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2018 NHL Draft

Filip Hållander in the 2018 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Filip Hållander 58th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, with the 27th pick of round 2.

He was the 13th of the 29 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 4 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 26 games put him 73rd in the class.

Overall pick
58
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 27
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 55–61 in the 2018 draft

  1. 55Kevin BahlD312 GP · 65 PARI
  2. 56Jacob OlofssonCMTL
  3. 57Axel AnderssonDBOS
  4. 58Filip HållanderC26 GP · 7 PPIT
  5. 59Gabriel FortierL11 GP · 1 PTBL
  6. 60David GustafssonC149 GP · 20 PWPG
  7. 61Ivan MorozovCVGK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2018 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2018 class

13th
of 29 Swedes selected
30th
of 118 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 1Rasmus DahlinD597 GP · 443 PBUF
  2. 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHI
  3. 23Isac LundeströmC405 GP · 96 PANA
  4. 24Filip JohanssonDMIN
  5. 28Nils LundkvistD250 GP · 58 PNYR
  6. 29Rasmus SandinD382 GP · 145 PTOR
  7. 33Jonatan BerggrenR220 GP · 85 PDET
  8. 39Olof LindbomGNYR
  9. 44Albin ErikssonRDAL
  10. 50Adam GinningD16 GP · 1 PPHI

+ 19 more

Every Swede in the 2018 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Filip Hållander made his NHL debut on April 7, 2022, 3 years and 288 days after the draft.

26
Games
2
Goals
5
Assists
7
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2018 draft

  1. 53Calen AddisonD152 GP · 50 PPIT
  2. 58Filip HållanderC26 GP · 7 PPIT
  3. 129Justin AlmeidaCPIT
  4. 177Liam GormanCPIT