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2003 NHL Draft

Matt Zaba in the 2003 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Matt Zaba 231st overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 8.

It was the eighth of the 10 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 123rd in the class.

Overall pick
231
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 2
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 228–234 in the 2003 draft

  1. 228William ColbertDOTT
  2. 229Stephen DixonCPIT
  3. 230Jamie HoffmannCCAR
  4. 231Matt ZabaG1 GP · 0 WLAK
  5. 232Joe JensenC6 GP · 1 PPIT
  6. 233Mathieu GravelLCBJ
  7. 234Petr KadlecDFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2003 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2003 class

231st
of 292 players selected
25th
of 29 goaltenders selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPIT
  2. 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCAR
  3. 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLA
  4. 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJ
  5. 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUF
  6. 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJS
  7. 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSH
  8. 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATL
  9. 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGY
  10. 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTL

+ 282 more

The 2003 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Matt Zaba made his NHL debut on January 23, 2010, 6 years and 215 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
.875
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2003 draft

  1. 13Dustin BrownR1296 GP · 712 PLAK
  2. 26Brian BoyleC871 GP · 252 PLAK
  3. 27Jeff TambelliniL242 GP · 63 PLAK
  4. 44Konstantin PushkarevR17 GP · 5 PLAK
  5. 82Ryan MunceGLAK
  6. 152Brady MurrayL4 GP · 1 PLAK
  7. 174Esa PirnesC57 GP · 11 PLAK
  8. 231Matt ZabaG1 GP · 0 WLAK
  9. 244Mike SullivanCLAK
  10. 274Martin GuerinRLAK