Location: Consol Energy Center (Pittsburgh, PA) Held: June 22-23, 2012 First Overall Pick :Nail Yakupov (Oilers ) Players With NHL Experience: 108
The 2012 NHL Entry Draft was the 50th NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held June 22–23, 2012, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first time that Pittsburgh hosted the draft since the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The top three picks were Nail Yakupov going to the Edmonton Oilers , Ryan Murray going to the Columbus Blue Jackets , and Alex Galchenyuk going to the Montreal Canadiens .
Nail Yakupov, Edmonton Oilers (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Who Are the Biggest Steals of the 2010 NHL Draft?
Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets )
Three seasons of 30 wins or more
First-team all-star in 2020
Led the NHL in shutouts during the 2019-20 season
Connor Brown (156th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs )
20-goal scorer
All but one season with more than ten goals
Colin Miller Los Angeles Kings )
Career-high 10 goals and 41 points with the Golden Knights during the 2018-19 season
Alex Kerfoot New Jersey Devils )
Solid depth scorer in the NHL
Career-high 19 goals and 43 points during the 2017-18 season
Connor Brown, Toronto Maple Leafs, Dec. 12, 2017 (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Who Are the Biggest Busts of the 2010 NHL Draft?
Nail Yakupov (1st overall by the Edmonton Oilers )
Never hit 20 goals in his NHL career (career-high was 17 during his rookie season in 2012-13)
Now in the KHL after only nine goals and 16 points in 58 games with the Colorado Avalanche in 2017-18
Derrick Pouliot (8th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins )
At best a solid AHL defenceman
Played only 202 games in the NHL and never recorded more than 22 points
Henrik Samuelsson (27th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes )
Played only three games in the NHL during the 2014-15 season, then bounced around the AHL and ECHL
Last seen in the EIHL with the Manchester Storm during the 2019-20 season
Deeper Dive
2012 NHL Draft Selections by Round
First Round
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Second Round
# Player NHL Team 31 Oscar Dansk (G)Columbus Blue Jackets 32 Mitchell Moroz (LW) Edmonton Oilers 33 Sebastian Collberg (RW) Montreal Canadiens 34 Ville Pokka (D) New York Islanders 35 Matthew Finn (D) Toronto Maple Leafs 36 Nic Kerdiles (LW) Anaheim Ducks 37 Pontus Aberg (LW) Nashville Predators (from Minnesota via San Jose and Tampa Bay) 38 Phillip Di Giuseppe (LW)Carolina Hurricanes 39 Lukas Sutter (C) Winnipeg Jets 40 Dylan Blujus (D) Tampa Bay Lightning 41 Mitchell Heard (C) Colorado Avalanche 42 Patrick Sieloff (D) Calgary Flames (from Buffalo) 43 Ludvig Bystrom (D) Dallas Stars 44 Jake McCabe (D)Buffalo Sabres (from Calgary) 45 Anthony Stolarz (G)Philadelphia Flyers (from Ottawa via Phoenix and Columbus) 46 Raphael Bussieres (LW) Minnesota Wild (from Washington via New Jersey) 47 Brock McGinn (LW)Carolina Hurricanes (from San Jose) 48 Dillon Fournier (D) Chicago Blackhawks 49 Martin Frk (RW)Detroit Red Wings 50 Colton Sissons (C)Nashville Predators (from Philadelphia via Tampa Bay) 51 Dalton Thrower (D) Montreal Canadiens (from Nashville) 52 Teodors Blugers (C)Pittsburgh Penguins 53 Brian Hart (RW) Tampa Bay Lightning (from Florida via Philadelphia) 54 Mike Winther (C) Dallas Stars (from Boston via Toronto, Colorado and Washington) 55 Chris Tierney (C)San Jose Sharks (compensatory) 56 Samuel Kurker (RW) St. Louis Blues 57 Alexandre Mallet (LW) Vancouver Canucks 58 Jordan Martinook (LW)Phoenix Coyotes 59 Cristoval Nieves (C) New York Rangers 60 Damon Severson (D)New Jersey Devils 61 Devin Shore (C)Dallas Stars (from Los Angeles via Philadelphia)
Chris Tierney (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Third Round
# Player NHL Team 62 Joonas Korpisalo (G)Columbus Blue Jackets 63 Jujhar Khaira (LW)Edmonton Oilers 64 Tim Bozon (LW) Montreal Canadiens 65 Adam Pelech (D)New York Islanders 66 Jimmy Vesey (LW)Nashville Predators (from Toronto via Los Angeles) 67 Mackenzie MacEachern (LW)St. Louis Blues (from Anaheim) 68 John Draeger (D) Minnesota Wild 69 Daniel Altshuller (G) Carolina Hurricanes 70 Scott Kosmachuk (RW) Winnipeg Jets 71 Tanner Richard (C) Tampa Bay Lightning 72 Troy Bourke (LW) Colorado Avalanche 73 Justin Kea (C) Buffalo Sabres 74 Esa Lindell (D)Dallas Stars 75 Jon Gillies (G)Calgary Flames 76 Chris Driedger (G)Ottawa Senators 77 Chandler Stephenson (C/LW)Washington Capitals 78 Shayne Gostisbehere (D)Philadelphia Flyers (from San Jose via Florida) 79 Chris Calnan (RW) Chicago Blackhawks 80 Jake Paterson (G) Detroit Red Wings 81 Oskar Sundqvist (C)Pittsburgh Penguins (from Philadelphia via Phoenix) 82 Jarrod Maidens (C/LW) Ottawa Senators (from Nashville) 83 Matt Murray (G)Pittsburgh Penguins 84 Steven Hodges (C) Florida Panthers 85 Matt Grzelcyk (D)Boston Bruins 86 Colton Parayko (D)St. Louis Blues 87 Frederik Andersen (G)Anaheim Ducks (from Vancouver) 88 James Melindy (D) Phoenix Coyotes 89 Brendan Leipsic (LW) Nashville Predators (from NY Rangers) 90 Ben Johnson (C/LW) New Jersey Devils 91 Daniil Zharkov (LW) Edmonton Oilers (from Los Angeles)
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Fourth Round
# Player NHL Team 92 Matia Marcantuoni (C/RW) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Columbus) 93 Erik Gustafsson (D)Edmonton Oilers 94 Brady Vail (C) Montreal Canadiens 95 Josh Anderson (RW)Columbus Blue Jackets (from NY Islanders via Vancouver) 96 Ben Thomson (LW) New Jersey Devils (from Toronto) 97 Kevin Roy (C) Anaheim Ducks 98 Adam Gilmour (C) Minnesota Wild 99 Erik Karlsson (C/LW) Carolina Hurricanes 100 Thomas DiPauli (C) Washington Capitals (from Winnipeg) 101 Cedric Paquette (C)Tampa Bay Lightning 102 Rhett Holland (D) Phoenix Coyotes (from Colorado) 103 Loic Leduc (D) New York Islanders (from Buffalo) 104 Gemel Smith (C) Dallas Stars 105 Brett Kulak (D)Calgary Flames 106 Tim Boyle (D) Ottawa Senators 107 Austin Wuthrich (RW) Washington Capitals 108 Andrew O’Brien (D) Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose) 109 Christopher Lalancette (RW) San Jose Sharks (from Chicago) 110 Andreas Athanasiou (C/LW)Detroit Red Wings 111 Fredric Larsson (D) Philadelphia Flyers 112 Zach Stepan (C) Nashville Predators 113 Sean Maguire (G) Pittsburgh Penguins 114 Alexander Delnov (LW) Florida Panthers 115 Trevor Carrick (D) Carolina Hurricanes (from Boston) 116 Nick Walters (D) St. Louis Blues 117 Taylor Leier (LW) Philadelphia Flyers (from Vancouver via Columbus) 118 Mikko Vainonen (D) Nashville Predators (from Phoenix) 119 Calle Andersson (D) New York Rangers 120 Jaccob Slavin (D)Carolina Hurricanes (from New Jersey) 121 Nikolai Prokhorkin (LW) Los Angeles Kings
Cedric Paquette, Tampa Bay Lightning (Jess Starr /The Hockey Writers)
Fifth Round
# Player NHL Team 122 Charles Hudon (LW)Montreal Canadiens (from Columbus) 123 Joey LaLeggia (D) Edmonton Oilers 124 Ryan Culkin (D) Calgary Flames (from Montreal) 125 Doyle Somerby (D) New York Islanders 126 Dominic Toninato (C)Toronto Maple Leafs 127 Brian Cooper (D)Anaheim Ducks (from Anaheim via Montreal) 128 Daniel Gunnarsson (D) Minnesota Wild 129 Brendan Woods (LW) Carolina Hurricanes 130 Connor Hellebuyck (G)Winnipeg Jets 131 Seth Griffith (C)Boston Bruins (from Tampa Bay) 132 Michael Clarke (C) Colorado Avalanche 133 Logan Nelson (C) Buffalo Sabres 134 Branden Troock (RW) Dallas Stars 135 Graham Black (C) New Jersey Devils (from Calgary) 136 Robert Baillargeon (C) Ottawa Senators 137 Connor Carrick (D)Washington Capitals 138 Danny O’Regan (C) San Jose Sharks 139 Garret Ross (LW) Chicago Blackhawks 140 Michael McKee (D) Detroit Red Wings 141 Reece Willcox (D) Philadelphia Flyers 142 Thomas Spelling (D) New York Rangers (from Nashville) 143 Clarke Seymour (D) Pittsburgh Penguins 144 Henri Kiviaho (G) Dallas Stars (from Florida) 145 Cody Payne (RW) Boston Bruins 146 Francois Tremblay (G) St. Louis Blues 147 Ben Hutton (D)Vancouver Canucks 148 Niklas Tikkinen (D) Phoenix Coyotes 149 Travis Brown (D) Chicago Blackhawks (from NY Rangers) 150 Alexander Kerfoot (C)New Jersey Devils 151 Colin Miller (D)Los Angeles Kings
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)
Sixth Round
# Player NHL Team 152 Daniel Zaar (RW) Columbus Blue Jackets 153 John McCarron (RW) Edmonton Oilers 154 Erik Nystrom (LW) Montreal Canadiens 155 Jesse Graham (D) New York Islanders 156 Connor Brown (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs 157 Ryan Rupert (C) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Anaheim) 158 Christoph Bertschy (C) Minnesota Wild 159 Colin Olsen (G) Carolina Hurricanes 160 Ryan Olsen (C) Winnipeg Jets 161 Jake Dotchin (D) Tampa Bay Lightning 162 Joseph Blandisi (C/RW) Colorado Avalanche 163 Linus Ullmark (G)Buffalo Sabres 164 Simon Fernholm (D) Nashville Predators (from Dallas via Florida) 165 Coda Gordon (LW) Calgary Flames 166 Francois Brassard (G) Ottawa Senators 167 Riley Barber (RW) Washington Capitals 168 Clifford Watson (D) San Jose Sharks 169 Vince Hinostroza (C)Chicago Blackhawks 170 James de Haas (D) Detroit Red Wings 171 Tomas Hyka (RW)Los Angeles Kings (from Philadelphia) 172 Max Gortz (RW) Nashville Predators 173 Anton Zlobin (RW) Pittsburgh Penguins 174 Francis Beauvillier (C/LW) Florida Panthers 175 Matthew Benning (D)Boston Bruins 176 Petteri Lindbohm (D)St. Louis Blues 177 Wesley Myron (LW) Vancouver Canucks 178 Samuel Fejes (LW) Phoenix Coyotes 179 Marek Mazanec (G) Nashville Predators (from NY Rangers) 180 Artur Gavrus (C) New Jersey Devils 181 Paul LaDue (D) Los Angeles Kings
Vinnie Hinostroza (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Seventh Round
# Player NHL Team 182 Gianluca Curcuruto (D) Columbus Blue Jackets 183 Dmitry Sinitsyn (D) Dallas Stars (from Edmonton via Los Angeles) 184 Marek Langhamer (G) Phoenix Coyotes (from Montreal) 185 Jake Bischoff (D) New York Islanders 186 Matt DeBlouw (C) Calgary Flames (from Toronto) 187 Kenton Helgesen (D) Anaheim Ducks 188 Louis Nanne (LW) Minnesota Wild 189 Brendan Collier (LW) Carolina Hurricanes 190 Jamie Phillips (G) Winnipeg Jets 191 Brandon Whitney (G) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay via San Jose) 192 Colin Smith (C) Colorado Avalanche 193 Brady Austin (D) Buffalo Sabres 194 Jonatan Nielsen (D) Florida Panthers (from Dallas) 195 Christian Djoos (D)Washington Capitals (from Calgary) 196 Mikael Wikstrand (D) Ottawa Senators 197 Jaynen Rissling (D) Washington Capitals 198 Joakim Ryan (D) San Jose Sharks 199 Matt Tomkins (G)Chicago Blackhawks 200 Rasmus Bodin (LW) Detroit Red Wings 201 Valeri Vasilyev (D) Philadelphia Flyers 202 Nikita Gusev (LW) Tampa Bay Lightning (from Nashville) 203 Sergei Kostenko (G) Washington Capitals (from Pittsburgh) 204 Judd Peterson (C/RW) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida via Chicago) 205 Colton Hargrove (LW) Boston Bruins 206 Tyrel Seaman (C) St. Louis Blues 207 Matt Beattie (LW) Vancouver Canucks 208 Justin Hache (D) Phoenix Coyotes 209 Viktor Loov (D) Toronto Maple Leafs (from NY Rangers) 210 Jaycob Megna (D)Anaheim Ducks (from New Jersey) 211 Nick Ebert (D) Los Angeles Kings
Nikita Gusev, New Jersey Devils (Jess Starr /The Hockey Writers)
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