2020 NHL Draft
Maxim Groshev in the 2020 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Maxim Groshev 85th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 3.
He was the eleventh of the 24 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 9 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 85
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 23
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 82–88 in the 2020 draft
- 82Joni JurmoDVANVancouver Canucks
- 83Alex LaferriereR254 GP · 119 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 84Nico DawsG61 GP · 26 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 85Maxim GroshevD2 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 86Dylan PetersonC3 GP · 0 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 87Justin SourdifC94 GP · 40 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 88Leo LoofDSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
11th
of 24 Russians selected
51st
of 135 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 11Yaroslav AskarovG74 GP · 30 WNSHNashville Predators
- 15Rodion AmirovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 20Shakir MukhamadullinD94 GP · 23 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Egor ChinakhovR258 GP · 117 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 37Marat KhusnutdinovC184 GP · 55 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 50Yan KuznetsovD73 GP · 14 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 53Vasily PonomarevC9 GP · 2 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 61Egor SokolovL13 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 69Alexander NikishinD81 GP · 33 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 76Danil GushchinL18 GP · 5 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Maxim Groshev made his NHL debut on December 28, 2025, 5 years and 82 days after the draft.
2
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2020 draft
- 57Jack FinleyC45 GP · 5 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 62Gage GoncalvesC149 GP · 56 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 85Maxim GroshevD2 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 93Jack ThompsonD34 GP · 10 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 116Eamon PowellDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 147Jaydon DureauLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 157Nick CaponeRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 186Amir MiftakhovGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 217Declan McDonnellRTBLTampa Bay Lightning