2012 NHL Draft

Filip Forsberg in the 2012 NHL Draft

Washington Capitals selected Filip Forsberg 11th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 878, and none has scored more points than his 775.

Overall pick: 11
Round and pick: Round 1, pick 11
Drafting team: WSHWashington Capitals
Date: June 22, 2012
Age at the draft: 17 years

The picks around it

Picks 8–14 in the 2012 draft

8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
11Filip ForsbergL878 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
13Radek FaksaC778 GP · 234 PDALDallas Stars
14Zemgus GirgensonsC856 GP · 217 PBUFBuffalo Sabres

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2012 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2012 class

2nd

of 22 Swedes selected

3rd

of 110 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

6Hampus LindholmD846 GP · 344 PANAAnaheim Ducks
11Filip ForsbergL878 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
31Oscar DanskG6 GP · 4 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
33Sebastian CollbergRMTLMontréal Canadiens
37Pontus ÅbergL132 GP · 44 PNSHNashville Predators
43Ludwig BystromDDALDallas Stars
81Oskar SundqvistC545 GP · 181 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
93Erik GustafssonD529 GP · 245 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
99Erik KarlssonC/LCARCarolina Hurricanes
111Fredrik LarssonDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers

+ 12 more

Every Swede in the 2012 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Filip Forsberg made his NHL debut on April 14, 2013, 296 days after the draft.

878

Games

363

Goals

412

Assists

775

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Washington Capitals picks in the 2012 draft

11Filip ForsbergL878 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
16Tom WilsonR921 GP · 462 PWSHWashington Capitals
77Chandler StephensonC668 GP · 382 PWSHWashington Capitals
100Thomas Di PauliC2 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
107Austin WuthrichRWSHWashington Capitals
137Connor CarrickD242 GP · 50 PWSHWashington Capitals
167Riley BarberR16 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
195Christian DjoosD155 GP · 38 PWSHWashington Capitals
197Jaynen RisslingDWSHWashington Capitals
203Sergey KostenkoGWSHWashington Capitals