2022 NHL Entry Draft Round 1 Recap

Round 1 of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft was held Thursday night at Bell Centre in Montréal, Québec marking the first time since the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver that the selections were made in person in front of a live audience as the 2020 and 2021 editions of the draft were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coverage of this year’s first round began Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and streaming on ESPN+ in the United States, as well as on SN and TVAS in Canada.

Rounds 2-7 will be televised on NHL Network and ESPN+ in the U.S., while viewers in Canada can tune to SN or TVAS starting at 11 a.m. ET Friday morning.

Here’s a quick recap of the First Round in case you had other things going on Thursday night.

2022 NHL Entry Draft Round 1

1. Montréal Canadiens – LW Juraj Slafkovsky, TPS (Liiga)
2. New Jersey Devils – D Simon Nemec, Nitra (Slovakia)
3. Arizona Coyotes – C Logan Cooley, USA U-18 (USHL)
4. Seattle Kraken – C Shane Wright, Kingston (OHL)
5. Philadelphia Flyers – C/LW Cutter Gauthier, USA U-18 (USHL)
6. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago) – D David Jiricek, Plzen (Extraliga)
7. Chicago (from Ottawa Senators) – D Kevin Korchinski, Seattle (WHL)
8. Detroit Red Wings – C Marco Kasper, Rögle BK (SHL)
9. Buffalo Sabres – C Matthew Savoie, Winnipeg (WHL)
10. Anaheim Ducks – D Pavel Mintyukov, Saginaw (OHL)
11. Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks) – C Conor Geekie, Winnipeg (WHL)
12. Columbus Blue Jackets – D Denton Mateychuk, Moose Jaw (WHL)
13. Chicago (from New York Islanders via Montréal Canadiens) – C Frank Nazar, USA-U18 (USHL)
14. Winnipeg Jets – RW Rutger McGroarty, USA U-18 (USHL)
15. Vancouver Canucks – RW Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
16. Buffalo Sabres (from Vegas Golden Knights) – C Noah Ostlund, Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
17. Nashville Predators – RW Joakim Kemell, JYP (Liiga)
18. Dallas Stars – D Lian Bichsel, Leksands IF (SHL)
19. Minnesota Wild (from Los Angeles Kings) – LW Liam Ohgren, Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
20. Washington Capitals – RW Ivan Miroshnichenko, Omsk Krylia (Russia)
21. Pittsburgh Penguins – D Owen Pickering, Swift Current (WHL)
22. Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins) – C Nathan Gaucher, Québec (QMJHL)
23. St. Louis Blues – RW Jimmy Snuggerud, USA U-18 (USHL)
24. Minnesota Wild – RW Danila Yurov, Magnitogorsk (Russia)
25. Chicago (from Toronto Maple Leafs) – D Sam Rinzel, Chaska (High School- Minnesota)
26. Montréal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames) – RW Filip Mesar, Poprad (Slovakia)
27. San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Montréal Canadiens and Arizona Coyotes) – C Filip Bystedt, Linköping HC (SHL)
28. Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers) – C Jiri Kulich, Karlovy Vary (Extraliga)
29. Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers) – D Maveric Lamoureux, Drummondville (QMJHL)
30. Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers) – C Brad Lambert, Pelicans (Liiga)
31. Tampa Bay Lightning – LW Isaac Howard, USA U-18 (USHL)
32. Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes) – LW Reid Schaefer, Seattle (WHL)

Trades made during the first round of the draft:

• The Montréal Canadiens trade D Alexander Romanov and the 98th overall pick to the New York Islanders for a 2022 1st round pick (13th overall).
• Montréal traded a 2022 1st round pick (13th overall, originally belonging to the New York Islanders) and a 2022 3rd round pick (66th overall) Chicago for D Kirby Dach.
• The San Jose Sharks traded a 2022 1st round pick (11th overall) to the Arizona Coyotes for a 2022 1st round pick (27th overall), a 2022 2nd round pick (34th overall) and a 2022 2nd round pick (45th overall).
• Chicago acquired G Petr Mrázek and a 2022 1st round pick (25th overall) from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2022 2nd round pick (38th overall).
• The Arizona Coyotes acquired F Zack Kassian, a 2022 1st round pick (29th overall), a 2024 3rd round pick and a 2025 2nd round pick from the Edmonton Oilers for a 2022 1st round pick (32nd overall).

Trades made earlier in the day prior to the first round of the draft:

• The Colorado Avalanche acquired G Alexandar Georgiev from the New York Rangers in exchange for a 2022 3rd round pick, a 2022 5th round pick and a 2023 3rd round pick.
• The Ottawa Senators traded a 2022 1st round pick (7th overall), a 2022 2nd round pick (39th overall) and a 2024 3rd round pick to Chicago for F Alex DeBrincat.