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1998 NHL Draft

Pavel Datsyuk in the 1998 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Pavel Datsyuk 171st overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 6.

He was the 14th of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the eighth of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 953 games put him 15th in the class, but only 2 have scored more points than his 918.

Overall pick
171
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 26
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 168–174 in the 1998 draft

  1. 168Antero NiittymakiG234 GP · 95 WPHI
  2. 169Jan FadrnyCPIT
  3. 170Andrei TroschinskyCSTL
  4. 171Pavel DatsyukC953 GP · 918 PDET
  5. 172Jacques LariviereLNJD
  6. 173Niko KapanenC397 GP · 126 PDAL
  7. 174Brett AllanLTBL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

14th
of 21 Russians selected
101st
of 156 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUF
  2. 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVAN
  3. 54Alexander ZevakhinRPIT
  4. 60Denis ArkhipovC352 GP · 138 PNSH
  5. 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBL
  6. 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAK
  7. 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTT
  8. 119Anton ButLNJD
  9. 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTL
  10. 144Oleg SmirnovLEDM

+ 11 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Pavel Datsyuk made his NHL debut on October 4, 2001, 3 years and 99 days after the draft.

953
Games
314
Goals
604
Assists
918
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  2. 55Ryan BarnesL2 GP · 0 PDET
  3. 56Tomek ValtonenRDET
  4. 84Jake McCrackenGDET
  5. 111Brent HobdayCDET
  6. 142Calle SteenRDET
  7. 151Adam DeleeuwLDET
  8. 171Pavel DatsyukC953 GP · 918 PDET
  9. 198Jeremy GoetzingerDDET
  10. 226David PetrasekDDET
  11. 256Petja PietilainenLDET