2021 NHL Draft
Zakhar Bardakov in the 2021 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Zakhar Bardakov 203rd overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 7.
He was the 26th of the 29 Russians selected that year. It was the seventh and last of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 60 games put him 34th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 203
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 11
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 200–206 in the 2021 draft
- 200Yegor NaumovGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 201Lucas ForsellLVANVancouver Canucks
- 202Chandler RomeoDOTTOttawa Senators
- 203Zakhar BardakovC60 GP · 10 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 204Connor KelleyDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 205Arsenii SergeevG2 GP · 1 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 206Owen McLaughlinCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
26th
of 29 Russians selected
111th
of 121 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 19Fedor SvechkovC138 GP · 41 PNSHNashville Predators
- 33Prokhor PoltapovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Daniil ChaykaDVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 43Ilya FedotovLARIArizona Coyotes
- 48Artem GrushnikovDDALDallas Stars
- 50Nikita ChibrikovR16 GP · 4 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 53Aleksandr KisakovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 84Kirill KirsanovDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 87Dmitri KostenkoDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 88Stiven SardarianRBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 19 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Zakhar Bardakov made his NHL debut on October 18, 2025, 4 years and 86 days after the draft.
60
Games
1
Goals
9
Assists
10
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2021 draft
- 4Luke HughesD238 GP · 136 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 29Chase StillmanRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 68Samu SalminenCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 100Jakub MalekGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 164Viktor HurtigDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 203Zakhar BardakovC60 GP · 10 PNJDNew Jersey Devils