2022 NHL Draft
Denton Mateychuk in the 2022 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Denton Mateychuk 12th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 7 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 133, and only 10 have scored more points than his 50.
- Overall pick
- 12
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 12
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 9–15 in the 2022 draft
- 9Matt SavoieC87 GP · 38 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Pavel MintyukovD215 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 11Conor GeekieC80 GP · 21 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 12Denton MateychukD133 GP · 50 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 13Frank NazarC136 GP · 75 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 14Rutger McGroartyR34 GP · 9 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 15Jonathan LekkerimäkiR54 GP · 22 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2022 class
12th
of 225 players selected
5th
of 73 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Juraj SlafkovskýL297 GP · 195 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 2Simon NemecD171 GP · 53 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Logan CooleyC227 GP · 169 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 4Shane WrightC184 GP · 82 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 5Cutter GauthierL173 GP · 129 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Kevin KorchinskiD109 GP · 20 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Marco KasperC160 GP · 56 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 9Matt SavoieC87 GP · 38 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Pavel MintyukovD215 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 215 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Denton Mateychuk made his NHL debut on December 23, 2024, 2 years and 169 days after the draft.
133
Games
21
Goals
29
Assists
50
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2022 draft
- 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 12Denton MateychukD133 GP · 50 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 44Luca Del Bel BelluzC37 GP · 10 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Jordan DumaisRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 109Kirill DolzhenkovRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 138Sergei IvanovGCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 203James FisherRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets