List of current NHL captains and alternate captains

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Sidney Crosby, the longest tenured captain in the NHL, and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins since 2007. The captain can be identified by the large "C" on his jersey.

The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 32 teams, founded in 1917. Each team may select a captain, who has the "privilege of discussing with the referee any questions relating to interpretation of rules which may arise during the progress of a game."[1] Each team is also permitted to select alternate captains, who serve when the captain is not on the ice.[1] Captains are required to wear the letter "C" on their uniform for identification while alternate captains wear the letter "A"; both letters are 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height.

Rule 6.2 of the 2008–09 Official NHL Rulebook indicates that "[only] when the captain is not in uniform, the coach shall have the right to designate three alternate captains. This must be done prior to the start of the game."[1][2] Many NHL teams with a named captain select more than two alternate captains and rotate the "A" among these players throughout the season.[3]

Goaltenders are not permitted to serve as captains during games.[1] This rule was instituted in 1948 after teams complained that it took Montreal Canadiens goaltender Bill Durnan too long to skate to talk with the officials and back to his crease.[4] Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo served as captain for two seasons (2008–09 and 2009–10), but because of the League's rule, he was not allowed to serve as captain on-ice or wear the "C" on his jersey, though it was incorporated into the artwork on his mask.[4][5] As a result, the Canucks were allowed to dress three alternate captains in games, as opposed to the League standard of two. Two (of the three) alternate captains handled on-ice duties in Luongo's place.[5] Other than Durnan and Luongo, five other goaltenders have captained their team: John Ross Roach of the Toronto St. Patricks, George Hainsworth of the Montreal Canadiens, Roy Worters of the New York Americans, Alec Connell of the original Ottawa Senators and Charlie Gardiner of the Chicago Black Hawks.[6]

When Connor McDavid was named captain of the Edmonton Oilers, he became the youngest permanent captain in NHL history.[7] Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, are the second- and third-youngest players to be named captain in NHL history, respectively. In 1984, Brian Bellows was named interim captain of the Minnesota North Stars when Craig Hartsburg was injured, and is the youngest player to captain a team in NHL history. However, because Bellows served only on an interim basis, McDavid retains the distinction of being the youngest permanent captain in the League's history.[8] Mark Messier is the only player to captain two separate teams to Stanley Cup championships, those being the 1990 Edmonton Oilers and the 1994 New York Rangers.[9] Sidney Crosby also became the youngest captain to win the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009, when Crosby was just 21 years old. The oldest permanent captain in league history was Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins, who turned 43 years old, during his last NHL season (2019–20) with the Bruins. The longest tenure in league history was Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings, who served as captain of the Red Wings for nineteen seasons, over a span of twenty years.

Key

 dagger  Spent entire NHL career with team

Position abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
C Centre
LW Left Wing
RW Right Wing
D Defenceman

Captains

Jonathan Toews, captain of the Chicago Blackhawks since 2008
Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals since 2010
Gabriel Landeskog, captain of the Colorado Avalanche since 2012

Twenty-four of the thirty-two NHL teams currently have a captain. The eight teams without a captain are the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers, Seattle Kraken, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets. Of the twenty-four captains, nineteen of them have been with their team for their entire career. The current longest-tenured captain in the league is Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who has served in that role since May 31, 2007.

List of current NHL Captains
Team Captain Since Pos
Anaheim Ducks Vacant 2022–23[lower-alpha 1] —
Arizona Coyotes Vacant 2021–22[lower-alpha 2] —
Boston Bruins Patrice BergeronSpent entire NHL career with team 2020–21[10] C
Buffalo Sabres Kyle Okposo 2022–23[11] RW
Calgary Flames Vacant 2021–22[lower-alpha 3] —
Carolina Hurricanes Jordan Staal 2019–20[12] C
Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan ToewsSpent entire NHL career with team 2008–09[13] C
Colorado Avalanche Gabriel LandeskogSpent entire NHL career with team 2012–13[14] LW
Columbus Blue Jackets Boone JennerSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22[15] C
Dallas Stars Jamie BennSpent entire NHL career with team 2013–14[16] LW
Detroit Red Wings Dylan LarkinSpent entire NHL career with team 2020–21[17] C
Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavidSpent entire NHL career with team 2016–17[7] C
Florida Panthers Aleksander BarkovSpent entire NHL career with team 2018–19[18] C
Los Angeles Kings Anze KopitarSpent entire NHL career with team 2016–17[19] C
Minnesota Wild Jared SpurgeonSpent entire NHL career with team 2020–21[20] D
Montreal Canadiens Nick SuzukiSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23[21] C
Nashville Predators Roman JosiSpent entire NHL career with team 2017–18[22] D
New Jersey Devils Nico HischierSpent entire NHL career with team 2020–21[23] C
New York Islanders Anders LeeSpent entire NHL career with team 2018–19[24] LW
New York Rangers Jacob Trouba 2022–23[25] D
Ottawa Senators Brady TkachukSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22[26] LW
Philadelphia Flyers Vacant 2021–22[lower-alpha 4] —
Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney CrosbySpent entire NHL career with team 2007–08[27] C
San Jose Sharks Logan CoutureSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20[28] C
Seattle Kraken Vacant 2021–22[lower-alpha 5] —
St. Louis Blues Vacant 2022–23[lower-alpha 6] —
Tampa Bay Lightning Steven StamkosSpent entire NHL career with team 2013–14[29] C
Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares 2019–20[30] C
Vancouver Canucks Vacant 2022–23[lower-alpha 7] —
Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone 2020–21[31] RW
Washington Capitals Alexander OvechkinSpent entire NHL career with team 2009–10[32] LW
Winnipeg Jets Vacant 2022–23[lower-alpha 8] —
  1. ↑ Most recent captain, Ryan Getzlaf, retired at the end of the 2021–22 season.
  2. ↑ Most recent captain, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in July 2021.
  3. ↑ Most recent captain, Mark Giordano, was selected by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.
  4. ↑ Most recent captain, Claude Giroux, was traded to the Florida Panthers in March 2022.
  5. ↑ Most recent captain, Mark Giordano, was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in March 2022.
  6. ↑ Most recent captain, Ryan O'Reilly, was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in February 2023.
  7. ↑ Most recent captain, Bo Horvat, was traded to the New York Islanders in January 2023.
  8. ↑ Most recent captain, Blake Wheeler, was stripped of his captaincy in September 2022.

Alternate captains

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Evgeni Malkin, the longest tenured alternate captain in the NHL, and alternate captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins since 2008
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Nicklas Backstrom, alternate captain of the Washington Capitals since 2010
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Brendan Gallagher, alternate captain of the Montreal Canadiens since 2015
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, alternate captain of the Edmonton Oilers since 2015

Thirty of the thirty-two NHL teams have named at least the regulation two alternate captains (the exception being the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings). Of the eighty-two alternate captains, forty-seven of them have been with their team for their entire NHL career. Teams that have named more than the regulation two alternate captains (or three in the case of teams without a captain) are required to rotate the two (or three) "A"s between those players by methods of their choosing. The current longest-tenured alternate captain in the league is Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins who has served in that role since 2008.

List of current NHL alternate captains
Team Alternate captain(s) Since Pos
Anaheim Ducks Cam FowlerSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 D
Adam Henrique 2022–23 C
Jakob Silfverberg 2019–20 RW
Arizona Coyotes
Lawson CrouseSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 LW
Christian FischerSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 C
Clayton KellerSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 RW
Boston Bruins
David KrejciSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 C
Brad MarchandSpent entire NHL career with team 2020-21 LW
Buffalo Sabres Rasmus DahlinSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 D
Zemgus GirgensonsSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22 LW
Calgary Flames Mikael Backlundspent entire career with NHL team 2018–19 C
Jonathan Huberdeau 2022–23 LW
Elias Lindholm 2022–23 C
Christopher Tanev 2021–22 D
Carolina Hurricanes
Sebastian AhoSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22 C
Jordan Martinook 2019–20[33] C
Jaccob SlavinSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20[34] D
Chicago Blackhawks
Seth Jones 2022–23 D
Connor Murphy 2021–22 D
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnonSpent entire NHL career with team 2016–17 C
Mikko RantanenSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22 RW
Columbus Blue Jackets
Vacant 2022–23
Zach WerenskiSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22[35] D
Dallas Stars
Miro HeiskanenSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 D
Esa LindellSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20 D
Joe Pavelski 2021–22 RW
Tyler Seguin 2017–18 C
Detroit Red Wings Rotating 2022–23 —
Rotating 2022–23 —
Edmonton Oilers
Leon DraisaitlSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20[36] C
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsSpent entire NHL career with team 2015–16[37] C
Darnell NurseSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20[38] D
Florida Panthers
Aaron Ekblad Spent entire NHL career with team 2016–17 D
Patric Hornqvist 2020–21 RW
Matthew Tkachuk 2022–23 RW
Los Angeles Kings Phillip Danault 2022–23 C
Drew Doughtydagger 2016–17 D
Minnesota Wild Matt DumbaSpent entire career with NHL team 2021–22 D
Marcus Foligno 2021–22 LW
Montreal Canadiens Joel Edmundson 2022–23[21] D
Brendan GallagherSpent entire NHL career with team 2015–16[39] RW
Nashville Predators
Filip ForsbergSpent entire NHL career with team 2017–18 LW
Ryan Johansen 2017–18 C
New Jersey Devils
Jack HughesSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 C
Ondrej Palat 2022–23 LW
New York Islanders
Josh BaileySpent entire NHL career with team 2018–19 RW
Cal Clutterbuck 2016–17[40] RW
New York Rangers
Barclay Goodrow 2021–22 RW
Chris KreiderSpent entire NHL career with team 2017–18 LW
Artemi Panarin 2020–21 LW
Mika Zibanejad 2018–19 C
Ottawa Senators
Thomas ChabotSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20 D
Claude Giroux 2022–23 RW
Philadelphia Flyers
Sean CouturierSpent entire NHL career with team 2018–19 C
Scott LaughtonSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23[41] C
Rotating 2022–23 —
Pittsburgh Penguins Kris LetangSpent entire NHL career with team 2017–18 D
Evgeni Malkindagger 2008–09 C
San Jose Sharks
Mario FerraroSpent entire NHL career with team 2021–22 D
Tomas HertlSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20 C
Erik Karlsson 2019–20 D
Seattle Kraken
Jordan Eberle 2021–22[42] RW
Yanni Gourde 2021–22 C
Adam Larsson 2021–22 D
Jaden Schwartz 2021–22 LW
St. Louis Blues
Colton ParaykoSpent entire NHL career with team 2020–21 D
Brayden Schenn 2020–21 C
Tampa Bay Lightning Victor HedmanSpent entire NHL career with team 2017–18 D
Alex KillornSpent entire NHL career with team 2020–21 C
Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitch MarnerSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20 RW
Auston MatthewsSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20 C
Jake Muzzin 2021–22 D
Morgan RiellySpent entire NHL career with team 2016–17 D
Vancouver Canucks Oliver Ekman-Larsson 2021–22 D
Quinn HughesSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23[43] D
J. T. Miller 2021–22 LW
Elias PetterssonSpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23[43] C
Vegas Golden Knights
Alex Pietrangelo 2020–21 D
Reilly Smith 2017–18 RW
Washington Capitals Nicklas BackstromSpent entire NHL career with team 2010–11 C
John CarlsonSpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20[44] D
Winnipeg Jets
Adam LowrySpent entire NHL career with team 2022–23 C
Josh MorrisseySpent entire NHL career with team 2019–20 D
Mark ScheifeleSpent entire NHL career with team 2016–17 C

References

Team rosters

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