2000 NHL Draft
Matt Pettinger in the 2000 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Matt Pettinger 43rd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 6 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 422 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 43
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 13
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 40–46 in the 2000 draft
- 40Kurtis FosterD405 GP · 160 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 41Tero MaattaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 42Libor UstrnulDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 43Matt PettingerL422 GP · 123 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 44Ilya BryzgalovG465 GP · 221 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 45Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 46Jarret StollC872 GP · 388 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
43rd
of 293 players selected
29th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matt Pettinger made his NHL debut on November 24, 2000, 153 days after the draft.
422
Games
65
Goals
58
Assists
123
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2000 draft
- 26Brian SutherbyC460 GP · 90 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 43Matt PettingerL422 GP · 123 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 61Jakub CuttaD8 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 121Ryan VanbuskirkDWSHWashington Capitals
- 163Ivan NepriayevCWSHWashington Capitals
- 289Bjorn NordDWSHWashington Capitals