2019 NHL Draft
Artemi Kniazev in the 2019 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Artemi Kniazev 48th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 2.
He was the fifth of the 26 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 94th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 48
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 17
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 45–51 in the 2019 draft
- 45Egor AfanasyevL19 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 46Jayden StrubleD185 GP · 37 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 47Drew HellesonD127 GP · 29 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 48Artemi KniazevD1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 49Matthew RobertsonD74 GP · 18 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 50Samuel FagemoL21 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 51Simon LundmarkD1 GP · 0 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
5th
of 26 Russians selected
17th
of 66 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 10Vasily PodkolzinR317 GP · 110 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 36Pyotr KochetkovG136 GP · 81 WCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 42Vladislav FirstovLMINMinnesota Wild
- 45Egor AfanasyevL19 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 48Artemi KniazevD1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 61Nikita OkhotiukD67 GP · 12 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 79Pavel DorofeyevR247 GP · 158 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 85Ilya KonovalovGNo NHL gamesEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 88Ilya NikolaevCCGYCalgary Flames
- 107Alexandr DarinRARIArizona Coyotes
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Artemi Kniazev made his NHL debut on November 4, 2021, 2 years and 135 days after the draft.
1
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 2019 draft
- 48Artemi KniazevD1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 55Dillon HamaliukLSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 108Yegor SpiridonovCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 164Timur IbragimovLSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 184Santeri HatakkaD21 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks