2022 NHL Draft
Danil Zhilkin in the 2022 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Danil Zhilkin 77th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 3.
He was the ninth of the 24 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 77
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 12
- Drafting team
- WPGWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 74–80 in the 2022 draft
- 74Viktor NeuchevLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 75Vinzenz RohrerCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 76Michael FisherDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 77Danil ZhilkinC6 GP · 1 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 78Quinn FinleyLNYINew York Islanders
- 79Jordan GustafsonCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 80Elias PetterssonD117 GP · 17 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2022 class
9th
of 24 Russians selected
53rd
of 132 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 10Pavel MintyukovD218 GP · 75 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 20Ivan MiroshnichenkoL55 GP · 14 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 24Danila YurovR92 GP · 34 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 36Artem DudaD3 GP · 0 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 52Dmitri BuchelnikovLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 60Gleb TrikozovLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 71Alexander PerevalovLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 74Viktor NeuchevLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Danil ZhilkinC6 GP · 1 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 109Kirill DolzhenkovRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Danil Zhilkin made his NHL debut on January 8, 2026, 3 years and 184 days after the draft.
6
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2022 draft
- 14Rutger McGroartyR34 GP · 9 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 30Brad LambertC42 GP · 9 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 55Elias SalomonssonD38 GP · 5 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 77Danil ZhilkinC6 GP · 1 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 99Garrett BrownDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 175Fabian WagnerCWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 207Domenic DiVincentiisGNo NHL gamesWPGWinnipeg Jets