Ukrainian players in the 1998 NHL Draft

Five Ukrainian players were picked in the 1998 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Vitaly Vishnevski went first, at number 5 to the Anaheim Ducks. Two of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 1

1 pick

Vitaly Vishnevski (D)DefensemanNHL 1999–2007 · INACTIVE

ANA

Round 2

1 pick

Maxim Linnik (D)Defenseman

STL

Round 3

1 pick

Evgeny Lazarev (L)Left wing

COL

Round 4

1 pick

Alexei Ponikarovsky (L)Left wingNHL 2000–2012 · INACTIVE

TOR

Round 8

1 pick

225

Yevgeny Pastukh (L)Left wing

STL

The teams that drafted them

STLSt. Louis Blues2 picks, first at 41

ANAAnaheim DucksNo. 5

COLColorado AvalancheNo. 79

TORToronto Maple LeafsNo. 87

The class in the NHL

Regular season, whole careers: skaters by points, goalies by games.

The class against the other years

Players picked each year and the year's first pick.