2023 NHL Draft
Matvei Michkov in the 2023 NHL Draft
Philadelphia Flyers selected Matvei Michkov 7th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 179, and only 3 have scored more points than his 127.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2023 draft
- 4Will SmithC162 GP · 117 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD46 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR179 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR99 GP · 57 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC41 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR90 GP · 26 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
2nd
of 19 Russians selected
5th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 6Dmitri SimashevD46 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR179 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 12Daniil ButL42 GP · 11 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 31Mikhail GulyayevDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 44Roman KantserovR18 GP · 11 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 80Aydar SunievL21 GP · 6 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 87Egor ZavraginGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 100Alexander RykovRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 110Bogdan KonyushkovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 126Stanislav YarovoiRCARCarolina Hurricanes
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matvei Michkov made his NHL debut on October 11, 2024, 1 year and 105 days after the draft.
179
Games
56
Goals
71
Assists
127
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 2023 draft
- 7Matvei MichkovR179 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 22Oliver BonkD13 GP · 8 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 51Carson BjarnasonGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 87Egor ZavraginGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 95Denver BarkeyC58 GP · 24 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 103Cole KnubleR8 GP · 3 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 120Alex CiernikLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 135Carter SotheranDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 172Ryan MacPhersonCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 199Matteo MannDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers