2020 NHL Draft
Egor Chinakhov in the 2020 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Egor Chinakhov 21st overall in the 2020 NHL Draft.
He was the fourth of the 24 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 263 games put him 18th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 21
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 21
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 18–24 in the 2020 draft
- 18Dawson MercerC431 GP · 221 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 19Braden SchneiderD389 GP · 89 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 20Shakir MukhamadullinD99 GP · 23 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Egor ChinakhovR263 GP · 119 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 22Hendrix LapierreC173 GP · 54 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 23Tyson FoersterR216 GP · 107 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 24Connor ZaryC193 GP · 87 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
4th
of 24 Russians selected
15th
of 135 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 11Yaroslav AskarovG78 GP · 31 WNSHNashville Predators
- 15Rodion AmirovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 20Shakir MukhamadullinD99 GP · 23 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Egor ChinakhovR263 GP · 119 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 37Marat KhusnutdinovC188 GP · 55 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 50Yan KuznetsovD77 GP · 16 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 53Vasily PonomarevC9 GP · 2 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 61Egor SokolovL13 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 69Alexander NikishinD83 GP · 35 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 76Danil GushchinL18 GP · 5 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Egor Chinakhov made his NHL debut on October 19, 2021, 1 year and 13 days after the draft.
263
Games
58
Goals
61
Assists
119
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2020 draft
- 21Egor ChinakhovR263 GP · 119 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 78Samuel KnazkoD2 GP · 0 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 114Mikael PyyhtiaL71 GP · 11 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 145Ole Julian Bjorgvik-HolmDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 176Samuel JohannessonDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets