2019 NHL DRAFT Vancouver • Rogers Arena
2019 NHL DRAFT Vancouver • Rogers Arena Round 1: Fri., June 21 • 8 p.m. ET • NBCSN Rounds 2-7: Sat., June 22 • 1 p.m. ET • NHL Network The Washington Capitals hold five picks in the 2019 NHL Draft, which begins on Friday, June 21 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and will be televised on NBCSN at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-7 will take place on Saturday and will be televised on NHL Network at 1 p.m. ET. Last year, the team made seven selections, including defenseman Alexander Alexeyev with the 31st overall CAPITALS 2019 DRAFT PICKS selection. For more information on the 2019 NHL Draft, visit WashCaps.com/NHLDraft. Round Selection(s) 1 25 CAPITALS DRAFT NOTES 2 56 Homegrown – Sixteen players who played for the Capitals in 2018-19 were originally drafted 4 118 by Washington (Nicklas Backstrom, Madison Bowey, Travis Boyd, Andre Burakovsky, John 5 129 (acquired from Buffalo) Carlson, Christian Djoos, Braden Holtby, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tyler Lewington, Dmitry Orlov, 7 211 Alex Ovechkin, Jonas Siegenthaler, Chandler Stephenson, Jakub Vrana, Nathan Walker and Tom Wilson), the 12th most in the NHL. Those 16 players played a combined 905 games, the FIRST-ROUND DRAFT ORDER second most games played by homegrown players of any team last season (Detroit: 995 games 1. New Jersey Devils between 18 players). Capitals draftees accounted for 66.1% of the team’s goals, 67.2% of the 2. New York Rangers team’s assists and 66.8% of the team’s points from last season. 3. Chicago Blackhawks 4. Colorado Avalanche (from OTT) 25 Alive – The Capitals hold the 25th overall pick, the first time in franchise history 5.
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