EA has released the NHL 22 roster update for the month of April, showing the players and goalies that moved up and down across the board. Check out the roster update below to see if your favorite players are still in a good place, or if they’ve been nerfed in terms of stats.
NHL 22 Roster Update for April:
Players
Moving Up:
| NAME | TEAM | OLD OVR | NEW OVR | +/- |
| Matthews, Auston | TOR | 92 | 93 | 1 |
| Huberdeau, Jonathan | FLA | 91 | 92 | 1 |
| Josi, Roman | NSH | 91 | 92 | 1 |
| Makar, Cale | COL | 91 | 92 | 1 |
| Barkov, Aleksander | FLA | 90 | 91 | 1 |
| Gaudreau, Johnny | CGY | 89 | 90 | 1 |
| Tkachuk, Matthew | CGY | 88 | 89 | 1 |
| Forsberg, Filip | NSH | 87 | 88 | 1 |
| Hughes, Quinn | VAN | 87 | 88 | 1 |
| Meier, Timo | SJS | 87 | 88 | 1 |
| Pavelski, Joe | DAL | 87 | 88 | 1 |
| Tarasenko, Vladimir | STL | 87 | 88 | 1 |
| Buchnevich, Pavel | STL | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Dahlin, Rasmus | BUF | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Duchene, Matt | NSH | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Kreider, Chris | NYR | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Pelech, Adam | NYI | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Toews, Devon | COL | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Thomas, Robert | STL | 85 | 87 | 2 |
| Robertson, Jason | DAL | 86 | 87 | 1 |
| Pettersson, Elias | VAN | 85 | 86 | 1 |
| Hughes, Jack | NJD | 85 | 86 | 1 |
| Laine, Patrik | CBJ | 85 | 86 | 1 |
| Seider, Moritz | DET | 85 | 86 | 1 |
| DeAngelo, Anthony | CAR | 84 | 86 | 2 |
| Zuccarello, Mats | MIN | 85 | 86 | 1 |
| Fiala, Kevin | MIN | 84 | 86 | 2 |
| Bratt, Jesper | NJD | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| Johansen, Ryan | NSH | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| Keller, Clayton | ARI | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| Schmaltz, Nick | ARI | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| Severson, Damon | NJD | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| Zegras, Trevor | ANA | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| Nichushkin, Valeri | COL | 83 | 85 | 2 |
| Andersson, Rasmus | CGY | 83 | 84 | 1 |
| Barbashev, Ivan | STL | 83 | 84 | 1 |
| Dobson, Noah | NYI | 83 | 84 | 1 |
| Hanifin, Noah | CGY | 83 | 84 | 1 |
| Stützle, Tim | OTT | 83 | 84 | 1 |
| Thompson, Tage | BUF | 82 | 84 | 2 |
| Gostisbehere, Shayne | ARI | 83 | 84 | 1 |
| Bennett, Sam | FLA | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Bunting, Michael | TOR | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Dunn, Vince | SEA | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Gavrikov, Vladislav | CBJ | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Graves, Ryan | NJD | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Hartman, Ryan | MIN | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Lundell, Anton | FLA | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Matheson, Mike | PIT | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Skinner, Jeff | BUF | 82 | 83 | 1 |
| Boldy, Matt | MIN | 81 | 83 | 2 |
| Ceci, Cody | EDM | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Coyle, Charlie | BOS | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Drysdale, Jamie | ANA | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Marchment, Mason | FLA | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Mikheyev, Ilya | TOR | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Milano, Sonny | ANA | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Moore, Trevor | LAK | 80 | 82 | 2 |
| Strome, Dylan | CHI | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Sharangovich, Yegor | NJD | 81 | 82 | 1 |
| Crouse, Lawson | ARI | 80 | 81 | 1 |
| DeBrusk, Jake | BOS | 80 | 81 | 1 |
| Hagel, Brandon | TBL | 80 | 81 | 1 |
| Soucy, Carson | SEA | 80 | 81 | 1 |
| Yamamoto, Kailer | EDM | 80 | 81 | 1 |
| Caufield, Cole | MTL | 79 | 81 | 2 |
| Jarvis, Seth | CAR | 79 | 81 | 2 |
| Jokiharju, Henri | BUF | 79 | 81 | 2 |
| Okposo, Kyle | BUF | 80 | 81 | 1 |
| Colton, Ross | TBL | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Kuraly, Sean | CBJ | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Lundestrom, Isac | ANA | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Miller, K’Andre | NYR | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Newhook, Alex | COL | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Sillinger, Cole | CBJ | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Joseph, Mathieu | OTT | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Whitecloud, Zach | VEG | 79 | 80 | 1 |
| Podkolzin, Vasily | VAN | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Engvall, Pierre | TOR | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Grant, Derek | ANA | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Kaliyev, Arthur | LAK | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Liljegren, Timothy | TOR | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Lizotte, Blake | LAK | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Pitlick, Rem | MTL | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Tomasino, Philip | NSH | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Trenin, Yakov | NSH | 78 | 79 | 1 |
| Durzi, Sean | LAK | 77 | 79 | 2 |
| Gaudreau, Frederick | MIN | 77 | 79 | 2 |
| McLeod, Ryan | EDM | 77 | 79 | 2 |
| Aube-Kubel, Nicolas | COL | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Chiasson, Alex | VAN | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Lomberg, Ryan | FLA | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Mittelstadt, Casey | BUF | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Stanley, Logan | WPG | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| York, Cameron | PHI | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Beniers, Matty | SEA | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Stillman, Riley | CHI | 77 | 78 | 1 |
| Schneider, Braden | NYR | 76 | 78 | 2 |
| Spence, Jordan | LAK | 76 | 78 | 2 |
| Middleton, Jacob | MIN | 76 | 77 | 1 |
| Raddysh, Taylor | CHI | 76 | 77 | 1 |
| Gregor, Noah | SJS | 75 | 77 | 2 |
| Krebs, Peyton | BUF | 75 | 77 | 2 |
| Mikkola, Niko | STL | 75 | 77 | 2 |
| Samuelsson, Mattias | BUF | 75 | 77 | 2 |
Moving Down
| NAME | TEAM | OLD OVR | NEW OVR | +/- | |
| Jack | Eichel | VEG | 91 | 89 | -2 |
| Nicklas | Backstrom | WSH | 88 | 87 | -1 |
| Mathew | Barzal | NYI | 88 | 87 | -1 |
| Tyler | Bertuzzi | DET | 87 | 86 | -1 |
| Oliver | Bjorkstrand | CBJ | 86 | 85 | -1 |
| Ryan | McDonagh | TBL | 86 | 85 | -1 |
| Vincent | Trocheck | CAR | 86 | 85 | -1 |
| Martin | Necas | CAR | 85 | 84 | -1 |
| T.J. | Oshie | WSH | 85 | 84 | -1 |
| Ondrej | Palat | TBL | 85 | 84 | -1 |
| Tyler | Seguin | DAL | 85 | 84 | -1 |
| Brendan | Gallagher | MTL | 84 | 83 | -1 |
| William | Karlsson | VEG | 84 | 83 | -1 |
| Jonathan | Toews | CHI | 84 | 83 | -1 |
| James | van Riemsdyk | PHI | 84 | 83 | -1 |
| Josh | Anderson | MTL | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Mario | Ferraro | SJS | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Ryan | Murray | COL | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Mike | Hoffman | MTL | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Patric | Hornqvist | FLA | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Kasperi | Kapanen | PIT | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Tyler | Myers | VAN | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Alexander | Radulov | DAL | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Rasmus | Ristolainen | PHI | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Keith | Yandle | PHI | 83 | 82 | -1 |
| Dustin | Brown | LAK | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Erik | Gustafsson | CHI | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Anthony | Beauvillier | NYI | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Kirby | Dach | CHI | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Dominik | Kubalík | CHI | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Adam | Lowry | WPG | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Jakob | Silfverberg | ANA | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Tomas | Tatar | NJD | 82 | 81 | -1 |
| Jordan | Greenway | MIN | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Sean | Monahan | CGY | 83 | 80 | -3 |
| Joonas | Donskoi | SEA | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Warren | Foegele | EDM | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Nils | Hoglander | VAN | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Mattias | Janmark | VEG | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Luke | Kunin | NSH | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Oliver | Wahlstrom | NYI | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Filip | Zadina | DET | 81 | 80 | -1 |
| Vinnie | Hinostroza | BUF | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Milan | Lucic | CGY | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Will | Butcher | BUF | 81 | 79 | -2 |
| Mason | Appleton | WPG | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Tyler | Bozak | STL | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Filip | Chytil | NYR | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Max | Comtois | ANA | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Nick | Foligno | BOS | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Janne | Kuokkanen | NJD | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Zach | Sanford | WPG | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Eeli | Tolvanen | NSH | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Gabriel | Vilardi | LAK | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| Mark | Jankowski | BUF | 79 | 78 | -1 |
| Colton | Sceviour | EDM | 79 | 78 | -1 |
| Brett | Ritchie | CGY | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Justin | Bailey | VAN | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Jay | Beagle | ARI | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Tyler | Benson | EDM | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Olli | Juolevi | DET | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Slater | Koekkoek | EDM | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Sam | Lafferty | CHI | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| Tyler | Pitlick | MTL | 78 | 77 | -1 |
| John | Hayden | BUF | 76 | 75 | -1 |
| Kristian | Vesalainen | WPG | 76 | 75 | -1 |
Goalies
Moving Up:
| NAME | NEW OVR | +/- | |
| Igor | Shesterkin | 91 | 1 |
| Juuse | Saros | 89 | 1 |
| Darcy | Kuemper | 87 | 1 |
| Ilya | Sorokin | 87 | 1 |
| Jeremy | Swayman | 84 | 1 |
| Ville | Husso | 84 | 2 |
| Jake | Oettinger | 83 | 1 |
| Cam | Talbot | 83 | 1 |
| Anton | Forsberg | 82 | 2 |
| Scott | Wedgewood | 80 | 1 |
| Logan | Thompson | 78 | 4 |
Moving Down:
| NAME | NEW OVR | +/- | |
| John | Gibson | 90 | -1 |
| Robin | Lehner | 86 | -1 |
| Elvis | Merzlikins | 83 | -1 |
| Jordan | Binnington | 83 | -1 |
| Carter | Hart | 83 | -1 |
| Alex | Nedeljkovic | 83 | -1 |
| Philipp | Grubauer | 82 | -1 |
| Ilya | Samsonov | 82 | -1 |
| Chris | Driedger | 81 | -1 |
| Petr | Mrazek | 81 | -2 |
| Laurent | Brossoit | 81 | -1 |
| Jaroslav | Halak | 81 | -1 |
| Alexandar | Georgiev | 80 | -1 |
| Thomas | Greiss | 80 | -1 |
| Joonas | Korpisalo | 80 | -1 |
| Mikko | Koskinen | 79 | -1 |
In case you missed it, EA also released a patch recently that fixed crashes that were occurring within the franchise mode. You can check ot the patch notes here.
Source: EA Answers