2019 NHL Draft
Egor Afanasyev in the 2019 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Egor Afanasyev 45th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 26 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 8 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 19 games put him 76th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 45
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 14
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 42–48 in the 2019 draft
- 42Vladislav FirstovLMINMinnesota Wild
- 43Alex VlasicD275 GP · 72 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 44Jamieson ReesCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
4th
of 26 Russians selected
28th
of 129 forwards 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
Egor Afanasyev made his NHL debut on March 11, 2023, 3 years and 262 days after the draft.
19
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2019 draft
- 24Philip TomasinoR220 GP · 97 PNSHNashville Predators
- 45Egor AfanasyevL19 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 65Alex CampbellLNSHNashville Predators
- 109Marc Del GaizoD55 GP · 12 PNSHNashville Predators
- 117Semyon ChystyakovDNSHNashville Predators
- 148Ethan HaiderGNSHNashville Predators
- 179Isak WaltherRNSHNashville Predators
- 210Juuso ParssinenC157 GP · 56 PNSHNashville Predators