NHL team in 2025-26