DRAFT HISTORY
2012 NHL Draft
Nail Yakupov went first overall to EDM. 210 players selected across 7 rounds; 51 appear in Pucky's NHL stat database.
ROUND 1
Round 1
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EDM | Nail Yakupov | RW | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 2 | CBJ | Ryan Murray | D | Everett (WHL) | 445 | 131 |
| 3 | MTL | Alex Galchenyuk | C | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 4 | NYI | Griffin Reinhart | D | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 5 | TOR | Morgan Rielly | D | Moose Jaw (WHL) | 951 | 549 |
| 6 | ANA | Hampus Lindholm | D | Rogle Jr. (SWEDEN) | 835 | 339 |
| 7 | MIN | Mathew Dumba | D | Red Deer (WHL) | 748 | 261 |
| 8 | PIT | Derrick Pouliot | D | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 9 | WPG | Jacob Trouba | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | 906 | 358 |
| 10 | TBL | Slater Koekkoek | D | Peterborough (OHL) | — | — |
| 11 | WSH | Filip Forsberg | C | Leksand (SWEDEN) | 862 | 756 |
| 12 | BUF | Mikhail Grigorenko | C | Quebec (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 13 | DAL | Radek Faksa | C | Kitchener (OHL) | 772 | 232 |
| 14 | BUF | Zemgus Girgensons | C | Dubuque (USHL) | 851 | 214 |
| 15 | OTT | Cody Ceci | D | Ottawa (OHL) | 953 | 244 |
| 16 | WSH | Tom Wilson | RW | Plymouth (OHL) | 907 | 457 |
| 17 | SJS | Tomas Hertl | C | Slavia (CZECH) | 873 | 607 |
| 18 | CHI | Teuvo Teravainen | LW | Jokerit (FINLAND) | 827 | 552 |
| 19 | TBL | Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | Ufa 2 (RUSSIA) | 606 | 24 |
| 20 | PHI | Scott Laughton | C | Oshawa (OHL) | 749 | 289 |
| 21 | CGY | Mark Jankowski | C | Stanstead College (HIGH-QC) | 482 | 145 |
| 22 | PIT | Olli Maatta | D | London (OHL) | 804 | 210 |
| 23 | FLA | Mike Matheson | D | Dubuque (USHL) | 705 | 302 |
| 24 | BOS | Malcolm Subban | G | Belleville (OHL) | — | — |
| 25 | STL | Jordan Schmaltz | D | Green Bay (USHL) | — | — |
| 26 | VAN | Brendan Gaunce | C | Belleville (OHL) | 214 | 35 |
| 27 | PHX | Henrik Samuelsson | C/RW | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 28 | NYR | Brady Skjei | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | 773 | 306 |
| 29 | NJD | Stefan Matteau | C | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 30 | LAK | Tanner Pearson | LW | Barrie (OHL) | 778 | 327 |
ROUND 2
Round 2
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | CBJ | Oscar Dansk | G | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 32 | EDM | Mitchell Moroz | LW | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 33 | MTL | Sebastian Collberg | RW | Frolunda (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 34 | NYI | Ville Pokka | D | Karpat (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 35 | TOR | Matthew Finn | D | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 36 | ANA | Nicolas Kerdiles | LW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 37 | NSH | Pontus Aberg | LW | Djurgarden (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 38 | CAR | Phillip Di Giuseppe | LW | U. of Michigan (CCHA) | — | — |
| 40 | TBL | Dylan Blujus | D | Brampton (OHL) | — | — |
| 41 | COL | Mitchell Heard | C | Plymouth (OHL) | — | — |
| 42 | CGY | Patrick Sieloff | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 43 | DAL | Ludwig Bystrom | D | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 44 | BUF | Jake McCabe | D | U. of Wisconsin (WCHA) | 723 | 200 |
| 45 | PHI | Anthony Stolarz | G | Corpus Christi (NAHL) | 170 | 5 |
| 46 | MIN | Raphael Bussieres | LW | Baie Comeau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 47 | CAR | Brock McGinn | LW | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 48 | CHI | Dillon Fournier | D | Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 49 | DET | Martin Frk | RW | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 50 | NSH | Colton Sissons | C | Kelowna (WHL) | 756 | 232 |
| 51 | MTL | Dalton Thrower | D | Saskatoon (WHL) | — | — |
| 52 | PIT | Teddy Blueger | C | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | 453 | 169 |
| 53 | TBL | Brian Hart | RW | Phillips-Exeter (HIGH-NH) | — | — |
| 54 | DAL | Mike Winther | C | Prince Albert (WHL) | — | — |
| 55 | SJS | Chris Tierney | C | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 56 | STL | Samuel Kurker | RW | St. John's Prep (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 57 | VAN | Alexandre Mallet | LW | Rimouski (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 58 | PHX | Jordan Martinook | LW | Vancouver (WHL) | 797 | 262 |
| 59 | NYR | Boo Nieves | C | Kent School (HIGH-CT) | — | — |
| 60 | NJD | Damon Severson | D | Kelowna (WHL) | 855 | 348 |
| 61 | DAL | Devin Shore | C | Whitby (OJHL) | — | — |
ROUND 3
Round 3
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | CBJ | Joonas Korpisalo | G | Jokerit Jr. (Finland Jr.) | 339 | 3 |
| 63 | EDM | Jujhar Khaira | LW | Prince George (BCHL) | — | — |
| 64 | MTL | Tim Bozon | LW | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 65 | NYI | Adam Pelech | D | Erie (OHL) | 642 | 177 |
| 66 | NSH | Jimmy Vesey | LW | South Shore (EJHL) | — | — |
| 67 | STL | Mackenzie MacEachern | LW | Brother Rice H.S. (HIGH-MI) | 131 | 24 |
| 68 | MIN | John Draeger | D | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 69 | CAR | Daniel Altshuller | G | Oshawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 70 | WPG | Scott Kosmachuk | RW | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 71 | TBL | Tanner Richard | C | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 72 | COL | Troy Bourke | LW | Prince George (WHL) | — | — |
| 73 | BUF | Justin Kea | C | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 74 | DAL | Esa Lindell | D | Jokerit Jr. (Finland Jr.) | 766 | 249 |
| 75 | CGY | Jon Gillies | G | Indiana (USHL) | — | — |
| 76 | OTT | Chris Driedger | G | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 77 | WSH | Chandler Stephenson | C/LW | Regina (WHL) | 653 | 370 |
| 78 | PHI | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | Union College (ECAC) | 763 | 462 |
| 79 | CHI | Chris Calnan | RW | Nobles (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 80 | DET | Jake Paterson | G | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 81 | PIT | Oskar Sundqvist | C | Skelleftea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 545 | 181 |
| 82 | OTT | Jarrod Maidens | C/LW | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 83 | PIT | Matt Murray | G | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 280 | 5 |
| 84 | FLA | Steven Hodges | C | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 85 | BOS | Matt Grzelcyk | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | 596 | 187 |
| 86 | STL | Colton Parayko | D | Fort McMurray (AJHL) | 800 | 313 |
| 87 | ANA | Frederik Andersen | G | Frolunda (SWEDEN) | 570 | 17 |
| 88 | PHX | James Melindy | D | Moncton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 89 | NSH | Brendan Leipsic | LW | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 90 | NJD | Ben Johnson | C/LW | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 91 | EDM | Daniil Zharkov | LW | Belleville (OHL) | — | — |
ROUND 4
Round 4
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | PIT | Matia Marcantuoni | C/RW | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 93 | EDM | Erik Gustafsson | D | Djurgarden (SWEDEN) | 517 | 240 |
| 94 | MTL | Brady Vail | C | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 95 | CBJ | Josh Anderson | RW | London (OHL) | 688 | 273 |
| 96 | NJD | Ben Thomson | LW | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 97 | ANA | Kevin Roy | C | Lincoln (USHL) | — | — |
| 98 | MIN | Adam Gilmour | C | Nobles (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 99 | CAR | Erik Karlsson | C/LW | Frolunda Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 100 | WSH | Thomas Di Pauli | C | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 101 | TBL | Cedric Paquette | C | Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 102 | PHX | Rhett Holland | D | Okotoks (AJHL) | — | — |
| 103 | NYI | Loic Leduc | D | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 104 | DAL | Gemel Smith | C | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 105 | CGY | Brett Kulak | D | Vancouver (WHL) | 662 | 137 |
| 106 | OTT | Timothy Boyle | D | Nobles (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 107 | WSH | Austin Wuthrich | RW | Notre Dame (CCHA) | — | — |
| 108 | ANA | Andrew O'Brien | D | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 109 | SJS | Christophe Lalancette | RW | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 110 | DET | Andreas Athanasiou | C/LW | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 111 | PHI | Fredrik Larsson | D | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 112 | NSH | Zach Stepan | C | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 113 | PIT | Sean Maguire | G | Powell River (BCHL) | — | — |
| 114 | FLA | Alexander Delnov | LW | Mytischi 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 115 | CAR | Trevor Carrick | D | Mississauga St. Michael's (OHL) | — | — |
| 116 | STL | Nicholas Walters | D | Everett (WHL) | — | — |
| 117 | PHI | Taylor Leier | LW | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 118 | NSH | Mikko Vainonen | D | HIFK Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 119 | NYR | Calle Andersson | D | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 120 | CAR | Jaccob Slavin | D | Chicago (USHL) | 803 | 307 |
| 121 | LAK | Nikolai Prokhorkin | LW | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
ROUND 5
Round 5
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | MTL | Charles Hudon | LW | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 123 | EDM | Joey Laleggia | D | U. of Denver (WCHA) | — | — |
| 124 | CGY | Ryan Culkin | D | Quebec (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 125 | NYI | Doyle Somerby | D | Kimball Union Academy (HIGH-NH) | — | — |
| 126 | TOR | Dominic Toninato | C | Duluth East H.S. (HIGH-MN) | 197 | 36 |
| 127 | ANA | Brian Cooper | D | Fargo (USHL) | — | — |
| 128 | MIN | Daniel Gunnarsson | D | Lulea (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 129 | CAR | Brendan Woods | LW | U. of Wisconsin (WCHA) | — | — |
| 130 | WPG | Connor Hellebuyck | G | Odessa (NAHL) | 625 | 10 |
| 131 | BOS | Seth Griffith | C | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 132 | COL | Michael Clarke | C | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 133 | BUF | Logan Nelson | C | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 134 | DAL | Branden Troock | RW | Seattle (WHL) | — | — |
| 135 | NJD | Graham Black | C | Swift Current (WHL) | — | — |
| 136 | OTT | Robert Baillargeon | C | Indiana (USHL) | — | — |
| 137 | WSH | Connor Carrick | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 138 | SJS | Danny O'Regan | C | St. Sebastian's School (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 139 | CHI | Garret Ross | LW | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 140 | DET | Michael McKee | D | Lincoln (USHL) | — | — |
| 141 | PHI | Reece Willcox | D | Merritt (BCHL) | — | — |
| 142 | NYR | Thomas Spelling | RW | Herning (DENMARK) | — | — |
| 143 | PIT | Clark Seymour | D | Peterborough (OHL) | — | — |
| 144 | DAL | Henri Kiviaho | G | Kalpa Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 145 | BOS | Cody Payne | RW | Plymouth (OHL) | — | — |
| 146 | STL | Francois Tremblay | G | Val d'Or (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 147 | VAN | Ben Hutton | D | Nepean (CCHL) | 582 | 139 |
| 148 | PHX | Niklas Tikkinen | D | Blues Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 149 | CHI | Travis Brown | D | Moose Jaw (WHL) | — | — |
| 150 | NJD | Alex Kerfoot | C | Coquitlam (BCHL) | 645 | 305 |
| 151 | LAK | Colin Miller | D | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 590 | 183 |
ROUND 6
Round 6
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | CBJ | Daniel Zaar | RW | Rogle Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 153 | EDM | John McCarron | RW | Cornell U. (ECAC) | — | — |
| 154 | MTL | Erik Nystrom | LW | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 155 | NYI | Jesse Graham | D | Niagara (OHL) | — | — |
| 156 | TOR | Connor Brown | RW | Erie (OHL) | 676 | 301 |
| 157 | TOR | Ryan Rupert | C | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 158 | MIN | Christoph Bertschy | C | Bern (SWISS) | — | — |
| 159 | CAR | Collin Olson | G | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 160 | WPG | Ryan Olsen | C | Saskatoon (WHL) | — | — |
| 161 | TBL | Jake Dotchin | D | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 162 | COL | Joseph Blandisi | C/RW | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 163 | BUF | Linus Ullmark | G | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 346 | 7 |
| 164 | NSH | Simon Fernholm | D | Huddinge Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 165 | CGY | Coda Gordon | LW | Swift Current (WHL) | — | — |
| 166 | OTT | Francois Brassard | G | Quebec (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 167 | WSH | Riley Barber | RW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 168 | SJS | Clifford Watson | D | Sioux City (USHL) | — | — |
| 169 | CHI | Vinnie Hinostroza | C | Waterloo (USHL) | 477 | 179 |
| 170 | DET | James de Haas | D | Toronto Lakeshore (OJHL) | — | — |
| 171 | LAK | Tomas Hyka | RW | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 172 | NSH | Max Gortz | RW | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 173 | PIT | Anton Zlobin | RW | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 174 | FLA | Francis Beauvillier | C/LW | Rimouski (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 175 | BOS | Matt Benning | D | Spruce Grove (AJHL) | 465 | 102 |
| 176 | STL | Petteri Lindbohm | D | Jokerit Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 177 | VAN | Wesley Myron | LW | Victoria (BCHL) | — | — |
| 178 | PHX | Samuel Fejes | LW | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 179 | NSH | Marek Mazanec | G | Plzen (Czech Republic) | — | — |
| 180 | NJD | Artur Gavrus | C/LW | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 181 | LAK | Paul LaDue | D | Lincoln (USHL) | — | — |
ROUND 7
Round 7
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | CBJ | Gianluca Curcuruto | D | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 183 | DAL | Dmitry Sinitsyn | D | U. Mass-Lowell (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 184 | PHX | Marek Langhamer | G | Pardubice Jr. (CZREP-JR.) | — | — |
| 185 | NYI | Jake Bischoff | D | Grand Rapids (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 186 | CGY | Matthew Deblouw | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 187 | ANA | Kenton Helgesen | D | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 188 | MIN | Louis Nanne | LW | Edina H.S. (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 189 | CAR | Brendan Collier | LW | Malden Catholic H.S. (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 190 | WPG | Jamie Phillips | G | Toronto JC (OJHL) | — | — |
| 191 | CHI | Brandon Whitney | G | Victoriaville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 192 | COL | Colin Smith | C | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 193 | BUF | Brady Austin | D | Belleville (OHL) | — | — |
| 194 | FLA | Jonatan Nielsen | D | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 195 | WSH | Christian Djoos | D | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 196 | OTT | Mikael Wikstrand | D | Mora (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 197 | WSH | Jaynen Rissling | D | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 198 | SJS | Joakim Ryan | D | Cornell U. (ECAC) | — | — |
| 199 | CHI | Matt Tomkins | G | Sherwood Park (AJHL) | — | — |
| 200 | DET | Rasmus Bodin | LW | Ostersunds (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 201 | PHI | Valeri Vasiliev | D | Spartak 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 202 | TBL | Nikita Gusev | LW | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 203 | WSH | Sergey Kostenko | G | Novokuznetsk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 204 | BUF | Judd Peterson | C/RW | Duluth Marshall (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 205 | BOS | Colton Hargrove | LW | Fargo (USHL) | — | — |
| 206 | STL | Tyrel Seaman | C | Brandon (WHL) | — | — |
| 207 | VAN | Matthew Beattie | LW | Phillips-Exeter (HIGH-NH) | — | — |
| 208 | PHX | Justin Hache | D | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 209 | TOR | Viktor Loov | D | Sodertalje (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 210 | ANA | Jaycob Megna | D | Nebraska-Omaha (WCHA) | 197 | 27 |
| 211 | LAK | Nick Ebert | D | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
2012 NHL draft — frequently asked
- Who went first overall in the 2012 NHL draft?
- Nail Yakupov was selected first overall by EDM, out of Sarnia (OHL).
- How many players were drafted in 2012?
- 210 players were selected across 7 rounds of the 2012 NHL draft.
- Who has the most NHL points from the 2012 draft class?
- Filip Forsberg (pick #11, WSH) leads the 2012 class with 756 career NHL points.