2024–25 Washington Capitals season

2024–25 Washington Capitals
Metropolitan Division champions
Division	1st Metropolitan
Conference	1st Eastern
2024–25 record	51–22–9
Home record	26–9–6
Road record	25–13–3
Goals for	288
Goals against	232
Team information
General manager	Chris Patrick
Coach	Spencer Carbery
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom John Carlson T. J. Oshie Tom Wilson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (42)
Assists	Dylan Strome (51)
Points	Dylan Strome (77)
Penalty minutes	Brandon Duhaime (96)
Plus/minus	Aliaksei Protas (+40)
Wins	Logan Thompson (31)
Goals against average	Logan Thompson (2.49)

The 2024–25 Washington Capitals season is the 51st season (50th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[1]

On March 20, 2025, the Capitals became the first team to clinch a playoff spot and their second consecutive berth with a win over the Philadelphia Flyers.^[2]

On April 6, captain Alexander Ovechkin scored his 895th NHL regular season goal, breaking the record for most scored goals held by Wayne Gretzky.^[3]

On April 8, the Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division title after the Carolina Hurricanes lost to the Buffalo Sabres.^[4]

On April 10, the Capitals clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference with a win over the Carolina Hurricanes.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Washington Capitals	82	51	22	9	43	288	232	+56	111
2	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	47	30	5	42	266	233	+33	99
3	x – New Jersey Devils	82	42	33	7	36	242	222	+20	91
4	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
5	e – New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	e – New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
2	AT	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
3	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
4	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
5	ME	e – New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	ME	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
9	AT	e – Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76
10	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2024.^[8]

2024 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record 1 September 22 Philadelphia 6–2 Washington Shepard Capital One Arena 12,851 0–1–0 2 September 24 Washington 2–4 Boston Shepard TD Garden 17,850 0–2–0 3 September 25 Washington 5–3 New Jersey Thompson Prudential Center 7,092 1–2–0 4 September 27 Columbus 8–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 13,009 1–3–0 5 September 30 Washington 3–2 Columbus Thompson Nationwide Arena 10,080 2–3–0 6 October 5 Boston 0–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 13,224 3–3–0

Legend   Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[9]

2024–25 game log
October: 7–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 12 New Jersey 5–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 0–1–0 0 [10] 2 October 15 Vegas 2–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 16,727 1–1–0 2 [11] 3 October 17 Dallas 2–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,034 2–1–0 4 [12] 4 October 19 Washington 6–5 New Jersey OT Thompson Prudential Center 16,514 3–1–0 6 [13] 5 October 22 Washington 4–1 Philadelphia Lindgren Wells Fargo Center 18,132 4–1–0 8 [14] 6 October 23 Philadelphia 3–6 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,254 5–1–0 10 [15] 7 October 26 Washington 0–3 Tampa Bay Lindgren Amalie Arena 19,092 5–2–0 10 [16] 8 October 29 NY Rangers 3–5 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,390 6–2–0 12 [17] 9 October 31 Montreal 3–6 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 15,789 7–2–0 14 [18]
November: 10–4–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 7–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 10 November 2 Columbus 2–7 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,666 8–2–0 16 [19] 11 November 3 Washington 2–4 Carolina Lindgren Lenovo Center 18,796 8–3–0 16 [20] 12 November 6 Nashville 2–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,177 9–3–0 18 [21] 13 November 8 Pittsburgh 4–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 9–4–0 18 [22] 14 November 9 Washington 8–1 St. Louis Thompson Enterprise Center 18,096 10–4–0 20 [23] 15 November 13 Toronto 4–3 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 10–4–1 21 [24] 16 November 15 Washington 5–2 Colorado Lindgren Ball Arena 18,083 11–4–1 23 [25] 17 November 17 Washington 5–2 Vegas Thompson T-Mobile Arena 17,877 12–4–1 25 [26] 18 November 18 Washington 6–2 Utah Lindgren Delta Center 11,131 13–4–1 27 [27] 19 November 21 Colorado 2–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,414 13–5–1 27 [28] 20 November 23 New Jersey 3–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 13–6–1 27 [29] 21 November 25 Washington 4–1 Florida Thompson Amerant Bank Arena 18,504 14–6–1 29 [30] 22 November 27 Washington 5–4 Tampa Bay Lindgren Amalie Arena 19,092 15–6–1 31 [31] 23 November 29 NY Islanders 4–5 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 16–6–1 33 [32] 24 November 30 Washington 6–5 New Jersey Lindgren Prudential Center 16,514 17–6–1 35 [33]
December: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 3 San Jose 2–1 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 17,859 17–6–2 36 [34] 26 December 6 Washington 3–1 Toronto Lindgren Scotiabank Arena 18,723 18–6–2 38 [35] 27 December 7 Washington 4–2 Montreal Thompson Bell Centre 21,105 19–6–2 40 [36] 28 December 12 Washington 2–1 Columbus OT Thompson Nationwide Arena 15,962 20–6–2 42 [37] 29 December 14 Buffalo 2–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 21–6–2 44 [38] 30 December 16 Washington 1–3 Dallas Lindgren American Airlines Center 18,532 21–7–2 44 [39] 31 December 17 Washington 2–3 Chicago Thompson United Center 18,511 21–8–2 44 [40] 32 December 20 Carolina 1–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 22–8–2 46 [41] 33 December 22 Los Angeles 1–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 23–8–2 48 [42] 34 December 23 Washington 1–4 Boston Lindgren TD Garden 17,850 23–9–2 48 [43] 35 December 28 Washington 5–2 Toronto Thompson Scotiabank Arena 19,125 24–9–2 50 [44] 36 December 29 Washington 2–4 Detroit Lindgren Little Caesars Arena 19,515 24–10–2 50 [45] 37 December 31 Boston 1–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 25–10–2 52 [46]
January: 9–1–4 (Home: 4–0–2; Road: 5–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 38 January 2 Minnesota 4–3 Washington SO Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 25–10–3 53 [47] 39 January 4 NY Rangers 4–7 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 26–10–3 55 [48] 40 January 6 Washington 3–4 Buffalo SO Lindgren KeyBank Center 15,548 26–10–4 56 [49] 41 January 8 Vancouver 1–2 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 17,941 27–10–4 58 [50] 42 January 10 Montreal 3–2 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 27–10–5 59 [51] 43 January 11 Washington 4–1 Nashville Thompson Bridgestone Arena 17,159 28–10–5 61 [52] 44 January 14 Anaheim 0–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 29–10–5 63 [53] 45 January 16 Washington 1–0 Ottawa OT Thompson Canadian Tire Centre 17,242 30–10–5 65 [54] 46 January 18 Pittsburgh 1–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 31–10–5 67 [55] 47 January 21 Washington 3–2 Edmonton Thompson Rogers Place 18,347 32–10–5 69 [56] 48 January 23 Washington 3–0 Seattle Lindgren Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 33–10–5 71 [57] 49 January 25 Washington 1–2 Vancouver Lindgren Rogers Arena 18,876 33–11–5 71 [58] 50 January 28 Washington 3–1 Calgary Thompson Scotiabank Saddledome 17,455 34–11–5 73 [59] 51 January 30 Washington 4–5 Ottawa OT Lindgren Canadian Tire Centre 18,792 34–11–6 74 [60]
February: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 Winnipeg 5–4 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 34–11–7 75 [61] 53 February 4 Florida 3–6 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 35–11–7 77 [62] 54 February 6 Washington 4–3 Philadelphia Lindgren Wells Fargo Center 18,726 36–11–7 79 [63] 55 February 9 Utah 5–4 Washington SO Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 36–11–8 80 [64] 56 February 22 Washington 8–3 Pittsburgh Thompson PPG Paints Arena 18,207 37–11–8 82 [65] 57 February 23 Edmonton 3–7 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 38–11–8 84 [66] 58 February 25 Calgary 3–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 38–12–8 84 [67] 59 February 27 St. Louis 5–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 38–13–8 84 [68]
March: 9–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 60 March 1 Tampa Bay 3–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 38–14–8 84 [69] 61 March 3 Ottawa 4–5 Washington SO Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 39–14–8 86 [70] 62 March 5 Washington 3–2 NY Rangers OT Lindgren Madison Square Garden 18,006 40–14–8 88 [71] 63 March 7 Detroit 2–5 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 41–14–8 90 [72] 64 March 9 Seattle 2–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 42–14–8 92 [73] 65 March 11 Washington 7–4 Anaheim Thompson Honda Center 16,507 43–14–8 94 [74] 66 March 13 Washington 0–3 Los Angeles Lindgren Crypto.com Arena 18,145 43–15–8 94 [75] 67 March 15 Washington 5–1 San Jose Thompson SAP Center 17,435 44–15–8 96 [76] 68 March 18 Detroit 1–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 45–15–8 98 [77] 69 March 20 Philadelphia 2–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 46–15–8 100 [78] 70 March 22 Florida 3–6 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 47–15–8 102 [79] 71 March 25 Washington 2–3 Winnipeg OT Thompson Canada Life Centre 15,225 47–15–9 103 [80] 72 March 27 Washington 2–4 Minnesota Lindgren Xcel Energy Center 19,108 47–16–9 103 [81] 73 March 30 Buffalo 8–5 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 47–17–9 103 [82]
April: 4–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 74 April 1 Washington 4–3 Boston Lindgren TD Garden 17,850 48–17–9 105 [83] 75 April 2 Washington 1–5 Carolina Thompson Lenovo Center 18,908 48–18–9 105 [84] 76 April 4 Chicago 3–5 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 49–18–9 107 [85] 77 April 6 Washington 1–4 NY Islanders Lindgren UBS Arena 17,255 49–19–9 107 [86] 78 April 10 Carolina 4–5 Washington SO Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 50–19–9 109 [87] 79 April 12 Washington 0–7 Columbus Shepard Nationwide Arena 18,645 50–20–9 109 [88] 80 April 13 Columbus 4–1 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 50–21–9 109 [89] 81 April 15 Washington 3–1 NY Islanders Lindgren UBS Arena 17,255 51–21–9 111 [90] 82 April 17 Washington 2–5 Pittsburgh Stevenson PPG Paints Arena 18,348 51–22–9 111 [91]
Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs

2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference first round vs (WC2) Montreal Canadiens: Series tied 0–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 21 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena – 2 April 23 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena – 3 April 25 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre – 4 April 27 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre – 5 *April 30 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena – 6 *May 2 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre – 7 *May 4 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena –
Win   Loss

Player stats

As of April 4, 2025

Skaters

Regular Season[92] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Dylan Strome 76 25 50 75 +5 32 Alexander Ovechkin 60 41 27 68 +18 14 Aliaksei Protas 76 30 36 66 +40 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois 76 19 44 63 +30 60 Tom Wilson 75 32 29 61 +23 88 Connor McMichael 76 25 30 55 +25 47 John Carlson 76 5 45 50 +22 22 Jakob Chychrun 71 20 27 47 +19 52 Rasmus Sandin 76 4 24 28 +23 16 Andrew Mangiapane 75 14 13 27 +7 22 Taylor Raddysh 74 7 20 27 +1 18 Nic Dowd 76 13 12 25 +11 54 Martin Fehervary 76 5 20 25 +20 25 Matt Roy 64 3 21 24 +26 25 Trevor van Riemsdyk 76 1 20 21 +24 18 Brandon Duhaime 76 9 11 20 +6 91 Lars Eller^† 57 6 9 15 +5 26 Jakub Vrana^‡ 26 7 4 11 +6 6 Hendrix Lapierre 27 0 8 8 –3 4 Ethen Frank 22 4 3 7 +6 6 Anthony Beauvillier^† 12 2 3 5 +3 0 Ivan Miroshnichenko 18 1 3 4 +1 0 Dylan McIlrath 13 0 2 2 0 21 Michael Sgarbossa 3 1 1 2 +2 2 Ryan Leonard 3 1 0 1 +1 2 Sonny Milano 3 0 0 0 –3 0 Alexander Alexeyev 5 0 0 0 +4 0 Goaltenders Regular season[93] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A P PIM Logan Thompson 43 42 2,535:09 31 6 6 105 2.49 1,172 .910 2 0 1 1 0 Charlie Lindgren 35 34 2,042:00 18 12 3 91 2.67 873 .898 1 0 0 0 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡No longer with the Capitals.

Roster

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Updated April 4, 2025^[94][95]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27		Alexander Alexeyev	D	L	25	2018	St. Petersburg, Russia
19		Nicklas Backstrom (A)	C	L	37	2006	Gävle, Sweden
72		Anthony Beauvillier	LW	L	27	2025	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
74		John Carlson (A)	D	R	35	2008	Natick, Massachusetts
6		Jakob Chychrun	D	L	27	2024	Boca Raton, Florida
26		Nic Dowd	C	R	34	2018	Huntsville, Alabama
80		Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	L	26	2024	Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
22		Brandon Duhaime	LW	L	27	2024	Coral Springs, Florida
20		Lars Eller	C	L	35	2024	Rødovre, Denmark
42		Martin Fehervary	D	L	25	2018	Bratislava, Slovakia
53		Ethen Frank	C	R	27	2022	Papillion, Nebraska
9		Ryan Leonard	RW	R	20	2023	Amherst, Massachusetts
79		Charlie Lindgren	G	R	31	2022	Lakeville, Minnesota
88		Andrew Mangiapane	LW	L	29	2024	Bolton, Ontario
52		Dylan McIlrath	D	R	32	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba
24		Connor McMichael	C	L	24	2019	Scarborough, Ontario
15		Sonny Milano	LW	L	28	2022	Massapequa, New York
77		T. J. Oshie (A)	RW	R	38	2015	Mount Vernon, Washington
8		Alexander Ovechkin (C)	LW	R	39	2004	Moscow, Soviet Union
21		Aliaksei Protas	C	L	24	2019	Vitebsk, Belarus
16		Taylor Raddysh	RW	R	27	2024	Caledon, Ontario
3		Matt Roy	D	R	30	2024	Canton, Michigan
38		Rasmus Sandin	D	L	25	2023	Uppsala, Sweden
31		Hunter Shepard	G	L	29	2021	Cohasset, Minnesota
17		Dylan Strome	C	L	28	2022	Mississauga, Ontario
48		Logan Thompson	G	R	28	2024	Calgary, Alberta
57		Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	R	33	2020	Middletown, New Jersey
43		Tom Wilson (A)	RW	R	31	2012	Toronto, Ontario

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2024	To Buffalo Sabres Beck Malenstyn	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2024	[96]
June 29, 2024	To Vegas Golden Knights NYI 3rd-round pick in 2024 3rd-round pick in 2025	To Washington Capitals Logan Thompson	[97]
June 29, 2024	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2024 5th-round pick in 2024	To Washington Capitals 3rd-round pick in 2024	[98]
July 1, 2024	To Ottawa Senators Nick Jensen 3rd-round pick in 2026	To Washington Capitals Jakob Chychrun	[99]
November 12, 2024	To Pittsburgh Penguins CHI 5th-round pick in 2025 3rd-round pick in 2027	To Washington Capitals Lars Eller	[100]
March 7, 2025	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd-round pick in 2025	To Washington Capitals Anthony Beauvillier	[101]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Brandon Duhaime	Colorado Avalanche	2-year	Free agency	[102]
	Taylor Raddysh	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[103]
	Matt Roy	Los Angeles Kings	6-year	Free agency	[104]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Luke Philp	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[105]
	Spencer Smallman		1-year	Free agency	[105]
October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07)	Jakub Vrana	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	[106]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[107]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Joe Snively	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	[108]
August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09)	Matthew Phillips	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[109]
October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07)	Max Pacioretty	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[110]
March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06)	Jakub Vrana	Nashville Predators		Waivers	[111]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05)	Terik Parascak	3-year†	[112]
September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	Eriks Mateiko	3-year†	[113]
January 27, 2025 (2025-01-27)	Logan Thompson	6-year	[114]
March 3, 2025 (2025-03-03)	Charlie Lindgren	3-year	[115]
March 25, 2025 (2025-03-25)	Jakob Chychrun	8-year	[116]
March 27, 2025 (2025-03-27)	Dylan McIlrath	2-year	[117]
March 31, 2025 (2025-03-31)	David Gucciardi	2-year†‡	[118]
	Ryan Leonard	3-year†	[119]

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals's selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	17	Terik Parascak	RW	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2	43	Cole Hutson	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	52	Leon Muggli	D	Switzerland	EV Zug (National League)
3	75	Ilya Protas	LW	Belarus	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3	90	Eriks Mateiko	W	Latvia	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4	114	Nicholas Kempf	G	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
6	178	Petr Sikora	C	Czech Republic	HC Oceláři Třinec (Czech U20)
7	212	Miroslav Satan	C	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia U20)

Notes:

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