2023 NHL Draft
Axel Sandin-Pellikka in the 2023 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Axel Sandin-Pellikka 17th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 47 have played in the NHL regular season. His 75 games put him 14th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 17
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 17
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 14–20 in the 2023 draft
- 14Brayden YagerC4 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 15Matthew WoodR91 GP · 34 PNSHNashville Predators
- 16Samuel HonzekL27 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 17Axel Sandin-PellikkaD75 GP · 22 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 18Colby BarlowLWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 19Oliver MooreC74 GP · 26 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 20Eduard SaleLSEASeattle Kraken
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
3rd
of 25 Swedes selected
4th
of 69 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Leo CarlssonC216 GP · 163 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 11Tom WillanderD86 GP · 24 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 17Axel Sandin-PellikkaD75 GP · 22 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 25Otto StenbergC35 GP · 11 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 29Theo LindsteinD23 GP · 6 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 32David EdstromCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 39Anton WahlbergCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 43Felix NilssonCNSHNashville Predators
- 62Felix Unger SörumR4 GP · 1 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 72Noel NordhLARIArizona Coyotes
+ 15 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Axel Sandin-Pellikka made his NHL debut on October 9, 2025, 2 years and 103 days after the draft.
75
Games
7
Goals
15
Assists
22
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2023 draft
- 9Nate DanielsonC40 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 17Axel Sandin-PellikkaD75 GP · 22 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 41Trey AugustineGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 42Andrew GibsonDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 47Brady ClevelandDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 73Noah Dower NilssonLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 117Larry KeenanDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 137Jack PhelanDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 147Kevin BickerLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 169Rudy GuimondGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 201Emmitt FinnieC98 GP · 41 PDETDetroit Red Wings