2019 NHL Draft
Simon Holmström in the 2019 NHL Draft
New York Islanders selected Simon Holmström 23rd overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.
He was the fourth of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 293 games put him 20th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 23
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 23
- Drafting team
- NYINew York Islanders
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 2019 draft
- 20Ville HeinolaD60 GP · 13 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 21Samuel PoulinR15 GP · 2 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 22Tobias BjörnfotD153 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 23Simon HolmströmR293 GP · 127 PNYINew York Islanders
- 24Philip TomasinoR221 GP · 97 PNSHNashville Predators
- 25Connor McMichaelL330 GP · 162 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 26Jakob PelletierL91 GP · 29 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
4th
of 26 Swedes selected
13th
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
Simon Holmström made his NHL debut on November 23, 2022, 3 years and 155 days after the draft.
293
Games
64
Goals
63
Assists
127
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Islanders picks in the 2019 draft
- 23Simon HolmströmR293 GP · 127 PNYINew York Islanders
- 57Samuel BolducD52 GP · 8 PNYINew York Islanders
- 147Reece NewkirkCNYINew York Islanders
- 178Felix BibeauCNYINew York Islanders
- 209Cole CoskeyRNYINew York Islanders