2022 NHL Draft
Owen Pickering in the 2022 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Owen Pickering 21st overall in the 2022 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 5 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. His 29 games put him 44th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 21
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 21
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 18–24 in the 2022 draft
- 18Lian BichselD104 GP · 18 PDALDallas Stars
- 19Liam ÖhgrenL114 GP · 34 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 20Ivan MiroshnichenkoL55 GP · 14 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 21Owen PickeringD29 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 22Nathan GaucherC3 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 23Jimmy SnuggerudR94 GP · 67 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 24Danila YurovR91 GP · 34 PMINMinnesota Wild
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2022 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Juraj SlafkovskýL298 GP · 196 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 2Simon NemecD172 GP · 54 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Logan CooleyC228 GP · 173 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 4Shane WrightC186 GP · 82 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 5Cutter GauthierL175 GP · 132 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Kevin KorchinskiD109 GP · 20 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Marco KasperC160 GP · 56 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 9Matt SavoieC87 GP · 38 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Pavel MintyukovD217 GP · 75 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 215 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Owen Pickering made his NHL debut on November 16, 2024, 2 years and 132 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2022 draft
- 21Owen PickeringD29 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 118Sergei MurashovG10 GP · 1 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 150Zam PlanteCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 167Nolan CollinsDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 182Luke DevlinCPITPittsburgh Penguins