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2025 NHL Draft

Matthew Schaefer in the 2025 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Matthew Schaefer first overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 9 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 97, and none has scored more points than his 74.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 2025 draft

  1. 1Matthew SchaeferD97 GP · 74 PNYI
  2. 2Michael MisaC63 GP · 30 PSJS
  3. 3Anton FrondellC29 GP · 17 PCHI
  4. 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2025 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2025 class

1st
of 224 players selected
1st
of 69 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Matthew SchaeferD97 GP · 74 PNYI
  2. 2Michael MisaC63 GP · 30 PSJS
  3. 3Anton FrondellC29 GP · 17 PCHI
  4. 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTA
  5. 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSH
  6. 6Porter MartoneR27 GP · 18 PPHI
  7. 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOS
  8. 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEA
  9. 9Radim MrtkaDBUF
  10. 10Roger McQueenC12 GP · 2 PANA

+ 214 more

The 2025 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Matthew Schaefer made his NHL debut on October 9, 2025, 104 days after the draft.

97
Games
28
Goals
46
Assists
74
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2025 draft

  1. 1Matthew SchaeferD97 GP · 74 PNYI
  2. 16Victor EklundR16 GP · 8 PNYI
  3. 17Kashawn AitchesonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  4. 42Daniil ProkhorovRNYI
  5. 74Luca RomanoCNYI
  6. 106Tomas PoletinLNYI
  7. 138Sam LaurilaDNYI
  8. 170Burke HoodGNYI
  9. 202Jacob KvasnickaRNYI