2014 NHL Draft
Nikita Scherbak in the 2014 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Nikita Scherbak 26th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 13 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 37 games put him 83rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 26
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 26
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 23–29 in the 2014 draft
- 23Conner BleackleyCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 24Jared McCannL731 GP · 446 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 25David PastrnakR849 GP · 953 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 26Nikita ScherbakR37 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Nikolay GoldobinR125 GP · 46 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 28Joshua Ho-SangR53 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Adrian KempeR723 GP · 482 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
1st
of 13 Russians selected
21st
of 125 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 26Nikita ScherbakR37 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Nikolay GoldobinR125 GP · 46 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 33Ivan BarbashevL684 GP · 362 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 42Vladislav KamenevC66 GP · 13 PNSHNashville Predators
- 52Maxim LetunovC3 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 66Nikita TryamkinD79 GP · 11 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 68Rinat ValievD12 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 78Ilya SorokinG318 GP · 160 WNYINew York Islanders
- 118Igor ShesterkinG330 GP · 190 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 164Pavel KraskovskyCWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 3 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nikita Scherbak made his NHL debut on January 7, 2017, 2 years and 194 days after the draft.
37
Games
6
Goals
2
Assists
8
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2014 draft
- 26Nikita ScherbakR37 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 73Brett LernoutD21 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 125Nikolas KobersteinDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 147Daniel AudetteCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Hayden HawkeyGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 207Jake EvansC433 GP · 157 PMTLMontréal Canadiens