2014 NHL Draft
Sam Reinhart in the 2014 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Sam Reinhart 2nd overall in the 2014 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 854, and only 4 have scored more points than his 693.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2014 draft
- 1Aaron EkbladD817 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Sam ReinhartC854 GP · 693 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 3Leon DraisaitlC871 GP · 1082 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 4Sam BennettC782 GP · 401 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 5Michael Dal ColleL112 GP · 21 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Aaron EkbladD817 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Sam ReinhartC854 GP · 693 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 3Leon DraisaitlC871 GP · 1082 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 4Sam BennettC782 GP · 401 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 5Michael Dal ColleL112 GP · 21 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Jake VirtanenR317 GP · 100 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 7Haydn FleuryD356 GP · 49 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 8William NylanderR767 GP · 712 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Nikolaj EhlersL773 GP · 605 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Nick RitchieL481 GP · 186 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 200 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sam Reinhart made his NHL debut on October 9, 2014, 104 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2014 draft
- 2Sam ReinhartC854 GP · 693 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 31Brendan LemieuxL307 GP · 74 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 44Eric CornelCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 49Vaclav KarabacekRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 61Jonas JohanssonG109 GP · 44 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 74Brycen MartinDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 121Max WillmanC68 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 151Christopher BrownCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 181Victor OlofssonL452 GP · 247 PBUFBuffalo Sabres