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2026 NHL Draft

Alexander Command in the 2026 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Alexander Command 12th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft.

He was the third of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Alexander Command is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
12
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 12
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 9–15 in the 2026 draft

  1. 9Keaton VerhoeffDSJS
  2. 10Wyatt CullenLNSH
  3. 11Tynan LawrenceCSTL
  4. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  5. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  6. 14Oscar HemmingLCBJ
  7. 15Nikita KlepovR4 GP · 0 PANA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2026 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2026 class

3rd
of 25 Swedes selected
7th
of 117 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Ivar StenbergL16 GP · 9 PSJS
  2. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  3. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  4. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  5. 19Elton HermanssonRNo NHL gamesLAK
  6. 25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRNo NHL gamesOTT
  7. 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANA
  8. 51William HåkanssonDNo NHL gamesCAR
  9. 61Wiggo SörenssonCNo NHL gamesCAR
  10. 76Måns GudmundssonDNo NHL gamesTOR

+ 15 more

Every Swede in the 2026 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alexander Command has not played an NHL game yet.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2026 draft

  1. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  2. 37Matias VanhanenLNJD
  3. 44Nikita ShcherbakovDNJD
  4. 119Lavr GashilovCNJD
  5. 149Daniil RusakovichGNJD
  6. 172Luke WilfleyCNJD
  7. 222Quinn McKenzieCNJD