2013 NHL Draft
Aleksander Barkov in the 2013 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Aleksander Barkov 2nd overall in the 2013 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 11 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2013, 106 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 806, and only one has scored more points than his 782.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2013 draft
- 1Nathan MacKinnonC966 GP · 1169 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 2Aleksander BarkovC806 GP · 782 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 3Jonathan DrouinL671 GP · 398 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Seth JonesD928 GP · 492 PNSHNashville Predators
- 5Elias LindholmC985 GP · 665 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2013 class
1st
of 11 Finns selected
2nd
of 121 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Aleksander BarkovC806 GP · 782 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Rasmus RistolainenD824 GP · 319 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Artturi LehkonenL676 GP · 353 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Juuse SarosG478 GP · 234 WNSHNashville Predators
- 125Saku MaenalanenR98 GP · 18 PNSHNashville Predators
- 154Henri IkonenLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 173Santeri SaariDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 177Miro AaltonenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 182Aleksi MakelaDDALDallas Stars
- 184Saku SalminenCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aleksander Barkov made his NHL debut on October 3, 2013, 95 days after the draft.
806
Games
286
Goals
496
Assists
782
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2013 draft
- 2Aleksander BarkovC806 GP · 782 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Ian McCoshenD60 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 92Evan CowleyGFLAFlorida Panthers
- 97Michael DowningDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 98Matt BucklesCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 122Christopher ClappertonLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 152Joshua BrownD300 GP · 35 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 206MacKenzie WeegarD645 GP · 283 PFLAFlorida Panthers