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2021 NHL Draft

Topias Vilen in the 2021 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Topias Vilen 129th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 5.

He was the tenth of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 66th in the class.

Overall pick
129
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 1
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 126–132 in the 2021 draft

  1. 126Dylan DukeL3 GP · 1 PTBL
  2. 127Josh PillarRMIN
  3. 128Jakub DemekCVGK
  4. 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJD
  5. 130Sean TschigerlLANA
  6. 131Jacob MelansonR38 GP · 5 PSEA
  7. 132Nikolai MakarovDCBJ

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2021 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2021 class

10th
of 15 Finns selected
46th
of 81 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 44Aleksi HeimosalmiDCAR
  2. 46Samu TuomaalaRPHI
  3. 51Ville KoivunenR62 GP · 21 PCAR
  4. 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYI
  5. 64Oliver KapanenC110 GP · 41 PMTL
  6. 68Samu SalminenCNJD
  7. 99Ville OttavainenD11 GP · 2 PSEA
  8. 106Kalle VaisanenLNYR
  9. 122Rasmus KorhonenGARI
  10. 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJD

+ 5 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2021 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Topias Vilen made his NHL debut on April 12, 2026, 4 years and 262 days after the draft.

2
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 4Luke HughesD241 GP · 139 PNJD
  2. 29Chase StillmanRNJD
  3. 68Samu SalminenCNJD
  4. 100Jakub MalekGNJD
  5. 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJD
  6. 164Viktor HurtigDNJD
  7. 203Zakhar BardakovC60 GP · 10 PNJD