2004 NHL Draft
Evgeni Malkin in the 2004 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Evgeni Malkin 2nd overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 1285, and only one has scored more points than his 1423.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2004 draft
- 1Alex OvechkinL1589 GP · 1692 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1285 GP · 1423 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
2nd
of 19 Russians selected
2nd
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 1Alex OvechkinL1589 GP · 1692 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1285 GP · 1423 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 42Roman VoloshenkoLMINMinnesota Wild
- 44Roman TeslyukDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 50Enver LisinR135 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 58Kirill LyaminDOTTOttawa Senators
- 62Michail YunkovFWSHWashington Capitals
- 72Denis ParshinLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 82Sergei OgorodnikovCNYINew York Islanders
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Evgeni Malkin made his NHL debut on October 18, 2006, 2 years and 114 days after the draft.
1285
Games
539
Goals
884
Assists
1423
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2004 draft
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1285 GP · 1423 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 31Johannes SalmonssonFPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 61Alex GoligoskiD1078 GP · 475 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 67Nick JohnsonR113 GP · 37 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 85Brian GiffordCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 99Tyler KennedyC527 GP · 215 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 130Michal SersenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 164Moises GutierrezRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 194Chris PelusoDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 222Jordan MorrisonCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 228David BrownGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 259Brian IhnacakCPITPittsburgh Penguins