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2009 NHL Draft

Anders Nilsson in the 2009 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Anders Nilsson 62nd overall in the 2009 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 3.

He was the 13th of the 24 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2009, 116 have played in the NHL regular season. His 161 games put him 59th in the class.

Overall pick
62
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 1
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 59–65 in the 2009 draft

  1. 59Brandon PirriC276 GP · 121 PCHI
  2. 60Tomas TatarL927 GP · 496 PDET
  3. 61Philip SamuelssonD13 GP · 0 PPIT
  4. 62Anders NilssonG161 GP · 59 WNYI
  5. 63Ben HanowskiR16 GP · 3 PPIT
  6. 64Tyson BarrieD822 GP · 508 PCOL
  7. 65Joonas NattinenC1 GP · 0 PMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2009 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2009 class

13th
of 24 Swedes selected
3rd
of 21 goaltenders selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Victor HedmanD1177 GP · 816 PTBL
  2. 6Oliver Ekman-LarssonD1154 GP · 540 PPHX
  3. 10Magnus PääjärviL467 GP · 124 PEDM
  4. 17David RundbladD113 GP · 25 PSTL
  5. 20Jacob JosefsonC315 GP · 64 PNJD
  6. 23Tim ErixonD93 GP · 14 PCGY
  7. 24Marcus JohanssonL1058 GP · 566 PWSH
  8. 34Carl KlingbergL12 GP · 1 PATL
  9. 39Jakob SilfverbergR820 GP · 373 POTT
  10. 40Anton LanderC215 GP · 35 PEDM

+ 14 more

Every Swede in the 2009 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Anders Nilsson made his NHL debut on November 19, 2011, 2 years and 145 days after the draft.

161
Games
59
Wins
6
Shutouts
.907
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2009 draft

  1. 1John TavaresC1273 GP · 1192 PNYI
  2. 12Calvin de HaanD679 GP · 149 PNYI
  3. 31Mikko KoskinenG168 GP · 85 WNYI
  4. 62Anders NilssonG161 GP · 59 WNYI
  5. 92Casey CizikasC992 GP · 282 PNYI
  6. 122Anton KlementyevD1 GP · 0 PNYI
  7. 152Anders LeeL939 GP · 556 PNYI