2014 NHL Draft
Adrian Kempe in the 2014 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Adrian Kempe 29th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 28 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 724, and only 9 have scored more points than his 486.
- Overall pick
- 29
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 29
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 26–32 in the 2014 draft
- 26Nikita ScherbakR37 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Nikolay GoldobinR125 GP · 46 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 28Joshua Ho-SangR53 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Adrian KempeR724 GP · 486 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 30John QuennevilleC42 GP · 5 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 31Brendan LemieuxL307 GP · 74 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 32Jayce HawrylukR98 GP · 27 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
2nd
of 28 Swedes selected
24th
of 125 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8William NylanderR767 GP · 712 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 29Adrian KempeR724 GP · 486 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 38Marcus PetterssonD620 GP · 181 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 40Andreas EnglundD211 GP · 20 POTTOttawa Senators
- 46Julius BergmanDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 61Jonas JohanssonG109 GP · 44 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 87Anton KarlssonRARIArizona Coyotes
- 91William LagessonD107 GP · 12 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 95Linus SoderstromGNYINew York Islanders
- 97Lucas WallmarkC187 GP · 59 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
+ 18 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Adrian Kempe made his NHL debut on February 16, 2017, 2 years and 234 days after the draft.
724
Games
236
Goals
250
Assists
486
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2014 draft
- 29Adrian KempeR724 GP · 486 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Roland McKeownD16 GP · 3 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 60Alex LintuniemiDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 90Michael AmadioR539 GP · 182 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 120Steven JohnsonDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 150Alec DillonGLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 157Jake MarchmentCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 180Matthew MisteleLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 209Spencer WatsonRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 210Jake MiddletonD397 GP · 96 PLAKLos Angeles Kings