2018 NHL Draft
Vitali Kravtsov in the 2018 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Vitali Kravtsov 9th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 64 games put him 61st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 2018 draft
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Quinn HughesD526 GP · 511 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Evan BouchardD446 GP · 363 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 11Oliver WahlstromR236 GP · 73 PNYINew York Islanders
- 12Noah DobsonD485 GP · 285 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
2nd
of 19 Russians selected
6th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Andrei SvechnikovR576 GP · 451 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 15Grigori DenisenkoL33 GP · 7 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Alexander AlexeyevD80 GP · 8 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 38Alexander RomanovD372 GP · 84 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Ruslan IskhakovC1 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 49Kirill MarchenkoR306 GP · 222 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 61Ivan MorozovCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 76Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC1 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 82Bulat ShafigullinLLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vitali Kravtsov made his NHL debut on April 3, 2021, 2 years and 285 days after the draft.
64
Games
6
Goals
6
Assists
12
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 2018 draft
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 22K'Andre MillerD459 GP · 175 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 28Nils LundkvistD252 GP · 58 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 39Olof LindbomGNYRNew York Rangers
- 70Jacob RagnarssonDNYRNew York Rangers
- 88Joey KeaneD2 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 101Nico GrossDNYRNew York Rangers
- 132Lauri PajuniemiRNYRNew York Rangers
- 163Simon KjellbergDNYRNew York Rangers
- 216Riley HughesRNYRNew York Rangers