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2021 NHL Draft

Oliver Kapanen in the 2021 NHL Draft

Montréal Canadiens selected Oliver Kapanen 64th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 32nd pick of round 2.

He was the fifth of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 9 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 109 games put him 27th in the class.

Overall pick
64
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 32
Drafting team
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 61–67 in the 2021 draft

  1. 61Sean BehrensDCOL
  2. 62Colton DachC99 GP · 24 PCHI
  3. 63Riley KidneyCMTL
  4. 64Oliver KapanenC109 GP · 40 PMTL
  5. 65Jayden GrubbeCNYR
  6. 66Sasha PastujovRANA
  7. 67Ryan WintertonC104 GP · 25 PSEA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2021 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2021 class

5th
of 15 Finns selected
40th
of 121 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 44Aleksi HeimosalmiDCAR
  2. 46Samu TuomaalaRPHI
  3. 51Ville KoivunenR61 GP · 20 PCAR
  4. 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYI
  5. 64Oliver KapanenC109 GP · 40 PMTL
  6. 68Samu SalminenCNJD
  7. 99Ville OttavainenD10 GP · 2 PSEA
  8. 106Kalle VaisanenLNYR
  9. 122Rasmus KorhonenGARI
  10. 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJD

+ 5 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2021 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Oliver Kapanen made his NHL debut on October 10, 2024, 3 years and 78 days after the draft.

109
Games
23
Goals
17
Assists
40
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 31Logan MaillouxD75 GP · 18 PMTL
  2. 63Riley KidneyCMTL
  3. 64Oliver KapanenC109 GP · 40 PMTL
  4. 87Dmitri KostenkoDMTL
  5. 113William TrudeauD3 GP · 0 PMTL
  6. 142Daniil SobolevDMTL
  7. 150Joshua RoyR38 GP · 11 PMTL
  8. 191Xavier SimoneauCMTL
  9. 214Joe VrbeticGMTL