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2026 NHL Draft

Max Vilén in the 2026 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Max Vilén 218th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 7.

He was the 25th of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth and last of the 6 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Max Vilén is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
218
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 26
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 215–221 in the 2026 draft

  1. 215Alexandre RaymondGCOL
  2. 216Cullen McCrateDBOS
  3. 217Louis-Antoine DenaultGFLA
  4. 218Max VilénDNo NHL gamesTBL
  5. 219Mikhail CherepanovDDAL
  6. 220John ParsonsGWPG
  7. 221Jean-Samuel DaigneaultDMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2026 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2026 class

25th
of 25 Swedes selected
71st
of 74 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Ivar StenbergL17 GP · 9 PSJS
  2. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  3. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  4. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  5. 19Elton HermanssonRNo NHL gamesLAK
  6. 25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRNo NHL gamesOTT
  7. 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANA
  8. 51William HåkanssonDNo NHL gamesCAR
  9. 61Wiggo SörenssonCNo NHL gamesCAR
  10. 76Måns GudmundssonDNo NHL gamesTOR

+ 15 more

Every Swede in the 2026 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Max Vilén has not played an NHL game yet.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2026 draft

  1. 52Oleg KulebiakinRTBL
  2. 90Tomas KralovicDTBL
  3. 134Morgan AnderbergCNo NHL gamesTBL
  4. 154Cooper SollerCTBL
  5. 186Stepan ShuryginGTBL
  6. 218Max VilénDNo NHL gamesTBL