2018 NHL Draft
Alexander Alexeyev in the 2018 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Alexander Alexeyev 31st overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
He was the fourth of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 80 games put him 60th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 31
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 31
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 28–34 in the 2018 draft
- 28Nils LundkvistD250 GP · 58 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 29Rasmus SandinD382 GP · 145 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 30Joseph VelenoC371 GP · 86 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 31Alexander AlexeyevD80 GP · 8 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 32Mattias SamuelssonD305 GP · 93 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Jonatan BerggrenR220 GP · 85 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 34Serron NoelRFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
4th
of 19 Russians selected
14th
of 70 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Andrei SvechnikovR574 GP · 448 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 15Grigori DenisenkoL33 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Alexander AlexeyevD80 GP · 8 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 38Alexander RomanovD372 GP · 84 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Ruslan IskhakovC1 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 49Kirill MarchenkoR306 GP · 222 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 61Ivan MorozovCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 76Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC1 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 82Bulat ShafigullinLLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexander Alexeyev made his NHL debut on December 29, 2021, 3 years and 190 days after the draft.
80
Games
1
Goals
7
Assists
8
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2018 draft
- 31Alexander AlexeyevD80 GP · 8 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 46Martin FehérváryD394 GP · 106 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 47Kody ClarkRWSHWashington Capitals
- 93Riley SutterRWSHWashington Capitals
- 124Mitchell GibsonGNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 161Alex Kannok-LeipertDWSHWashington Capitals
- 217Eric FlorchukCWSHWashington Capitals