The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will feature some of the NHL‘s brightest stars.
146 total players will take the ice for their respective countries — and two NHL franchises stand above the rest when it comes to Olympic representation.
The Minnesota Wild have nine players and the Florida Panthers boast 10 players represented on Olympic rosters.
Minnesota Wild:
▪︎ Matt Boldy (United States)
▪︎ Joel Eriksson Ek (Sweden)
▪︎ Brock Faber (United States)
▪︎ Filip Gustavsson (Sweden)
▪︎ Quinn Hughes (United States)
▪︎ Marcus Johansson (Sweden)
▪︎ David Spacek (Czechia)
▪︎ Nico Sturm (Germany)
▪︎ Jesper Wallstedt (Sweden)
Florida Panthers:
▪︎ Uvis Balinskis (Latvia)
▪︎ Sam Bennett (Canada)
▪︎ Gustav Forsling (Sweden)
▪︎ Anton Lundell (Finland)
▪︎ Eetu Luostarinen (Finland)
▪︎ Niko Mikkola (Finland)
▪︎ Brad Marchand (Canada)
▪︎ Sam Reinhart (Canada)
▪︎ Matthew Tkachuk (United States)
▪︎ Sandis Vilmanis (Latvia)
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Four NHL teams are close behind in terms of Olympic representation. The Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights and New Jersey Devils each have eight players represented at the Milano Cortina games.
The Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Islanders bring up the rear with just one player per team at the Olympics.
The United States, Canada and Sweden each have 25 NHL players on their Olympic rosters. Finland is just behind with 24 players. France has the least NHL representation with just one player: Alexandre Texier of the Montreal Canadiens.
Slovakia and Finland began the Olympic action on Wednesday with a preliminary round matchup. Sweden and Italy will face off later in the day.