Sixty-five Europeans drafted

The first European player to be drafted was Germany's Leon Draisaitl who was chosen as #3 overall by Edmonton Oilers. The first European defenseman selected was Julius Honka of Finland who was picked as number 14 by Dallas Stars. Vitek Vanecek from Czech Republic was the first European goalie to be drafted as number 39 overall by Washington Capitals.

Sweden had by far the most players drafted of the European countries - 28. Eight of them were even from the same club - Frölunda. Thirteen Russians were selected. Finland (9), Czech Republic (8), Switzerland (2), Latvia (2), Denmark (1), Slovakia (1) and Germany (1) also had drafted players. Countries like Belarus, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Norway, Austria and Slovenia got no players drafted.

All European drafted players by country:

 Sweden (28)
8. William Nylander drafted by Toronto
29. Adrian Kempe drafted by Los Angeles 
38. Marcus Pettersson drafted by Anaheim 
40. Andreas Englund drafted by Ottawa 
46. Julius Bergman drafted by San Jose 
61. Jonas Johansson drafted by Buffalo 
87. Anton Karlsson drafted by Arizona 
91. William Lagesson drafted by Edmonton 
95. Linus Söderström drafted by NY Islanders
97. Lucas Wallmark drafted by Carolina 
98. Fredrik Olofsson drafted by Chicago 
106. Christoffer Ehn drafted by Detroit 
112. Viktor Arvidsson drafted by Nashville 
126. Gustav Forsling drafted by Vancouver 
138. Oskar Lindblom drafted by Philadelphia 
144. Anton Lindholm drafted by Colorado 
148. Andreas Söderberg drafted by Chicago 
160. Pontus Själin drafted by Minnesota 
163. David Westlund drafted by Arizona 
165. John Nyberg drafted by Dallas 
175. Adam Ollas Mattsson drafted by Calgary 
181. Victor Olofsson drafted by Buffalo 
182. Hugo Fagerblom drafted by Florida 
188. Pierre Engvall drafted by Toronto 
194. Kevin Elgestål drafted by Washington 
196. Axel Holmström drafted by Detroit 
198. Jesper Pettersson drafted by Philadelphia 
206. Emil Johansson drafted by Boston 

 Russia (13)
26. Nikita Scherbak drafted by Montreal
27. Nikolai Goldobin drafted by San Jose
33. Ivan Barbashyov drafted by St. Louis
42. Vladislav Kamenev drafted by Nashville
52. Maxim Letunov drafted by St. Louis
66. Nikita Tryamkin drafted by Vancouver
68. Rinat Valiyev drafted by Toronto
78. Ilya Sorokin drafted by NY Islanders
118. Igor Shesterkin drafted by NY Rangers
164. Pavel Kraskovski drafted by Winnipeg
168. Radel Fazleyev drafted by Philadelphia
179. Ivan Nalimov drafted by Chicago
201. Alexander Kadeikin drafted by Detroit

 Finland (9)
14. Julius Honka drafted by Dallas
22. Kasperi Kapanen drafted by Pittsburgh
60. Alex Lintuniemi drafted by Los Angeles
65. Juho Lammikko drafted by Florida
94. Ville Husso drafted by St. Louis
109. Kaapo Kähkönen drafted by Minnesota
132. Joonas Lyytinen drafted by Nashville
135. Miro Karjalainen drafted by Dallas
166. Julius Vähätalo drafted by Detroit 

 Czech Republic (8)
13. Jakub Vrana drafted by Washington
25. David Pastrnak drafted by Boston
35. Dominik Masin drafted by Tampa Bay
39. Vítek Vaněček drafted by Washington
49. Vaclav Karabacek drafted by Buffalo
122. Richard Nejezchleb drafted by NY Rangers
199. Pavel Jenys drafted by Minnesota 
205. Ondřej Kaše drafted by Anaheim

 Latvia (2)
76. Elvis Merzlikins drafted by Columbus 
193. Edgars Kulda drafted by Arizona

 Switzerland (2)
11. Kevin Fiala drafted by Nashville
53. Noah Rod drafted by San Jose

 Denmark (1)
9. Nikolaj Ehlers drafted by Winnipeg

 Germany (1)
3. Leon Draisaitl drafted by Edmonton

 Slovakia (1)
174. Maximilian Pajpach drafted by Colorado 

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