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2022 NHL Draft

Elias Salomonsson in the 2022 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Elias Salomonsson 55th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 2.

He was the sixth of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the third 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 38 games put him 37th in the class.

Overall pick
55
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 23
Drafting team
WPGWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 52–58 in the 2022 draft

  1. 52Dmitri BuchelnikovLDET
  2. 53Tristan LuneauD29 GP · 14 PANA
  3. 54Matthew PoitrasC81 GP · 34 PBOS
  4. 55Elias SalomonssonD38 GP · 5 PWPG
  5. 56Rieger LorenzL6 GP · 1 PMIN
  6. 57Ryan GreeneC99 GP · 33 PCHI
  7. 58Nikke KokkoG4 GP · 1 WSEA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2022 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2022 class

6th
of 26 Swedes selected
17th
of 73 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 15Jonathan LekkerimäkiR54 GP · 22 PVAN
  2. 16Noah ÖstlundC83 GP · 36 PBUF
  3. 19Liam ÖhgrenL113 GP · 33 PMIN
  4. 27Filip BystedtC4 GP · 0 PSJS
  5. 45Mattias HavelidDSJS
  6. 55Elias SalomonssonD38 GP · 5 PWPG
  7. 64Filip NordbergDOTT
  8. 65Calle OdeliusDNYI
  9. 70Alexander SuzdalevLWSH
  10. 72Oskar PetterssonROTT

+ 16 more

Every Swede in the 2022 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Elias Salomonsson made his NHL debut on November 26, 2025, 3 years and 141 days after the draft.

38
Games
1
Goals
4
Assists
5
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2022 draft

  1. 14Rutger McGroartyR34 GP · 9 PWPG
  2. 30Brad LambertC42 GP · 9 PWPG
  3. 55Elias SalomonssonD38 GP · 5 PWPG
  4. 77Danil ZhilkinC6 GP · 1 PWPG
  5. 99Garrett BrownDWPG
  6. 175Fabian WagnerCWPG
  7. 207Domenic DiVincentiisGNo NHL gamesWPG