2019 NHL Draft
Nikita Nesterenko in the 2019 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Nikita Nesterenko 172nd overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 6.
It was the seventh of the 8 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 77 games put him 53rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 172
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 17
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 169–175 in the 2019 draft
- 169Roddy RossGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 170Arsen KhisamutdinovCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 171Luka BurzanRCOLColorado Avalanche
- 172Nikita NesterenkoC77 GP · 22 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 173Benjamin BrinkmanDDALDallas Stars
- 174Danil SavunovLARIArizona Coyotes
- 175Karel PlasekRVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
172nd
of 217 players selected
100th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Jack HughesC447 GP · 453 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 2Kaapo KakkoR460 GP · 214 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 3Kirby DachC321 GP · 142 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Bowen ByramD334 GP · 153 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 5Alex TurcotteC166 GP · 44 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 6Moritz SeiderD428 GP · 250 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Dylan CozensC462 GP · 282 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Philip BrobergD247 GP · 89 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9Trevor ZegrasC368 GP · 267 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Vasily PodkolzinR319 GP · 110 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 207 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nikita Nesterenko made his NHL debut on March 21, 2023, 3 years and 272 days after the draft.
77
Games
10
Goals
12
Assists
22
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2019 draft
- 12Matt BoldyL380 GP · 346 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 42Vladislav FirstovLMINMinnesota Wild
- 59Hunter JonesGMINMinnesota Wild
- 75Adam BeckmanL23 GP · 3 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 149Matvey GuskovCMINMinnesota Wild
- 166Marshall WarrenD8 GP · 3 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 172Nikita NesterenkoC77 GP · 22 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 197Filip LindbergGMINMinnesota Wild