2005 NHL Draft
Carey Price in the 2005 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Carey Price 5th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 712 games put him 22nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 2005 draft
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
5th
of 230 players selected
1st
of 23 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1435 GP · 1771 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 220 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Carey Price made his NHL debut on October 10, 2007, 2 years and 72 days after the draft.
712
Games
361
Wins
49
Shutouts
.917
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2005 draft
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Guillaume LatendresseL341 GP · 147 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 121Juraj MikusFMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 130Mathieu AubinCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 190Matt D'AgostiniR324 GP · 107 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 200Sergei KostitsynL353 GP · 176 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 229Phillipe PaquetDMTLMontréal Canadiens