2013 NHL Draft
Valentin Zykov in the 2013 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Valentin Zykov 37th overall in the 2013 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 8 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2013, 106 have played in the NHL regular season. His 55 games put him 79th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 37
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 7
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 34–40 in the 2013 draft
- 34Jacob de la RoseL242 GP · 38 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 35J.T. CompherL667 GP · 308 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 36Zach FucaleG4 GP · 1 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 37Valentin ZykovL55 GP · 17 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 38Connor HurleyCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 39Laurent DauphinC94 GP · 17 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 40Remi ElieL107 GP · 22 PDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2013 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 10Valeri NichushkinR640 GP · 365 PDALDallas Stars
- 16Nikita ZadorovD819 GP · 195 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 37Valentin ZykovL55 GP · 17 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 75Pavel BuchnevichL688 GP · 513 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 83Bogdan YakimovC1 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 88Anton SlepyshevL102 GP · 23 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 187Rushan RafikovDCGYCalgary Flames
- 207Emil GalimovLSJSSan Jose Sharks
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Valentin Zykov made his NHL debut on March 9, 2017, 3 years and 252 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2013 draft
- 37Valentin ZykovL55 GP · 17 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 103Justin AugerR2 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 118Hudson FaschingR175 GP · 40 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 146Patrik BartosakGLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 148Jonny BrodzinskiC266 GP · 72 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 178Zachary LeslieDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 191Dominik KubalikL357 GP · 176 PLAKLos Angeles Kings