2018 NHL Draft
Grigori Denisenko in the 2018 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Grigori Denisenko 15th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 33 games put him 70th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 15
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 15
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 12–18 in the 2018 draft
- 12Noah DobsonD484 GP · 285 PNYINew York Islanders
- 13Ty DellandreaC274 GP · 62 PDALDallas Stars
- 14Joel FarabeeL513 GP · 261 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 15Grigori DenisenkoL33 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 16Martin KautR56 GP · 11 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 17Ty SmithD131 GP · 49 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 18Liam FoudyC105 GP · 22 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
3rd
of 19 Russians selected
10th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Andrei SvechnikovR575 GP · 450 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 15Grigori DenisenkoL33 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Alexander AlexeyevD80 GP · 8 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 38Alexander RomanovD372 GP · 84 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Ruslan IskhakovC1 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 49Kirill MarchenkoR306 GP · 222 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 61Ivan MorozovCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 76Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC1 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 82Bulat ShafigullinLLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Grigori Denisenko made his NHL debut on March 6, 2021, 2 years and 257 days after the draft.
33
Games
0
Goals
7
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2018 draft
- 15Grigori DenisenkoL33 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 34Serron NoelRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 89Logan HutskoRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 170Justin SchutzLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 201Cole KrygierDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 207Santtu KinnunenDFLAFlorida Panthers