2018 NHL Draft
Jesperi Kotkaniemi in the 2018 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Jesperi Kotkaniemi 3rd overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 534, and only 9 have scored more points than his 211.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 2018 draft
- 1Rasmus DahlinD599 GP · 444 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Andrei SvechnikovR575 GP · 450 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC534 GP · 211 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Brady TkachukL588 GP · 480 POTTOttawa Senators
- 5Barrett HaytonC375 GP · 164 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
1st
of 15 Finns selected
2nd
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC534 GP · 211 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 20Rasmus KupariC217 GP · 38 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 64Justus AnnunenG84 GP · 38 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 74Niklas NordgrenRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 78Sampo RantaL16 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 104Lenni KillinenRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 125Miska KukkonenDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 130Toni UtunenDVANVancouver Canucks
- 132Lauri PajuniemiRNYRNew York Rangers
- 139Mikael HakkarainenCCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jesperi Kotkaniemi made his NHL debut on October 3, 2018, 103 days after the draft.
534
Games
83
Goals
128
Assists
211
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2018 draft
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC534 GP · 211 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 35Jesse YlonenR111 GP · 29 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Alexander RomanovD372 GP · 84 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 56Jacob OlofssonCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 66Cam HillisC1 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 71Jordan HarrisD172 GP · 40 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 97Allan McShaneCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 123Jack GorniakLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 128Cole FonstadCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 133Samuel HoudeCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 190Brett StapleyCMTLMontréal Canadiens