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2021 NHL Draft

Matty Beniers in the 2021 NHL Draft

Seattle Kraken selected Matty Beniers 2nd overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 7 picks Seattle Kraken made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 347, and only one has scored more points than his 205.

Overall pick
2
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 2
Drafting team
SEASeattle Kraken
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–5 in the 2021 draft

  1. 1Owen PowerD341 GP · 154 PBUF
  2. 2Matty BeniersC347 GP · 205 PSEA
  3. 3Mason McTavishC322 GP · 193 PANA
  4. 4Luke HughesD242 GP · 139 PNJD
  5. 5Kent JohnsonC290 GP · 154 PCBJ

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2021 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2021 class

2nd
of 223 players selected
1st
of 121 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Owen PowerD341 GP · 154 PBUF
  2. 2Matty BeniersC347 GP · 205 PSEA
  3. 3Mason McTavishC322 GP · 193 PANA
  4. 4Luke HughesD242 GP · 139 PNJD
  5. 5Kent JohnsonC290 GP · 154 PCBJ
  6. 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDET
  7. 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJS
  8. 8Brandt ClarkeD201 GP · 92 PLAK
  9. 9Dylan GuentherR245 GP · 195 PARI
  10. 10Tyler BoucherROTT

+ 213 more

The 2021 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Matty Beniers made his NHL debut on April 12, 2022, 263 days after the draft.

347
Games
86
Goals
119
Assists
205
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Seattle Kraken picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 2Matty BeniersC347 GP · 205 PSEA
  2. 35Ryker EvansD192 GP · 58 PSEA
  3. 67Ryan WintertonC105 GP · 25 PSEA
  4. 99Ville OttavainenD11 GP · 2 PSEA
  5. 131Jacob MelansonR38 GP · 5 PSEA
  6. 163Semyon VyazovoiGSEA
  7. 195Justin JanickeLSEA