2024 NHL Draft
Matvei Gridin in the 2024 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Matvei Gridin 28th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft.
He was the fourth of the 27 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 23 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 53, and only 4 have scored more points than his 30.
- Overall pick
- 28
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 28
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 25–31 in the 2024 draft
- 25Dean LetourneauCBOSBoston Bruins
- 26Liam GreentreeRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 27Marek VanackerLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 28Matvei GridinR53 GP · 30 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 29Emil HemmingRDALDallas Stars
- 30EJ EmeryDNYRNew York Rangers
- 31Ben DanfordDTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2024 class
4th
of 27 Russians selected
20th
of 124 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 22Egor SurinCNSHNashville Predators
- 28Matvei GridinR53 GP · 30 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 33Igor ChernyshovL39 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 38Ilya NabokovGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 49Mikhail YegorovGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 50Nikita ArtamonovLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 84Kirill ZarubinGCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Matvei ShuravinDFLAFlorida Panthers
+ 17 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matvei Gridin made his NHL debut on October 8, 2025, 1 year and 102 days after the draft.
53
Games
11
Goals
19
Assists
30
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 2024 draft
- 9Zayne ParekhD54 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 28Matvei GridinR53 GP · 30 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 41Andrew BashaLCGYCalgary Flames
- 62Jacob BattagliaRCGYCalgary Flames
- 74Henry MewsDCGYCalgary Flames
- 84Kirill ZarubinGCGYCalgary Flames
- 106Trevor HoskinRCGYCalgary Flames
- 150Luke MisaCCGYCalgary Flames
- 170Hunter LaingCCGYCalgary Flames
- 177Eric JamiesonDCGYCalgary Flames