2024 NHL Draft
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård in the 2024 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Michael Brandsegg-Nygård 15th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 4 Norwegians selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 24 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 33.
- Overall pick
- 15
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 15
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 12–18 in the 2024 draft
- 12Zeev BuiumD96 GP · 30 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 13Jett LuchankoC8 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 14Konsta HeleniusC20 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 15Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR33 GP · 11 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 16Adam JiricekD17 GP · 3 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 17Terik ParascakRWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Sacha BoisvertC7 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2024 class
1st
of 4 Norwegians selected
9th
of 124 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Norwegians selected
- 15Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR33 GP · 11 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 23Stian SolbergDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 190Ludvig LaftonDUTAUtah Mammoth
- 199Noah SteenLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård made his NHL debut on October 9, 2025, 1 year and 103 days after the draft.
33
Games
3
Goals
8
Assists
11
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2024 draft
- 15Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR33 GP · 11 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 47Max PlanteLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 80Ondrej BecherCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 126Landon MillerGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 144John WhippleDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 176Charlie ForslundLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 203Austin BakerLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 208Fisher ScottDDETDetroit Red Wings