The NHL has set the salary cap for the 2026-27 season.
The league officially informed teams Wednesday of the figures that they will operate under next season, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
The cap floor will be $76.9 million, the midpoint $90.4 million and the ceiling $104 million.
The maximum salary for individual contracts will be $20.8 million.
In 2025-26, the floor was $70.9 million, and the ceiling was $95.5 million.
It continues the dramatic rise of the NHL’s cap, which is expected to reach $113.5 million for 2027-28.
The sides agreed on the numbers to “provide increased predictability on core salary cap economics.”
Each year-over-year leap is the largest since the cap was implemented in 2005 at $39 million.
— with files from The Associated Press
