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2012 NHL Draft

Nikita Gusev in the 2012 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Nikita Gusev 202nd overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 7.

He was the tenth of the 11 Russians selected that year. It was the eighth and last of the 8 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 97 games put him 74th in the class.

Overall pick
202
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 21
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 199–205 in the 2012 draft

  1. 199Matt TomkinsG7 GP · 4 WCHI
  2. 200Rasmus BodinLDET
  3. 201Valeri VasilievDPHI
  4. 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBL
  5. 203Sergey KostenkoGWSH
  6. 204Judd PetersonC/RBUF
  7. 205Colton HargroveLBOS

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

10th
of 11 Russians selected
106th
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 VasilevskiyG609 GP · 377 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

Nikita Gusev made his NHL debut on October 4, 2019, 7 years and 103 days after the draft.

97
Games
17
Goals
37
Assists
54
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2012 draft

  1. 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBL
  2. 19Andrei VasilevskiyG609 GP · 377 WTBL
  3. 40Dylan BlujusDTBL
  4. 53Brian HartRTBL
  5. 71Tanner RichardC3 GP · 0 PTBL
  6. 101Cedric PaquetteC448 GP · 95 PTBL
  7. 161Jake DotchinD103 GP · 23 PTBL
  8. 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBL