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2012 NHL Draft

Nail Yakupov in the 2012 NHL Draft

Edmonton Oilers selected Nail Yakupov first overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 11 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 350 games put him 51st in the class.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
EDMEdmonton Oilers
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 2012 draft

  1. 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDM
  2. 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJ
  3. 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTL
  4. 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2012 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2012 class

1st
of 11 Russians selected
1st
of 110 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDM
  2. 12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUF
  3. 19Andrei VasilevskiyG610 GP · 378 WTBL
  4. 91Daniil ZharkovLEDM
  5. 114Alexander DelnovLFLA
  6. 121Nikolai ProkhorkinL43 GP · 14 PLAK
  7. 173Anton ZlobinRPIT
  8. 183Dmitry SinitsynDDAL
  9. 201Valeri VasilievDPHI
  10. 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBL

+ 1 more

Every pick from Russia in the 2012 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nail Yakupov made his NHL debut on January 20, 2013, 212 days after the draft.

350
Games
62
Goals
74
Assists
136
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Edmonton Oilers picks in the 2012 draft

  1. 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDM
  2. 32Mitchell MorozLEDM
  3. 63Jujhar KhairaL337 GP · 80 PEDM
  4. 91Daniil ZharkovLEDM
  5. 93Erik GustafssonD529 GP · 245 PEDM
  6. 123Joey LaleggiaDEDM
  7. 153John McCarronREDM