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American players in the 2018 NHL Draft
54 American players were picked in the 2018 NHL Draft, six of them in the first round. Brady Tkachuk went first, at number 4 to the Ottawa Senators. That was the second most of the 15 countries with a player picked. 26 of them have played in the NHL.
54
Picked
6
In the first round
26
Have played in the NHL
Every pick, round by round
Round 1
6 picks
7
11
14
19
Jay O'Brien (C)Center
22
Round 2
5 picks
32
35
42
45
47
Kody Clark (R)Right wing
Round 3
9 picks
67
68
Tyler Madden (C)Center
69
Jake Wise (C)Center
71
73
79
Blake McLaughlin (L)Left wing
88
89
Logan Hutsko (R)Right wing
91
Round 4
14 picks
95
98
Ryan O'Reilly (R)Right wing
99
Stanislav Demin (D)Defenseman
102
103
Jacob Pivonka (C)Center
108
Demetrios Koumontzis (L)Left wing
109
Tyler Weiss (L)Left wing
112
115
116
Jack Perbix (R)Right wing
119
Curtis Hall (C)Center
121
Alexander Green (D)Defenseman
123
Jack Gorniak (L)Left wing
124
Round 5
6 picks
127
Wyatte Wylie (D)Defenseman
131
134
Blade Jenkins (L)Left wing
135
Brandon Kruse (L)Left wing
138
142
Round 6
7 picks
164
171
174
Gavin Hain (C)Center
177
Liam Gorman (C)Center
182
183
184
Jared Moe (G)Goaltender
Round 7
7 picks
193
194
Luke Loheit (R)Right wing
196
Christian Krygier (D)Defenseman
197
Jacob Kucharski (G)Goaltender
201
Cole Krygier (D)Defenseman
210
Sam Hentges (C)Center
216
Riley Hughes (R)Right wing
The teams that drafted them
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers5 picks, first at 14
NYINew York Islanders4 picks, first at 11
OTTOttawa Senators3 picks, first at 4
NYRNew York Rangers3 picks, first at 22
MTLMontréal Canadiens3 picks, first at 35
VGKVegas Golden Knights3 picks, first at 99
VANVancouver Canucks2 picks, first at 7
CARCarolina Hurricanes2 picks, first at 42
STLSt. Louis Blues2 picks, first at 45
WSHWashington Capitals2 picks, first at 47
DETDetroit Red Wings2 picks, first at 67
CHIChicago Blackhawks2 picks, first at 69
ARIArizona Coyotes2 picks, first at 73
ANAAnaheim Ducks2 picks, first at 79
FLAFlorida Panthers2 picks, first at 89
WPGWinnipeg Jets2 picks, first at 91
SJSSan Jose Sharks2 picks, first at 102
COLColorado Avalanche2 picks, first at 109
TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 picks, first at 121
BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 32
CGYCalgary FlamesNo. 108
BOSBoston BruinsNo. 119
NSHNashville PredatorsNo. 131
EDMEdmonton OilersNo. 164
PITPittsburgh PenguinsNo. 177
MINMinnesota WildNo. 210
The class in the NHL
The class against the other years
- 2026Chase Reid · 757
- 2025James Hagens · 752
- 2024Zeev Buium · 1239
- 2023Will Smith · 448
- 2022Logan Cooley · 349
- 2021Matty Beniers · 250
- 2020Jake Sanderson · 552
- 2019Jack Hughes · 158
- 2018Brady Tkachuk · 454
- 2017Casey Mittelstadt · 850
- 2016Auston Matthews · 154
- 2015Jack Eichel · 255
- 2014Dylan Larkin · 1566
- 2013Seth Jones · 456
- 2012Alex Galchenyuk · 353
- 2011Sean Couturier · 864
- 2010Jack Campbell · 1158
- 2009Nick Leddy · 1655
- 2008Zach Bogosian · 346
- 2007Patrick Kane · 164
- 2006Erik Johnson · 160
- 2005Bobby Ryan · 262
- 2004Blake Wheeler · 564
- 2003Ryan Suter · 759
- 2002Ryan Whitney · 559
- 2001Mike Komisarek · 742
- 2000Rick DiPietro · 154
- 1999Tim Connolly · 550
- 1998David Legwand · 240
- 1997Paul Mara · 738
- 1996Erik Rasmussen · 731
- 1995Bryan Berard · 117
- 1994Jason Bonsignore · 448
- 1993Landon Wilson · 1956
- 1992Ryan Sittler · 739
- 1991Scott Lachance · 467
- 1990Derian Hatcher · 872
- 1989Bill Guerin · 576
- 1988Mike Modano · 182
- 1987John LeClair · 3398
- 1986Jimmy Carson · 266
- 1985Craig Wolanin · 366
- 1984Eddie Olczyk · 361
- 1983Brian Lawton · 160
- 1982Phil Housley · 662
- 1981Bobby Carpenter · 337
- 1980Rik Wilson · 1235
- 1979Mike Ramsey · 1110
- 1978Curt Fraser · 2247
- 1977Jere Gillis · 437
- 1976Reed Larson · 2223
- 1975Peter Scamurra · 1944
- 1974Lee Fogolin Jr. · 1137
- 1973Ron Serafini · 5013