2025 NHL Draft
Victor Eklund in the 2025 NHL Draft
New York Islanders selected Victor Eklund 16th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 15, and only 6 have scored more points than his 6.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- NYINew York Islanders
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 2025 draft
- 13Carter BearLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 14Jackson SmithDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 15Braeden CootesC3 GP · 0 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Kashawn AitchesonDNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
- 18Cole ReschnyCCGYCalgary Flames
- 19Justin CarbonneauRSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
2nd
of 30 Swedes selected
13th
of 131 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 3Anton FrondellC27 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 28Sascha BoumedienneDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 44Eddie GenborgRNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 45Eric NilsonCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 52Theodor HallquisthDNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 54Theo StockseliusCNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOSBoston Bruins
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Victor Eklund made his NHL debut on April 14, 2026, 291 days after the draft.
15
Games
3
Goals
3
Assists
6
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Islanders picks in the 2025 draft
- 1Matthew SchaeferD96 GP · 73 PNYINew York Islanders
- 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Kashawn AitchesonDNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
- 42Daniil ProkhorovRNYINew York Islanders
- 74Luca RomanoCNYINew York Islanders
- 106Tomas PoletinLNYINew York Islanders
- 138Sam LaurilaDNYINew York Islanders
- 170Burke HoodGNYINew York Islanders
- 202Jacob KvasnickaRNYINew York Islanders