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Russian players in the 2021 NHL Draft
29 Russian players were picked in the 2021 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Fedor Svechkov went first, at number 19 to the Nashville Predators. That was the third most of the 14 countries with a player picked. Four of them have played in the NHL.
29
Picked
1
In the first round
4
Have played in the NHL
Every pick, round by round
Round 1
1 pick
Round 2
6 picks
33
Prokhor Poltapov (L)Left wing
38
Daniil Chayka (D)Defenseman
43
Ilya Fedotov (L)Left wing
48
Artem Grushnikov (D)Defenseman
50
53
Aleksandr Kisakov (L)Left wing
Round 3
3 picks
84
Kirill Kirsanov (D)Defenseman
87
Dmitri Kostenko (D)Defenseman
88
Stiven Sardarian (R)Right wing
Round 4
1 pick
120
Vladislav Lukashevich (D)Defenseman
Round 5
5 picks
132
Nikolai Makarov (D)Defenseman
135
Artem Guryev (D)Defenseman
142
Daniil Sobolev (D)Defenseman
146
Dmitri Rashevsky (R)Right wing
152
Kirill Gerasimyuk (G)Goaltender
Round 6
5 picks
163
Semyon Vyazovoi (G)Goaltender
172
Ilya Safonov (C)Center
180
Matvey Petrov (L)Left wing
185
Vyacheslav Peksa (G)Goaltender
188
Nikita Novikov (D)Defenseman
Round 7
8 picks
196
Daniil Pylenkov (D)Defenseman
198
Ivan Vorobyov (R)Right wing
199
Evgenii Kashnikov (D)Defenseman
200
Yegor Naumov (G)Goaltender
203
205
209
Nikita Guslistov (C)Center
218
Kirill Tankov (C)Center
The teams that drafted them
BUFBuffalo Sabres4 picks, first at 33
WPGWinnipeg Jets2 picks, first at 50
MTLMontréal Canadiens2 picks, first at 87
FLAFlorida Panthers2 picks, first at 120
SJSSan Jose Sharks2 picks, first at 135
CARCarolina Hurricanes2 picks, first at 200
NSHNashville PredatorsNo. 19
VGKVegas Golden KnightsNo. 38
ARIArizona CoyotesNo. 43
DALDallas StarsNo. 48
LAKLos Angeles KingsNo. 84
CBJColumbus Blue JacketsNo. 132
SEASeattle KrakenNo. 163
CHIChicago BlackhawksNo. 172
EDMEdmonton OilersNo. 180
TORToronto Maple LeafsNo. 185
TBLTampa Bay LightningNo. 196
STLSt. Louis BluesNo. 198
NJDNew Jersey DevilsNo. 203
CGYCalgary FlamesNo. 205
PITPittsburgh PenguinsNo. 218
The class in the NHL
The class against the other years
- 2026Ilia Morozov · 2023
- 2025Pyotr Andreyanov · 2021
- 2024Ivan Demidov · 527
- 2023Dmitriy Simashev · 619
- 2022Pavel Mintyukov · 1024
- 2021Fedor Svechkov · 1929
- 2020Yaroslav Askarov · 1124
- 2019Vasily Podkolzin · 1026
- 2018Andrei Svechnikov · 219
- 2017Klim Kostin · 3117
- 2016Mikhail Sergachev · 917
- 2015Ivan Provorov · 717
- 2014Nikita Scherbak · 2613
- 2013Valeri Nichushkin · 108
- 2012Nail Yakupov · 111
- 2011Vladislav Namestnikov · 279
- 2010Alexander Burmistrov · 88
- 2009Dmitry Kulikov · 147
- 2008Nikita Filatov · 68
- 2007Alexei Cherepanov · 179
- 2006Semyon Varlamov · 2315
- 2005Vitaly Anikeyenko · 7011
- 2004Alex Ovechkin · 119
- 2003Konstantin Glazachev · 3529
- 2002Alexander Semin · 1333
- 2001Ilya Kovalchuk · 136
- 2000Nikita Alexeev · 841
- 1999Oleg Saprykin · 1129
- 1998Dmitri Kalinin · 1821
- 1997Sergei Samsonov · 819
- 1996Andrei Zyuzin · 221
- 1995Dimitri Nabokov · 1924
- 1994Alexander Kharlamov · 1530
- 1993Viktor Kozlov · 635
- 1992Alexei Yashin · 240
- 1991Alex Kovalev · 1522
- 1990Vyacheslav Kozlov · 4513
- 1989Sergei Fedorov · 7416
- 1988Alexander Mogilny · 898
- 1987Viktor Tumineu · 1502
- 1986Vladimir Krutov · 2381
- 1985Igor Larionov · 2142
- 1984Mikhail Tatarinov · 2271
- 1983Vladislav Tretiak · 1385
- 1982Viktor Nechayev · 1323
- 1978Viacheslav Fetisov · 2011