Boston Bruins 2026 NHL Draft Tracker

The latest updates surrounding the Bruins in the 2026 NHL Draft which will take place on Friday and Saturday.

Apr 12, 2026; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Boston Bruins center James Hagens (44) during pregame warmup against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russell LaBounty-Imagn Images / Russell LaBounty-Imagn Images

The Boston Bruins will add prospects to their organization in the 2026 NHL Draft which starts on Friday night at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. 

During the draft, the Bruins will have eight picks. Boston will pick once on Friday night in the first round at No. 23 overall and seven times on Saturday with the No. 56 pick (second round), No. 88 pick (third round), No. 104 pick (fourth round), No. 111 pick (fourth round), No. 122 pick (fourth round), No. 157 pick (fifth round), and No. 216 pick (seventh round). 

Boston nearly had a Top 10 pick in the draft due to a 2025 trade that sent defenseman Brandon Carlo to the Maple Leafs in exchange for forward Fraser Minten and two picks (2025 and a conditional 2026), however Toronto won the Draft Lottery which let the Maple Leafs retain the pick and prevent the Bruins from having a second consecutive Top 10 draft pick. 

Last year, Boston made seven picks in the draft. Most notably, the Bruins selected forward James Hagens from Boston College with the No. 7 overall pick. After finishing his second season in Chestnut Hill, he signed an ATO with Providence in March and his entry level contract with the Bruins in April. 

“Part of it is what the draft board is when you go to pick,” said Bruins GM Don Sweeney on Wednesday about balancing what type of player to pick. “Now again, as I referenced, moving up or back is certainly part of that. Our guys have done a pretty good job and I've talked to enough teams and sort of have an understanding of what teams might do. Sometimes the draft board's controlled… You just have to be aware of what teams may want to do in that situation, but the draft board dictates in what direction you go, whether you're taking a real swing and an upside swing... You're always trying to identify NHL players. Bottom line, you got to produce NHL players through the draft and sometimes you do take a little more risk than other players, but it's really what the draft board presents.”

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Round 7:

• Boston’s final pick was in the seventh round at No. 216 and it took defenseman Cullen McCrate from the Fargo Force (USHL). For the Force last season, McCrate played in 61 games and tallied 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points. He is a Michigan State commit. 

Round 6:

• The Bruins took goalie Roberto Henriquez in the sixth round at No. 170, a pick they traded the Pittsburgh Penguins for earlier in the day. He is also a Boston College commit.

Round 5:

• With the No. 157 overall pick, Boston drafted  defenseman Jacob Vandeven from the GOHL’s Komoka Kings. 

Round 4:

• Boston keeps its pick at No. 122 and selects forward Oscar Olsson out of Örebro HK U20 in Sweden.

• The Bruins have made a trade. Boston has traded its No. 111 pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the No. 170 overall pick in the sixth round and a 2027 fourth-round pick from Winnipeg.

• Boston took Russian forward Matvei Kotkov with the No. 104 pick.  Kotov plays for Loko Yaroslavl in the MHL.

Round 3:

• The Bruins picked forward Nils Bartholdsson out of Rogle BK in Sweden with the No. 88 overall pick in the third round. 

2nd Round:

• Former Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo has been traded from the Maple Leafs to the St. Louis Blues for a pair of 2026 third round picks.

• The Bruins select Russian goalie Yuri Ivanov at No. 56. Read the full story here.

1st Round:

• The Bruins have traded their first round pick this year for Utah Mammoth forward JJ Peterka. Find more details here. With the deal, Boston will not pick on Friday night and will make its first selection on Saturday afternoon in the second round (No. 56).

Pre-Draft:

• The first round begins at 7 p.m. ET. Boston will select once in the opening round at No. 23.

How to Watch:

Who: Boston Bruins in 2026 NHL Entry Draft.

When: Friday, June 26 at 7 p.m. ET (Round 1) and Saturday, June 27 at 11 a.m. (Rounds 2-7).

Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, N.Y. 

TV: ESPN, Sportsnet, TVA Sports (Friday); NHL Network, ESPN+, Sportsnet (Saturday).

Bruins’ 2026 Picks: 8- No. 23 (Round 1), No. 56 (Round 2), No. 88 (Round 3), No. 104 (Round 4), No. 111 (Round 4), No. 122 (Round 4), No. 157 (Round 5), No. 216 (Round 7).

Bruins 2025 Selections: James Hagens (No. 7, Round 1), Will Moore (No. 51, Round 2), Liam Pettersson (No. 61, Round 2), Cooper Simpson (No. 79, Round 3), Vashek Blanar (No. 100, Round 4), Cole Chandler (No. 133, Round 5), Kirill Yemelyanov (No. 165, Round 6).

2026 NHL Draft Top 10 Picks: Toronto Maple Leafs (No. 1), San Jose Sharks (No. 2), Vancouver Canucks (No. 3), Buffalo Sabres (No. 4), New York Rangers (No. 5), Calgary Flames (No. 6), Seattle Kraken (No. 7), Winnipeg Jets (No. 8), San Jose Sharks (No. 9), Nashville Predators (No. 10).

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