2019 NHL Draft
Erik Portillo in the 2019 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Erik Portillo 67th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 3.
He was the twelfth of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 6 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 94th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 67
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 5
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 64–70 in the 2019 draft
- 64Mattias NorlinderD6 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 65Alex CampbellLNSHNashville Predators
- 66Albin GreweRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 67Erik PortilloG1 GP · 1 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 68Zac JonesD115 GP · 28 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 69John LudvigD41 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 70Daniil MisyulD1 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
12th
of 26 Swedes selected
5th
of 22 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Philip BrobergD245 GP · 86 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 11Victor SöderströmD61 GP · 12 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 22Tobias BjörnfotD153 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 23Simon HolmströmR293 GP · 127 PNYINew York Islanders
- 40Nils HöglanderL346 GP · 125 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 50Samuel FagemoL21 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 51Simon LundmarkD1 GP · 0 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 58Karl HenrikssonCNYRNew York Rangers
- 60Albert JohanssonD154 GP · 21 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 64Mattias NorlinderD6 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Erik Portillo made his NHL debut on November 29, 2024, 5 years and 160 days after the draft.
1
Games
1
Wins
0
Shutouts
.966
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2019 draft
- 7Dylan CozensC460 GP · 282 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 31Ryan JohnsonD47 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 67Erik PortilloG1 GP · 1 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 102Aaron HuglenRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 143Filip CederqvistLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 160Lukas RousekR17 GP · 4 PBUFBuffalo Sabres