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2017 NHL Draft

Alexander Volkov in the 2017 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Alexander Volkov 48th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 2.

He was the second of the 17 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 46 games put him 72nd in the class.

Overall pick
48
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 17
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 45–51 in the 2017 draft

  1. 45Alexandre TexierL299 GP · 116 PCBJ
  2. 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYI
  3. 47Alex FormentonL126 GP · 44 POTT
  4. 48Alexander VolkovR46 GP · 14 PTBL
  5. 49Mario FerraroD507 GP · 116 PSJS
  6. 50Maxime ComtoisL211 GP · 87 PANA
  7. 51Zachary LauzonDPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2017 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2017 class

2nd
of 17 Russians selected
32nd
of 117 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 31Klim KostinC190 GP · 53 PSTL
  2. 48Alexander VolkovR46 GP · 14 PTBL
  3. 70Andrei AltybarmakianRCHI
  4. 76Alexey LipanovCTBL
  5. 84Dmitri SamorukovD3 GP · 0 PEDM
  6. 86Daniil TarasovG105 GP · 34 WCBJ
  7. 96Maksim ZhukovGVGK
  8. 98Nikita PopugaevLNJD
  9. 113Alexey ToropchenkoR330 GP · 73 PSTL
  10. 124Vladislav KaraLTOR

+ 7 more

Every pick from Russia in the 2017 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alexander Volkov made his NHL debut on October 30, 2019, 2 years and 128 days after the draft.

46
Games
7
Goals
7
Assists
14
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 14Cal FooteD145 GP · 20 PTBL
  2. 48Alexander VolkovR46 GP · 14 PTBL
  3. 76Alexey LipanovCTBL
  4. 169Nick PerbixD314 GP · 79 PTBL
  5. 180Cole GuttmanC41 GP · 14 PTBL
  6. 200Sammy WalkerC13 GP · 2 PTBL