NHL players born in 2005

34 NHL players on file were born in 2005. 27 are on NHL rosters now. Connor Bedard leads them with 203 career points. The first born in 2005 to play in the NHL were Connor Bedard, Zach Benson, and Bradly Nadeau, in 2023-24. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NHL rosters now (27)

NHL players born in 2005 on rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Connor BedardCHIC2023–20263219 GP · 75 G · 128 A · 203 PTSNorth Vancouver, CAN
Will SmithSJC2024–20273146 GP · 44 G · 63 A · 107 PTSLexington, MA
Zach BensonBUFLW2023–20274214 GP · 34 G · 68 A · 102 PTSChilliwack, CAN
Ivan DemidovMTLRW2024–2027386 GP · 21 G · 45 A · 66 PTSSergiyev Posad, RUS
Ryan LeonardWSHRW2024–2027387 GP · 23 G · 25 A · 48 PTSAmherst, MA
Calum RitchieNYIC2024–2027375 GP · 15 G · 18 A · 33 PTSBrampton, CAN
Matthew WoodNSHRW2024–2027380 GP · 17 G · 15 A · 32 PTSNanaimo, CAN
Easton CowanTORRW2025–2027270 GP · 12 G · 20 A · 32 PTSMt. Brydges, CAN
Artyom LevshunovCHID2024–2027390 GP · 2 G · 29 A · 31 PTSZhlobin, BLR
Gabe PerreaultNYRRW2024–2027359 GP · 14 G · 17 A · 31 PTSHinsdale, IL
Emmitt FinnieDETC2025–2027285 GP · 14 G · 17 A · 31 PTSLethbridge, CAN
Zeev BuiumVAND2025–2027280 GP · 6 G · 20 A · 26 PTSSan Diego, CA
Oliver MooreCHIC2024–2027364 GP · 6 G · 18 A · 24 PTSMounds View, MN
Tom WillanderVAND2025–2027274 GP · 5 G · 19 A · 24 PTSStockholm, SWE
Dalibor DvorskySTLRW2024–2027376 GP · 14 G · 9 A · 23 PTSZvolen, SVK
Igor ChernyshovSJLW2025–2027231 GP · 11 G · 11 A · 22 PTSPenza, RUS
Axel Sandin-PellikkaDETD2025–2027271 GP · 7 G · 14 A · 21 PTSGallivare, SWE
Denver BarkeyPHIC2025–2027244 GP · 5 G · 12 A · 17 PTSNewmarket, CAN
Nick LardisCHILW2025–2027245 GP · 10 G · 7 A · 17 PTSOakville, CAN
Daniil ButUTAHLW2025–2027233 GP · 4 G · 4 A · 8 PTSYaroslavl, RUS
Theo LindsteinSTLD2025–2027220 GP · 2 G · 3 A · 5 PTSGavle, SWE
Carter YakemchukOTTD2025–202727 GP · 1 G · 2 A · 3 PTSFort Mcmurray, CAN
Dmitri SimashevUTAHD2025–2027232 GP · 0 G · 2 A · 2 PTSKostroma, RUS
Michael Brandsegg-NygardDETRW2025–2027217 GP · 0 G · 2 A · 2 PTSOslo, NOR
Benjamin RautiainenTBCNo games yet——Tampere, FIN
Jonathan CastagnaCGYCNo games yet——Etobicoke, CAN
Quentin MustySJLWNo games yet——Hamburg, NY

Former NHL players born in 2005 (7)

Former NHL players born in 2005
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Otto StenbergC2025–2026132 GP · 3 G · 7 A · 10 PTSStenungsund, SWE
Bradly NadeauLW2023–2026315 GP · 3 G · 1 A · 4 PTSSaint Francois de Madawaska, NB
Drew FortescueD2025–202619 GP · 0 G · 2 A · 2 PTSPearl River, NY
Oscar Fisker MolgaardC2025–2026113 GP · 0 G · 2 A · 2 PTSHjorring, DEN
Felix Unger SorumRW2025–202611 GP · 0 G · 1 A · 1 PTSTrondheim, NOR
Brayden YagerC2025–202613 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 PTSSaskatoon, SK
Luca PinelliC2025–202613 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 PTSStoney Creek, ON

Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.