2016 NHL Draft
Alexander Nylander in the 2016 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Alexander Nylander 8th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 126 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 2016 draft
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Matthew TkachukL689 GP · 692 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Clayton KellerR699 GP · 617 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Mikhail SergachevD646 GP · 388 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 11Logan BrownC99 GP · 26 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
1st
of 25 Swedes selected
7th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 42Jonathan DahlénC61 GP · 22 POTTOttawa Senators
- 55Filip GustavssonG219 GP · 111 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 57Carl GrundströmR344 GP · 89 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 89Linus NassenDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 90Fredrik KarlströmC8 GP · 1 PDALDallas Stars
- 91Filip BerglundDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 96Linus LindstromCCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Jacob CederholmDWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 15 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexander Nylander made his NHL debut on April 3, 2017, 283 days after the draft.
126
Games
25
Goals
24
Assists
49
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2016 draft
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Cliff PuRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 86Casey FitzgeraldD63 GP · 9 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 99Brett MurrayL26 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Philip NybergDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 130Vojtech BudikDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 159Brandon HagelL460 GP · 387 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 189Austin OsmanskiDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 190Vasily GlotovCBUFBuffalo Sabres