2021 NHL Draft
Luke Hughes in the 2021 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Luke Hughes 4th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 238, and only 9 have scored more points than his 136.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2021 draft
- 1Owen PowerD337 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Matty BeniersC345 GP · 203 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 3Mason McTavishC319 GP · 191 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Luke HughesD238 GP · 136 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 5Kent JohnsonC287 GP · 151 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
4th
of 223 players selected
2nd
of 81 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Owen PowerD337 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Matty BeniersC345 GP · 203 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 3Mason McTavishC319 GP · 191 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Luke HughesD238 GP · 136 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 5Kent JohnsonC287 GP · 151 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 6Simon EdvinssonD175 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7William EklundL256 GP · 165 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 8Brandt ClarkeD198 GP · 91 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 9Dylan GuentherR243 GP · 194 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 10Tyler BoucherROTTOttawa Senators
+ 213 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Luke Hughes made his NHL debut on April 11, 2023, 1 year and 262 days after the draft.
238
Games
28
Goals
108
Assists
136
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2021 draft
- 4Luke HughesD238 GP · 136 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 29Chase StillmanRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 68Samu SalminenCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 100Jakub MalekGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 164Viktor HurtigDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 203Zakhar BardakovC60 GP · 10 PNJDNew Jersey Devils