Location: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) Held: June 22-23, 2018 First Overall Pick :Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres )Players With NHL Experience: 57 (26.2 percent)
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft was the 56th NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 22–23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft was the second of two professional sports drafts to be held in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex during the calendar year, as the Dallas Cowboys hosted the 2018 NFL Draft in April.
The first three selections were Rasmus Dahlin going to the Buffalo Sabres , Andrei Svechnikov being selected by the Carolina Hurricanes , and Jesperi Kotkaniemi being picked by the Montreal Canadiens .
The 2018 draft featured both the first player trained in England to be drafted in Liam Kirk and the first Jamaican-born player drafted in Jermaine Loewen.
Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers) Deeper Dive
2018 NHL Draft Selections by Round
First Round
Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes, 2018 NHL Draft (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers) Second Round
# Player Name Position NHL Team 32 Mattias Samuelsson D Buffalo Sabres 33 Jonatan Berggren RW Detroit Red Wings 34 Serron Noel RW Florida Panthers 35 Jesse Ylonen RW Montreal Canadiens 36 Jared McIsaac D Detroit Red Wings 37 Jett Woo D Vancouver Canucks 38 Alexander Romanov D Montreal Canadiens 39 Olof Lindbom G New York Rangers 40 Ryan McLeod C Edmonton Oilers 41 Bode Wilde D New York Islanders 42 Jack Drury C Carolina Hurricanes 43 Ruslan Iskhakov C New York Islanders 44 Albin Eriksson RW Dallas Stars 45 Scott Perunovich D St. Louis Blues 46 Martin Fehervary D Washington Capitals 47 Kody Clark RW Washington Capitals 48 Jonathan Tychonick D Ottawa Senators 49 Kirill Marchenko RW Columbus Blue Jackets 50 Adam Ginning D Philadelphia Flyers 51 Akil Thomas C Los Angeles Kings 52 Sean Durzi D Toronto Maple Leafs 53 Calen Addison D Pittsburgh Penguins 54 Benoit-Olivier Groulx C Anaheim Ducks 55 Kevin Bahl D Arizona Coyotes 56 Jacob Olofsson C Montreal Canadiens 57 Axel Andersson D Boston Bruins 58 Filip Hallander C Pittsburgh Penguins 59 Gabriel Fortier LW Tampa Bay Lightning 60 David Gustafsson C Winnipeg Jets 61 Ivan Morozov C Vegas Golden Knights 62 Olivier Rodrigue G Edmonton Oilers
Ryan McLeod, Edmonton Oilers (Photo by Derek Cain/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Third Round
# Player Name Position NHL Team 63 Jack McBain C Minnesota Wild 64 Justus Annunen G Colorado Avalanche 65 Jan Jenik RW Arizona Coyotes 66 Cameron Hillis C Montreal Canadiens 67 Alec Regula D Detroit Red Wings 68 Tyler Madden C Vancouver Canucks 69 Jake Wise C Chicago Blackhawks 70 Jacob Ragnarsson D New York Rangers 71 Jordan Harris D Montreal Canadiens 72 Jakub Skarek G New York Islanders 73 Ty Emberson D Arizona Coyotes 74 Niklas Nordgren RW Chicago Blackhawks 75 Oskar Back C Dallas Stars 76 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev C Toronto Maple Leafs 77 Jakub Lauko C Boston Bruins 78 Sampo Ranta LW Colorado Avalanche 79 Blake McLaughlin LW Anaheim Ducks 80 Marcus Karlberg LW Columbus Blue Jackets 81 Seth Barton D Detroit Red Wings 82 Bulat Shafigullin LW Los Angeles Kings 83 Riley Stotts C Toronto Maple Leafs 84 Jesper Eliasson G Detroit Red Wings 85 Lukas Dostal G Anaheim Ducks 86 Alexander Khovanov C Minnesota Wild 87 Linus Karlsson C San Jose Sharks 88 Joey Keane D New York Rangers 89 Logan Hutsko RW Florida Panthers 90 Dmitry Semykin D Tampa Bay Lightning 91 Nathan Smith C Winnipeg Jets 92 Connor Dewar C Minnesota Wild 93 Riley Sutter RW Washington Capitals
Jan Jenik of the Hamilton Bulldogs. Photo by Terry Wilson / OHL Images. Fourth Round
# Player Name Position NHL Team 94 Matej Pekar C Buffalo Sabres 95 Jonathan Gruden C Ottawa Senators 96 Luke Henman C Carolina Hurricanes 97 Allan McShane C Montreal Canadiens 98 Ryan O’Reilly RW Detroit Red Wings 99 Stanislav Demin D Vegas Golden Knights 100 Adam Mascherin LW Dallas Stars 101 Nico Gross D New York Rangers 102 Jasper Weatherby C San Jose Sharks 103 Jacob Pivonka C New York Islanders 104 Lenni Killinen RW Carolina Hurricanes 105 Martin Pospisil C Calgary Flames 106 Curtis Douglas C Dallas Stars 107 Joel Hofer G St. Louis Blues 108 Demetrios Koumontzis LW Calgary Flames 109 Tyler Weiss LW Colorado Avalanche 110 Xavier Bernard D New Jersey Devils 111 Jachym Kondelik C Nashville Predators 112 John St. Ivany D Philadelphia Flyers 113 Aidan Dudas C Los Angeles Kings 114 Ivan Prosvetov G Arizona Coyotes 115 Paul Cotter C Vegas Golden Knights 116 Jackson Perbix RW Anaheim Ducks 117 Linus Lindstrand Cronholm D Buffalo Sabres 118 Mac Hollowell D Toronto Maple Leafs 119 Curtis Hall C Boston Bruins 120 Philipp Kurashev C Chicago Blackhawks 121 Alexander Green D Tampa Bay Lightning 122 Milos Roman C Calgary Flames 123 Jack Gorniak LW Montreal Canadiens 124 Mitchell Gibson G Washington Capitals
Philipp Kurashev, Chicago Blackhawks (Jess Starr /The Hockey Writers) Fifth Round
# Player Name Position NHL Team 125 Miska Kukkonen D Buffalo Sabres 126 Angus Crookshank LW Ottawa Senators 127 Wyatte Wylie D Philadelphia Flyers 128 Cole Fonstad C Montreal Canadiens 129 Justin Almeida C Pittsburgh Penguins 130 Toni Utunen D Vancouver Canucks 131 Spencer Stastney D Nashville Predators 132 Lauri Pajuniemi RW New York Rangers 133 Samuel Houde C Montreal Canadiens 134 Blade Jenkins LW New York Islanders 135 Brandon Kruse LW Vegas Golden Knights 136 Akira Schmid G New Jersey Devils 137 Riley Damiani C Dallas Stars 138 Hugh McGing LW St. Louis Blues 139 Mikael Hakkarainen C Chicago Blackhawks 140 Brandon Saigeon C Colorado Avalanche 141 Yegor Sharangovich C New Jersey Devils 142 Michael Callahan D Arizona Coyotes 143 Samuel Ersson G Philadelphia Flyers 144 David Hrenak G Los Angeles Kings 145 Dennis Busby D Arizona Coyotes 146 Danila Zhuravlyov D Colorado Avalanche 147 Roman Durny G Anaheim Ducks 148 Simon Johansson D Minnesota Wild 149 Filip Kral D Toronto Maple Leafs 150 Declan Chisholm D Winnipeg Jets 151 Vladislav Yeryomenko D Nashville Predators 152 Magnus Chrona G Tampa Bay Lightning 153 Giovanni Vallati D Winnipeg Jets 154 Connor Corcoran D Vegas Golden Knights 155 Damien Giroux C Minnesota Wild
Sixth Round
# Player Name Position NHL Team 156 Pontus Holmberg RW Toronto Maple Leafs 157 Kevin Mandolese G Ottawa Senators 158 David Tendeck G Arizona Coyotes 159 Tim Berni D Columbus Blue Jackets 160 Victor Brattstrom G Detroit Red Wings 161 Alex Kannok-Leipert D Washington Capitals 162 Alexis Gravel G Chicago Blackhawks 163 Simon Kjellberg D New York Rangers 164 Michael Kesselring D Edmonton Oilers 165 Johan Sodergran RW Los Angeles Kings 166 Jesper Sellgren D Carolina Hurricanes 167 Mathias Emilio Pettersen C Calgary Flames 168 Dawson Barteaux D Dallas Stars 169 Mathias Laferriere RW St. Louis Blues 170 Justin Schutz LW Florida Panthers 171 Nikolai Kovalenko RW Colorado Avalanche 172 Mitchell Hoelscher C New Jersey Devils 173 Veini Vehvilainen G Columbus Blue Jackets 174 Gavin Hain C Philadelphia Flyers 175 Jacob Ingham G Los Angeles Kings 176 Zachary Emond G San Jose Sharks 177 Liam Gorman C Pittsburgh Penguins 178 Hunter Drew D Anaheim Ducks 179 Shawn Boudrias RW Minnesota Wild 180 Peter Diliberatore D Vegas Golden Knights 181 Dustyn McFaul D Boston Bruins 182 John Leonard LW San Jose Sharks 183 Cole Koepke LW Tampa Bay Lightning 184 Jared Moe G Winnipeg Jets 185 Xavier Bouchard D Vegas Golden Knights 186 Artyom Manukyan RW Vancouver Canucks
Seventh Round
# Player Name Position NHL Team 187 William Worge Kreu D Buffalo Sabres 188 Jakov Novak LW Ottawa Senators 189 Liam Kirk LW Arizona Coyotes 190 Brett Stapley C Montreal Canadiens 191 Otto Kivenmaki C Detroit Red Wings 192 Matthew Thiessen G Vancouver Canucks 193 Josiah Slavin LW Chicago Blackhawks 194 Luke Loheit RW Ottawa Senators 195 Patrik Siikanen C Edmonton Oilers 196 Christian Krygier D New York Islanders 197 Jacob Kucharski G Carolina Hurricanes 198 Dmitry Zavgorodniy LW Calgary Flames 199 Jermaine Loewen LW Dallas Stars 200 Tyler Tucker D St. Louis Blues 201 Cole Krygier D Florida Panthers 202 Shamil Shmakov G Colorado Avalanche 203 Eetu Pakkila LW New Jersey Devils 204 Trey Fix-Wolansky RW Columbus Blue Jackets 205 Marcus Westfalt C Philadelphia Flyers 206 Radim Salda D Tampa Bay Lightning 207 Santtu Kinnunen D Florida Panthers 208 Jordan Kooy G Vegas Golden Knights 209 Zachary Bouthillier G Toronto Maple Leafs 210 Sam Hentges C Minnesota Wild 211 Semyon Kizimov RW Toronto Maple Leafs 212 Pavel Shen C Boston Bruins 213 Milan Kloucek G Nashville Predators 214 Ty Taylor G Tampa Bay Lightning 215 Austin Wong C Winnipeg Jets 216 Riley Hughes RW New York Rangers 217 Eric Florchuk C Washington Capitals
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