2025–26 season
NHL transactions: May 2026
Friday, May 221 move
↑ Call-upAlex Gagne called up from Colorado (AHL)Fri, May 22
Tuesday, May 192 moves
↑ Call-upAlexander Holtz called up from Henderson (AHL)Tue, May 19- ↑ Call-upTrevor Connelly called up from HendersonTue, May 19
Thursday, May 141 move
- ↑ Call-upJaycob Megna called up from Henderson (AHL)Thu, May 14
Tuesday, May 121 move
- ↑ Call-upBraeden Bowman called up from Henderson (AHL)Tue, May 12
Monday, May 115 moves
↑ Call-upFlorian Xhekaj called up from Laval (AHL)Mon, May 11- ↑ Call-upOwen Beck called up from Laval (AHL)Mon, May 11
- ↑ Call-upAdam Engström called up from Laval (AHL)Mon, May 11
- ↑ Call-upDavid Reinbacher called up from Laval (AHL)Mon, May 11
- ↑ Call-upJack Ahcan called up from Colorado (AHL)Mon, May 11
Friday, May 81 move
- ↓ Sent downJack Ahcan sent down to Colorado (AHL)Fri, May 8
Wednesday, May 63 moves
↑ Call-upJett Luchanko called up from Brantford (OHL)Wed, May 6
↓ Sent downAdam Jiříček sent down to Springfield (AHL)Wed, May 6- ↓ Sent downJustin Carbonneau sent down to Springfield (AHL)Wed, May 6
Tuesday, May 51 move
- ↑ Call-upJack Ahcan called up from Colorado (AHL)Tue, May 5
Monday, May 42 moves
↓ Sent downCharles-Alexis Legault sent down to Chicago (AHL)Mon, May 4- ↓ Sent downAdam Engström sent down to Laval (AHL)Mon, May 4
Sunday, May 33 moves
↓ Sent downLukas Reichel sent down to Providence (AHL)Sun, May 3- ↑ Call-upIsak Posch called up from Colorado (AHL)Sun, May 3
- ↑ Call-upDylan Coghlan called up from Henderson (AHL)Sun, May 3
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Trade web
98 trades so far. The Philadelphia Flyers have made the most (12). The Lightning and Kings have traded with each other twice.
- PHI12
VAN10
MIN10- COL9
PIT9
OTT9
SJS9
NJD8
TBL8
TOR8
Trades in the 2025–26 league year since July 1, picks-only trades included. Thicker lines: more trades between two teams.
Call-up impact
- call-ups
- 717
- played while up
- 409
- days, typical stay
- 7
464 have been sent back down, 183 of them without playing a game.
Regular season since opening night, Oct 7, 2025. Training-camp moves aren’t counted. Call-ups of players we could identify; games are NHL games with shift charts. The typical stay is the middle length of the call-ups that ended with a send-down.
Shuttle board
◀ Sent down · Called up ▶
Teams have made 1336 call-ups and send-downs in the 267 days since opening night, 41.8 a team: 384 fewer than at this point last season (1720).
Regular season since opening night, Oct 7, 2025. Training-camp moves aren’t counted.
Back and forth
Each square is a week: ■ with the NHL team, ■ in the minors.
- Hunter Haight MIN · FUp since Apr 20
147 of 267 days up · 9 games · 15 moves
- Alexei Kolosov PHI · GUp since Apr 17
148 of 267 days up · 4 games · 14 moves
- Steven Santini TBL · DDown since Apr 19
64 of 267 days up · 12 games · 13 moves
- Scott Sabourin TBL · FUp since Dec 27
204 of 267 days up · 28 games · 12 moves
- David Jiricek PHI · DUp since Apr 20
157 of 267 days up · 26 games · 12 moves
Since opening night, Oct 7, 2025. Games are NHL games with shift charts.
Injury pressure
220 of 306 IR placements met by a call-up
Counted when the same team called a player up from the day before to 2 days after. The Tampa Bay Lightning have made the most placements (18).
Regular season since opening night, Oct 7, 2025. Training-camp moves aren’t counted.
Waiver wire
18 of 232 waiver placements claimed
About 1 in 13 was claimed by another team.
The 2025–26 league year since July 1, training camp included.
Moves by month
98 player moves in June so far; an average June since 2022–23 had 50.
Player moves (one per player per move) in the 2025–26 league year. Lines: the average month since 2022–23.