2012 NHL Draft
Andrei Vasilevskiy in the 2012 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Andrei Vasilevskiy 19th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 11 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 8 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 611 games put him 35th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 19
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 19
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 16–22 in the 2012 draft
- 16Tom WilsonR922 GP · 462 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 17Tomas HertlC892 GP · 621 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 18Teuvo TeravainenC842 GP · 558 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG611 GP · 378 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 20Scott LaughtonC760 GP · 294 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 21Mark JankowskiL497 GP · 154 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 22Olli MaattaD819 GP · 215 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
3rd
of 11 Russians selected
1st
of 24 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG611 GP · 378 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 91Daniil ZharkovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 114Alexander DelnovLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 121Nikolai ProkhorkinL43 GP · 14 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 173Anton ZlobinRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 183Dmitry SinitsynDDALDallas Stars
- 201Valeri VasilievDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andrei Vasilevskiy made his NHL debut on December 16, 2014, 2 years and 177 days after the draft.
611
Games
378
Wins
42
Shutouts
.916
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2012 draft
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG611 GP · 378 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 40Dylan BlujusDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 53Brian HartRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 71Tanner RichardC3 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 101Cedric PaquetteC448 GP · 95 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 161Jake DotchinD103 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning