2026 NHL Draft First-Round Results

Gavin McKenna LW Penn State (NCAA) 6′ 0″ 170 2

Ivar Stenberg RW Frolunda (SWE J20) 6′ 0″ 190 3

Caleb Malhotra C Brantford (OHL) 6′ 2″ 185 4 *

Daxon Rudolph RHD Prince Albert (WHL) 6′ 3″ 205 5

Alberts Smits LHD Munchen (Germany) 6′ 3″ 209 6

Carson Carels LHD Prince George (WHL) 6′ 2″ 194 7

Chase Reid RHD Sault Ste.  Marie (OHL) 6′ 3″ 190 8

Viggo Bjorck C/RW Djurgarden (SWE J20) 5’9″ 180 9 *

Keaton Verhoeff RHD University of North Dakota (NCAA) 6′ 4″ 215 10

Wyatt Cullen C/LW USNTDP U18 6′ 1″ 183 11

Tynan Lawrence C Boson University (NCAA) 6′ 1″ 183 12

Alexander Command C Orebro (SWE J20) 6′ 1″ 187 13

Malte Gustafsson LHD HV71 (SWE) 6′ 5″ 203 14

Oscar Hemming LW Boston College (NCAA) 6′ 4″ 204 15 *

Nikita Klepov RW Saginaw (OHL) 6′ 0″ 186 16 *

Maddox Dagenais C Quebec (QMJHL) 6′ 4″ 198 17

Ethan Belchetz LW Windsor (OHL) 6′ 5″ 230 18 *

Oliver Suvanto C Tappara (Liiga) 6′ 3″ 213 19

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Draft Day First Round Traded Picks

# 15 and # 29 – The Anaheim Ducks receive the Detroit Red Wings 2026 1st round pick (via STL) and the Colorado Avalanche’s 2026 1st round pick (via STL) and the St. Louis Blues receive Mason McTavish.

# 17 and # 19 – The Utah Mammoth receive the Los Angeles Kings 2026 1st round pick (# 17) for a 2026 1st round pick (# 19) and a 2026 3rd round pick (# 83).

# 23 – The Utah Mammoth receive the Boston Bruins 2026 1st round pick, and a conditional 2028 1st round pick (Florida’s pick – top 10 protected).

# 26 – The Vegas Golden Knights acquire the Dallas Stars 2026 1st round pick (via NYR and DAL), 2026 3rd Round pick (# 92) and a conditional 2028 1st round pick (top 10 protected) for Pavel Dorofeyev.

Pre-Draft Day First Round Traded Picks

# 4 – The Buffalo Sabres receive the Chicago Blackhawks 2026 1st round pick, 2026 2nd round pick (# 45) and Louis Crevier for Bowen Byram and Jordan Greenway.

# 9 – The San Jose Sharks receive the Florida Panthers 2026 1st round pick (via OTT) for William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen, and Brandon Svoboda. The Ottawa Senators receive the Florida Panthers 2026 1st round pick (# 9 and #25), a 2029 first round pick, and a 2030 2nd round pick for Brady Tkachuk.

# 15 – The St. Louis Blues receive the Detroit Red Wings 2026 1st round and 3rd round picks, Justin Holl, and Dmitri Buchelnikov for Justin Faulk.

# 16 – The St. Louis Blues receive the Washington Capitals 2026 1st round pick, Connor McMichael and Milton Gastrin for Jordan Kyrou.

# 18 – The Washington Capitals receive the Anaheim Ducks 2026 1st round pick for D John Carlson. The pick is condition on the Ducks making the playoffs. If they miss the playoff they can move the pick to 2027.

# 20 and # 27– The Buffalo Sabres acquire the Edmonton Oilers 2026 first-round pick (via SJ) for Ryan Kesselring and a 2026 first-round pick (# 27). The San Jose Sharks received the Edmonton Oilers 2026 first-round pick (top 12 protected with option to slide to 2027) and Carl Berglund for Jake Walman.

# 24 – The Vancouver Canucks receive the Minnesota Wild’s 2026 first-round pick, Marco Rossi, Liam Ohgren and Zeev Buium for Quinn Hughes.

# 25 – The Ottawa Senators receive the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2026 1st round pick (# 25), 2026 1st round pick (# 9) , a 2029 first round pick, and a 2030 2nd round pick for Brady Tkachuk.The Florida Panthers receive the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2026 first round pick (via SEA), and a conditional 2027 second round pick for Mackie Samoskevich. The Seattle Kraken receive the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2026 first-round pick (top 10 protected), 2027 first-round pick (top 10 protected), 2025 second-round pick (TOR), and Michael Eyssimont for Yanni Gourde, Oliver Bjorkstrand and a 2026 fifth round pick in a three team trade. Seattle retained 50% of Gourde’s salary with Detroit retaining 25% of Gourde’s salary. The Red Wings get a 2025 fourth-round pick for retaining salary.

# 26 – The New York Rangers receive the Dallas Stars 2026 first-round pick (via CAR) (better of either Dallas or Carolina), 2026 second-round pick, and Scott Morrow for K’Andre Miller. The Hurricanes received the Stars 2026 first-round pick (top 10 protected), 2028 first-round pick (top 10 protected), 2026 third-round, 2027 third-round, and Logan Stankoven for Mikko Rantanen.

# 29 – The St. Louis Blues received the Colorado Avalanche’s 2026 first-round pick (via NYI), third-round pick, F Jonathan Drouin, and G Marcus Gidlof for F Brayden Schenn. The New York Islanders receive the Colorado Avalanche’s 2026 first-round pick (or 2027 first-round pick), 2028 conditional third-round pick, and Oliver Kylington for Brock Nelson and William Dufour.

# 30 – The Calgary Flames receive the Vegas Golden Knights 2026 first-round pick, 2025 conditional third-round, and Daniil Miromanov for Noah Hanifin.

# 32 – The Ottawa Senators originally forfeited their 2026 first-round pick (their choice between 2024, 2025, 2026) as a penalty handed down by the NHL for the Evgenii Dadonov trade to the Vegas Golden Knights and subsequent voided trade to the Anaheim Ducks. On March 12th of 2026, the NHL awarded the Senators the 32nd pick of the 2026 instead of forfeiting it completely. If the Senators miss the playoffs and win the draft lottery, there will be a re-draw. The Senators had to pay a $1 million CDN fine and are not allowed to trade the pick.