DRAFT HISTORY
2021 NHL Draft
Owen Power went first overall to BUF. 224 players selected across 7 rounds; 58 appear in Pucky's NHL stat database.
ROUND 1
Round 1
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUF | Owen Power | D | Michigan (BIG10) | 323 | 140 |
| 2 | SEA | Matty Beniers | C | Michigan (BIG10) | 331 | 196 |
| 3 | ANA | Mason McTavish | C | Peterborough (OHL) | 304 | 181 |
| 4 | NJD | Luke Hughes | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 223 | 128 |
| 5 | CBJ | Kent Johnson | C | Michigan (BIG10) | 274 | 138 |
| 6 | DET | Simon Edvinsson | D | Frolunda Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 175 | 60 |
| 7 | SJS | William Eklund | LW | Djurgarden (SWEDEN) | 252 | 163 |
| 8 | LAK | Brandt Clarke | D | Barrie (OHL) | 185 | 81 |
| 9 | ARI | Dylan Guenther | RW | Edmonton (WHL) | 227 | 183 |
| 10 | OTT | Tyler Boucher | RW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 11 | ARI | FORFEIT | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | CBJ | Cole Sillinger | C | Sioux Falls (USHL) | 367 | 140 |
| 13 | CGY | Matt Coronato | RW | Chicago (USHL) | 192 | 101 |
| 14 | BUF | Isak Rosen | RW | Leksand (SWEDEN) | 52 | 11 |
| 15 | DET | Sebastian Cossa | G | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 16 | NYR | Brennan Othmann | LW | Flint (OHL) | 44 | 5 |
| 17 | STL | Zack Bolduc | C | Rimouski (QMJHL) | 175 | 75 |
| 18 | WPG | Chaz Lucius | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 19 | NSH | Fedor Svechkov | C | Togliatti (RUSSIA-2) | 122 | 34 |
| 20 | MIN | Jesper Wallstedt | G | Lulea (SWEDEN) | 52 | 1 |
| 21 | BOS | Fabian Lysell | RW | Lulea (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 22 | EDM | Xavier Bourgault | C | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 23 | DAL | Wyatt Johnston | C | Windsor (OHL) | 328 | 263 |
| 24 | FLA | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | Chicago (USHL) | 156 | 63 |
| 25 | CBJ | Corson Ceulemans | D | Brooks (AJHL) | — | — |
| 26 | MIN | Carson Lambos | D | Winnipeg (WHL) | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | NSH | Zachary L'Heureux | LW | Halifax (QMJHL) | 87 | 20 |
| 28 | COL | Oskar Olausson | RW | HV 71 (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 29 | NJD | Chase Stillman | RW | Sudbury (OHL) | — | — |
| 30 | VGK | Zach Dean | C | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 31 | MTL | Logan Mailloux | D | London (GOJHL) | 75 | 18 |
| 32 | CHI | Nolan Allan | D | Prince Albert (WHL) | — | — |
ROUND 2
Round 2
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | BUF | Prokhor Poltapov | LW | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 34 | ANA | Olen Zellweger | D | Everett (WHL) | 167 | 51 |
| 35 | SEA | Ryker Evans | D | Regina (WHL) | 176 | 51 |
| 36 | DET | Shai Buium | D | Sioux City (USHL) | — | — |
| 37 | ARI | Josh Doan | RW | Chicago (USHL) | 144 | 80 |
| 38 | VGK | Daniil Chayka | D | CSKA (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 39 | OTT | Zack Ostapchuk | C | Vancouver (WHL) | 122 | 11 |
| 40 | CAR | Scott Morrow | D | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | 45 | 12 |
| 41 | VAN | Danila Klimovich | RW | Minsk Zubry (BELARUS-2) | — | — |
| 42 | LAK | Francesco Pinelli | C | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
| 43 | ARI | Ilya Fedotov | LW | Nizhny Novgorod 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 44 | CAR | Aleksi Heimosalmi | D | Assat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 45 | CGY | William Stromgren | LW | Modo (SWEDEN-2) | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | PHI | Samu Tuomaala | RW | Karpat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 47 | DAL | Logan Stankoven | C | Kamloops (WHL) | 183 | 96 |
| 48 | DAL | Artem Grushnikov | D | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 49 | OTT | Ben Roger | D | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 50 | WPG | Nikita Chibrikov | RW | St. Petersburg (RUSSIA) | 16 | 4 |
| 51 | CAR | Ville Koivunen | RW | Karpat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | 47 | 14 |
| 52 | NYI | Aatu Raty | C | Karpat (FINLAND) | 114 | 28 |
| 53 | BUF | Aleksandr Kisakov | LW | Dynamo Moscow 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 54 | MIN | Jack Peart | D | Grand Rapids (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 55 | WSH | Vincent Iorio | D | Brandon (WHL) | 36 | 4 |
| 56 | FLA | Evan Nause | D | Quebec (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 57 | TOR | Matthew Knies | LW | Tri-City (USHL) | 240 | 160 |
| 58 | PIT | Tristan Broz | C | Fargo (USHL) | — | — |
| 59 | LAK | Samuel Helenius | C | Jyp (FINLAND) | 107 | 16 |
| 60 | ARI | J.J. Moser | D | Biel (SWISS) | 338 | 115 |
| 61 | COL | Sean Behrens | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 62 | CHI | Colton Dach | C | Saskatoon (WHL) | 91 | 20 |
| 63 | MTL | Riley Kidney | C | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 64 | MTL | Oliver Kapanen | C | Kalpa Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | 100 | 39 |
ROUND 3
Round 3
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | NYR | Jayden Grubbe | C | Red Deer (WHL) | — | — |
| 66 | ANA | Sasha Pastujov | RW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 67 | SEA | Ryan Winterton | C | Hamilton (OHL) | 89 | 19 |
| 68 | NJD | Samu Salminen | C | Jokerit Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 69 | CBJ | Stanislav Svozil | D | Brno (CZREP) | — | — |
| 70 | DET | Carter Mazur | LW | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 71 | STL | Simon Robertsson | RW | Skelleftea (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 72 | NSH | Anton Olsson | D | Malmo (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 73 | DAL | Ayrton Martino | LW | Omaha (USHL) | — | — |
| 74 | OTT | Oliver Johansson | LW | Timra (SWEDEN-2) | — | — |
| 75 | NYR | Ryder Korczak | C | Moose Jaw (WHL) | — | — |
| 76 | ANA | Tyson Hinds | D | Rimouski (QMJHL) | 15 | 0 |
| 77 | CGY | Cole Huckins | C | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 78 | PHI | Aleksei Kolosov | G | Minsk (RUSSIA) | 21 | 0 |
| 79 | DAL | Justin Ertel | LW | Summerside (MHL) | — | — |
| 80 | WSH | Brent Johnson | D | Sioux Falls (USHL) | — | — |
| 81 | SJS | Benjamin Gaudreau | G | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 82 | WPG | Dmitry Kuzmin | D | Molodechno (BELARUS) | — | — |
| 83 | CAR | Patrik Hamrla | G | Karlovy Vary (CZREP) | — | — |
| 84 | LAK | Kirill Kirsanov | D | St. Petersburg (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 85 | BOS | Brett Harrison | C | Oshawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 86 | MIN | Caedan Bankier | C | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 87 | MTL | Dmitri Kostenko | D | Togliatti (RUSSIA-2) | — | — |
| 88 | BUF | Stiven Sardarian | RW | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 89 | CGY | Cameron Whynot | D | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 90 | EDM | Luca Munzenberger | D | Koln Jr. (GERMANY-JR.) | — | — |
| 91 | CHI | Taige Harding | D | Fort McMurray (AJHL) | — | — |
| 92 | COL | Andrei Buyalsky | C | Dubuque (USHL) | — | — |
| 93 | NYI | Tristan Lennox | G | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 94 | CAR | Aidan Hreschuk | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 95 | BUF | Josh Bloom | LW | Saginaw (OHL) | — | — |
| 96 | TBL | Roman Schmidt | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
ROUND 4
Round 4
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | BUF | Olivier Nadeau | RW | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 98 | ANA | Josh Lopina | C | U. Mass. (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 99 | SEA | Ville Ottavainen | D | Jyp (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 100 | NJD | Jakub Malek | G | Vsetin (CZREP-2) | — | — |
| 101 | CBJ | Guillaume Richard | D | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 102 | VGK | Jakub Brabenec | C | Brno (CZREP) | — | — |
| 103 | SJS | Gannon Laroque | D | Victoria (WHL) | — | — |
| 104 | NYR | Brody Lamb | RW | Dodge County (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 105 | CHI | Ethan Del Mastro | D | Mississauga (OHL) | 45 | 7 |
| 106 | NYR | Kalle Vaisanen | LW | TPS Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 107 | ARI | Emil Lilleberg | D | Sarpsborg (NORWAY) | 170 | 36 |
| 108 | CHI | Victor Stjernborg | C | Vaxjo (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 109 | CAR | Jackson Blake | RW | Eden Prarie (HIGH-MN) | 162 | 87 |
| 110 | PHI | Brian Zanetti | D | Lugano Jr. (SWISS-JR.) | — | — |
| 111 | DAL | Conner Roulette | LW | Seattle (WHL) | — | — |
| 112 | NYR | Talyn Boyko | G | Tri-City (WHL) | — | — |
| 113 | MTL | William Trudeau | D | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 114 | DET | Redmond Savage | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 115 | NSH | Ryan Ufko | D | Chicago (USHL) | 19 | 11 |
| 116 | EDM | Jake Chiasson | C | Brandon (WHL) | — | — |
| 117 | BOS | Philip Svedeback | G | Vaxjo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 118 | MIN | Kyle Masters | D | Red Deer (WHL) | — | — |
| 119 | WSH | Joaquim Lemay | D | Salmon Arm (BCHL) | — | — |
| 120 | FLA | Vladislav Lukashevich | D | Yaroslavl 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 121 | SJS | Ethan Cardwell | RW | Barrie (OHL) | 13 | 2 |
| 122 | ARI | Rasmus Korhonen | G | Assat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 123 | OTT | Carson Latimer | RW | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 124 | NSH | Jack Matier | D | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 125 | NYI | Cameron Berg | C | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 126 | TBL | Dylan Duke | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 3 | 1 |
| 127 | MIN | Josh Pillar | RW | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 128 | VGK | Jakub Demek | C | Slovakia U18 (SVK-2) (SLOVAKIA-2) | — | — |
ROUND 5
Round 5
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | NJD | Topias Vilen | D | Pelicans (FINLAND) | 2 | 0 |
| 130 | ANA | Sean Tschigerl | LW | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 131 | SEA | Jacob Melanson | RW | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | 37 | 5 |
| 132 | CBJ | Nikolai Makarov | D | CSKA 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 133 | CBJ | James Malatesta | LW | Quebec (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 134 | DET | Liam Dower Nilsson | C | Frolunda Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 135 | SJS | Artem Guryev | D | Lindsay (OJHL) | — | — |
| 136 | CAR | Robert Orr | RW | Halifax (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 137 | VAN | Aku Koskenvuo | G | HIFK Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 138 | DAL | Jack Bar | D | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
| 139 | ARI | Manix Landry | C | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 140 | VAN | Jonathan Myrenberg | D | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 141 | CGY | Cole Jordan | D | Moose Jaw (WHL) | — | — |
| 142 | MTL | Daniil Sobolev | D | Spartak 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 143 | DAL | Jacob Holmes | D | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 144 | NYR | Jaroslav Chmelar | RW | Jokerit U18 (FIN-JR. U18) | 28 | 6 |
| 145 | STL | Tyson Galloway | D | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 146 | WPG | Dmitri Rashevsky | RW | Krasnogorsk (RUSSIA-2) | — | — |
| 147 | CAR | Justin Robidas | C | Val d'Or (QMJHL) | 4 | 3 |
| 148 | ANA | Gage Alexander | G | Winnipeg (WHL) | — | — |
| 149 | BOS | Oskar Jellvik | LW | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 150 | MTL | Joshua Roy | RW | Sherbrooke (QMJHL) | 38 | 11 |
| 151 | WSH | Haakon Hanelt | C | Eisbaren Berlin (GERMANY) | — | — |
| 152 | FLA | Kirill Gerasimyuk | G | SKA-Varyagi (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 153 | TOR | Ty Voit | LW | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 154 | PIT | Isaac Belliveau | D | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 155 | DET | Oscar Plandowski | D | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 156 | SJS | Max McCue | C | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 157 | NYI | Eetu Liukas | LW | TPS (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 158 | PHI | Ty Murchison | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 3 | 0 |
| 159 | BUF | Viljami Marjala | LW | Quebec (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 160 | TBL | Cameron MacDonald | C | Saint John (QMJHL) | — | — |
ROUND 6
Round 6
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | BUF | William Von Barnekow Lofberg | C | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 162 | ANA | Kyle Kukkonen | C | Maple Grove (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 163 | SEA | Semyon Vyazovoi | G | Ufa 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 164 | NJD | Viktor Hurtig | D | Vasteras Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 165 | CBJ | Ben Boyd | LW | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 166 | DET | Pasquale Zito | LW | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 167 | SJS | Liam Gilmartin | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 168 | CGY | Jack Beck | RW | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 169 | VAN | Hugo Gabrielson | D | Frolunda Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 170 | CAR | Bryce Montgomery | D | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 171 | ARI | Cal Thomas | D | Maple Grove (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 172 | CHI | Ilya Safonov | C | Kazan (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 173 | CGY | Lucas Ciona | LW | Seattle (WHL) | — | — |
| 174 | PHI | Ethan Samson | D | Prince George (WHL) | — | — |
| 175 | DAL | Francesco Arcuri | C | Kingston (OHL) | — | — |
| 176 | WSH | Dru Krebs | D | Medicine Hat (WHL) | — | — |
| 177 | SJS | Theo Jacobsson | C | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 178 | VAN | Connor Lockhart | RW | Erie (OHL) | — | — |
| 179 | NSH | Simon Knak | LW | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 180 | EDM | Matvey Petrov | LW | Krylja Sovetov 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 181 | BOS | Ryan Mast | D | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 182 | MIN | Nate Benoit | D | Mount St. Charles (HIGH-RI) | — | — |
| 183 | WSH | Chase Clark | G | Jersey Hitmen (USPHL - NCDC) | — | — |
| 184 | FLA | Jakub Kos | LW | Ilves Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 185 | TOR | Vyacheslav Peksa | G | Irbis Kazan (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 186 | EDM | Shane Lachance | LW | Junior Bruins (USPHL - NCDC) | 1 | 0 |
| 187 | CAR | Nikita Quapp | G | Krefeld (GERMANY) | — | — |
| 188 | BUF | Nikita Novikov | D | Dynamo Moscow 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 189 | NYI | Aleksi Malinen | D | Jyp (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 190 | VGK | Artur Cholach | D | Sokol Kiev (UKRAINE) | — | — |
| 191 | MTL | Xavier Simoneau | C | Drummondville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 192 | TBL | Alex Gagne | D | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
ROUND 7
Round 7
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | BUF | Tyson Kozak | C | Portland (WHL) | 73 | 11 |
| 194 | PIT | Ryan McCleary | D | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 195 | SEA | Justin Janicke | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 196 | TBL | Daniil Pylenkov | D | Podolsk (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 197 | CBJ | Martin Rysavy | RW | Prerov (CZREP-2) | — | — |
| 198 | STL | Ivan Vorobyov | RW | Khanty-Mansiysk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 199 | SJS | Evgenii Kashnikov | D | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 200 | CAR | Yegor Naumov | G | Krylja Sovetov 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 201 | VAN | Lucas Forsell | LW | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 202 | OTT | Chandler Romeo | D | Brantford (GOJHL) | — | — |
| 203 | NJD | Zakhar Bardakov | C | Podolsk (RUSSIA) | 60 | 10 |
| 204 | CHI | Connor Kelley | D | Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC) | — | — |
| 205 | CGY | Arsenii Sergeev | G | Shreveport (NAHL) | 1 | 0 |
| 206 | PHI | Owen McLaughlin | C | Mount St. Charles (HIGH-RI) | — | — |
| 207 | DAL | Albert Sjoberg | RW | Sodertalje Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 208 | NYR | Hank Kempf | D | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 209 | CAR | Nikita Guslistov | C | Cherepovets (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 210 | FLA | Braden Hache | D | Kingston (OHL) | — | — |
| 211 | TBL | Cooper Flinton | LW | St. Paul's School (HIGH-NH) | — | — |
| 212 | EDM | Maximus Wanner | D | Moose Jaw (WHL) | — | — |
| 213 | BOS | Andre Gasseau | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 214 | MTL | Joe Vrbetic | G | North Bay (OHL) | — | — |
| 215 | PIT | Daniel Laatsch | D | Sioux City (USHL) | — | — |
| 216 | CHI | Jalen Luypen | C | Edmonton (WHL) | — | — |
| 217 | BOS | Ty Gallagher | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 218 | PIT | Kirill Tankov | C | SKA-Varyagi (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 219 | CAR | Joel Nystrom | D | Farjestad (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 220 | COL | Taylor Makar | LW | Brooks (AJHL) | 12 | 0 |
| 221 | NYI | Tomas Machu | D | Sumperk (CZREP-2) | — | — |
| 222 | VGK | Carl Lindbom | G | Djurgarden Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 8 | 0 |
| 223 | ARI | Sam Lipkin | LW | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
| 224 | TBL | Niko Huuhtanen | RW | Tappara Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
2021 NHL draft — frequently asked
- Who went first overall in the 2021 NHL draft?
- Owen Power was selected first overall by BUF, out of Michigan (BIG10).
- How many players were drafted in 2021?
- 224 players were selected across 7 rounds of the 2021 NHL draft.
- Who has the most NHL points from the 2021 draft class?
- Wyatt Johnston (pick #23, DAL) leads the 2021 class with 263 career NHL points.