2019 NHL Draft
Nils Höglander in the 2019 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Nils Höglander 40th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.
He was the fifth of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 346.
- Overall pick
- 40
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 9
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 37–43 in the 2019 draft
- 37Mads SogaardG31 GP · 12 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 38Raphael LavoieC28 GP · 3 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 39Jackson LaCombeD245 GP · 135 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 40Nils HöglanderL346 GP · 125 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 41Kaedan KorczakD170 GP · 45 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 42Vladislav FirstovLMINMinnesota Wild
- 43Alex VlasicD276 GP · 72 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
5th
of 26 Swedes selected
25th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Philip BrobergD245 GP · 86 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 11Victor SöderströmD61 GP · 12 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 22Tobias BjörnfotD153 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 23Simon HolmströmR293 GP · 127 PNYINew York Islanders
- 40Nils HöglanderL346 GP · 125 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 50Samuel FagemoL21 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 51Simon LundmarkD1 GP · 0 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 58Karl HenrikssonCNYRNew York Rangers
- 60Albert JohanssonD154 GP · 21 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 64Mattias NorlinderD6 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nils Höglander made his NHL debut on January 13, 2021, 1 year and 205 days after the draft.
346
Games
63
Goals
62
Assists
125
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2019 draft
- 10Vasily PodkolzinR317 GP · 110 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 40Nils HöglanderL346 GP · 125 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 122Ethan KeppenLVANVancouver Canucks
- 133Carson FochtCVANVancouver Canucks
- 156Arturs SilovsG68 GP · 32 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 175Karel PlasekRVANVancouver Canucks
- 180Jack MaloneRVANVancouver Canucks
- 195Aidan McDonoughL6 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 215Arvid CostmarCVANVancouver Canucks