Hello NHL Community, here are the notes for Update 1.4 launching this Wednesday, January 21st at 1pm ET. Please complete all online games before this time as server instability is expected up to an hour after the patch deployment. Hockey Ultimate Team Additions to Hockey Ultimate Team HUT Moments Updated New scenarios and requirements will be added, allowing for more varied and exciting gameplay experiences Moments will now instantly complete as soon as the objective is met New scenarios: Penalties / Power Plays Face off locations Goalies pulled / Empty Net situations Fixed an issue where leaving the Cup Chase sub-hub and returning after reaching the Finals could cause the Finals bracket record to display incorrectly. Fixed a visual issue in My Collection where X-Factor icons were misaligned within the black border on MSP Player Panels. Gameplay Fix for goalie over sliding when performing a pad stack on an incoming shot Be A Pro Fixed an issue where perk and activities tool tip reappears after it has already been seen Fixed a visual issue where transition screens do not appear after exiting player edit screen Fixed an issue where injury headlines only occur once each season Fixed an issue where on-screen text was incorrect in magazine endorsements Fixed an issue where the Influential response to Stay on Powerplay does not show when the user has already purchased the trait to Stay on the Powerplay Fixed an issue where the “Win your Division/Presidents Trophy or Make Playoffs” challenge evaluates before the end of the full regular season World of Chel Added the ability to view club name, branding and player stats on the Clubs tab Added a party indicator in the Play HUB Added the ability to see player banners in the Game Summary screen Added the ability to see player banners in the Dressing Room Added the ability to see player banners in the Matchup screen Fixed an issue with Glacia Frostwind’s uniforms appearing too light Fixed an issue where the Turkey’s neck was see through from certain angles Fixed an issue with the textures for Halloween 26 themed hoodies when equipped underneath a jersey Fixed an issue where Jean Spectre’s head flashes during intro of grudge matches Fixed an issue where party members can enter dressing rooms while in the clubs tab Fixed an issue where there can be more than one owner of a WoC club Fixed crashes after modifying Club 3v3 stats, then filtering to 6v6 powerplay/penalty kill to change role and swapping between Edit lines and Edit Strategies view Fixed an issue where users are unable to change powerplay/penalty kill player positioning using club strategies Fixed an issue where Gamertag/PSN ID is displayed in opponent player’s banner in matchmaking lobby Fixed an issue where X-Factor tier thumbnails mismatch with Loadout tabs for SCOORIN-SNP Fixed an issue where some users are unable to progress beyond round 1 in Ones Eliminator Fixed an issue where customized intro animations did not trigger when playing as Away team in Threes Eliminator Fixed an issue where Martial Arts and Disco intro animations are not oriented properly in 6v6 Club games Fixed an issue where camera can be embedded in crowd Fixed an issue with matchmaking in Ones Eliminator Franchise Fixed a crash when editing 6’10” or taller players Game Modes Fixed an issue where Play Now games would soft lock after quitting a previous Play Now game. Fixed an issue where users get stuck in the Main Menu after advancing past a Banner Art Uniforms The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 26 NHL Boston Bruins – Stadium Series Florida Panthers – Winter Classic New York Rangers – Winter Classic Tampa Bay Lightning – Stadium Series AHL San Diego Gulls – Third Springfield Thunderbirds - Third ECHL Trois-Rivieres Lions – Third Utah Grizzlies – Third Worcester Railers - Third Canadian Hockey League WHL Kamloops Blazers – Third Penticton Vees – Third Wenatchee Wild - Third ICEHL Steinbach Black Wings Linz – Home and Away EC IDM Warmepumpen VSV – Home and Away EC Red Bull Salzburg – Home and Away EC-KAC – Home and Away FTC – Telekom – Home and Away HC Falkensteiner Wolfe – Home and Away HC TWK Innsbruck - Home and Away HCB Sudtirol Alperia – Home and Away Fehervar AV19 – Home and Away Moser Medical Graz 99ers – Home and Away Olimpija Ljubljana – Home and Away Pioneers Vorarlberg – Home and Away Vienna Capitals – Home and Away Source Edit: Added a missing BaP update.

What a suprise that the most important things weren't fixed 😂 EXAMPLE PENALTIES.But guys maybe NHL 27 will have a new feature that includes realistic penalties.

All the CHEL and HUT fixes and fudge all for gameplay hahahaha. No surprise.

Gameplay is done till next year. And thats even if anything changes.

Where is the fix for the 1 minute left in period lag?

Only fixing issues where the extra money comes from. This has been the worst year that I can remember with patches + what they offer.

Forum Discussion

EA_Aljo

Community Manager

23 days ago

NHL 26 1.4 Patch Notes

Hello NHL Community, here are the notes for Update 1.4 launching this Wednesday, January 21st at 1pm ET. Please complete all online games before this time as server instability is expected up to an hour after the patch deployment.

Hockey Ultimate Team

Additions to Hockey Ultimate Team

HUT Moments Updated

New scenarios and requirements will be added, allowing for more varied and exciting gameplay experiences
Moments will now instantly complete as soon as the objective is met

New scenarios:

Penalties / Power Plays
Face off locations
Goalies pulled / Empty Net situations
Fixed an issue where leaving the Cup Chase sub-hub and returning after reaching the Finals could cause the Finals bracket record to display incorrectly.
Fixed a visual issue in My Collection where X-Factor icons were misaligned within the black border on MSP Player Panels.

Gameplay

Fix for goalie over sliding when performing a pad stack on an incoming shot

Be A Pro

Fixed an issue where perk and activities tool tip reappears after it has already been seen
Fixed a visual issue where transition screens do not appear after exiting player edit screen
Fixed an issue where injury headlines only occur once each season
Fixed an issue where on-screen text was incorrect in magazine endorsements
Fixed an issue where the Influential response to Stay on Powerplay does not show when the user has already purchased the trait to Stay on the Powerplay
Fixed an issue where the “Win your Division/Presidents Trophy or Make Playoffs” challenge evaluates before the end of the full regular season

World of Chel

Added the ability to view club name, branding and player stats on the Clubs tab
Added a party indicator in the Play HUB
Added the ability to see player banners in the Game Summary screen
Added the ability to see player banners in the Dressing Room
Added the ability to see player banners in the Matchup screen
Fixed an issue with Glacia Frostwind’s uniforms appearing too light
Fixed an issue where the Turkey’s neck was see through from certain angles
Fixed an issue with the textures for Halloween 26 themed hoodies when equipped underneath a jersey
Fixed an issue where Jean Spectre’s head flashes during intro of grudge matches
Fixed an issue where party members can enter dressing rooms while in the clubs tab
Fixed an issue where there can be more than one owner of a WoC club
Fixed crashes after modifying Club 3v3 stats, then filtering to 6v6 powerplay/penalty kill to change role and swapping between Edit lines and Edit Strategies view
Fixed an issue where users are unable to change powerplay/penalty kill player positioning using club strategies
Fixed an issue where Gamertag/PSN ID is displayed in opponent player’s banner in matchmaking lobby
Fixed an issue where X-Factor tier thumbnails mismatch with Loadout tabs for SCOORIN-SNP
Fixed an issue where some users are unable to progress beyond round 1 in Ones Eliminator
Fixed an issue where customized intro animations did not trigger when playing as Away team in Threes Eliminator
Fixed an issue where Martial Arts and Disco intro animations are not oriented properly in 6v6 Club games
Fixed an issue where camera can be embedded in crowd
Fixed an issue with matchmaking in Ones Eliminator

Franchise

Fixed a crash when editing 6’10” or taller players

Game Modes

Fixed an issue where Play Now games would soft lock after quitting a previous Play Now game.
Fixed an issue where users get stuck in the Main Menu after advancing past a Banner

Art

Uniforms

The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 26

NHL

Boston Bruins – Stadium Series
Florida Panthers – Winter Classic
New York Rangers – Winter Classic
Tampa Bay Lightning – Stadium Series

AHL

San Diego Gulls – Third
Springfield Thunderbirds - Third

ECHL

Trois-Rivieres Lions – Third
Utah Grizzlies – Third
Worcester Railers - Third

Canadian Hockey League

WHL

Kamloops Blazers – Third
Penticton Vees – Third
Wenatchee Wild - Third

ICEHL

Steinbach Black Wings Linz – Home and Away
EC IDM Warmepumpen VSV – Home and Away
EC Red Bull Salzburg – Home and Away
EC-KAC – Home and Away
FTC – Telekom – Home and Away
HC Falkensteiner Wolfe – Home and Away
HC TWK Innsbruck - Home and Away
HCB Sudtirol Alperia – Home and Away
Fehervar AV19 – Home and Away
Moser Medical Graz 99ers – Home and Away
Olimpija Ljubljana – Home and Away
Pioneers Vorarlberg – Home and Away
Vienna Capitals – Home and Away

Source

Edit: Added a missing BaP update.

discussion

49 Replies

DN_1964
New Novice
18 days ago
Can we fix game stopping issues in the next update?
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KODB112
Rising Traveler
18 days ago
HUT moments changes blow, and certainly not more exciting. Just even more of a run on the hamster wheel. Now they autocomplete. Was it that difficult to complete them at our leisure? I need one more shot on goal...nope, have to play another one as it tears me away from the game. So now even shorter more useless moments so we get to spend even more time watching the EA circle spin while it's "connecting" or loading stuff. Less time in the game and more time in the laggy menus was the answer, eh? And who plays the moments for fun? I would think most strictly play them for the miniscule rewards so we can get players to play actual games (albeit games where there is no record of us ever playing, such as score, etc.)
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
17 days ago
Updated rosters don't apply to BaP since that mode starts at a specific time. We also don't update rosters during an active BaP career since that could drastically change all the player movements that have happened.
JohnMayer24
Rising Rookie
17 days ago
The problem is not from the roaster anyway. I went into creation mode and both Hill and Daccord have good colors. I tried going into Play Now and all goalies from Seattle and Vegas have good colors too.
The problem is linked to Franchise mode and Be a pro, that's where there's a bug and their colors aren't right. I made a Franchise with Vegas and went to see Adin Hill in the edit player within the mode and his colors appeared right, just like in the main menu zone. I started a game and boom, some magical wrong colors appeared as you can see in the screenshots.
So whatever bug it is, it seems to only affect players from Utah, Seattle and Vegas. All of them are shown in red and black colors. We can correct it in Franchise by editing their set manually, but not in Be a pro.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
16 days ago
Thanks. I've passed this on to the team for review.
JohnMayer24
Rising Rookie
16 days ago
Thanks a lot! Have a nice day!
RobHockey
New Vanguard
15 days ago
I have slow load times on be a pro in between games after this patch
UnhingedCanuck
Seasoned Novice
9 days ago
I'm going to chime in to say that this company no longer cares about how they make their game. I've owned every NHL EA ever attached to the NHLPA in 1991 on the Sega Genesis. The idea of these new moments sounded cool. However, when you don't test it, and the fact that so many of your content creators have said that the PRO settings for the AI is on crazy mode is no longer fun. So I'm basically done with the moments, which were a cool thing until that patch ruined it and made it impossible to complete all moments. I might finally be done with this game. Just seems like either the devs and upper management don't play the game or don't understand how they're ruining a game that some people loved to play.
88_Sekiro_
8 days ago
The Oilers never added a home kit.