2004 NHL Draft
Nikita Nikitin in the 2004 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Nikita Nikitin 136th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 5.
He was the 14th of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the fifth of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 259 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 136
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 7
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 133–139 in the 2004 draft
- 133Petr PohlRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 134Kris VersteegR643 GP · 358 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 135Roman PsurnyLNYRNew York Rangers
- 136Nikita NikitinD259 GP · 76 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 137Magnus AkerlundGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 138Pasi SalonenFWSHWashington Capitals
- 139Kyle MoirGNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
14th
of 19 Russians selected
39th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 1Alex OvechkinL1590 GP · 1692 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1286 GP · 1424 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 42Roman VoloshenkoLMINMinnesota Wild
- 44Roman TeslyukDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 50Enver LisinR135 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 58Kirill LyaminDOTTOttawa Senators
- 62Michail YunkovFWSHWashington Capitals
- 72Denis ParshinLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 82Sergei OgorodnikovCNYINew York Islanders
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nikita Nikitin made his NHL debut on November 6, 2010, 6 years and 132 days after the draft.
259
Games
17
Goals
59
Assists
76
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2004 draft
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 83Victor AlexandrovRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 116Michal BirnerLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 136Nikita NikitinD259 GP · 76 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 180Roman PolakD806 GP · 140 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 211David FredrikssonFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 277Jonathan Michel BoutinRSTLSt. Louis Blues