2023 NHL Draft
Jacob Fowler in the 2023 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Jacob Fowler 69th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 3.
It was the second of the 9 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 27 games put him 26th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 69
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 5
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 66–72 in the 2023 draft
- 66William WhitelawRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 67Nick LardisL47 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 68Jesse KiiskinenRNSHNashville Predators
- 69Jacob FowlerG27 GP · 17 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 70Jonathan CastagnaC15 GP · 3 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 71Brandon SvobodaCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 72Noel NordhLARIArizona Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
69th
of 224 players selected
6th
of 26 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Connor BedardC231 GP · 217 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC219 GP · 167 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC228 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC162 GP · 117 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD46 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR180 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR99 GP · 57 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC41 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR90 GP · 26 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jacob Fowler made his NHL debut on December 11, 2025, 2 years and 165 days after the draft.
27
Games
17
Wins
3
Shutouts
.915
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2023 draft
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 69Jacob FowlerG27 GP · 17 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 101Florian XhekajL12 GP · 4 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 110Bogdan KonyushkovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 128Quentin MillerGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 133Sam HarrisLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 144Yevgeni VolokhinGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 165Filip ErikssonCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 197Luke MittelstadtDMTLMontréal Canadiens