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2019 NHL Draft

Arseny Gritsyuk in the 2019 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Arseny Gritsyuk 129th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 5.

He was the 15th of the 26 Russians selected that year. It was the ninth of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 82 games put him 52nd in the class.

Overall pick
129
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 5
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 126–132 in the 2019 draft

  1. 126Jacob LeguerrierDMTL
  2. 127Cole BradyGNJD
  3. 128Cooper MooreDDET
  4. 129Arseny GritsyukR82 GP · 43 PNJD
  5. 130Leevi AaltonenRNYR
  6. 131Rhett PitlickLMTL
  7. 132Trevor JanickeCANA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2019 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2019 class

15th
of 26 Russians selected
70th
of 129 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 10Vasily PodkolzinR318 GP · 110 PVAN
  2. 36Pyotr KochetkovG136 GP · 81 WCAR
  3. 42Vladislav FirstovLMIN
  4. 45Egor AfanasyevL19 GP · 1 PNSH
  5. 48Artemi KniazevD1 GP · 0 PSJS
  6. 61Nikita OkhotiukD67 GP · 12 PNJD
  7. 79Pavel DorofeyevR248 GP · 159 PVGK
  8. 85Ilya KonovalovGNo NHL gamesEDM
  9. 88Ilya NikolaevCCGY
  10. 107Alexandr DarinRARI

+ 16 more

Every pick from Russia in the 2019 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Arseny Gritsyuk made his NHL debut on October 9, 2025, 6 years and 109 days after the draft.

82
Games
21
Goals
22
Assists
43
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2019 draft

  1. 1Jack HughesC445 GP · 449 PNJD
  2. 61Nikita OkhotiukD67 GP · 12 PNJD
  3. 70Daniil MisyulD1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 80Graeme ClarkeR3 GP · 0 PNJD
  5. 82Michael VukojevicDNJD
  6. 96Tyce ThompsonR11 GP · 1 PNJD
  7. 118Case McCarthyDNJD
  8. 127Cole BradyGNJD
  9. 129Arseny GritsyukR82 GP · 43 PNJD
  10. 158Patrick MoynihanRNJD
  11. 189Nikola PasicRNJD