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2019 NHL Draft

Jack Hughes in the 2019 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Jack Hughes first overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 445, and none has scored more points than his 449.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 2019 draft

  1. 1Jack HughesC445 GP · 449 PNJD
  2. 2Kaapo KakkoR459 GP · 213 PNYR
  3. 3Kirby DachC320 GP · 141 PCHI
  4. 4Bowen ByramD334 GP · 153 PCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2019 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2019 class

1st
of 217 players selected
1st
of 129 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Jack HughesC445 GP · 449 PNJD
  2. 2Kaapo KakkoR459 GP · 213 PNYR
  3. 3Kirby DachC320 GP · 141 PCHI
  4. 4Bowen ByramD334 GP · 153 PCOL
  5. 5Alex TurcotteC165 GP · 44 PLAK
  6. 6Moritz SeiderD427 GP · 250 PDET
  7. 7Dylan CozensC461 GP · 282 PBUF
  8. 8Philip BrobergD247 GP · 89 PEDM
  9. 9Trevor ZegrasC367 GP · 267 PANA
  10. 10Vasily PodkolzinR318 GP · 110 PVAN

+ 207 more

The 2019 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jack Hughes made his NHL debut on October 4, 2019, 105 days after the draft.

445
Games
176
Goals
273
Assists
449
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2019 draft

  1. 1Jack HughesC445 GP · 449 PNJD
  2. 61Nikita OkhotiukD67 GP · 12 PNJD
  3. 70Daniil MisyulD1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 80Graeme ClarkeR3 GP · 0 PNJD
  5. 82Michael VukojevicDNJD
  6. 96Tyce ThompsonR11 GP · 1 PNJD
  7. 118Case McCarthyDNJD
  8. 127Cole BradyGNJD
  9. 129Arseny GritsyukR82 GP · 43 PNJD
  10. 158Patrick MoynihanRNJD
  11. 189Nikola PasicRNJD