DRAFT HISTORY
2016 NHL Draft
Auston Matthews went first overall to TOR. 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 | TOR | Auston Matthews | C | Zurich (SWISS) | 689 | 780 |
| 2 | WPG | Patrik Laine | RW | Tappara (FINLAND) | 537 | 422 |
| 3 | CBJ | Pierre-Luc Dubois | LW | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | 627 | 427 |
| 4 | EDM | Jesse Puljujarvi | RW | Karpat (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 5 | VAN | Olli Juolevi | D | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 6 | CGY | Matthew Tkachuk | LW | London (OHL) | 673 | 670 |
| 7 | ARI | Clayton Keller | C | USA U-18 (USHL) | 683 | 596 |
| 8 | BUF | Alex Nylander | LW | Mississauga (OHL) | — | — |
| 9 | MTL | Mikhail Sergachev | D | Windsor (OHL) | 630 | 369 |
| 10 | COL | Tyson Jost | C | Penticton (BCHL) | 564 | 165 |
| 11 | OTT | Logan Brown | C | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 12 | NJD | Michael McLeod | C | Mississauga (OHL) | — | — |
| 13 | CAR | Jake Bean | D | Calgary (WHL) | 277 | 65 |
| 14 | BOS | Charlie McAvoy | D | Boston University (H-EAST) | 579 | 361 |
| 15 | MIN | Luke Kunin | C | U. of Wisconsin (BIG10) | 496 | 152 |
| 16 | ARI | Jakob Chychrun | D | Sarnia (OHL) | 621 | 323 |
| 17 | NSH | Dante Fabbro | D | Penticton (BCHL) | 451 | 109 |
| 18 | WPG | Logan Stanley | D | Windsor (OHL) | 278 | 62 |
| 19 | NYI | Kieffer Bellows | LW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 20 | DET | Dennis Cholowski | D | Chilliwack (BCHL) | 173 | 42 |
| 21 | CAR | Julien Gauthier | RW | Val d'Or (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 22 | PHI | German Rubtsov | C | Team Russia U18 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 23 | FLA | Henrik Borgstrom | C | HIFK Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 24 | ANA | Max Jones | LW | London (OHL) | 305 | 69 |
| 25 | DAL | Riley Tufte | LW | Blaine (HIGH-MN) | 28 | 4 |
| 26 | STL | Tage Thompson | C | U. of Connecticut (H-EAST) | 529 | 406 |
| 27 | TBL | Brett Howden | C | Moose Jaw (WHL) | 511 | 163 |
| 28 | WSH | Lucas Johansen | D | Kelowna (WHL) | — | — |
| 29 | BOS | Trent Frederic | C | USA U-18 (USHL) | 416 | 116 |
| 30 | ANA | Sam Steel | C | Regina (WHL) | 497 | 175 |
ROUND 2
Round 2
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | TOR | Egor Korshkov | RW | Yaroslavl (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 32 | EDM | Tyler Benson | LW | Vancouver (WHL) | — | — |
| 33 | BUF | Rasmus Asplund | C | Farjestad (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 34 | CBJ | Andrew Peeke | D | Green Bay (USHL) | 386 | 75 |
| 35 | STL | Jordan Kyrou | C | Sarnia (OHL) | 488 | 378 |
| 36 | PHI | Pascal Laberge | C | Victoriaville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 37 | TBL | Libor Hajek | D | Saskatoon (WHL) | — | — |
| 39 | CHI | Alex DeBrincat | RW | Erie (OHL) | 696 | 595 |
| 40 | COL | Cam Morrison | LW | Youngstown (USHL) | — | — |
| 41 | NJD | Nathan Bastian | RW | Mississauga (OHL) | 312 | 75 |
| 42 | OTT | Jonathan Dahlen | C | Timra (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 43 | CAR | Janne Kuokkanen | C/LW | Karpat Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 44 | TBL | Boris Katchouk | LW | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 179 | 36 |
| 45 | CHI | Chad Krys | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 46 | DET | Givani Smith | RW | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 47 | NSH | Samuel Girard | D | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | 614 | 242 |
| 48 | PHI | Carter Hart | G | Everett (WHL) | 267 | 2 |
| 49 | BOS | Ryan Lindgren | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | 481 | 111 |
| 50 | CHI | Artur Kayumov | LW/RW | Team Russia U18 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 51 | LAK | Kale Clague | D | Brandon (WHL) | — | — |
| 52 | PHI | Wade Allison | RW | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 53 | DET | Filip Hronek | D | HR. Kralove (Czech Republic) | 533 | 287 |
| 54 | CGY | Tyler Parsons | G | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 55 | PIT | Filip Gustavsson | G | Lulea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 222 | 6 |
| 56 | CGY | Dillon Dube | C | Kelowna (WHL) | — | — |
| 57 | TOR | Carl Grundstrom | RW | Modo (SWEDEN) | 342 | 89 |
| 58 | TBL | Taylor Raddysh | RW | Erie (OHL) | 373 | 119 |
| 59 | STL | Evan Fitzpatrick | G | Sherbrooke (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 60 | SJS | Dylan Gambrell | C | U. of Denver (NCHC) | — | — |
| 61 | PIT | Kasper Bjorkqvist | RW | Blues Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
ROUND 3
Round 3
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | TOR | Joseph Woll | G | USA U-18 (USHL) | 119 | 1 |
| 63 | EDM | Markus Niemelainen | D | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 64 | VAN | William Lockwood | RW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 65 | CBJ | Vitaly Abramov | RW | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 66 | CGY | Adam Fox | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | 486 | 422 |
| 67 | CAR | Matt Filipe | LW | Cedar Rapids (USHL) | — | — |
| 68 | ARI | Cam Dineen | D | North Bay (OHL) | — | — |
| 69 | BUF | Cliff Pu | RW | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 70 | MTL | William Bitten | C | Flint (OHL) | — | — |
| 71 | COL | Josh Anderson | D | Prince George (WHL) | — | — |
| 72 | TOR | James Greenway | D | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 73 | NJD | Joey Anderson | RW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 74 | CAR | Hudson Elynuik | C | Spokane (WHL) | — | — |
| 75 | CAR | Jack LaFontaine | G | Janesville (NAHL) | — | — |
| 76 | NSH | Rem Pitlick | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 77 | PIT | Connor Hall | D | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 78 | NSH | Frederic Allard | D | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 79 | WPG | Luke Green | D | Saint John (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 80 | NJD | Brandon Gignac | C | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 81 | NYR | Sean Day | D | Mississauga (OHL) | — | — |
| 82 | PHI | Carsen Twarynski | LW | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 83 | CHI | Wouter Peeters | G | Ec Salzburg 2 (RBHS U20) | — | — |
| 84 | EDM | Matthew Cairns | D | Georgetown (OJHL) | — | — |
| 85 | ANA | Joshua Mahura | D | Red Deer (WHL) | 278 | 57 |
| 86 | BUF | Casey Fitzgerald | D | Boston College (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 87 | WSH | Garrett Pilon | C | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 88 | TBL | Connor Ingram | G | Kamloops (WHL) | 140 | 7 |
| 89 | FLA | Linus Nassen | D | Lulea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 90 | DAL | Fredrik Karlstrom | C | AIK Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 91 | EDM | Filip Berglund | D | Skelleftea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
ROUND 4
Round 4
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | TOR | Adam Brooks | C | Regina (WHL) | — | — |
| 93 | ANA | Jack Kopacka | LW | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 94 | FLA | Jonathan Ang | C | Peterborough (OHL) | — | — |
| 95 | NYI | Anatolii Golyshev | LW | Yekaterinburg (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 96 | CGY | Linus Lindstrom | C | Skelleftea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 97 | WPG | Jacob Cederholm | D | HV 71 Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 98 | NYR | Tarmo Reunanen | D | TPS Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 99 | BUF | Brett Murray | LW | Carleton Place (CCHL) | — | — |
| 100 | MTL | Victor Mete | D | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 101 | TOR | Keaton Middleton | D | Saginaw (OHL) | 47 | 3 |
| 102 | NJD | Mikhail Maltsev | LW | Team Russia U18 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 103 | OTT | Todd Burgess | RW | Fairbanks (NAHL) | — | — |
| 104 | CAR | Max Zimmer | LW | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
| 105 | NJD | Evan Cormier | G | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 106 | MIN | Brandon Duhaime | RW | Tri-City (USHL) | 375 | 70 |
| 107 | DET | Alfons Malmstrom | D | Orebro Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 108 | NSH | Hardy Haman Aktell | D | Skelleftea U18 (SWEDEN-JR. U18) | — | — |
| 109 | PHI | Connor Bunnaman | C | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 110 | CHI | Lucas Carlsson | D | Brynas (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 111 | SJS | Noah Gregor | C | Moose Jaw (WHL) | 330 | 79 |
| 112 | LAK | Jacob Moverare | D | HV 71 Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 109 | 11 |
| 113 | CHI | Nathan Noel | C | Saint John (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 114 | FLA | Riley Stillman | D | Oshawa (OHL) | 167 | 26 |
| 115 | ANA | Alex Dostie | C | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 116 | DAL | Rhett Gardner | C/LW | North Dakota (NCHC) | — | — |
| 117 | WSH | Damien Riat | LW | Geneve (SWISS) | — | — |
| 118 | TBL | Ross Colton | C | Cedar Rapids (USHL) | 404 | 176 |
| 119 | STL | Tanner Kaspick | C | Brandon (WHL) | — | — |
| 120 | NYI | Otto Koivula | LW | Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 121 | PIT | Ryan Jones | D | Lincoln (USHL) | — | — |
ROUND 5
Round 5
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | TOR | Vladimir Bobylev | RW | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 123 | EDM | Dylan Wells | G | Peterborough (OHL) | — | — |
| 124 | MTL | Casey Staum | D | Hill-Murray H.S. (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 125 | STL | Nolan Stevens | C | Northeastern U. (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 126 | CGY | Mitchell Mattson | C | Grand Rapids (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 127 | WPG | Jordy Stallard | C | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 128 | DAL | Colton Point | G | Carleton Place (CCHL) | — | — |
| 129 | BUF | Philip Nyberg | D | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 130 | BUF | Vojtech Budik | D | Prince Albert (WHL) | — | — |
| 131 | COL | Adam Werner | G | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 132 | NJD | Yegor Rykov | D | SKA St. Petersburg 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 133 | OTT | Maxime Lajoie | D | Swift Current (WHL) | — | — |
| 134 | CAR | Jeremy Helvig | G | Kingston (OHL) | — | — |
| 135 | BOS | Joona Koppanen | LW | Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.) | 33 | 3 |
| 136 | BOS | Cam Clarke | D | Lone Star (NAHL) | — | — |
| 137 | DET | Jordan Sambrook | D | Erie (OHL) | — | — |
| 138 | NSH | Patrick Harper | C | Avon Old Farms H.S. (HIGH-CT) | — | — |
| 139 | PHI | Linus Hogberg | D | Vaxjo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 140 | VAN | Cole Candella | D | Hamilton (OHL) | — | — |
| 141 | NYR | Tim Gettinger | LW | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 142 | LAK | Michael Eyssimont | C | St. Cloud State (US WEST) | 271 | 74 |
| 143 | CHI | Mathias From | LW/RW | Rogle Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 144 | STL | Conner Bleackley | C | Red Deer (WHL) | — | — |
| 145 | WSH | Beck Malenstyn | LW | Calgary (WHL) | 262 | 48 |
| 146 | DAL | Nick Caamano | RW | Flint (OHL) | — | — |
| 147 | WSH | Axel Jonsson-Fjallby | LW | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 148 | TBL | Christopher Paquette | C | Niagara (OHL) | — | — |
| 149 | EDM | Graham McPhee | LW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 150 | SJS | Manuel Wiederer | C | Moncton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 151 | PIT | Niclas Almari | D | Jokerit Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
ROUND 6
Round 6
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | TOR | Jonathan Walker | D | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 153 | EDM | Aapeli Rasanen | C | Tappara Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 154 | VAN | Jakob Stukel | LW | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 155 | CBJ | Peter Thome | G | Aberdeen (NAHL) | — | — |
| 156 | CGY | Eetu Tuulola | RW | HPK Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 157 | WPG | Mikhail Berdin | G | Team Russia U18 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 158 | ARI | Patrick Kudla | D | Oakville (OJHL) | — | — |
| 159 | BUF | Brandon Hagel | LW | Red Deer (WHL) | 453 | 371 |
| 160 | MTL | Michael Pezzetta | C | Sudbury (OHL) | 209 | 38 |
| 161 | COL | Nathan Clurman | D | Culver Academy (HIGH-IN) | — | — |
| 162 | NJD | Jesper Bratt | LW/RW | AIK (SWEDEN-2) | 634 | 518 |
| 163 | OTT | Markus Nurmi | RW | TPS Jr. (Finland Jr.) | — | — |
| 164 | CAR | Noah Carroll | D | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 165 | BOS | Oskar Steen | C | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 166 | CGY | Matthew Phillips | C | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 167 | DET | Filip Larsson | G | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 168 | NSH | Konstantin Volkov | G | SKA St. Petersburg 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 169 | PHI | Tanner Laczynski | C | Lincoln (USHL) | 56 | 10 |
| 170 | NYI | Collin Adams | LW | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 171 | NYR | Gabriel Fontaine | C | Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 172 | PHI | Anthony Salinitri | C | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 173 | CHI | Blake Hillman | D | U. of Denver (NCHC) | — | — |
| 174 | NYR | Tyler Wall | G | Leamington (GOJHL) | — | — |
| 175 | FLA | Maxim Mamin | C/RW | CSKA (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 176 | DAL | Jakob Stenqvist | D | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 177 | WSH | Chase Priskie | D | Quinnipiac (ECAC) | — | — |
| 178 | TBL | Oleg Sosunov | D | Loko-Yunior Yaroslav (RUSSIA JR. 2) | — | — |
| 179 | TOR | Nicolas Mattinen | D | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 180 | SJS | Mark Shoemaker | D | North Bay (OHL) | — | — |
| 181 | PIT | Joseph Masonius | D | U. of Connecticut (H-EAST) | — | — |
ROUND 7
Round 7
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | TOR | Nikolai Chebykin | LW | Mvd Balashikha 2 (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 183 | EDM | Vincent Desharnais | D | Providence (H-EAST) | 218 | 26 |
| 184 | VAN | Rodrigo Abols | C | Portland (WHL) | 64 | 15 |
| 185 | CBJ | Calvin Thurkauf | C | Kelowna (WHL) | — | — |
| 186 | CGY | Stepan Falkovsky | D | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 187 | MTL | Arvid Henrikson | D | AIK U18 (SWEDEN-JR. U18) | — | — |
| 188 | ARI | Dean Stewart | D | Portage (MJHL) | — | — |
| 189 | BUF | Austin Osmanski | D | Mississauga (OHL) | — | — |
| 190 | BUF | Vasily Glotov | C | Lvy St. Petersburg 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 191 | COL | Travis Barron | LW | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 192 | NJD | Jeremy Davies | D | Bloomington (USHL) | — | — |
| 193 | NYI | Nick Pastujov | LW | USA U-18 (USHL) | — | — |
| 194 | VAN | Brett McKenzie | C | North Bay (OHL) | — | — |
| 195 | FLA | Ben Finkelstein | D | Kimball Union Academy (US EAST) | — | — |
| 196 | MIN | Dmitry Sokolov | RW | Sudbury (OHL) | — | — |
| 197 | DET | Mattias Elfstrom | LW | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 198 | NSH | Adam Smith | D | Bowling Green (WCHA) | — | — |
| 199 | PHI | David Bernhardt | D | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 200 | NYI | David Quenneville | D | Medicine Hat (WHL) | — | — |
| 201 | NYR | Ty Ronning | RW | Vancouver (WHL) | — | — |
| 202 | LAK | Jacob Friend | D | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 203 | CHI | Jake Ryczek | D | Waterloo (USHL) | — | — |
| 204 | MIN | Braydyn Chizen | D | Kelowna (WHL) | — | — |
| 205 | ANA | Tyler Soy | C | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 206 | TBL | Otto Somppi | C | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 207 | WSH | Dmitriy Zaitsev | D | WBS Knights (NAHL) | — | — |
| 208 | TBL | Ryan Lohin | C | Waterloo (USHL) | — | — |
| 209 | STL | Nikolaj Krag Christensen | C/LW | Rodovre (DENMARK) | — | — |
| 210 | SJS | Joachim Blichfeld | LW/RW | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 211 | STL | Filip Helt | LW | Litvinov Jr. (CZREP-JR.) | — | — |
2016 NHL draft — frequently asked
- Who went first overall in the 2016 NHL draft?
- Auston Matthews was selected first overall by TOR, out of Zurich (SWISS).
- How many players were drafted in 2016?
- 210 players were selected across 7 rounds of the 2016 NHL draft.
- Who has the most NHL points from the 2016 draft class?
- Auston Matthews (pick #1, TOR) leads the 2016 class with 780 career NHL points.