2015 NHL Draft
Pavel Zacha in the 2015 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Pavel Zacha 6th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 12 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 723.
- Overall pick
- 6
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 6
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 3–9 in the 2015 draft
- 3Dylan StromeC614 GP · 457 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 4Mitch MarnerR755 GP · 841 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 5Noah HanifinD848 GP · 359 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 6Pavel ZachaC723 GP · 421 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 7Ivan ProvorovD783 GP · 315 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Zach WerenskiD658 GP · 479 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Timo MeierR717 GP · 486 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
1st
of 12 Czechs selected
5th
of 114 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 6Pavel ZachaC723 GP · 421 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 13Jakub ZborilD76 GP · 16 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 48Filip ChlapikC57 GP · 11 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Dan VladarG167 GP · 81 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 94Adam MusilCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 108Michael SpacekRWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 111Ales StezkaG1 GP · 0 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 128David KaseR7 GP · 1 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 137Dominik SimonC256 GP · 77 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 145Karel VejmelkaG275 GP · 114 WNSHNashville Predators
+ 2 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Pavel Zacha made his NHL debut on April 9, 2016, 288 days after the draft.
723
Games
160
Goals
261
Assists
421
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2015 draft
- 6Pavel ZachaC723 GP · 421 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 42Mackenzie BlackwoodG306 GP · 136 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Blake SpeersC5 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 97Colton WhiteD107 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 157Brett SeneyL66 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils