NHL 23 brings players together with the most socially connected Chel experience ever and adds women's players to the Ultimate Team.Electronic Arts is bringing hockey fans together with EA Sports NHL 23, the most authentic and immersive NHL game ever.
NHL 23 is greater together and will bring an all-new level of social play never before seen in the franchise when cross-platform matchmaking comes to the game in November 2022, allowing matchmaking between players of the same platform generation in World of Chel and Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT).
Powered by the Frostbite engine, NHL 23 brings fans new levels of authenticity with gameplay improvements that include over 500 new last chance playmaking animations, living arenas and atmosphere, deep franchise-mode customization and new ways to play HUT, including the addition of IIHF Women’s National Teams in HUT, allowing the best women’s and men’s players in the world to compete on one lineup.
EA Sports has also revealed two cover athletes for NHL 23 that represent an exciting new generation of hockey talent—Anaheim Ducks phenom Trevor Zegras and Canadian professional hockey and women’s national team member Sarah Nurse, the first woman to grace the cover of EA Sports NHL.
In a historic first, IIHF Women’s National Team members can now play alongside men in a Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT) lineup, allowing players to make their dream team of the sport’s best players. After their introduction last year, national teams will continue to play a prominent role in NHL 23, as national team players will have both base and master items incorporated into HUT events. In addition, players can now compete in a variety of new rotating game themes in HUT Rivals. NHL 23 also introduces three additional tiers of HUT Rivals Rewards based on win or win streaks.
For the second year, the EA Sports NHL franchise returns to the legendary Frostbite engine, bringing whole new levels of visual immersion to the game. From electrifying new OT Winner, Hat Trick and Shootout celebrations that will hype you up, to raucous stadiums with overhauled levels of Crowd Awareness and Moment to Moment Reactions, NHL 23 has the most authentic in-game atmosphere in franchise history. A whole new series of Last Chance Puck Movement gameplay animations add even more excitement to the game, with over 500 new Stumble Action animations, loose puck plays and enhanced goalie AI.
EA SPORTS NHL 23 has continued its fan-favorite tradition by announcing the complete Top 50 player rankings, along with the Top 10 lists for various positions and attributes like Speed, Strength, Skills and more.
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Top 10 Centers Top 10 Goalies Connor McDavid Edmonton Oil Center 95 Andrei Vasilevskiy Tampa Bay Lig Goalie 94 Auston Matthews Toronto Mapl Center 94 Igor Shesterkin New York Ran Goalie 92 Nathan MacKinnon Colorado Aval Center 94 Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets Goalie 90 Leon Draisaitl Edmonton Oil Center 93 Jacob Markstrom Calgary Flame Goalie 90 Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Pe Center 93 John Gibson Anaheim Duc Goalie 90 Aleksander Barkov Florida Panth Center 92 Thatcher Demko Vancouver Ca Goalie 89 Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lig Center 90 Juuse Saros Nashville Pre Goalie 89 Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Pe Center 90 Frederik Andersen Carolina Hurri Goalie 89 Sebastian Aho Carolina Hurri Center 89 Ilya Sorokin New York Isla Goalie 88 Patrice Bergeron Boston Bruins Center 89 Sergei Bobrovsky Florida Panth Goalie 88 Top 10 LD Top 10 RD Roman Josi Nashville Pre Left Defense 93 Cale Makar Colorado Aval Right Defense 94 Victor Hedman Tampa Bay Lig Left Defense 93 Adam Fox New York Ran Right Defense 90 Devon Toews Colorado Aval Left Defense 88 John Carlson Washington C Right Defense 90 Morgan Rielly Toronto Mapl Left Defense 88 Charlie McAvoy Boston Bruins Right Defense 89 Miro Heiskanen Dallas Stars Defense 88 Alex Pietrangelo Vegas Golden Right Defense 89 Rasmus Dahlin Buffalo Sabres Left Defense 88 Aaron Ekblad Florida Panth Right Defense 89 Quinn Hughes Vancouver Ca Left Defense 87 Drew Doughty Los Angeles Ki Right Defense 89 Zach Werenski Columbus Blu Left Defense 87 Kris Letang Pittsburgh Pe Right Defense 88 Jaccob Slavin Carolina Hurri Left Defense 87 Dougie Hamilton New Jersey D Right Defense 88 Shea Theodore Vegas Golden Defense 87 Moritz Seider Detroit Red W Right Defense 87 Top 10 LW Top 10 RW Jonathan Huberdeau Calgary Flame Left Wing 92 Patrick Kane Chicago Black Right Wing 93 Artemi Panarin New York Ran Left Wing 92 Nikita Kucherov Tampa Bay Lig Right Wing 92 Alex Ovechkin Washington C Left Wing 92 Mikko Rantanen Colorado Aval Right Wing 91 Brad Marchand Boston Bruins Left Wing 91 David Pastrnak Boston Bruins Right Wing 91 Kirill Kaprizov Minnesota Wi Left Wing 91 Mitchell Marner Toronto Mapl Right Wing 90 Johnny Gaudreau Columbus Blu Left Wing 90 Alex DeBrincat Ottawa Senat Right Wing 89 Matthew Tkachuk Florida Panth Left Wing 90 Mark Stone Vegas Golden Right Wing 89 Kyle Connor Winnipeg Jets Left Wing 90 Andrei Svechnikov Carolina Hurri Right Wing 88 Gabriel Landeskog Colorado Aval Left Wing 89 Vladimir Tarasenko St. Louis Blues Right Wing 88 Filip Forsberg Nashville Pre Left Wing 89 Jordan Kyrou St. Louis Blues Right Wing 87 K35
NHL 23 will solidify itself as a best-in-class social experience with the introduction of cross-platform matchmaking, currently planned for November 2022. The launch of cross-platform matchmaking across same-generation consoles for World of Chel and HUT will shorten queue times and create fewer player pools to ensure players will have more options to face off.
Franchise Mode returns to NHL 23 with unprecedented levels of league customization, bringing an all-new level of versatility to the game, including adjustments to the numbers of teams, games played, divisions, conferences, playoff rounds, league salary cap and more.
EA Sports NHL is continuing to offer HUT content migration to ensure a smooth experience for players across console generations. Following a November update, players who start playing NHL 23 on PS4 or Xbox One will be able to transfer their HUT Team value and progress to the next generation of their respective platforms in PS5 or Xbox Series X|S.
Fans that pre-order NHL 23 will get a variety of bonus in-game content. The EA Sports NHL 23 X-Factor Edition includes the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 or Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game, three days of early access, 4600 NHL Points, one HUT X-Factor Player Choice Pack, HUT X-Factor Power-Up Starter Pack, X-Factor Women’s HUT Choice Pack, five World of Chel X-Factor Zone Ability Unlocks, two Be A Pro X-Factor Slot Unlocks and XP Boost and Bonus Trait Points, and a signed Sarah Nurse World of Chel Jersey. All pre-order editions and information can be found here.
EA Play members can get more out of NHL 23 with three days of early access, and member-only rewards throughout the season.
EA Sports NHL 23 is coming to PS4, Xbox One ($59.99) and PS5, Xbox Series X|S ($69.99) on Oct. 14, 2022
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