2020 NHL Draft
Alexis Lafrenière in the 2020 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Alexis Lafrenière first overall in the 2020 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 479, and only 3 have scored more points than his 266.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 2020 draft
- 1Alexis LafrenièreL479 GP · 266 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 2Quinton ByfieldR351 GP · 197 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Tim StützleC464 GP · 431 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Lucas RaymondL417 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
1st
of 216 players selected
1st
of 135 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alexis LafrenièreL479 GP · 266 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 2Quinton ByfieldR351 GP · 197 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Tim StützleC464 GP · 431 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Lucas RaymondL417 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Jake SandersonD312 GP · 191 POTTOttawa Senators
- 6Jamie DrysdaleD313 GP · 110 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 8Jack QuinnR276 GP · 164 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Marco RossiC251 GP · 143 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 10Cole PerfettiC307 GP · 169 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 206 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexis Lafrenière made his NHL debut on January 14, 2021, 100 days after the draft.
479
Games
125
Goals
141
Assists
266
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 2020 draft
- 1Alexis LafrenièreL479 GP · 266 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 19Braden SchneiderD385 GP · 89 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 60Will CuylleL266 GP · 113 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 92Oliver TarnstromCNYRNew York Rangers
- 103Dylan GarandG16 GP · 8 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 127Evan VierlingCNYRNew York Rangers
- 134Brett BerardL48 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 165Matt RempeC89 GP · 11 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 197Hugo OllasGNYRNew York Rangers