2000 NHL Draft
Andreas Lilja in the 2000 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Andreas Lilja 54th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 2.
He was the sixth of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 580 games put him 27th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 54
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 24
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 24 years
The picks around it
Picks 51–57 in the 2000 draft
- 51Kris VernarskyC17 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 52Shane EndicottC45 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 53Alexander TatarinovRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 55Antoine VermetteC1046 GP · 515 POTTOttawa Senators
- 56Aleksander SuglobovR18 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 57Matt DemarchiDNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
6th
of 22 Swedes selected
14th
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 36Daniel WidingRNSHNashville Predators
- 49Jonas NordquistC3 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 68Joel LundqvistC134 GP · 26 PDALDallas Stars
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andreas Lilja made his NHL debut on December 3, 2000, 162 days after the draft.
580
Games
16
Goals
71
Assists
87
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2000 draft
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 86Yanick LehouxC10 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 165Nathan MarstersGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 201Evgeny FederovCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 206Tim ErikssonCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 218Craig OlynickDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 245Dan WelchRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 250Flavien ConneCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 282Carl GrahnGLAKLos Angeles Kings