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Caps Conclude Busy Draft Weekend in LA 

Caps bring back five prospects from 2025 NHL Draft, sign Sourdif, and acquire Chisholm

2025 picks

ROUND
PICK
NAME
1
27
LYNDEN LAKOVIC | LW
2
37
MILTON GASTRIN | C
3
96
MAXIM SCHAFER | LW
5
155
JACKSON CROWDER | C
6
180
ARON DAHLQVIST | D

DRAFT VIDEO

All-Access | Drafting Milton Gastrin

Ross Mahoney | NHL Draft Day 2

Chris Patrick | NHL Draft

All-Access | 2025 Capitals Draft War Room

Milton Gastrin | One-on-One

Milton Gastrin | NHL Draft

Milton Gastrin | Video Press Conference

Capitals Select Milton Gastrin in the 2025 NHL Draft

ALLCAPS All-Access | Drafting Lynden Lakovic

Lynden Lakovic | One-on-One

Lynden Lakovic | NHL Draft

Ross Mahoney | 2025 NHL Draft Day 1

MORE NEWS

Capitals Make Five Selections at the 2025 NHL Draft

Washington adds four forwards and one defenseman, including first-rounder Lynden Lakovic

NHL's New Draft Format on Display in LA

Caps have five picks – including picks 27 and 37 – in 2025 NHL Draft in LA

Caps Add Sourdif in Deal with Panthers

Caps begin offseason roster retouching with addition of 23-year-old right-handed forward

Capitals Acquire Justin Sourdif from the Florida Panthers

23-year-old forward recorded AHL career-high 34 points in 43 games with Charlotte in 2024-25

Capitals Make Seven Selections on Second Day of 2024 NHL Draft

Washington’s eight total selections at the 2024 NHL Draft are the most at a single draft since 2012

Caps Bring Eight Prospects Home from Vegas

Caps return from 2024 NHL Draft in Vegas with their largest draft class in a dozen years

Caps Bring Thompson Back from Vegas

Caps reacquire former farmhand Thompson from Vegas for pair of 3rd rounders

Capitals Acquire Logan Thompson from the Vegas Golden Knights 

Goaltender established career highs in wins and games played in 2023-24

Caps Move Malenstyn to Buffalo

Caps add a second-rounder in 2024 draft, sending impending RFA Malenstyn to Sabres

Capitals Acquire Second-Round in 2024 Draft from Buffalo for Beck Malenstyn

The Washington Capitals have acquired a second-round pick (43rd overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft from the Buffalo Sabres for forward Beck Malenstyn

Caps Pick Parascak in First Round 

Caps select right wing Terik Parascak from Prince George of WHL on Friday in Vegas

Capitals Select Terik Parascak in the First Round of the 2024 NHL Draft

Forward led Canadian Hockey League rookies in goals and points in 2023-24

CAPITALS DRAFT HISTORY

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2024 PICKS

ROUND PICK # NAME
1 #17 TERIK PARASCAK | RW
2 #43 COLE HUTSON | D
2 #52 LEON MUGGLI | D
3 #75 ILYA PROTAS | LW
3 #90 ĒRIKS MATEIKO | LW
4 #114 NICHOLAS KEMPF | G
6 #178 PETR SIKORA | C
7 #212 MIROSLAV SATAN | C

2023 PICKS

ROUND PICK # NAME
1 8 RYAN LEONARD | RW
2 40 ANDREW CRISTALL | LW
4 104 PATRICK THOMAS | C
5 136 CAM ALLEN | D
7 200 BRETT HYLAND | C
7 206 ANTOINE KELLER | G

2022 PICKS

ROUND PICK # NAME
1 20 IVAN MIROSHNICHENKO | LW
2 37 RYAN CHESLEY | D
3 70 ALEXANDER SUZDALEV | LW
3 85 LUDWIG PERSSON | LW
5 149 JAKE KARABELA | C
6 181 RYAN HOFER | RW
7 213 DAVID GUCCIARDI | D

2021 PICKS

ROUND PICK # NAME
2 55 VINCENT IORIO | D
3 80 BRENT JOHNSON | D
4 119 JOAQUIM LEMAY | D
5 151 HAAKON HANELT | C
6 176 DRU KREBS | D
6 183 CHASE CLARK | G

2020 PICKS

ROUND PICK # NAME
1 22 HENDRIX LAPIERRE | C
4 117 BOGDAN TRINEYEV | RW
5 148 BEAR HUGHES | C
6 179 GARIN BJORKLUND | G
7 211 OSKAR MAGNUSSON | LW

2019 PICKS

ROUND PICK # NAME
1 25 CONNOR McMICHAEL | C
2 56 BRETT LEASON | RW
3 91 ALIAKSEI PROTAS | C
5 153 MARTIN HAS | D