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2026 NHL Draft

Nikita Klepov in the 2026 NHL Draft

Anaheim Ducks selected Nikita Klepov 15th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 9 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 4.

Overall pick
15
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 15
Drafting team
ANAAnaheim Ducks
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 12–18 in the 2026 draft

  1. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  2. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  3. 14Oscar HemmingLCBJ
  4. 15Nikita KlepovR4 GP · 0 PANA
  5. 16Maddox DagenaisCSTL
  6. 17Ethan BelchetzLUTA
  7. 18Oliver SuvantoCWSH

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

15th
of 223 players selected
9th
of 117 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Gavin McKennaL19 GP · 12 PTOR
  2. 2Ivar StenbergL19 GP · 11 PSJS
  3. 3Caleb MalhotraCVAN
  4. 4Daxon RudolphDBUF
  5. 5Alberts SmitsD17 GP · 0 PNYR
  6. 6Carson CarelsDCGY
  7. 7Chase ReidDSEA
  8. 8Viggo BjörckC18 GP · 3 PWPG
  9. 9Keaton VerhoeffDSJS
  10. 10Wyatt CullenLNSH

+ 213 more

The 2026 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nikita Klepov made his NHL debut on October 7, 2026, 103 days after the draft.

4
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Anaheim Ducks picks in the 2026 draft

  1. 15Nikita KlepovR4 GP · 0 PANA
  2. 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANA
  3. 45Jayden KurtzDANA
  4. 50Mathis PrestonRANA
  5. 82Rian ChudzinskiRANA
  6. 146Eric FrossardDANA
  7. 178Gleb PeshkovGANA
  8. 192Noah KosickCANA
  9. 210James RieberDANA