2025 NHL Entry Draft

Location:

Peacock Theater (Los Angeles, CA)

Held:

June 27-28, 2025

2025 NHL Draft Live Tracker

Top 5 Picks

Pick	Player	Team
1	Matthew Schaefer	New York Islanders
2	Michael Misa	San Jose Sharks
3	Anton Frondell	Chicago Blackhawks
4	Caleb Desnoyers	Utah Mammoth
5	Brady Martin	Nashville Predators

THW’s Draft Rankings

Top 5/10 Lists

Mock Drafts

Team-by-Team Draft Coverage

Anaheim Ducks

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Calgary Flames

3 Flames Targets at 18th Overall in 2025 NHL Draft

Carolina Hurricanes

Chicago Blackhawks

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche Poised for Quiet Draft Unless They Trade for Picks

Columbus Blue Jackets

Detroit Red Wings

Edmonton Oilers

3 Oilers Targets at 83rd Overall in 2025 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings

Kings’ Targets for First Round Pick in 2025 NHL Draft

Minnesota Wild

Montreal Canadiens

Nashville Predators

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

New York Rangers

Ottawa Senators

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

San Jose Sharks

Seattle Kraken

St. Louis Blues

Tampa Bay Lightning

Toronto Maple Leafs

Utah Hockey Club

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Washington Capitals

Winnipeg Jets

6 Jets’ Targets With 28th-Overall Pick in 2025 NHL Entry Draft

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Potential No. 1 Pick Matthew Schaefer Deserving of CHL Top Prospect Award
Meet the Steal of the 2025 NHL Draft
2025 NHL Draft Mailbag: Islanders and Hagens, Blackhawks at 3, Surprises and More
CHL & NCAA Change Landscape and Development for NHL Hopefuls
Swedish Prospects Frondell & Eklund Have “Cool” NHL Combine Experience
Top Prospect Matthew Schaefer Says He’s “Fully Healed” From Broken Collarbone
Saskatoon Blades’ David Lewa ndowski Preparing for the 2025 NHL Draft
NHL Will Invite Russian-Based Prospects to 2025 NHL Combine
Ranking the Best Landing Spots for Matthew Schaefer in the 2025 NHL Draft
Top 2025 NHL Draft Prospect Michael Misa Talks Taking His Game to the Next Level, Hype, Pressure & More
Top Performers From the Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game
Top Performers From the 2024 CHL/ USA Prospects Challenge
Malcolm Spence Needs More Attention After CHL/USA Prospects Challenge
NHL Draft Prospect Joshua Ravensbergen Going Undrafted to First-Round Potential
Barrie Colts’ Kashawn Aitcheson Making Noise for Upcoming NHL Draft
2025 NHL Draft: Which Defenseman Gets Picked First?
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Standouts
Jack Ivankovic Making Case for Best Goaltender
Draft-Eligible Prospects at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

2025 Draft Round-By-Round

1st Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
1		D	Matthew Schaefer	Erie Otters [OHL]
2		C	Michael Misa	Saginaw Spirit [OHL]
3		C	Anton Frondell	Djurgardens IF [Swe-1]
4		C	Caleb Desnoyers	Moncton Wildcats [QMJHL]
5		C	Brady Martin	Soo Greyhounds [OHL]
6		R	Porter Martone	Brampton Steelheads [OHL]
7		C	James Hagens	Boston College [H-East]
8		C	Jake O’Brien	Brantford Bulldogs [OHL]
9		D	Radim Mrtka	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
10		C	Roger McQueen	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
11		C	Benjamin Kindel	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
12		C	Jack Nesbitt	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]
13		L	Carter Bear	Everett Silvertips [WHL]
14		D	Jackson Smith	Tri-City Americans [WHL]
15		C	Braeden Cootes	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
16		R	Victor Eklund	Djurgardens IF [Swe-1]
17		D	Kashawn Aitcheson	Barrie Colts [OHL]
18		C	Cole Reschny	Victoria Royals [WHL]
19		R	Justin Carbonneau	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada [QMJHL]
20		G	Pyotr Andreyanov	CSKA Red Army Jr. [Rus-MHL]
21		D	Cameron Reid	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
22		R	Bill Zonnon	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies [QMJHL]
23		D	Logan Hensler	U. of Wisconsin [Big-10]
24		F	Will Horcoff	U. of Michigan [Big-10]
25		R	Vaclav Nestrasil	Muskegon Lumberjacks [USHL]
26		R	Ryker Lee	Madison Capitols [USHL]
27		L	Lynden Lakovic	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]
28		D	Sascha Boumedienne	Boston University [H-East]
29		C	Mason West	Edina [Minn. H.S.]
30		G	Joshua Ravensbergen	Prince George Cougars [WHL]
31		D	Henry Brzustewicz	London Knights [OHL]
32		C	Cullen Potter	Arizona State University [NCHC]

2nd Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
33		D	Haoxi Wang	Oshawa Generals [OHL]
34		R	Alexander Zharovsky	Ufa Tolpar [Rus-MHL]
35		D	Jacob Rombach	Lincoln Stars [USHL]
36		D	Blake Fiddler	Edmonton Oil Kings [WHL]
37		C	Milton Gastrin	MoDo Jr. [Swe-Jr]
38		D	Carter Amico	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
39		D	Peyton Kettles	Swift Current Broncos [WHL]
40		L	Jack Murtagh	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
41		G	Semyon Frolov	Moscow Spartak Jr. [Rus-MHL]
42		R	Daniil Prokhorov	St. Petersburg Dynamo Jr. [Rus-MHL]
43		L	Malcolm Spence	Erie Otters [OHL]
44		R	Eddie Genborg	Linkopings HC [SweHL]
45		C	Eric Nilson	Djurgardens Jr. [Swe-Jr]
46		D	Max Psenicka	Portland Winterhawks [WHL]
47		G	Alexei Medvedev	London Knights [OHL]
48		R	Shane Vansaghi	Michigan State University [Big-10]
49		C	Charlie Cerrato	Pennsylvania State U [Big-10]
50		C	Conrad Fondrk	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
51		C	Will Moore	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
52		D	Theodor Hallquisth	Orebro HK Jr. [Swe-Jr]
53		C	Cole McKinney	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
54		C	Theo Stockselius	Djurgardens Jr. [Swe-Jr]
55		C	Jakob Ihs-Wozniak	Lulea HF Jr. [Swe-Jr]
56		C	Ethan Czata	Niagara IceDogs [OHL]
57		C	Matthew Gard	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]
58		G	Jack Ivankovic	Brampton Steelheads [OHL]
59		L	Vojtech Cihar	Karlovy Vary HC [Czech]
60		D	Lasse Boelius	Assat (Finland Jrs.)
61		D	Liam Pettersson	Vaxjo Lakers Jr. [Swe-Jr]
62		C	Ivan Ryabkin	Muskegon Lumberjacks [USHL]
63		R	Ben Kevan	Des Moines Buccaneers [USHL]
64		C	Tinus-Luc Koblar	Leksands IF Jr. [Swe-Jr]

3rd Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
65		C	Kieren Dervin	St. Andrews College (Ont. H.S.)
66		R	Nathan Behm	Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
67		D	Kurban Limatov	Moscow Dynamo Jr. [Rus-MHL]
68		D	Will Reynolds	Acadie-Bathurst Titan [QMJHL]
69		C	Hayden Paupanekis	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
70		D	Sean Barnhill	Dubuque Fighting Saints [USHL]
71		D	David Bedkowski	Owen Sound Attack [OHL]
72		C	Noah Read	London Knights [OHL]
73		D	Charlie Trethewey	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
74		C	Luca Romano	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
75		G	Michal Pradel	Tri-City Storm [USHL]
76		D	Malte Vass	Farjestads Jr. [Swe-Jr]
77		D	Francesco Dell’elce	UMass-Amherst [H-East]
78		L	Stepan Hoch	Ceske Budejovice (Czech. Jr)
79		L	Cooper Simpson	Shakopee (Minn. H.S.)
80		D	Maceo Phillips	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
81		D	Bryce Pickford	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
82		G	Arseny Radkov	Tyumensky Legion [Rus-MHL]
83		R	Tommy Lafreniere	Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
84		G	Gabriel D’Aigle	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]
85		C	Mateo Nobert	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada [QMJHL]
86		C	Tyler Hopkins	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]
87		D	Roman Bausov	St. Petersburg Dynamo Jr. [Rus-MHL]
88		L	Kristian Epperson	Saginaw Spirit [OHL]
89		D	Artyom Gonchar	Magnitogorsk Stalnye Lisy [Rus-MHL]
90		C	Mason Moe	Madison Capitols [USHL]
91		D	Brady Peddle	Waterloo Black Hawks [USHL]
92		C	Owen Martin	Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
93		R	Blake Vanek	Stillwater (Minn. H.S.)
94		R	Cameron Schmidt	Vancouver Giants [WHL]
95		C	Teddy Mutryn	Chicago Steel [USHL]
96		R	Maxim Schafer	Berlin Polar Bears [DEL]

4th Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
97		G	Lucas Beckman	Baie-Comeau Drakkar [QMJHL]
98		C	Julius Sumpf	Moncton Wildcats [QMJHL]
99		G	Trenten Bennett	Kemptville 73s [CCHL]
100		D	Vashek Blanar	Troja/Ljungby (Sweden Jr.)
101		D	Drew Schock	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
102		C	Adam Benak	Youngstown Phantoms [USHL]
103		C	Matous Kucharcik	Slavia (Czech. Jr.)
104		G	Elijah Neuenschwander	Fribourg (Swiss Jr.)
105		R	Travis Hayes	Soo Greyhounds [OHL]
106		L	Tomas Poletin	Pelicans [SM-liiga]
107		F	Parker Holmes	Brantford Bulldogs [OHL]
108		C	Benjamin Rautiainen	Tappara Tampere [SM-liiga]
109		R	Brent Solomon	Champlin Park (Minn. H.S.)
110		R	Yegor Borikov	Minsk Dynamo [KHL]
111		C	Mikkel Eriksen	Farjestads Jr. [Swe-Jr]
112		L	Mads Kongsbak Klyvo	Vastra Frolunda Jr. [Swe-Jr]
113		C	L.J. Mooney	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
114		C	Gustav Hillstrom	Brynas Jr. [Swe-Jr]
115		D	Ilyas Magomedsultanov	Yaroslavl Loko Jr. [Rus-MHL]
116		G	Samuel Meloche	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies [QMJHL]
117		L	David Lewandowski	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]
118		D	Linus Funck	Lulea HF Jr. [Swe-Jr]
119		L	Michal Svrcek	Brynas Jr. [Swe-Jr]
120		D	Caeden Herrington	Lincoln Stars [USHL]
121		R	Lirim Amidovski	North Bay Battalion [OHL]
122		D	Alex Huang	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
123		C	Carter Klippenstein	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
124		D	Zack Sharp	Western Michigan University [NCHC]
125		C	Jimmy Lombardi	Flint Firebirds [OHL]
126		C	Brandon Gorzynski	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
127		C	Aiden Foster	Prince George Cougars [WHL]
128		L	Shea Busch	Everett Silvertips [WHL]

5th Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
129		R	Shamar Moses	North Bay Battalion [OHL]
130		C	Ryan Miller	Portland Winterhawks [WHL]
131		D	Asher Barnett	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
132		L	Max Westergard	Vastra Frolunda Jr. [Swe-Jr]
133		C	Cole Chandler	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]
134		D	Maxim Agafonov	Ufa Tolpar [Rus-MHL]
135		D	Noah Laberge	Acadie-Bathurst Titan [QMJHL]
136		D	Alexis Mathieu	Baie-Comeau Drakkar [QMJHL]
137		R	Will Belle	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
138		D	Sam Laurila	Fargo Force [USHL]
139		D	Zeb Lindgren	Skelleftea AIK Jr. [Swe-Jr]
140		D	Nikita Tyurin	Moscow Spartak Jr. [Rus-MHL]
141		D	Justin Kipkie	Victoria Royals [WHL]
142		G	Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko	Ufa Tolpar [Rus-MHL]
143		C	Wilson Bjorck	Djurgardens Jr. [Swe-Jr]
144		L	Ethan Wyttenbach	Sioux Falls Stampede [USHL]
145		G	Alexis Cournoyer	Cape Breton Eagles [QMJHL]
146		C	Atte Joki	Lukko (Finland Jr.)
147		R	Mikhail Fyodorov	Magnitogorsk Stalnye Lisy [Rus-MHL]
148		D	Quinn Beauchesne	Guelph Storm [OHL]
149		L	Dmitry Isayev	Yekaterinburg Auto Jr. [Rus-MHL]
150		C	Max Heise	Penticton Vees [BCHL]
151		D	Everett Baldwin	St. George’s School (R.I. H.S.)
152		G	Petteri Rimpinen	Kiekko-Espoo [SM-liiga]
153		C	Harry Nansi	Owen Sound Attack [OHL]
154		R	Jordan Charron	Soo Greyhounds [OHL]
155		C	Jackson Crowder	Chicago Steel [USHL]
156		R	Viktor Klingsell	Skelleftea AIK Jr. [Swe-Jr]
157		D	Luke Vlooswyk	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]
158		G	Mans Goos	Farjestads Jr. [Swe-Jr]
159		L	Emile Guite	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
160		C	Owen Griffin	Oshawa Generals [OHL]

6th Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
161		R	David Rozsival	Liberic (Czech. Jr.)
162		D	Ashton Cumby	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
163		D	Daniel Nieminen	Pelicans [SM-liiga]
164		C	Nathan Quinn	Quebec Remparts [QMJHL]
165		C	Kirill Yemelyanov	Yaroslavl Loko Jr. [Rus-MHL]
166		R	Samuel Jung	Karpat (Finland Jr.)
167		C	Ashton Schultz	Chicago Steel [USHL]
168		D	Anthony Allain-Samake	Sioux City Musketeers [USHL]
169		F	Carter Sanderson	Muskegon Lumberjacks [USHL]
170		G	Burke Hood	Vancouver Giants [WHL]
171		D	Evan Passmore	Barrie Colts [OHL]
172		D	Will Murphy	Cape Breton Eagles [QMJHL]
173		D	Victor Raftheim-Hedin	Brynas Jr. [Swe-Jr]
174		D	Ludvig Johnson	Zug EV [Swiss-A]
175		R	Gabriel Chiarot	Brampton Steelheads [OHL]
176		R	Aidan Lane	St. Andrews College (Ont. H.S.)
177		D	Carlos Handel	Halifax Mooseheads [QMJHL]
178		D	Sigge Holmgren	Brynas Jr. [Swe-Jr]
179		G	Love Harenstam	Skelleftea AIK Jr. [Swe-Jr]
180		D	Aron Dahlqvist	Brynas Jr. [Swe-Jr]
181		L	Bruno Idzan	Lincoln Stars [USHL]
182		D	Reko Alanko	Jokerit (Finland Jr.)
183		L	Viggo Nordlund	Skelleftea AIK Jr. [Swe-Jr]
184		C	Jan Chovan	Tappara (Finland Jr.)
185		D	Rylan Fellinger	Flint Firebirds [OHL]
186		C	Alexander Weiermair	Portland Winterhawks [WHL]
187		D	Gustav Sjoqvist	AIK [Swe-1]
188		D	Edison Engle	Dubuque Fighting Saints [USHL]
189		D	Andrew MacNiel	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
190		R	Dawson Sharkey	Acadie-Bathurst Titan [QMJHL]
191		G	Daniel Salonen	Lukko (Finland Jr.)
192		R	Arvid Drott	Djurgardens Jr. [Swe-Jr]

7th Round

Pick	Team	Position	Player	Junior Team
193		G	Caleb Heil	Madison Capitols [USHL]
194		G	Ilya Kanarsky	Tula Mikhailov Academy J-20 [Rus-MHL]
195		L	Melvin Novotny	Leksands IF Jr. [Swe-Jr]
196		C	Brendan McMorrow	Waterloo Black Hawks [USHL]
197		D	Brendan Dunphy	Wenatchee Wild [WHL]
198		C	Jeremy Loranger	Sherwood Park Crusaders [BCHL]
199		G	Evgeny Prokhorov	Babruysk Dinamo-Shinnik [Rus-MHL]
200		R	Brady Turko	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
201		C	Kale Dach	Sherwood Park Crusaders [BCHL]
202		R	Jacob Kvasnicka	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
203		D	Felix Farhammar	Orebro HK Jr. [Swe-Jr]
204		C	Grayden Robertson-Palmer	Phillips-Andover (Mass. H.S.)
205		D	Karl Annborn	HV71 Jr. [Swe-Jr]
206		C	Roman Luttsev	Yaroslavl Loko Jr. [Rus-MHL]
207		C	Matthew Lansing	Fargo Force [USHL]
208		D	Jakob Leander	HV71 Jr. [Swe-Jr]
209		D	Max Vig	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders [USHL]
210		F	Richard Gallant	U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
211		F	Yan Matveiko	CSKA Red Army Jr. [Rus-MHL]
212		D	Grant Spada	Guelph Storm [OHL]
213		G	Andrei Trofimov	Magnitogorsk Stalnye Lisy [Rus-MHL]
214		C	Nolan Roed	Tri-City Storm [USHL]
215		R	Marco Mignosa	Soo Greyhounds [OHL]
216		D	Will Sharpe	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
217		F	Matthew Hlacar	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
218		L	Loke Krantz	Linkoping HC Jr. [Swe-Jr]
219		C	Ryan Rucinski	Youngstown Phantoms [USHL]
220		R	Jacob Cloutier	Saginaw Spirit [OHL]
221		R	Filip Ekberg	Ottawa 67’s [OHL]
222		R	Charlie Paquette	Guelph Storm [OHL]
223		C	Aidan Park	Green Bay Gamblers [USHL]
224		G	Yegor Midlak	Moscow Spartak Jr. [Rus-MHL]