2019 NHL Draft
Tobias Björnfot in the 2019 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Tobias Björnfot 22nd overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 153 games put him 40th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 22
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 22
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 19–25 in the 2019 draft
- 19Lassi ThomsonD29 GP · 8 POTTOttawa Senators
- 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 TomasinoR220 GP · 97 PNSHNashville Predators
- 25Connor McMichaelL330 GP · 162 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
3rd
of 26 Swedes selected
9th
of 66 defensemen 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
Tobias Björnfot made his NHL debut on October 5, 2019, 106 days after the draft.
153
Games
3
Goals
16
Assists
19
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2019 draft
- 5Alex TurcotteC165 GP · 44 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 22Tobias BjörnfotD153 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 33Arthur KaliyevR204 GP · 76 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Samuel FagemoL21 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 87Lukas ParikGLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 95Jordan SpenceD269 GP · 95 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 119Kim NousiainenDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 157Braden DoyleDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 188Andre LeeL37 GP · 8 PLAKLos Angeles Kings