2021 NHL Draft
Nikita Chibrikov in the 2021 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Nikita Chibrikov 50th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 2.
He was the sixth of the 29 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 4 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 16 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 50
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 18
- Drafting team
- WPGWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 47–53 in the 2021 draft
- 47Logan StankovenC202 GP · 114 PDALDallas Stars
- 48Artem GrushnikovDDALDallas Stars
- 49Ben RogerDOTTOttawa Senators
- 50Nikita ChibrikovR16 GP · 4 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 51Ville KoivunenR62 GP · 21 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYINew York Islanders
- 53Aleksandr KisakovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
6th
of 29 Russians selected
31st
of 121 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 19Fedor SvechkovC140 GP · 41 PNSHNashville Predators
- 33Prokhor PoltapovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Daniil ChaykaDVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 43Ilya FedotovLARIArizona Coyotes
- 48Artem GrushnikovDDALDallas Stars
- 50Nikita ChibrikovR16 GP · 4 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 53Aleksandr KisakovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 84Kirill KirsanovDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 87Dmitri KostenkoDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 88Stiven SardarianRBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 19 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nikita Chibrikov made his NHL debut on April 18, 2024, 2 years and 269 days after the draft.
16
Games
3
Goals
1
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2021 draft
- 18Chaz LuciusCWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 50Nikita ChibrikovR16 GP · 4 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 82Dmitry KuzminDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 146Dmitri RashevskyRWPGWinnipeg Jets