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2011 NHL Draft

Nikita Kucherov in the 2011 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Nikita Kucherov 58th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 2.

He was the fourth of the 9 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 895 games put him 13th in the class, but none has scored more points than his 1145.

Overall pick
58
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 28
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 55–61 in the 2011 draft

  1. 55Ryan SproulD44 GP · 12 PDET
  2. 56Lucas LessioL41 GP · 7 PPHX
  3. 57Tyler WotherspoonD30 GP · 5 PCGY
  4. 58Nikita KucherovR895 GP · 1145 PTBL
  5. 59Rasmus BengtssonDFLA
  6. 60Mario LuciaLMIN
  7. 61Shane PrinceL128 GP · 38 POTT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2011 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2011 class

4th
of 9 Russians selected
36th
of 119 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 27Vladislav NamestnikovC852 GP · 351 PTBL
  2. 40Alex KhokhlachevC9 GP · 0 PBOS
  3. 41Dmitrij JaskinR315 GP · 70 PSTL
  4. 58Nikita KucherovR895 GP · 1145 PTBL
  5. 109Maxim ShalunovRCHI
  6. 124Yaroslav KosovFFLA
  7. 148Nikita NesterovD170 GP · 37 PTBL
  8. 166Daniil SobchenkoCSJS
  9. 205Alexey MarchenkoD121 GP · 21 PDET
Every pick from Russia in the 2011 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nikita Kucherov made his NHL debut on November 25, 2013, 2 years and 153 days after the draft.

895
Games
405
Goals
740
Assists
1145
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2011 draft

  1. 27Vladislav NamestnikovC852 GP · 351 PTBL
  2. 58Nikita KucherovR895 GP · 1145 PTBL
  3. 148Nikita NesterovD170 GP · 37 PTBL
  4. 178Adam WilcoxG1 GP · 0 WTBL
  5. 201Matthew PecaC83 GP · 21 PTBL
  6. 208Ondrej PalatL921 GP · 525 PTBL