Just over a week after the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup, the first major step of the offseason came to an end with the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft on Tuesday. The New York Rangers won the NHL Draft Lottery earlier this summer and used the pick to select Quebec Major Junior Hockey League star Alexis Lafreniere.
Lafreniere has spent the last three seasons starring for Rimouski Océanic. He was the No. 1 pick in the 2017 QMJHL Draft and burst onto the scene with 42 goals in 60 games. To put that into perspective, Lafreniere had the highest number of goals in a rookie season since Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby scored 54 for Rimouski Oceanic in 2004. In his three seasons in the QMJHL, Lafreniere has accumulated 297 points (114 goals & 183 assists) and blossomed into one of the most dangerous young players in the world.
Many believe that Lafreniere is a generational talent that will become one of the NHL’s biggest stars sooner rather than later. The Rangers will look to pair Lafreniere with a nucleus that already includes the likes of Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad.
Rounding out the top five was Quinton Byfield, who became the highest drafted black player in NHL history when the Los Angeles Kings selected him No. 2 overall, German international Tim Stutzle, who got drafted by the Senators, Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings) and top American prospect Jake Sanderson (Senators).
Here are the complete results of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Round 1
1. New York Rangers: Alexis Lafrenière, LW 2. Los Angeles Kings: Quinton Byfield, C 3. Ottawa Senators (from Sharks): Tim Stutzle, LW 4. Detroit Red Wings: Lucas Raymond, LW 5. Ottawa Senators: Jake Sanderson, D 6. Anaheim Ducks: Jamie Drysdale, D 7. New Jersey Devils: Alexander Holtz, RW 8. Buffalo Sabres: Jack Quinn, RW 9. Minnesota Wild: Marco Rossi, C 10. Winnipeg Jets: Cole Perfetti, C 11. Nashville Predators: Yaroslav Askarov, G 12. Florida Panthers: Anton Lundell, C 13. Carolina Hurricanes (from Leafs): Seth Jarvis, C 14. Edmonton Oilers: Dylan Holloway, C 15. Toronto Maple Leafs (from Penguins): Rodion Amirov, LW 16. Montreal Canadiens: Kaiden Guhle, D 17. Chicago Blackhawks: Lukas Reichel, LW 18. New Jersey Devils (from Coyotes): Dawson Mercer, C 19. New York Rangers (from Flames): Braden Schneider, D 20. New Jersey Devils (from Lightning via Canucks): Shakir Mukhamadullin, D 21. Columbus Blue Jackets: Yegor Chinakhov, RW 22. Washington Capitals (from Flames via Rangers via Hurricanes): Hendrix Lapierre, C 23. Philadelphia Flyers: Tyson Foerster, RW 24. Calgary Flames (from Capitals): Connor Zary, C 25. Colorado Avalanche: Justin Barron, D 26. St. Louis Blues: Jake Neighbours, LW 27. Anaheim Ducks (from Bruins): Jacob Perreault, RW 28. Ottawa Senators (from Islanders): Ridly Greig, C 29. Vegas Golden Knights: Brendan Brisson, C 30. Dallas Stars: Mavrik Bourque, C 31. San Jose Sharks (from Lightning): Ozzy Wiesblatt, RW
Round 2
32. Detroit Red Wings: William Wallinder, D 33. Ottawa Senators: Roby Jarventie, LW 34. Buffalo Sabres: John-Jason Peterka, RW 35. Los Angeles Kings: Helge Grans, D 36. Anaheim Ducks: Sam Colangelo, RW 37. Minnesota Wild: Marat Khusnutdinov, C 38. San Jose Sharks: Thomas Bordeleau, C 39. Minnesota Wild: Ryan O’Rourke, D 40. Winnipeg Jets: Daniel Torgersson, LW 41. Carolina Hurricanes: Noel Gunler, RW 42. Nashville Predators: Luke Evangelista, RW 43. Florida Panthers: Emil Heineman, LW 44. Ottawa Senators: Tyler Kleven, D 45. Los Angeles Kings: Brock Faber, D 46. Chicago Blackhawks: Drew Commesso, 47. Montreal Canadiens: Luke Tuch, LW, 48. Montreal Canadiens: Jan Mysak, C 49. Arizona Coyotes: Pick forfeited 50. Calgary Flames: Yan Kuznetsov, D 51. Detroit Red Wings: Theodor Niederbach, C 52. Pittsburgh Penguins: Joel Blomqvist, G 53. Carolina Hurricanes: Vasili Ponomarev, C 54. Philadelphia Flyers: Emil Andrae, D 55. Detroit Red Wings: Cross Hanas, LW 56. San Jose Sharks: Tristen Robins, RW 57. Tampa Bay Lightning: Jack Finley, C 58. Boston Bruins: Mason Lohrei, D 59. Toronto Maple Leafs: Roni Hirvonen, C 60. New York Rangers: William Cuylle, LW 61. Ottawa Senators: Egor Sokolov, LW 62. Tampa Bay Lightning: Gage Goncalves, C
Round 3
63. Detroit Red Wings: Donovan Sebrango, D 64. Toronto Maple Leafs: Topi Niemela, D 65. Minnesota Wild: Daemon Hunt, D 66. Los Angeles Kings: Kasper Simontaival, RW 67. Anaheim Ducks: Ian Moore, D 68. Vegas Golden Knights: Lukas Cormier, D 69. Carolina Hurricanes: Alexander Nikishin, D 70. Detroit Red Wings: Eemil Viro, D 71. Ottawa Senators: Leevi Merilainen, G 72. Calgary Flames: Jeremie Poirier, D 73. Nashville Predators: Luke Prokop, D 74. Florida Panthers: Ty Smilanic, C 75. Colorado Avalanche: Jean-Luc Foudy 76. San Jose Sharks: Danil Gushchin, LW 77. Pittsburgh Penguins: Calle Clang, G 78. Columbus Blue Jackets: Samuel Knazko, D 79. Chicago Blackhawks: Landon Slaggert, LW 80. Calgary Flames: Jake Boltmann, D 81. Chicago Blackhawks: Wyatt Kaiser, D 82. Vancouver Canucks: Joni Jurmo, D 83. Los Angeles Kings: Alex Laferriere, RW 84. New Jersey Devils: Nicolas Daws, G 85. Tampa Bay Lightning: Maxim Groshev, RW 86. St. Louis Blues: Dylan Peterson, C 87. Florida Panthers: Justin Sourdif, RW 88. St. Louis Blues: Leo Loof, D 89. Boston Bruins: Trevor Kuntar, C 90. New York Islanders: Alexander Ljungkrantz, RW 91. Vegas Golden Knights: Jackson Hallum, C 92. New York Rangers: Oliver Tarnstrom, C 93. Tampa Bay Lightning: Jack Thompson, D
Round 4
94. Philadelphia Flyers: Zayde Wisdom, RW 95. Florida Panthers: Michael Benning, D 96. Calgary Flames: Daniil Chechelev, G 97. Detroit Red Wings: Sam Stange, RW 98. San Jose Sharks: Brandon Coe, RW 99. New Jersey Devils: Jaromir Pytlik, C 100. Edmonton Oilers: Carter Savoie, LW 101. Nashville Predators: Adam Wilsby, D 102. Montreal Canadiens: Jack Smith, C 103. New York Rangers: Dylan Garand, G 104. Anaheim Ducks: Thimo Nickl, D 105. Florida Panthers: Zachary Uens, D 106. Toronto Maple Leafs: Artur Akhtyamov, G 107. Detroit Red Wings: Jan Bednar, G, 108. Pittsburgh Penguins: Lukas Svejkovsky, C 109. Montreal Canadiens: Blake Biondi, C 110. Chicago Blackhawks: Michael Krutil, D 111. Arizona Coyotes: Mitchell Miller, D 112. Los Angeles Kings: Juho Markkanen, G 113. Vancouver Canucks: Jackson Kunz, LW 114. Columbus Blue Jackets: Mikael Pyyhtia, LW 115. Carolina Hurricanes: Zion Nybeck, LW 116. Tampa Bay Lightning: Eamon Powell, D 117. Washington Capitals: Bogdan Trineyev, RW 118. Colorado Avalanche: Colby Ambrosio, C 119. St. Louis Blues: Tanner Dickinson, C 120. New Jersey Devils: Ethan Edwards, D 121. New York Islanders: Alex Jefferies, LW, 122. Toronto Maple Leafs: William Villeneuve, D 123. Dallas Stars: Antonio Stranges, LW 124. Montreal Canadiens: Sean Farrell, C
Round 5
125. Vegas Golden Knights: Jesper Vikman, G 126. Edmonton Oilers: Tyler Tullio, RW 127. New York Rangers: Evan Vierling, C 128. Los Angeles Kings: Martin Chromiak, RW 129. Anaheim Ducks: Artyom Galimov, LW 130. New Jersey Devils: Artem Shlaine, C 131. Buffalo Sabres: Matteo Costantini, C 132. Detroit Red Wings: Alex Cotton, D 133. Winnipeg Jets: Anton Johannesson, D 134. New York Rangers: Brett Berard, LW 135. Philadelphia Flyers: Elliot Desnoyers, LW 136. Montreal Canadiens: Jakub Dobes, G 137. Toronto Maple Leafs: Dimitry Ovchinnikov, C 138. Edmonton Oilers: Maksim Berezkin, LW 139. Colorado Avalanche: Ryder Rolston, RW 140. Los Angeles Kings: Ben Meehan, D 141. Chicago Blackhawks: Isaak Phillips, D 142. Arizona Coyotes: Carson Bantle, LW 143. Calgary Flames: Ryan Francis, RW 144. Vancouver Canucks: Jacob Truscott, D 145. Columbus Blue Jackets: Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, D 146. Minnesota Wild: Pavel Novak, RW 147. Tampa Bay Lightning: Jaydon Dureau, LW 148. Washington Capitals: Bear Hughes, C 149. Pittsburgh Penguins: Raivis Ansons, RW 150. St. Louis Blues: Matthew Kessel, D 151. Boston Bruins: Mason Langenbrunner, D 152. New York Islanders: William Dufour, RW 153. Dallas Stars: Kasper Puutio, D 154. Dallas Stars: Daniel Ljungman, C, 155. Ottawa Senators: Eric Engstrand, LW
Round 6
156. Detroit Red Wings: Kyle Aucoin, D 157. Tampa Bay Lightning: Nick Capone, RW 158. Ottawa Senators: Philippe Daoust, C 159. Carolina Hurricanes: Lucas Mercuri, C 160. Anaheim Ducks: Albin Sundsvik, C 161. New Jersey Devils: Benjamin Baumgartner, C 162. Dallas Stars: Yevgeni Oksentyuk, LW 163. St. Louis Blues: Will Cranley, G 164. Winnipeg Jets: Tyrel Bauer, D 165. New York Rangers: Matt Rempe, C 166. Nashville Predators: Luke Reid, D 167. Colorado Avalanche: Nils Aman, C 168. Toronto Maple Leafs: Veeti Miettinen, RW 169. Edmonton Oilers: Filip Engaras, C 170. Pittsburgh Penguins: Chase Yoder, C 171. Montreal Canadiens: Alexander Gordin, RW 172. Chicago Blackhawks: Chad Yetman, C 173. Arizona Coyotes: Filip Barklund, C 174. Calgary Flames: Rory Kerins, C 175. Vancouver Canucks: Dmitry Zlodeyev, C 176. Columbus Blue Jackets: Samuel Johannesson, D 177. Toronto Maple Leafs: Axel Rindell, D 178. Philadelphia Flyers: Connor McClennon, RW 179. Washington Capitals: Garin Bjorklund, G 180. Toronto Maple Leafs: Joe Miller, C 181. Ottawa Senators: Cole Reinhardt, LW 182. Boston Bruins: Riley Duran, C 183. New York Islanders: Matias Rajaniemi, D 184. Vegas Golden Knights: Noah Ellis, D 185. Dallas Stars: Remi Poirier, G 186. Tampa Bay Lightning: Amir Miftakhov, G
Round 7
187. Detroit Red Wings: Kienan Draper, RW 188. Chicago Blackhawks: Louis Crevier, D 189. Toronto Maple Leafs: John Fusco, D 190. Los Angeles Kings: Aatu Jamsen, RW 191. Vancouver Canucks: Viktor Persson, D 192. Arizona Coyotes: Elliot Ekefjard, RW 193. Buffalo Sabres: Albert Lyckasen, D 194. St. Louis Blues: Noah Beck, D 195. Toronto Maple Leafs: Wyatt Schingoethe, C 196. San Jose Sharks: Alex Young, C 197. New York Rangers: Hugo Ollas, G 198. Florida Panthers: Elliot Ekmark, C 199. Carolina Hurricanes: Alexander Pashin, RW 200. Edmonton Oilers: Jeremias Lindewall, RW 201. San Jose Sharks: Adam Raska, RW 202. Nashville Predators: Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, LW 203. Detroit Red Wings: Chase Bradley, LW 204. Arizona Coyotes: Ben McCartney, LW 205. Calgary Flames: Ilya Solovyov, D 206. San Jose Sharks: Linus Oberg, C 207. Anaheim Ducks: Ethan Bowen, C 208. Carolina Hurricanes: Ronan Seeley, D 209. Nashville Predators: Chase McLane, C 210. San Jose Sharks: Timofey Spitserov, RW 211. Washington Capitals: Oskar Magnusson, LW 212. Florida Panthers: Devon Levi, G 213. Toronto Maple Leafs: Ryan Tverberg, C 214. New York Islanders: Henrik Tikkanen, G 215. Vegas Golden Knights: Maxim Marushev, C 216. Buffalo Sabres: Jakub Konecny, C 217. Tampa Bay Lightning: Declan McDonnell, RW
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points in a record-setting performance and the Sacramento Kings beat the Toronto Raptors 122-107 on Wednesday night.
Domantas Sabonis added 17 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds for his third triple-double of the season for Sacramento. He shot 6 for 6 from the field and 5 for 5 at the free-throw line.
Keegan Murray chipped in with 22 points and 12 rebounds, and De’Aaron Fox scored 21.
The 35-year-old DeRozan has scored at least 20 points in each of his first eight games with the Kings, breaking a franchise mark established by Chris Webber when he reached 20 in his first seven games with Sacramento in 1999.
DeRozan spent the past three seasons with the Chicago Bulls. The six-time All-Star also has played for Toronto and San Antonio during his 16-year NBA career.
RJ Barrett had 23 points to lead the Raptors. Davion Mitchell scored 20 in his first game in Sacramento since being traded to Toronto last summer.
Takeaways
Raptors: Toronto led for most of the first three quarters before wilting in the fourth. The Raptors were outscored 33-14 in the final period.
Kings: Fox played strong defense but struggled again shooting from the floor as he is dealing with a finger injury. Fox went 5 for 17 and just 2 of 8 on 3-pointers. He is 5 for 25 from beyond the arc in his last three games.
Key moment
The Kings trailed 95-89 early in the fourth before going on a 9-0 run that gave them the lead for good. DeRozan started the spurt with a jumper, and Malik Monk scored the final seven points.
Key stat
Sabonis had the eighth game in the NBA since at least 1982-83 with a triple-double while missing no shots from the field or foul line. The previous player to do it was Josh Giddey for Oklahoma City against Portland on Jan. 11.
Up next
Raptors: At the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night, the third stop on a five-game trip.
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Whitecaps are one win away from moving on to the next round of the Major League Soccer playoffs.
To get there, however, the Whitecaps will need to pull off the improbable by defeating the powerhouse Los Angeles FC for a second straight game.
Vancouver blanked the visitors 3-0 on Sunday to level their best-of-three first-round playoff series at a game apiece. As the matchup shifts back to California for a decisive Game 3 on Friday, the Whitecaps are looking for a repeat performance, said striker Brian White.
“We take the good and the bad from last game, learn from what we could have done better and go to LAFC with confidence and, obviously, with a whole lot of respect,” he said.
“We know that we can go there and give them a very good fight and hopefully come away with a win.”
The winner of Friday’s game will face the No. 4-seed Seattle Sounders in a one-game Western Conference semifinal on Nov. 23 or 24.
The ‘Caps finished the regular season eighth in the west with a 13-13-8 record and have since surprised many with their post-season play.
First, Vancouver trounced its regional rivals, the Portland Timbers, 5-0 in a wild-card game. Then, the squad dropped a tightly contested 2-1 decision to the top-seeded L.A. before posting a decisive home victory on Sunday.
Vancouver has scored seven goals this post-season, second only to the L.A. Galaxy (nine). Vancouver also leads the league in expected goals (6.84) through the playoffs.
No one outside of the club expected the Whitecaps to win when the Vancouver-L. A. series began, said defender Ranko Veselinovic.
“We’ve shown to ourselves that we can compete with them,” he said.
Now in his fifth season with the ‘Caps, Veselinovic said Friday’s game will be the biggest he’s played for the team.
“We haven’t had much success in the playoffs so, definitely, this is the one that can put our season on another level,” he said.
This is the second year in a row the Whitecaps have faced LAFC in the first round of the playoffs and last year, Vancouver was ousted in two straight games.
The team isn’t thinking about revenge as it prepares for Game 3, White said.
“More importantly than (beating LAFC), we want to get to the next round,” he said. “LAFC’s a very good team. We’ve come up against them a number of times in different competitions and they always seem to get the better of us. So it’d be huge for us to get the better of them this time.”
Earning a win last weekend required slowing L.A.’s transition game and limiting offensive opportunities for the team’s big stars, including Denis Bouanga.
Those factors will be important again on Friday, said Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini, who warned that his team could face a different style of game.
“I think the most important thing is going to be to match their intensity at the beginning of the game,” he said. “Because I think they’re going to come at us a million miles per hour.”
The ‘Caps will once again look to captain Ryan Gauld for some offensive firepower. The Scottish attacking midfielder leads MLS in playoff goals with five and has scored in all three of Vancouver’s post-season appearances this year.
Gearing up for another do-or-die matchup is exciting, Gauld said.
“Knowing it’s a winner-takes-all kind of game, being in that kind of environment is nice,” he said. “It’s when you see the best in players.”
LAFC faces the bulk of the pressure heading into the matchup, Sartini said, given the club’s appearances in the last two MLS Cup finals and its 2022 championship title.
“They’re supposed to win and we are not,” the coach said. “But it’s beautiful to have a little bit of pressure on us, too.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2024.
Each PWHL team operated under its city name, with players wearing jerseys featuring the league’s logo in its inaugural season before names and logos were announced last month.
The Toronto Sceptres, Montreal Victoire, Ottawa Charge, Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens will start the PWHL’s second season on Nov. 30 with jerseys designed to reflect each team’s identity and to be sold to the public as replicas.
Led by PWHL vice-president of brand and marketing Kanan Bhatt-Shah, the league consulted Creative Agency Flower Shop to design the jerseys manufactured by Bauer, the PWHL said Thursday in a statement.
“Players and fans alike have been waiting for this moment and we couldn’t be happier with the six unique looks each team will don moving forward,” said PWHL senior vice president of business operations Amy Scheer.
“These jerseys mark the latest evolution in our league’s history, and we can’t wait to see them showcased both on the ice and in the stands.”
Training camps open Tuesday with teams allowed to carry 32 players.
Each team’s 23-player roster, plus three reserves, will be announced Nov. 27.
Each team will play 30 regular-season games, which is six more than the first season.
Minnesota won the first Walter Cup on May 29 by beating Boston three games to two in the championship series.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2024.
