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2023 NHL Draft

Brayden Yager in the 2023 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Brayden Yager 14th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 4 games put him 41st in the class.

Overall pick
14
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 14
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 11–17 in the 2023 draft

  1. 11Tom WillanderD86 GP · 24 PVAN
  2. 12Daniil ButL42 GP · 11 PARI
  3. 13Zach BensonL226 GP · 115 PBUF
  4. 14Brayden YagerC4 GP · 0 PPIT
  5. 15Matthew WoodR92 GP · 34 PNSH
  6. 16Samuel HonzekL27 GP · 4 PCGY
  7. 17Axel Sandin-PellikkaD75 GP · 22 PDET

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2023 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2023 class

14th
of 224 players selected
11th
of 129 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Connor BedardC229 GP · 215 PCHI
  2. 2Leo CarlssonC216 GP · 163 PANA
  3. 3Adam FantilliC226 GP · 146 PCBJ
  4. 4Will SmithC160 GP · 114 PSJS
  5. 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTL
  6. 6Dmitri SimashevD44 GP · 6 PARI
  7. 7Matvei MichkovR178 GP · 127 PPHI
  8. 8Ryan LeonardR98 GP · 56 PWSH
  9. 9Nate DanielsonC40 GP · 9 PDET
  10. 10Dalibor DvorskyR88 GP · 25 PSTL

+ 214 more

The 2023 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Brayden Yager made his NHL debut on April 13, 2026, 2 years and 289 days after the draft.

4
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2023 draft

  1. 14Brayden YagerC4 GP · 0 PPIT
  2. 91Emil PieniniemiDPIT
  3. 142Mikhail IlyinRPIT
  4. 174Cooper FosterCPIT
  5. 217Emil JarventieLPIT
  6. 223Kalle KangasDPIT