2015 NHL Draft
Ilya Samsonov in the 2015 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Ilya Samsonov 22nd overall in the 2015 NHL Draft.
He was the fourth of the 17 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 4 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 200 games put him 68th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 22
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 22
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 19–25 in the 2015 draft
- 19Evgeny SvechnikovL172 GP · 45 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 20Joel Eriksson EkC631 GP · 365 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 21Colin WhiteC323 GP · 113 POTTOttawa Senators
- 22Ilya SamsonovG200 GP · 118 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 23Brock BoeserR646 GP · 496 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 24Travis KonecnyR730 GP · 549 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 25Jack RoslovicC612 GP · 314 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
4th
of 17 Russians selected
1st
of 24 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 7Ivan ProvorovD780 GP · 314 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 12Denis GurianovR298 GP · 113 PDALDallas Stars
- 19Evgeny SvechnikovL172 GP · 45 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 22Ilya SamsonovG200 GP · 118 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 55Yakov TreninC474 GP · 122 PNSHNashville Predators
- 74Alexander DergachyovCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 79Sergey ZborovskiyDNYRNew York Rangers
- 101Andrei MironovD10 GP · 3 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 104Mikhail VorobyevC35 GP · 5 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 114Dmitry ZhukenovCVANVancouver Canucks
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ilya Samsonov made his NHL debut on October 4, 2019, 4 years and 100 days after the draft.
200
Games
118
Wins
15
Shutouts
.902
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2015 draft
- 22Ilya SamsonovG200 GP · 118 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 57Jonas SiegenthalerD464 GP · 85 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 143Connor HobbsDWSHWashington Capitals
- 173Colby WilliamsDWSHWashington Capitals