2012 NHL Draft
Tanner Pearson in the 2012 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Tanner Pearson 30th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 778 games put him 16th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 30
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 30
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 27–33 in the 2012 draft
- 27Henrik SamuelssonC3 GP · 0 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 28Brady SkjeiD789 GP · 311 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 29Stefan MatteauC92 GP · 11 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 30Tanner PearsonL778 GP · 327 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 31Oscar DanskG6 GP · 4 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 32Mitchell MorozLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 33Sebastian CollbergRMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
30th
of 211 players selected
15th
of 110 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD846 GP · 344 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD924 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tanner Pearson made his NHL debut in the playoffs on May 18, 2013, 330 days after the draft.
778
Games
157
Goals
170
Assists
327
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2012 draft
- 30Tanner PearsonL778 GP · 327 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 121Nikolai ProkhorkinL43 GP · 14 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 151Colin MillerD590 GP · 183 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 171Tomas HykaR27 GP · 7 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 181Paul LaDueD70 GP · 18 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 211Nick EbertDLAKLos Angeles Kings