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2021 NHL Draft

Xavier Bourgault in the 2021 NHL Draft

Edmonton Oilers selected Xavier Bourgault 22nd overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 4 games put him 60th in the class.

Overall pick
22
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 22
Drafting team
EDMEdmonton Oilers
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 19–25 in the 2021 draft

  1. 19Fedor SvechkovC140 GP · 41 PNSH
  2. 20Jesper WallstedtG56 GP · 31 WMIN
  3. 21Fabian LysellR12 GP · 3 PBOS
  4. 22Xavier BourgaultR4 GP · 0 PEDM
  5. 23Wyatt JohnstonC343 GP · 279 PDAL
  6. 24Mackie SamoskevichR171 GP · 74 PFLA
  7. 25Corson CeulemansDCBJ

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

21st
of 223 players selected
15th
of 121 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Owen PowerD339 GP · 154 PBUF
  2. 2Matty BeniersC347 GP · 205 PSEA
  3. 3Mason McTavishC321 GP · 193 PANA
  4. 4Luke HughesD240 GP · 139 PNJD
  5. 5Kent JohnsonC289 GP · 154 PCBJ
  6. 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDET
  7. 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJS
  8. 8Brandt ClarkeD200 GP · 92 PLAK
  9. 9Dylan GuentherR245 GP · 195 PARI
  10. 10Tyler BoucherROTT

+ 213 more

The 2021 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Xavier Bourgault made his NHL debut on December 27, 2025, 4 years and 157 days after the draft.

4
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Edmonton Oilers picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 22Xavier BourgaultR4 GP · 0 PEDM
  2. 90Luca MunzenbergerDEDM
  3. 116Jake ChiassonCEDM
  4. 180Matvey PetrovLEDM
  5. 186Shane LachanceL1 GP · 0 PEDM
  6. 212Maximus WannerDEDM