Round 1 of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft was held virtually Friday night for the second-straight year as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic delayed the league’s plans for a draft at Bell Centre in Montréal until 2022 at the earliest.
Coverage of this year’s first round began Friday night at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2 in the United States, as well as SN and TVAS in Canada. Rounds 2-7 will be televised on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ET on NHLN in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada.
As always, there were plenty of surprises and (possibly) a lack of trades. Here’s how it all went down.
2021 NHL Entry Draft Round 1
1.Buffalo Sabres –> D Owen Power, Michigan (NCAA)
2. Seattle Kraken –> C Matthew Beniers, Michigan (NCAA)
3. Anaheim Ducks –> C Mason McTavish, Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4. New Jersey Devils –> D Luke Hughes, USA-U18 (USHL)
5. Columbus Blue Jackets –> C Kent Johnson, Michigan (NCAA)
6. Detroit Red Wings –> D Simon Edvinsson, Frölunda HC (SHL)
7. San Jose Sharks –> LW William Eklund, Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
8. Los Angeles Kings –> D Brandt Clarke, Barrie Colts (OHL)
9. Arizona Coyotes (from Vancouver Canucks) –> RW Dylan Guenther, Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
10. Ottawa Senators –> RW Tyler Boucher, USA-U18 (USHL)
11. Arizona Coyotes –> Forfeited pick
12. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago) –> C Cole Sillinger, Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
13. Calgary Flames –> RW Matthew Coronato, Chicago Steel (USHL)
14. Buffalo Sabres (from Philadelphia Flyers) –> RW Isak Rosen, Leksands IF (SHL)
15. Detroit Red Wings (from Dallas Stars) –> G Sebastian Cossa, Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
16. New York Rangers –> LW Brennan Othmann, EHC Olten (Swiss League)
17. St. Louis Blues –> C Zachary Bolduc, Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
18. Winnipeg Jets –> C Chaz Lucius, USA-U18 (USHL)
19. Nashville Predators –> C Fedor Svechkov, HC Lada Togliatti (VHL)
20. Minnesota Wild (from Edmonton Oilers) –> G Jesper Wallstedt, Luleå HF (SHL)
21. Boston Bruins –> RW Fabian Lysell, Luleå HF (SHL)
22. Edmonton Oilers (from Minnesota Wild) –> C Xavier Bourgault, Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
23. Dallas Stars (from Washington Capitals via Detroit Red Wings) –> C Wyatt Johnston, Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
24. Florida Panthers –> RW Mackie Samoskevich, Chicago Steel (USHL)
25. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs) –> D Corson Ceulemans, Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
26. Minnesota Wild (from Pittsburgh Penguins) –> D Carson Lambos, Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
27. Nashville Predators (from Carolina Hurricanes) –> LW Zachary L’Heureux, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
28. Colorado Avalanche –> RW Oskar Olausson, HV71 (SHL)
29. New Jersey Devils (from New York Islanders) –> RW Chase Stillman, Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
30. Vegas Golden Knights –> C Zach Dean, Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
31. Montréal Canadiens –> D Logan Mailloux, SK Lejon
32. Chicago (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Columbus Blue Jackets) –> D Nolan Allan, Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
Trades made during the first round of the draft:
- The Dallas Stars traded the 15th overall pick to the Detroit Red Wings for the 23rd overall pick, 48th overall pick and 138th overall pick in this year’s draft.
- The Edmonton Oilers traded the 20th overall pick to the Minnesota Wild for the 22nd overall pick and 90th overall pick in this year’s draft.
- The Carolina Hurricanes traded the 27th overall pick to the Nashville Predators for the 40th overall and 51st overall picks in this year’s draft.
Trades made earlier in the day prior to the first round of the draft:
- The Buffalo Sabres traded D Rasmus Ristolainen to the Philadelphia Flyers for D Robert Hagg, a 2021 1st round pick (14th overall) and a 2023 2nd round pick.
- F Pavel Buchnevich was traded by the New York Rangers to the St. Louis Blues for F Sammy Blais and a 2022 2nd round pick.
- The Arizona Coyotes acquired F Antoine Roussel, F Jay Beagle, F Loui Eriksson, a 2021 1st round pick (9th overall), a 2022 2nd round pick and a 2023 7th round pick from the Vancouver Canucks for D Oliver Ekman-Larsson and F Conor Garland. Arizona retained 12% of Ekman-Larsson’s cap hit (about $990,000) in the deal.
- Chicago traded D Adam Boqvist, a 2021 1st round pick (12th overall), a 2021 2nd round pick and a conditional 2022 1st round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for D Seth Jones, a 2021 1st round pick (32nd overall) and a 2022 6th round pick. If Chicago wins one of the 2022 draft lotteries, the conditional 2022 1st round pick becomes a 2023 1st round pick in the transaction.
- The Carolina Hurricanes dealt D Jake Bean to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2021 2nd round pick (originally belonging to Chicago).
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