DRAFT HISTORY
2018 NHL Draft
Rasmus Dahlin went first overall to BUF. 217 players selected across 7 rounds; 59 appear in Pucky's NHL stat database.
ROUND 1
Round 1
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUF | Rasmus Dahlin | D | Frolunda (SWEDEN) | 586 | 434 |
| 2 | CAR | Andrei Svechnikov | RW | Barrie (OHL) | 557 | 434 |
| 3 | MTL | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | Assat (FINLAND) | 518 | 203 |
| 4 | OTT | Brady Tkachuk | LW | Boston University (H-EAST) | 576 | 463 |
| 5 | ARI | Barrett Hayton | C | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 359 | 155 |
| 6 | DET | Filip Zadina | RW | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 7 | VAN | Quinn Hughes | D | Michigan (BIG10) | 507 | 485 |
| 8 | CHI | Adam Boqvist | D | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 272 | 103 |
| 9 | NYR | Vitali Kravtsov | RW | Chelyabinsk (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 10 | EDM | Evan Bouchard | D | London (OHL) | 429 | 333 |
| 11 | NYI | Oliver Wahlstrom | RW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 12 | NYI | Noah Dobson | D | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | 468 | 277 |
| 13 | DAL | Ty Dellandrea | C | Flint (OHL) | 265 | 61 |
| 14 | PHI | Joel Farabee | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 497 | 245 |
| 15 | FLA | Grigori Denisenko | LW | Yaroslavl 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 16 | COL | Martin Kaut | RW | Pardubice (CZREP) | — | — |
| 17 | NJD | Ty Smith | D | Spokane (WHL) | — | — |
| 18 | CBJ | Liam Foudy | C | London (OHL) | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | PHI | Jay O'Brien | C | Thayer Academy (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 20 | LAK | Rasmus Kupari | C | Karpat (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 21 | SJS | Ryan Merkley | D | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 22 | NYR | K'Andre Miller | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 440 | 169 |
| 23 | ANA | Isac Lundestrom | C | Lulea (SWEDEN) | 405 | 96 |
| 24 | MIN | Filip Johansson | D | Leksand Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 25 | STL | Dominik Bokk | RW | Vaxjo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 26 | OTT | Jacob Bernard-Docker | D | Okotoks (AJHL) | 207 | 29 |
| 27 | CHI | Nicolas Beaudin | D | Drummondville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 28 | NYR | Nils Lundkvist | D | Lulea (SWEDEN) | 239 | 55 |
| 29 | TOR | Rasmus Sandin | D | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 382 | 145 |
| 30 | DET | Joe Veleno | C | Drummondville (QMJHL) | 376 | 86 |
| 31 | WSH | Alexander Alexeyev | D | Red Deer (WHL) | 80 | 8 |
ROUND 2
Round 2
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | BUF | Mattias Samuelsson | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 290 | 84 |
| 33 | DET | Jonatan Berggren | RW | Skelleftea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 205 | 80 |
| 34 | FLA | Serron Noel | RW | Oshawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 35 | MTL | Jesse Ylonen | RW | Espoo (FINLAND-2) | — | — |
| 36 | DET | Jared McIsaac | D | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 37 | VAN | Jett Woo | D | Moose Jaw (WHL) | — | — |
| 38 | MTL | Alexander Romanov | D | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | 369 | 84 |
| 39 | NYR | Olof Lindbom | G | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 40 | EDM | Ryan McLeod | C | Mississauga (OHL) | 379 | 182 |
| 41 | NYI | Bode Wilde | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 42 | CAR | Jack Drury | C | Waterloo (USHL) | 268 | 82 |
| 43 | NYI | Ruslan Iskhakov | C | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 44 | DAL | Albin Eriksson | RW | Skelleftea Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 45 | STL | Scott Perunovich | D | Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC) | — | — |
| 46 | WSH | Martin Fehervary | D | Oskarshamn (SWEDEN-2) | 380 | 102 |
| 47 | WSH | Kody Clark | RW | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 48 | OTT | Jonathan Tychonick | D | Penticton (BCHL) | — | — |
| 49 | CBJ | Kirill Marchenko | RW | Khanty-Mansiysk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | 292 | 208 |
| 50 | PHI | Adam Ginning | D | Linkoping (SWEDEN) | 16 | 1 |
| 51 | LAK | Akil Thomas | C | Niagara (OHL) | — | — |
| 52 | TOR | Sean Durzi | D | Owen Sound (OHL) | 308 | 144 |
| 53 | PIT | Calen Addison | D | Lethbridge (WHL) | — | — |
| 54 | ANA | Bo Groulx | C | Halifax (QMJHL) | 78 | 10 |
| 55 | ARI | Kevin Bahl | D | Ottawa (OHL) | 297 | 63 |
| 56 | MTL | Jacob Olofsson | C | Timra (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 57 | BOS | Axel Andersson | D | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 58 | PIT | Filip Hallander | C | Timra (SWEDEN-2) | 16 | 4 |
| 59 | TBL | Gabriel Fortier | LW | Baie Comeau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 60 | WPG | David Gustafsson | C | HV 71 (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 61 | VGK | Ivan Morozov | C | Khanty-Mansiysk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 62 | EDM | Olivier Rodrigue | G | Drummondville (QMJHL) | — | — |
ROUND 3
Round 3
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | MIN | Jack McBain | C | Toronto JC (OJHL) | 318 | 107 |
| 64 | COL | Justus Annunen | G | Karpat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | 82 | 1 |
| 65 | ARI | Jan Jenik | RW | Benatky N. J. (CZREP-2) | — | — |
| 66 | MTL | Cam Hillis | C | Guelph (OHL) | — | — |
| 67 | DET | Alec Regula | D | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 68 | VAN | Tyler Madden | C | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 69 | CHI | Jake Wise | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 70 | NYR | Jacob Ragnarsson | D | Almtuna (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 71 | MTL | Jordan Harris | D | Kimball Union Academy (HIGH-NH) | 173 | 40 |
| 72 | NYI | Jakub Skarek | G | Jihlava (CZREP) | — | — |
| 73 | ARI | Ty Emberson | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 184 | 35 |
| 74 | CHI | Niklas Nordgren | RW | HIFK Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 75 | DAL | Oskar Back | C | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 151 | 28 |
| 76 | TOR | Semyon Der-Arguchintsev | C | Peterborough (OHL) | — | — |
| 77 | BOS | Jakub Lauko | C | Chomutov (CZREP) | — | — |
| 78 | COL | Sampo Ranta | LW | Sioux City (USHL) | — | — |
| 79 | ANA | Blake McLaughlin | LW | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
| 80 | CBJ | Marcus Karlberg | LW | Leksand Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 81 | DET | Seth Barton | D | Trail (BCHL) | — | — |
| 82 | LAK | Bulat Shafigullin | LW | Nizhnekamsk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 83 | TOR | Riley Stotts | C | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 84 | DET | Jesper Eliasson | G | Troja-Ljungby Jr. (SWEDEN-JR. 2) | — | — |
| 85 | ANA | Lukas Dostal | G | Trebic (CZREP-2) | 191 | 1 |
| 86 | MIN | Alexander Khovanov | C | Moncton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 87 | SJS | Linus Karlsson | C | Karlskrona Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 106 | 41 |
| 88 | NYR | Joey Keane | D | Barrie (OHL) | — | — |
| 89 | FLA | Logan Hutsko | RW | Boston College (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 90 | TBL | Dmitry Semykin | D | Stupino 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 91 | WPG | Nate Smith | C | Cedar Rapids (USHL) | — | — |
| 92 | MIN | Connor Dewar | C | Everett (WHL) | 316 | 83 |
| 93 | WSH | Riley Sutter | RW | Everett (WHL) | — | — |
ROUND 4
Round 4
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | BUF | Matej Pekar | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 95 | OTT | Jonathan Gruden | C | U.S. National Team (NTDP) | — | — |
| 96 | CAR | Luke Henman | C | Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 97 | MTL | Allan McShane | C | Oshawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 98 | DET | Ryan O'Reilly | RW | Madison (USHL) | — | — |
| 99 | VGK | Stanislav Demin | D | Wenatchee (BCHL) | — | — |
| 100 | DAL | Adam Mascherin | LW | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 101 | NYR | Nico Gross | D | Oshawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 102 | SJS | Jasper Weatherby | C | Wenatchee (BCHL) | — | — |
| 103 | NYI | Jacob Pivonka | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 104 | CAR | Lenni Killinen | RW | Blues Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 105 | CGY | Martin Pospisil | C | Sioux City (USHL) | 166 | 52 |
| 106 | DAL | Curtis Douglas | C | Windsor (OHL) | 43 | 4 |
| 107 | STL | Joel Hofer | G | Swift Current (WHL) | 117 | 3 |
| 108 | CGY | Demetrios Koumontzis | LW | Edina H.S. (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 109 | COL | Tyler Weiss | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 110 | NJD | Xavier Bernard | D | Drummondville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 111 | NSH | Jachym Kondelik | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 112 | PHI | Jack St. Ivany | D | Sioux Falls (USHL) | 53 | 9 |
| 113 | LAK | Aidan Dudas | C | Owen Sound (OHL) | — | — |
| 114 | ARI | Ivan Prosvetov | G | Youngstown (USHL) | — | — |
| 115 | VGK | Paul Cotter | C | Lincoln (USHL) | 296 | 82 |
| 116 | ANA | Jack Perbix | RW | Elk River (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 117 | BUF | Linus Lindstrand Cronholm | D | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 118 | TOR | Mac Hollowell | D | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 119 | BOS | Curtis Hall | C | Youngstown (USHL) | — | — |
| 120 | CHI | Philipp Kurashev | C | Quebec (QMJHL) | 360 | 150 |
| 121 | TBL | Alexander Green | D | Cornell U. (ECAC) | — | — |
| 122 | CGY | Milos Roman | C | Vancouver (WHL) | — | — |
| 123 | MTL | Jack Gorniak | LW | West Salem (HIGH-WI) | — | — |
| 124 | WSH | Mitchell Gibson | G | Lone Star (NAHL) | — | — |
ROUND 5
Round 5
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | BUF | Miska Kukkonen | D | Ilves Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 126 | OTT | Angus Crookshank | LW | Langley (BCHL) | 29 | 5 |
| 127 | PHI | Wyatte Wylie | D | Everett (WHL) | — | — |
| 128 | MTL | Cole Fonstad | C | Prince Albert (WHL) | — | — |
| 129 | PIT | Justin Almeida | C | Moose Jaw (WHL) | — | — |
| 130 | VAN | Toni Utunen | D | Leki (FINLAND-2) | — | — |
| 131 | NSH | Spencer Stastney | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 117 | 19 |
| 132 | NYR | Lauri Pajuniemi | RW | TPS (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 133 | MTL | Samuel Houde | C | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 134 | NYI | Blade Jenkins | LW | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 135 | VGK | Brandon Kruse | LW | Bowling Green (WCHA) | — | — |
| 136 | NJD | Akira Schmid | G | Langnau Jr. (SWISS-JR.) | 86 | 3 |
| 137 | DAL | Riley Damiani | C | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 138 | STL | Hugh McGing | LW | Western Michigan (NCHC) | 9 | 2 |
| 139 | CHI | Mikael Hakkarainen | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 140 | COL | Brandon Saigeon | C | Hamilton (OHL) | — | — |
| 141 | NJD | Yegor Sharangovich | C | Dynamo Minsk (RUSSIA) | 438 | 226 |
| 142 | ARI | Michael Callahan | D | Youngstown (USHL) | 22 | 1 |
| 143 | PHI | Samuel Ersson | G | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 148 | 1 |
| 144 | LAK | David Hrenak | G | St. Cloud State (NCHC) | — | — |
| 145 | ARI | Dennis Busby | D | Flint (OHL) | — | — |
| 146 | COL | Danila Zhuravlyov | D | Irbis Kazan (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 147 | ANA | Roman Durny | G | Des Moines (USHL) | — | — |
| 148 | MIN | Simon Johansson | D | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 149 | TOR | Filip Kral | D | Spokane (WHL) | — | — |
| 150 | WPG | Declan Chisholm | D | Peterborough (OHL) | 125 | 28 |
| 151 | NSH | Vladislav Yeryomenko | D | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 152 | TBL | Magnus Chrona | G | Nacka (SWE-JR. U18) | — | — |
| 153 | WPG | Giovanni Vallati | D | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 154 | VGK | Connor Corcoran | D | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 155 | MIN | Damien Giroux | C | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
ROUND 6
Round 6
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | TOR | Pontus Holmberg | RW | Vasteras (SWEDEN-3) | 229 | 71 |
| 157 | OTT | Kevin Mandolese | G | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 158 | ARI | David Tendeck | G | Vancouver (WHL) | — | — |
| 159 | CBJ | Tim Berni | D | GCK Zurich (SWISS-2) | — | — |
| 160 | DET | Victor Brattstrom | G | Timra Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 161 | WSH | Alex Kannok-Leipert | D | Vancouver (WHL) | — | — |
| 162 | CHI | Alexis Gravel | G | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 163 | NYR | Simon Kjellberg | D | Rogle Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 164 | EDM | Michael Kesselring | D | New Hampton School (HIGH-NH) | 191 | 55 |
| 165 | LAK | Johan Sodergran | RW | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 166 | CAR | Jesper Sellgren | D | Modo (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 167 | CGY | Mathias Emilio Pettersen | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 168 | DAL | Dawson Barteaux | D | Red Deer (WHL) | — | — |
| 169 | STL | Mathias Laferriere | RW | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 170 | FLA | Justin Schutz | LW | RB Hockey Akademia (CZREP-JR. U18) | — | — |
| 171 | COL | Nikolai Kovalenko | RW | Yaroslavl 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 172 | NJD | Mitchell Hoelscher | C | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 173 | CBJ | Veini Vehvilainen | G | Karpat (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 174 | PHI | Gavin Hain | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 175 | LAK | Jacob Ingham | G | Mississauga (OHL) | — | — |
| 176 | SJS | Zachary Emond | G | Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 177 | PIT | Liam Gorman | C | St. Sebastian's School (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 178 | ANA | Hunter Drew | D | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 179 | MIN | Shawn Boudrias | RW | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 180 | VGK | Peter Diliberatore | D | Salisbury (HIGH-CT) | — | — |
| 181 | BOS | Dustyn McFaul | D | Pickering (OJHL) | — | — |
| 182 | SJS | John Leonard | LW | U. Mass. (H-EAST) | 81 | 21 |
| 183 | TBL | Cole Koepke | LW | Sioux City (USHL) | 165 | 37 |
| 184 | WPG | Jared Moe | G | Waterloo (USHL) | — | — |
| 185 | VGK | Xavier Bouchard | D | Baie Comeau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 186 | VAN | Artyom Manukyan | RW | Omsk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
ROUND 7
Round 7
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | BUF | William Worge Kreu | D | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 188 | OTT | Jakov Novak | LW | Janesville (NAHL) | — | — |
| 189 | ARI | Liam Kirk | LW | Sheffield (ENGLAND) | — | — |
| 190 | MTL | Brett Stapley | C | Vernon (BCHL) | — | — |
| 191 | DET | Otto Kivenmaki | C | Assat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 192 | VAN | Matthew Thiessen | G | Steinbach (MJHL) | — | — |
| 193 | CHI | Josiah Slavin | LW | Lincoln (USHL) | 2 | 0 |
| 194 | OTT | Luke Loheit | RW | Minnetonka (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 195 | EDM | Patrik Siikanen | C | Blues Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 196 | NYI | Christian Krygier | D | Lincoln (USHL) | — | — |
| 197 | CAR | Jacob Kucharski | G | Des Moines (USHL) | — | — |
| 198 | CGY | Dmitry Zavgorodniy | LW | Rimouski (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 199 | DAL | Jermaine Loewen | LW | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 200 | STL | Tyler Tucker | D | Barrie (OHL) | 159 | 30 |
| 201 | FLA | Cole Krygier | D | Lincoln (USHL) | — | — |
| 202 | COL | Shamil Shmakov | G | Novosibirsk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 203 | NJD | Eetu Pakkila | LW | Karpat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 204 | CBJ | Trey Fix-Wolansky | RW | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 205 | PHI | Marcus Westfalt | C | Brynas (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 206 | TBL | Radim Salda | D | Saint John (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 207 | FLA | Santtu Kinnunen | D | Pelicans Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 208 | VGK | Jordan Kooy | G | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 209 | TOR | Zachary Bouthillier | G | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 210 | MIN | Sam Hentges | C | Des Moines (USHL) | — | — |
| 211 | TOR | Semyon Kizimov | RW | Togliatti 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 212 | BOS | Pavel Shen | C | Khanty-Mansiysk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 213 | NSH | Milan Kloucek | G | Pardubice (CZREP) | — | — |
| 214 | TBL | Ty Taylor | G | Vernon (BCHL) | — | — |
| 215 | WPG | Austin Wong | C | Okotoks (AJHL) | — | — |
| 216 | NYR | Riley Hughes | RW | St. Sebastian's School (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 217 | WSH | Eric Florchuk | C | Saskatoon (WHL) | — | — |
2018 NHL draft — frequently asked
- Who went first overall in the 2018 NHL draft?
- Rasmus Dahlin was selected first overall by BUF, out of Frolunda (SWEDEN).
- How many players were drafted in 2018?
- 217 players were selected across 7 rounds of the 2018 NHL draft.
- Who has the most NHL points from the 2018 draft class?
- Quinn Hughes (pick #7, VAN) leads the 2018 class with 485 career NHL points.