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2026 NHL Draft

Nils Bartholdsson in the 2026 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Nils Bartholdsson 88th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 3.

He was the 14th of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Nils Bartholdsson is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
88
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 24
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 85–91 in the 2026 draft

  1. 85Juuso AinastoGTOR
  2. 86Pierce MbuyiLPIT
  3. 87Oscar HolmertzCNo NHL gamesOTT
  4. 88Nils BartholdssonRNo NHL gamesBOS
  5. 89Yegor RybkinGLAK
  6. 90Tomas KralovicDTBL
  7. 91Louis Felix BourqueROTT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2026 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2026 class

14th
of 25 Swedes selected
52nd
of 117 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Ivar StenbergL16 GP · 9 PSJS
  2. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  3. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  4. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  5. 19Elton HermanssonRNo NHL gamesLAK
  6. 25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRNo NHL gamesOTT
  7. 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANA
  8. 51William HåkanssonDNo NHL gamesCAR
  9. 61Wiggo SörenssonCNo NHL gamesCAR
  10. 76Måns GudmundssonDNo NHL gamesTOR

+ 15 more

Every Swede in the 2026 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nils Bartholdsson has not played an NHL game yet.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2026 draft

  1. 56Yuri IvanovGBOS
  2. 88Nils BartholdssonRNo NHL gamesBOS
  3. 104Matvei KotkovRBOS
  4. 122Oscar OlssonLNo NHL gamesBOS
  5. 157Jacob VandevenDBOS
  6. 170Roberto HenriquezGBOS
  7. 216Cullen McCrateDBOS