2020 NHL Draft
Alexander Holtz in the 2020 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Alexander Holtz 7th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 193 games put him 28th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2020 draft
- 4Lucas RaymondL416 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Jake SandersonD312 GP · 191 POTTOttawa Senators
- 6Jamie DrysdaleD312 GP · 109 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 8Jack QuinnR275 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Marco RossiC250 GP · 142 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 10Cole PerfettiC306 GP · 168 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
2nd
of 30 Swedes selected
5th
of 135 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 4Lucas RaymondL416 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 32William WallinderD11 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Helge GransD7 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 40Daniel TorgerssonLWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 41Noel GunlerRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 43Emil HeinemanL162 GP · 55 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 51Theodor NiederbachCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 54Emil AndraeD112 GP · 22 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 88Leo LoofDSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexander Holtz made his NHL debut on November 5, 2021, 1 year and 30 days after the draft.
193
Games
26
Goals
30
Assists
56
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2020 draft
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 18Dawson MercerC426 GP · 215 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 20Shakir MukhamadullinD94 GP · 23 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 84Nico DawsG61 GP · 26 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 99Jaromir PytlikCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 120Ethan EdwardsDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 130Artem ShlaineCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 161Benjamin BaumgartnerCNJDNew Jersey Devils