A new roster update is live in NHL 25 with new rookies being added to the game. 

New York Rangers forward Gabriel Perreault, Washing Capitals forward Ryan Leonard, St. Louis Blues forward Jimmy Snuggerud, Chicago Blackhawks forward Oliver Moore and Blackhawks defenseman Sam Rinzel all received new playable characters in-game.

Leonard received medium elite potential, while the other three were given medium top 6 potential. Rinzel is a medium top 4 defenseman.

Montreal Canadiens prospects Jacob Fowler and Ivan Demidov should be added once they appear in their first professional games in North America. 

All players were assigned to their respective teams and are playable in play now, franchise mode, shootout mode, and all other offline modes. 

All four new rookie forwards are pictured below

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EA SPORTS NHL 25 is currently available to play for free with EA Play.

EA Play is $7.99 CAD per month or $54.99 per year and allows exclusive rewards and access a library of games. 

With NHL 25 in the latter half of it's cycle the entire game is playable for EA Play members. 

Read the play and fire off game-changing goals in EA SPORTS™ NHL 25, now on The Play List!🏒🥅🚨 pic.twitter.com/e1b0AHhqH6

— EA Play (@EAPlay) April 10, 2025

More information on EA Play can be seen here. 

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Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal on Sunday, passing Wayne Gretzly for the most goals in NHL history. 

In honor of Ovechkin doing what many thought was impossible we wanted to look back at his career ratings in EA NHL video games. 

Ovechkin debuted as the cover star at 95 overall in NHL 07 and has been a dominate in-game character all the way up to NHL 25.

His career ratings are below. 

• NHL 07: (Cover Athlete) 95 overall
• NHL 08: 91
• NHL 09: 94
• NHL 10: 92
• NHL 11: 94
• NHL 12: 93
• NHL 13: 93
• NHL 14: 94
• NHL 15: 93
• NHL 16: 93
• NHL 17: 94
• NHL 18: 92
• NHL 19: 92
• NHL 20: 92
• NHL 21: 93
• NHL 22: 92
• NHL 23: 92
• NHL 24: 91
• NHL 25: 91

Ovechkin was initially an 89 overall when NHL 25 was first released, his first time being rated below a 90 overall, but is now up to 91 overall after mid-season updates. 

A free Ovechkin card is available to all players in Hockey Ultimate Team to celebrate his achievement. 

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Corner Stones Event Week 2 is live now in NHL 25 Hockey Ultimate Team. 

The new master set players are 92 overall Mats Sundin, Brian Leetch, Patrick Marleau, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, and Shea Weber.

These 92 overall master set players can be acquired for any three 89+ Corner Stones cards and any two 89+ players. 

89 overall Corner Stones can be acquired for any three 87+ Corner Stones cards, while 87s can be had for any three 85+ players. There are also Collectible Sets available. 

All new cards can be seen in the video above. 

Any two 92 overall MSPs can be traded in for a 93 overall Corner Stones choice pack which contains 93 overall versions of the master set players. 

A 93 overall Sidney Crosby and 92 overall Wayne Gretzky Milestones cards were added to celebrate Crosby reaching 20 point per game seasons. 

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Mattias Ekholm is officially the third player to receive a 99 overall card in NHL 25 Hockey Ultimate Team. 

Ekholm has nine goals and 21 assists in 61 games for the Edmonton Oilers this season.

He joins Colton Parayko and Anthony Cirelli as the only 99s in the game. Jason Zucker, Megan Keller, and Sebastian Repo all sit at 98 overall and can join the club with one more goal. 

His 99 card is pictured above. It comes with three customizable gold synergies, four superstar abilities, and the Thunderclap zone ability. He has 85 endurance, 76 fighting, and 99 in every other stat category. 

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