2023 NHL Draft
Zach Benson in the 2023 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Zach Benson 13th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 8 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 228, and only 5 have scored more points than his 116.
- Overall pick
- 13
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 13
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 10–16 in the 2023 draft
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR90 GP · 26 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 11Tom WillanderD86 GP · 24 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 12Daniil ButL42 GP · 11 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 13Zach BensonL228 GP · 116 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Brayden YagerC6 GP · 1 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 15Matthew WoodR93 GP · 35 PNSHNashville Predators
- 16Samuel HonzekL27 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
13th
of 224 players selected
10th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Connor BedardC231 GP · 217 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC219 GP · 167 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC228 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC162 GP · 117 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD46 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR180 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR99 GP · 57 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC41 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR90 GP · 26 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Zach Benson made his NHL debut on October 12, 2023, 106 days after the draft.
228
Games
36
Goals
80
Assists
116
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2023 draft
- 13Zach BensonL228 GP · 116 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 39Anton WahlbergCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 45Maxim StrbakDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 86Gavin McCarthyDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 109Ethan MiedemaLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 141Scott RatzlaffGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 173Sean KeohaneDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 205Norwin PanochaDBUFBuffalo Sabres