The 2024 NHL Draft begins Friday in the Sphere, a visual indoor and outdoor spectacle in Las Vegas which is hosting its first sporting event.
The two-day event, which is televised on ESPN, kicks off with Round 1 at 6 p.m. Friday with Rounds 2-7 on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
There’s wasn’t much mystery with the first pick. Everyone assumed the San Jose Sharks would draft Macklin Celebrini, who is college hockey’s top player and has topped draft charts for more than a year and has ties to the Bay Area, and they confirmed everyone’s assumptions.
The Blackhawks have the second pick overall and selected Belarusian defenseman Artyom Levshunov, who in the final days emerged as the favorite for the pick. With their second pick, the Blackhawks took forward Sacha Boisvert No. 18 pick. And at the end of the first round, the Hawks traded with Carolina to get the No. 27 pick, with which they drafted left wing Marek Vanacker.
On Saturday, they have two picks in the third round along with a pick in the fifth and sixth rounds.
2024 NHL Draft first-round picks
San Jose Sharks — Macklin Celebrini, C, Boston University (NCAA)BLACKHAWKS — Artyom Levshunov, D, Michigan State (NCAA)Anaheim Ducks — Beckett Sennecke, RW, Oshawa (OHL)Columbus Blue Jackets — Cayden Lindstrom, C, Medicine Hat (WHL)Montreal Canadiens — Ivan Demidov, RW, Ska St. Petersburg Jr. (RUSSIA-JR.)Utah Hockey Club — Tij Iginla, C, Kelowna (WHL)Ottawa Senators — Carter Yakemchuk, D, Calgary (WHL)Seattle Kraken — Berkly Catton, C, Spokane (WHL)Calgary Flames — Zayne Parekh, D, Saginaw (OHL)New Jersey Devils — Anton Silayev, D, Nizhny Novgorod (RUSSIA)San Jose Sharks (from BUF) — Sam Dickinson, D, London (OHL)Minnesota Wild (from PHI) — Zeev Buium, D, Denver (NCAA (NCHC))Philadelphia Flyers (from MIN) — Jett Luchanko, C, Guelph (OHL)Buffalo Sabres (from PIT, SJ) — Konsta Helenius, C, Jukurit (FINLAND)Detroit Red Wings — Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, RW, Mora (SWEDEN-2)St. Louis Blues — Adam Jiricek, D, Plzen (CZECHIA)Washington Capitals — Terik Parascak, RW, Prince George (WHL)BLACKHAWKS (from NYI) — Sacha Boisvert, C, Muskegon (USHL)Vegas Golden Knights — Trevor Connelly, LW, Tri-City (USHL)New York Islanders (from TBL via CHI) — Cole Eiserman, LW, USA U18 (NTDP)Los Angeles Kings — Michael Hage, C, Chicago (USHL)Nashville Predators — Yegor Surin, C, Yaroslavl Jr. (RUSSIA-JR.)Anaheim Ducks (from TOR) — Stian Solberg, D, Valerenga (NORWAY)Utah Hockey Club (from COL) — Cole Beaudoin, C, Barrie (OHL)Boston Bruins (via DET and OTT) — Dean Letourneau, C, St. Andrews College (HIGH-ON)Los Angeles Kings (from WPG, MON) — Liam Greentree, RW, Windsor (OHL)BLACKHAWKS (from CAR) — Marek Vanacker, LW, Brantford (OHL)Calgary Flames (from VAN) — Matvei Gridin, RW, Muskegon (USHL)Dallas Stars — Emil Hemming, RW, TPS (FINLAND)New York Rangers — E.J. Emery, D, USA U-18 (NTDP)Toronto Maple Leafs (from EDM, ANA) — Ben Danford, D, Oshawa (OHL)Edmonton Oilers (from FLA, PHI) — Sam O’Reilly, RW, London (OHL)