2023 NHL Entry Draft

Nashville, Tennessee - June 28 and 29, 2023

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	43.75%	23.7	78.1%	21.9%	0.0%	37.5%	18.8%	18.8%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%
Round 2	3.13%	0.0	59.4%	25.0%	15.6%	37.5%	18.8%	9.4%	3.1%	9.4%	21.9%
Round 3	6.25%	0.1	65.6%	28.1%	6.3%	37.5%	28.1%	6.3%	6.3%	9.4%	12.5%
Round 4	6.25%	0.3	62.5%	28.1%	9.4%	43.8%	25.0%	6.3%	9.4%	6.3%	9.4%
Round 5	0.00%	0.0	25.0%	50.0%	25.0%	34.4%	25.0%	15.6%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%
Round 6	0.00%	0.0	46.9%	37.5%	15.6%	46.9%	21.9%	9.4%	6.3%	9.4%	6.3%
Round 7	0.00%	0.0	65.6%	25.0%	9.4%	31.3%	18.8%	12.5%	12.5%	12.5%	12.5%
TOTAL¹		3.4	57.6%	30.8%	11.6%	38.4%	22.3%	11.2%	8.9%	6.7%	12.5%
TO NHL²	8.48%		13.2%	2.9%	0.0%	9.3%	12.0%	4.0%	10.0%	0.0%	7.1%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 38.4% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 9.3% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	Chicago Blackhawks	9.35	11	18.2%	159	45	87	132	14.5	4.1	7.9	12.0
2	Anaheim Ducks	14.63	9	11.1%	131	32	42	74	14.6	3.6	4.7	8.2
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	19.38	8	25.0%	132	43	38	81	16.5	5.4	4.8	10.1
4	San Jose Sharks	24.74	9	22.2%	80	18	29	47	8.9	2.0	3.2	5.2
5	Arizona Coyotes	32.97	12	0.0%
6	Montréal Canadiens	33.72	9	0.0%
7	Washington Capitals	33.93	6	16.7%	9	1	0	1	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.2
8	Philadelphia Flyers	37.56	10	10.0%	80	26	37	63	8.0	2.6	3.7	6.3
9	Detroit Red Wings	38.37	11	0.0%
10	St. Louis Blues	39.36	9	11.1%	2	0	0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Vancouver Canucks	47.11	7	28.6%	3	0	0	0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Buffalo Sabres	48.98	8	12.5%	146	21	37	58	18.3	2.6	4.6	7.3
13	Nashville Predators	51.25	11	9.1%	6	0	1	1	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.1
14	Calgary Flames	52.06	6	33.3%	6	0	0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	57.53	6	0.0%
16	Winnipeg Jets	58.15	5	0.0%
17	Colorado Avalanche	58.37	5	20.0%	7	1	0	1	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.2
18	Minnesota Wild	60.58	6	0.0%
19	Toronto Maple Leafs	62.95	3	0.0%
20	Seattle Kraken	66.54	10	0.0%
21	Vegas Golden Knights	66.82	4	0.0%
22	New York Rangers	69.20	5	20.0%	5	0	0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Carolina Hurricanes	93.06	10	10.0%	3	0	1	1	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1
24	Los Angeles Kings	96.20	5	0.0%
25	Tampa Bay Lightning	97.60	5	0.0%
26	New York Islanders	107.32	5	0.0%
27	Edmonton Oilers	107.44	3	0.0%
28	Dallas Stars	112.70	6	0.0%
29	New Jersey Devils	115.19	5	0.0%
30	Florida Panthers	124.00	5	0.0%
31	Boston Bruins	149.38	5	0.0%
32	Ottawa Senators	162.41	5	0.0%

¹⁾ The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1	Connor Bedard	2005	Chicago Blackhawks	F	150	45	83	128	98	-80
2	Leo Carlsson	2004	Anaheim Ducks	F	131	32	42	74	30	-5
3	Adam Fantilli	2004	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	131	43	38	81	34	-17
4	William Smith	2005	San Jose Sharks	F	74	18	27	45	18	-15
5	David Reinbacher	2004	Montréal Canadiens	D
6	Dmitry Simashev	2005	Arizona Coyotes	D
7	Matvei Michkov	2004	Philadelphia Flyers	F	80	26	37	63	46	-18
8	Ryan Leonard	2005	Washington Capitals	F	9	1	0	1	11	-4
9	Nate Danielson	2004	Detroit Red Wings	F
10	Dalibor Dvorsky	2005	St. Louis Blues	F	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	Tom Willander	2005	Vancouver Canucks	F
12	Daniil But	2005	Arizona Coyotes	F
13	Zachary Benson	2005	Buffalo Sabres	F	146	21	37	58	96	-5
14	Brayden Yager	2005	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
15	Matthew Wood	2005	Nashville Predators	F	6	0	1	1	2	0
16	Samuel Honzek	2004	Calgary Flames	F	5	0	0	0	2	-1
17	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	2005	Detroit Red Wings	D
18	Colby Barlow	2005	Winnipeg Jets	F
19	Oliver Moore	2005	Chicago Blackhawks	F	9	0	4	4	4	-2
20	Eduard Sale	2005	Seattle Kraken	F
21	Charlie Stramel	2004	Minnesota Wild	F
22	Oliver Bonk	2005	Philadelphia Flyers	D
23	Gabriel Perreault	2005	New York Rangers	F	5	0	0	0	0	-1
24	Tanner Molendyk	2005	Nashville Predators	D
25	Otto Stenberg	2005	St. Louis Blues	F
26	Quentin Musty	2005	San Jose Sharks	F
27	Calum Ritchie	2005	Colorado Avalanche	F	7	1	0	1	0	-7
28	Easton Cowan	2005	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
29	Theo Lindstein	2005	St. Louis Blues	D
30	Bradly Nadeau	2005	Carolina Hurricanes	F	3	0	1	1	0	-3
31	Mikhail Gulyaev	2005	Colorado Avalanche	D
32	David Edstrom	2005	Vegas Golden Knights	F

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
33	Nico Myatovic	2004	Anaheim Ducks	F
34	Gavin Brindley	2004	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	Adam Gajan	2004	Chicago Blackhawks	G
36	Kasper Halttunen	2005	San Jose Sharks	F
37	Ethan Gauthier	2005	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
38	Michael Hrabal	2005	Arizona Coyotes	G
39	Anton Wahlberg	2005	Buffalo Sabres	F
40	Andrew Cristall	2005	Washington Capitals	F
41	Trey Augustine	2005	Detroit Red Wings	G
42	Andrew Gibson	2005	Detroit Red Wings	D
43	Felix Nilsson	2005	Nashville Predators	F
44	Roman Kantserov	2004	Chicago Blackhawks	F
45	Maxim Strbak	2005	Buffalo Sabres	D
46	Kalan Lind	2005	Nashville Predators	F
47	Brady Cleveland	2005	Detroit Red Wings	D
48	Etienne Morin	2005	Calgary Flames	D
49	Danny Nelson	2005	New York Islanders	F
50	Carson Rehkopf	2005	Seattle Kraken	F
51	Carson Bjarnason	2005	Philadelphia Flyers	G
52	Oscar Fisker Mølgaard	2005	Seattle Kraken	F
53	Rasmus Kumpulainen	2005	Minnesota Wild	F
54	Jakub Dvorak	2005	Los Angeles Kings	D
55	Martin Misiak	2004	Chicago Blackhawks	F
56	Beau Akey	2005	Edmonton Oilers	D
57	Lukas Dragicevic	2005	Seattle Kraken	D
58	Lenni Hämeenaho	2004	New Jersey Devils	F
59	Carey Terrance	2005	Anaheim Ducks	F
60	Damian Clara	2005	Anaheim Ducks	G
61	Tristan Bertucci	2005	Dallas Stars	D
62	Felix Unger Sörum	2005	Carolina Hurricanes	F
63	Gracyn Sawchyn	2005	Florida Panthers	F
64	Riley Heidt	2005	Minnesota Wild	F

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
65	Coulson Pitre	2004	Anaheim Ducks	F
66	William Whitelaw	2005	Columbus Blue Jackets	F
67	Nick Lardis	2005	Chicago Blackhawks	F
68	Jesse Kiiskinen	2005	Nashville Predators	F
69	Jacob Fowler	2004	Montreal Canadiens	G
70	Jonathan Castagna	2005	Arizona Coyotes	F
71	Brandon Svoboda	2005	San Jose Sharks	F
72	Noel Nordh	2005	Arizona Coyotes	F
73	Noah Dower Nilsson	2005	Detroit Red Wings	F
74	Quinton Burns	2005	St. Louis Blues	D
75	Hunter Brzustewicz	2004	Vancouver Canucks	D	1	0	0	0	2	2
76	Juraj Pekarcik	2005	St. Louis Blues	F
77	Mathieu Cataford	2005	Vegas Golden Knights	F
78	Koehn Ziemmer	2004	Los Angeles Kings	F
79	Brad Gardiner	2005	Dallas Stars	F
80	Aydar Suniev	2004	Calgary Flames	F	1	0	0	0	0	2
81	Tanner Ludtke	2004	Arizona Coyotes	F
82	Zachary Nehring	2005	Winnipeg Jets	F
83	Dylan MacKinnon	2005	Nashville Predators	D
84	Caden Price	2005	Seattle Kraken	D
85	Yegor Sidorov	2004	Anaheim Ducks	F
86	Gavin McCarthy	2005	Buffalo Sabres	D
87	Yegor Zavragin	2005	Philadelphia Flyers	G
88	Vadim Moroz	2003	Arizona Coyotes	F
89	Sawyer Mynio	2005	Vancouver Canucks	D
90	Drew Fortescue	2005	New York Rangers	D
91	Emil Pieniniemi	2005	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
92	Chris Pelosi	2005	Boston Bruins	F
93	Jiri Felcman	2005	Chicago Blackhawks	F
94	Jayden Perron	2005	Carolina Hurricanes	F
95	Denver Barkey	2005	Philadelphia Flyers	F
96	Arttu Kärki	2004	Vegas Golden Knights	D

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
97	Konnor Smith	2004	Anaheim Ducks	D
98	Andrew Strathmann	2005	Columbus Blue Jackets	D
99	Alex Pharand	2005	Chicago Blackhawks	F
100	Alexander Rykov	2005	Carolina Hurricanes	F
101	Florian Xhekaj	2004	Montreal Canadiens	F
102	Terrell Goldsmith	2005	Arizona Coyotes	D
103	Cole Knuble	2004	Philadelphia Flyers	F
104	Patrick Thomas	2004	Washington Capitals	F
105	Ty Mueller	2003	Vancouver Canucks	F	2	0	0	0	2	0
106	Jakub Stancl	2005	St. Louis Blues	F
107	Vilmer Alriksson	2005	Vancouver Canucks	F
108	Hoyt Stanley	2005	Ottawa Senators	D
109	Ethan Miedema	2005	Buffalo Sabres	F
110	Bogdan Konyushkov	2002	Montreal Canadiens	D
111	Joey Willis	2005	Nashville Predators	F
112	Jaden Lipinski	2004	Calgary Flames	F
113	Jesse Nurmi	2005	New York Islanders	F
114	Luca Pinelli	2005	Columbus Blue Jackets	F
115	Jayson Shaugabay	2005	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
116	Andrei Loshko	2004	Seattle Kraken	F
117	Larry Keenan	2005	Detroit Red Wings	D
118	Hampton Slukynsky	2005	Los Angeles Kings	G
119	Matthew Perkins	2004	Vancouver Canucks	F
120	Alex Ciernik	2004	Philadelphia Flyers	F
121	Juha Jatkola	2002	Nashville Predators	G
122	Cam Squires	2005	New Jersey Devils	F
123	Luca Cagnoni	2004	San Jose Sharks	D	6	0	2	2	8	-4
124	Beckett Hendrickson	2005	Boston Bruins	F
125	Aram Minnetian	2005	Dallas Stars	D
126	Stanislav Yarovoi	2003	Carolina Hurricanes	F
127	Albert Wikman	2005	Florida Panthers	D
128	Quentin Miller	2004	Montreal Canadiens	G

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
129	Rodwin Dionicio	2004	Anaheim Ducks	D
130	Axel Landén	2005	San Jose Sharks	D
131	Marcel Marcel	2003	Chicago Blackhawks	F
132	Eric Pohlkamp	2004	San Jose Sharks	D
133	Sam Harris	2003	Montreal Canadiens	F
134	Melker Thelin	2005	Arizona Coyotes	G
135	Carter Sotheran	2005	Philadelphia Flyers	D
136	Cam Allen	2005	Washington Capitals	D
137	Jack Phelan	2004	Detroit Red Wings	D
138	Paul Fischer	2005	St. Louis Blues	D
139	Charles-Alexis Legault	2003	Carolina Hurricanes	D
140	Matthew Andonovski	2005	Ottawa Senators	D
141	Scott Ratzlaff	2005	Buffalo Sabres	G
142	Mikhail Ilyin	2005	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
143	Sutter Muzzatti	2003	Nashville Predators	F
144	Evgeni Volokhin	2005	Montreal Canadiens	G
145	Justin Gill	2003	New York Islanders	F
146	Jacob Julien	2004	Winnipeg Jets	F
147	Kevin Bicker	2005	Detroit Red Wings	F
148	Kaden Hammell	2005	Seattle Kraken	D
149	Aaron Pionk	2003	Minnesota Wild	D
150	Matthew Mania	2005	Los Angeles Kings	D
151	Thomas Milic	2003	Winnipeg Jets	G
152	Rasmus Larsson	2004	New York Rangers	D
153	Hudson Malinoski	2004	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
154	Chase Cheslock	2004	New Jersey Devils	D
155	Nikita Ishimnikov	2005	Colorado Avalanche	D
156	Melvin Strahl	2005	Columbus Blue Jackets	G
157	Arno Tiefensee	2002	Dallas Stars	G
158	Ruslan Khazheyev	2004	Carolina Hurricanes	G
159	Olof Glifford	2005	Florida Panthers	G
160	Justin Kipkie	2005	Arizona Coyotes	D

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
161	Vojtech Port	2005	Anaheim Ducks	D
162	Samu Bau	2004	Arizona Coyotes	F
163	Timur Mukhanov	2005	Carolina Hurricanes	F
164	Cole Brown	2005	New Jersey Devils	F
165	Filip Eriksson	2004	Montreal Canadiens	F
166	Carsen Musser	2005	Arizona Coyotes	G
167	Milton Oscarson	2003	Chicago Blackhawks	F
168	Visa Vedenpää	2005	Seattle Kraken	G
169	Rudy Guimond	2005	Detroit Red Wings	G
170	Matthew Mayich	2004	St. Louis Blues	D
171	Aiden Celebrini	2004	Vancouver Canucks	D
172	Ryan MacPherson	2005	Philadelphia Flyers	F
173	Sean Keohane	2004	Buffalo Sabres	D
174	Cooper Foster	2005	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
175	Austin Roest	2004	Nashville Predators	F
176	Yegor Yegorov	2005	Calgary Flames	G
177	Zachary Schulz	2005	New York Islanders	D
178	Dylan Roobroeck	2004	New York Rangers	F
179	Warren Clark	2004	Tampa Bay Lightning	D
180	Zeb Forsfjäll	2005	Seattle Kraken	D
181	Kalem Parker	2004	Minnesota Wild	D
182	Ryan Conmy	2004	Los Angeles Kings	F
183	Ty Henricks	2005	New York Rangers	F
184	Nathaniel Day	2005	Edmonton Oilers	G
185	Noah Chadwick	2005	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
186	Daniil Karpovich	2004	New Jersey Devils	D
187	Jeremy Hanzel	2003	Colorado Avalanche	D
188	Ryan Walsh	2003	Boston Bruins	F
189	Angus MacDonell	2005	Dallas Stars	F
190	Michael Emerson	2003	Carolina Hurricanes	F
191	Luke Coughlin	2005	Florida Panthers	D
192	Tuomas Uronen	2005	Vegas Golden Knights	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
193	Jack Harvey	2003	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
194	Oiva Keskinen	2004	Columbus Blue Jackets	F
195	Janne Peltonen	2005	Chicago Blackhawks	D
196	David Klee	2005	San Jose Sharks	F
197	Luke Mittelstadt	2003	Montreal Canadiens	D
198	Stepan Zvyagin	2004	Florida Panthers	F
199	Matteo Mann	2004	Philadelphia Flyers	D
200	Brett Hyland	2003	Washington Capitals	F
201	Emmitt Finnie	2005	Detroit Red Wings	F
202	Nikita Susuyev	2005	St. Louis Blues	F
203	Yegor Rimashevsky	2005	San Jose Sharks	F
204	Owen Beckner	2005	Ottawa Senators	F
205	Norwin Panocha	2005	Buffalo Sabres	D
206	Antoine Keller	2004	Washington Capitals	G
207	Vladimir Nikitin	2005	Ottawa Senators	G
208	Axel Hurtig	2005	Calgary Flames	D
209	Dennis Good Bogg	2004	New York Islanders	F
210	Connor Levis	2004	Winnipeg Jets	F
211	Ethan Hay	2005	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
212	Zaccharya Wisdom	2004	Seattle Kraken	F
213	Jimmy Clark	2004	Minnesota Wild	F
214	Casper Nässén	2004	Boston Bruins	F
215	Nicholas VanTassell	2004	Ottawa Senators	F
216	Matt Copponi	2003	Edmonton Oilers	F
217	Emil Järventie	2005	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
218	Aiden Fink	2004	Nashville Predators	F
219	Maros Jedlicka	2002	Colorado Avalanche	F
220	Kristian Kostadinski	2005	Boston Bruins	D
221	Sebastian Bradshaw	2005	Dallas Stars	F
222	Yegor Velmakin	2003	Carolina Hurricanes	G
223	Kalle Kangas	2005	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
224	Tyler Peddle	2005	Columbus Blue Jackets	F

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