2021 NHL Draft
Owen Power in the 2021 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Owen Power first overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 11 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 338, and only 6 have scored more points than his 151.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 2021 draft
- 1Owen PowerD338 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Matty BeniersC346 GP · 204 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 3Mason McTavishC319 GP · 191 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Luke HughesD238 GP · 136 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
1st
of 223 players selected
1st
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 PowerD338 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Matty BeniersC346 GP · 204 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 ClarkeD199 GP · 92 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 9Dylan GuentherR243 GP · 194 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 10Tyler BoucherROTTOttawa Senators
+ 213 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Owen Power made his NHL debut on April 12, 2022, 263 days after the draft.
338
Games
29
Goals
122
Assists
151
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2021 draft
- 1Owen PowerD338 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Isak RosénR67 GP · 13 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Prokhor PoltapovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 53Aleksandr KisakovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 88Stiven SardarianRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 95Josh BloomLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 97Olivier NadeauRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 159Viljami MarjalaLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 161William Von Barnekow LofbergCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 188Nikita NovikovDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 193Tyson KozakC74 GP · 12 PBUFBuffalo Sabres