2016 NHL Draft
Brett Howden in the 2016 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Brett Howden 27th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 507 games put him 15th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 27
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 27
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 24–30 in the 2016 draft
- 24Max JonesL313 GP · 69 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 25Riley TufteL28 GP · 4 PDALDallas Stars
- 26Tage ThompsonC544 GP · 424 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 27Brett HowdenC507 GP · 171 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 28Lucas JohansenD9 GP · 2 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 29Trent FredericC426 GP · 117 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 30Sam SteelC504 GP · 178 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
27th
of 211 players selected
19th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Auston MatthewsC706 GP · 806 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC636 GP · 434 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Matthew TkachukL689 GP · 692 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Clayton KellerR700 GP · 618 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Mikhail SergachevD647 GP · 389 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brett Howden made his NHL debut on October 4, 2018, 2 years and 102 days after the draft.
507
Games
79
Goals
92
Assists
171
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2016 draft
- 27Brett HowdenC507 GP · 171 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 37Libor HajekD110 GP · 12 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 44Boris KatchoukL179 GP · 36 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 58Taylor RaddyshR379 GP · 120 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 88Connor IngramG134 GP · 55 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 118Ross ColtonC420 GP · 183 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 148Christopher PaquetteCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 178Oleg SosunovDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 206Otto SomppiCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 208Ryan LohinCTBLTampa Bay Lightning