2015 NHL Draft

Kirill Kaprizov in the 2015 NHL Draft

Minnesota Wild selected Kirill Kaprizov 135th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 5.

He was the eleventh of the 17 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 414 games put him 42nd in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 501.

Overall pick: 135
Round and pick: Round 5, pick 14
Drafting team: MINMinnesota Wild
Date: June 27, 2015
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 132–138 in the 2015 draft

132Karch BachmanLFLAFlorida Panthers
133Joseph CecconiDDALDallas Stars
134Matt SchmalzRLAKLos Angeles Kings
135Kirill KaprizovL414 GP · 501 PMINMinnesota Wild
136Pavel KarnaukhovLCGYCalgary Flames
137Dominik SimonC256 GP · 77 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
138Spencer SmallmanRCARCarolina Hurricanes

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2015 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2015 class

11th

of 17 Russians selected

80th

of 114 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Russians selected

7Ivan ProvorovD781 GP · 314 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
12Denis GurianovR298 GP · 113 PDALDallas Stars
19Evgeny SvechnikovL172 GP · 45 PDETDetroit Red Wings
22Ilya SamsonovG200 GP · 118 WWSHWashington Capitals
55Yakov TreninC474 GP · 122 PNSHNashville Predators
74Alexander DergachyovCLAKLos Angeles Kings
79Sergey ZborovskiyDNYRNew York Rangers
101Andrei MironovD10 GP · 3 PCOLColorado Avalanche
104Mikhail VorobyevC35 GP · 5 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
114Dmitry ZhukenovCVANVancouver Canucks

+ 7 more

Every pick from Russia in the 2015 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Kirill Kaprizov made his NHL debut on January 14, 2021, 5 years and 201 days after the draft.

414

Games

245

Goals

256

Assists

501

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Minnesota Wild picks in the 2015 draft

20Joel Eriksson EkC631 GP · 365 PMINMinnesota Wild
50Jordan GreenwayL490 GP · 166 PMINMinnesota Wild
111Ales StezkaG1 GP · 0 WMINMinnesota Wild
135Kirill KaprizovL414 GP · 501 PMINMinnesota Wild
171Nicholas BokaDMINMinnesota Wild
201Gustav BourammanDMINMinnesota Wild
204Jack SadekDMINMinnesota Wild