2012 NHL Draft
Tom Wilson in the 2012 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Tom Wilson 16th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 10 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 921, and only 5 have scored more points than his 462.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 2012 draft
- 13Radek FaksaC777 GP · 234 PDALDallas Stars
- 14Zemgus GirgensonsC855 GP · 216 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 15Cody CeciD960 GP · 245 POTTOttawa Senators
- 16Tom WilsonR921 GP · 462 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 17Tomas HertlC890 GP · 618 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 18Teuvo TeravainenC840 GP · 558 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG609 GP · 377 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
16th
of 211 players selected
7th
of 110 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tom Wilson made his NHL debut in the playoffs on May 10, 2013, 322 days after the draft.
921
Games
211
Goals
251
Assists
462
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2012 draft
- 11Filip ForsbergL877 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 16Tom WilsonR921 GP · 462 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 77Chandler StephensonC668 GP · 382 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 100Thomas Di PauliC2 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 107Austin WuthrichRWSHWashington Capitals
- 137Connor CarrickD242 GP · 50 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 167Riley BarberR16 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 195Christian DjoosD155 GP · 38 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 197Jaynen RisslingDWSHWashington Capitals
- 203Sergey KostenkoGWSHWashington Capitals