2016 NHL Draft
Auston Matthews in the 2016 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Auston Matthews first overall in the 2016 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 11 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 709, and none has scored more points than his 808.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 2016 draft
- 1Auston MatthewsC709 GP · 808 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC638 GP · 437 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
1st
of 211 players selected
1st
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Auston MatthewsC709 GP · 808 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC638 GP · 437 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Matthew TkachukL692 GP · 697 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Clayton KellerR701 GP · 620 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Mikhail SergachevD648 GP · 389 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Auston Matthews made his NHL debut on October 12, 2016, 110 days after the draft.
709
Games
439
Goals
369
Assists
808
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2016 draft
- 1Auston MatthewsC709 GP · 808 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 31Egor KorshkovR1 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 57Carl GrundströmR344 GP · 89 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 62Joseph WollG127 GP · 65 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 72James GreenwayDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 92Adam BrooksC43 GP · 11 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 101Keaton MiddletonD47 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 122Vladimir BobylevRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 152Jonathan WalkerDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 179Nicolas MattinenDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 182Nikolai ChebykinLTORToronto Maple Leafs