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2011 NHL Draft

Nikita Nesterov in the 2011 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Nikita Nesterov 148th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, with the 27th pick of round 5.

He was the seventh of the 9 Russians selected that year. It was the third 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 170 games put him 65th in the class.

Overall pick
148
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 27
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 145–151 in the 2011 draft

  1. 145Philippe HudonC/RDET
  2. 146Mattias BackmanDDET
  3. 147Patrick KoudysDWSH
  4. 148Nikita NesterovD170 GP · 37 PTBL
  5. 149Austen BrassardRWPG
  6. 150Frank CorradoD76 GP · 8 PVAN
  7. 151Rob O'GaraD33 GP · 3 PBOS

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

7th
of 9 Russians selected
50th
of 72 defensemen 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 KucherovR893 GP · 1144 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 Nesterov made his NHL debut on December 31, 2014, 3 years and 189 days after the draft.

170
Games
9
Goals
28
Assists
37
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 KucherovR893 GP · 1144 PTBL
  3. 148Nikita NesterovD170 GP · 37 PTBL
  4. 178Adam WilcoxG1 GP · 0 WTBL
  5. 201Matthew PecaC83 GP · 21 PTBL
  6. 208Ondrej PalatL919 GP · 525 PTBL