2018 NHL Draft
Gabriel Fortier in the 2018 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Gabriel Fortier 59th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 2.
It was the first of the 7 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 11 games put him 84th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 59
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 28
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 56–62 in the 2018 draft
- 56Jacob OlofssonCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 57Axel AnderssonDBOSBoston Bruins
- 58Filip HållanderC27 GP · 7 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 59Gabriel FortierL11 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 60David GustafssonC149 GP · 20 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 61Ivan MorozovCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 62Olivier RodrigueG2 GP · 0 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
59th
of 217 players selected
31st
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rasmus DahlinD600 GP · 444 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Andrei SvechnikovR576 GP · 452 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC535 GP · 213 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Brady TkachukL591 GP · 483 POTTOttawa Senators
- 5Barrett HaytonC376 GP · 165 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Quinn HughesD527 GP · 512 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Evan BouchardD448 GP · 364 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 207 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Gabriel Fortier made his NHL debut on November 30, 2021, 3 years and 160 days after the draft.
11
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2018 draft
- 59Gabriel FortierL11 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 90Dmitry SemykinDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 121Alexander GreenDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 152Magnus ChronaG9 GP · 1 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Cole KoepkeL180 GP · 40 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 206Radim SaldaDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 214Ty TaylorGTBLTampa Bay Lightning