Macklin Celebrini will feature a player rating of 82 overall when EA Sports NHL 25 releases for its early access period on Sept. 27.

San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini still has some things to prove as he prepares to play his first game in the National Hockey League

EA Sports' annualized NHL title will enter Early Access in just 11 short days, and there has been a distinct lack of marketing. The EA NHL YouTube channel has just two videos, and the official Twitter account has shared more preorder information than actual features.

EA Sports is about to release NHL 25 and recently gave fans new player ratings. How do Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins stack up?

Celebrini, the first player taken in the NHL Draft this past June, has an overall rating of 82 in EA Sports’ NHL 25 game, just missing the video game maker’s top 300 list. The cutoff was 84. Comparatively, last year’s No. 1 pick, Connor Bedard ...

The only defenseman that ranks higher than Josi in NHL 25 is the Norris Trophy winner from last season, Quinn Hughes. While Josi is the only d-man to receive a 93 overall rating, Hughes is a 94 overall. The closest defensemen behind Josi are both Miro Heiskanen and Victor Hedman at 92 overall.

Rookie Sharks center Macklin Celebrini received his rating for “NHL 25,” and the 18-year-old reacted humbly, as one probably could have guessed. Video game developer EA Sports shared a video Sunday of Celebrini and Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard seeing their ratings for the first time.