2020 NHL Draft
Jake Sanderson in the 2020 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Jake Sanderson 5th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 313, and only 8 have scored more points than his 191.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 2020 draft
- 2Quinton ByfieldR352 GP · 197 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Tim StützleC465 GP · 432 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Lucas RaymondL418 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Jake SandersonD313 GP · 191 POTTOttawa Senators
- 6Jamie DrysdaleD314 GP · 111 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 8Jack QuinnR277 GP · 164 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
5th
of 216 players selected
1st
of 61 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alexis LafrenièreL480 GP · 268 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 2Quinton ByfieldR352 GP · 197 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Tim StützleC465 GP · 432 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Lucas RaymondL418 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Jake SandersonD313 GP · 191 POTTOttawa Senators
- 6Jamie DrysdaleD314 GP · 111 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 8Jack QuinnR277 GP · 164 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Marco RossiC252 GP · 143 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 10Cole PerfettiC308 GP · 171 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 206 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jake Sanderson made his NHL debut on October 13, 2022, 2 years and 7 days after the draft.
313
Games
40
Goals
151
Assists
191
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2020 draft
- 3Tim StützleC465 GP · 432 POTTOttawa Senators
- 5Jake SandersonD313 GP · 191 POTTOttawa Senators
- 28Ridly GreigC261 GP · 108 POTTOttawa Senators
- 33Roby JarventieL10 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 44Tyler KlevenD183 GP · 35 POTTOttawa Senators
- 61Egor SokolovL13 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 71Leevi MeriläinenG47 GP · 18 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 155Eric EngstrandLOTTOttawa Senators
- 158Philippe DaoustCOTTOttawa Senators
- 181Cole ReinhardtL80 GP · 17 POTTOttawa Senators