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NHL Entry Draft 2026
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2026 NHL Entry Draft
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# Team Player Team League GP G A TP
ROUND 1
20 Buffalo Sabres Ilia Morozov (F) Verified by Elite Prospects Miami Univ. (Oh... NCAA 36 8 12 20
26 Montréal Canadiens Gleb Pugachyov (F) Chaika Nizhny N... MHL 33 10 14 24
27 Philadelphia Flyers Maksim Sokolovskii (D) London Knights OHL 44 2 6 8
ROUND 2
43 Colorado Avalanche Egor Shilov (F) Victoriaville T... QMJHL 63 32 50 82
44 New Jersey Devils Nikita Shcherbakov (D) Verified by Elite Prospects Toros Neftekams... VHL 35 4 6 10
52 Tampa Bay Lightning Oleg Kulebyakin (F) Halifax Moosehe... QMJHL 64 29 44 73
55 Calgary Flames Alan Shaikhlislamov (F) Tolpar Ufa MHL 31 18 17 35
56 Boston Bruins Yuri Ivanov (G) Verified by Elite Prospects MHK Spartak Mos... MHL 17 2.62 .924
ROUND 3
67 New York Rangers Danai Shaiikov (G) Gatineau Olympi... QMJHL 50 2.78 .903
70 Nashville Predators Dmitri Borichev (G) Loko-76 Yarosla... MHL 24 2.25 .929
78 Vancouver Canucks Dmitri Ivchenko (G) Omskie Yastreby MHL 19 1.91 .922
89 Los Angeles Kings Yegor Rybkin (G) Verified by Elite Prospects Chaika Nizhny N... MHL 11 2.56 .915
ROUND 4
99 Seattle Kraken Viktor Fyodorov (F) Verified by Elite Prospects Chaika Nizhny N... MHL 18 3 7 10
100 Calgary Flames Egor Barabanov (F) Saginaw Spirit OHL 68 28 63 91
104 Boston Bruins Matvei Kotkov (F) Loko Yaroslavl MHL 36 14 17 31
119 New Jersey Devils Lavr Gashilov (F) Verified by Elite Prospects Avto Yekaterinb... MHL 51 16 53 69
123 St. Louis Blues Vladimir Proskurin (G) Verified by Elite Prospects MHK Atlant Myti... MHL 41 2.97 .921
ROUND 6
161 Toronto Maple Leafs Yaroslav Fedoseyev (D) Belye Medvedi C... MHL 24 2 11 13
173 New York Islanders Artyom Matyuk (F) Chaika Nizhny N... MHL 54 13 26 39
178 Anaheim Ducks Gleb Peshkov (G) Verified by Elite Prospects Taifun Primorsk... MHL 47 2.04 .930
183 Ottawa Senators Alexander Grunin (D) Verified by Elite Prospects Sibirskie Snaip... MHL 44 6 9 15
186 Tampa Bay Lightning Stepan Shurygin (G) Verified by Elite Prospects Saginaw Spirit OHL 59 3.79 .888
ROUND 7
193 New York Rangers Ivan Patrikhayev (D) CSKA Moskva KHL 66 3 10 13
194 Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Ivanov (D) Verified by Elite Prospects Bars Kazan VHL 36 0 3 3
211 Utah Mammoth Artyom Prima (F) Verified by Elite Prospects Omaha Lancers USHL 17 6 8 14
219 Dallas Stars Mikhail Cherepanov (D) Verified by Elite Prospects New Hampshire M... NAHL 56 5 26 31

Players drafted per nation

Players drafted per league

Interesting Facts
Oldest
1. Ivan Patrikhayev (D) 20 yrs
2. Egor Barabanov (F) 20 yrs
3. Danai Shaiikov (G) 19 yrs
4. Stepan Shurygin (G) 18 yrs
5. Lavr Gashilov (F) 18 yrs
Tallest
1. Maksim Sokolovskii (D) 6'8"
2. Yegor Rybkin (G) 6'6"
3. Nikita Shcherbakov (D) 6'5"
4. Alexander Grunin (D) 6'4"
5. Ilia Morozov (F) 6'3"
Heaviest
1. Maksim Sokolovskii (D) 240 lbs
2. Gleb Pugachyov (F) 225 lbs
3. Yegor Rybkin (G) 212 lbs
4. Stepan Shurygin (G) 207 lbs
5. Ilia Morozov (F) 201 lbs
Youngest
1. Yuri Ivanov (G) 17 yrs
2. Alan Shaikhlislamov (F) 17 yrs
3. Matvei Kotkov (F) 17 yrs
4. Ilia Morozov (F) 18 yrs
5. Maksim Sokolovskii (D) 18 yrs
Shortest
1. Oleg Kulebyakin (F) 5'10"
2. Viktor Fyodorov (F) 5'10"
3. Lavr Gashilov (F) 5'11"
4. Egor Barabanov (F) 6'0"
5. Artyom Matyuk (F) 6'0"
Lightest
1. Yuri Ivanov (G) 165 lbs
2. Artyom Matyuk (F) 165 lbs
3. Vladimir Proskurin (G) 170 lbs
4. Matvei Kotkov (F) 174 lbs
5. Artyom Prima (F) 176 lbs