EA Sports is celebrating the best players of the 2024-25 NHL season with the NHL 25`s Team of the Season (TOTS) program. Unlike the Team of the Year (TOTY), which considers performances throughout a full calendar year, TOTS focuses on the current season`s achievements.
The TOTS announcements will occur over three weeks, and the first reveal is already here, highlighting six star players:
- Connor Hellebuyck, G, Winnipeg Jets (94 OVR)
- Cale Makar, D, Colorado Avalanche (94 OVR)
- Zach Werenski, D, Columbus Blue Jackets (94 OVR)
- Nikita Kucherov, RW, Tampa Bay Lightning (94 OVR)
- Leon Draisaitl, C, Edmonton Oilers (94 OVR)
- Nathan MacKinnon, C, Colorado Avalanche (94 OVR)
MacKinnon, Kucherov, and Draisaitl are currently leading the NHL in scoring. Makar is the top-scoring defenseman, and Werenski is second among defensemen. Hellebuyck is a leading NHL goaltender, topping the league in wins, save percentage, and goals-against average.
MacKinnon, Kucherov, Makar, and Hellebuyck were also part of TOTY, making them part of an exclusive group honored in both programs.
In addition to TOTS, EA Sports congratulated Alex Ovechkin on his record-breaking 895th career goal by sharing a remarkable statistic from their archives: From NHL 07 to NHL 25, players have used Ovechkin to score an estimated 216,347,405 goals in the game series. While this involves some estimation, the fact that Ovechkin has been a consistent goal-scoring presence over such a long period is truly significant.
