The entire first round of selections from the 2022 NHL Entry Draft

Followed by defenseman Simon Nemec to the New Jersey Devils and Logan Cooley to the Arizona Coyotes to round out the top-three.

The biggest surprise being former projected #1 pick Shane Wright falling out of the top-three and being picked by the Seattle Kraken at number four.

Here's the entire first round picks from the 2022 NHL Entry Draft:

1.MTL- Juraj Slafkovsky – LW - SVK
2.NJD – Simon Nemec – D - SVK
3.ARI – Logan Cooley – C – USA
4.SEA – Shane Wright – C - CAN
5.PHI – Cutter Gauthier – LW - USA
6.CLB – David Jiricek – D – CZE (from CHI)
7.CHI – Kevin Korchinski – D- CAN (from OTT)
8.DET – Marco Kasper – C - AUS
9.BUF – Matthew Savoie – C - CAN
10.ANA – Pavel Mintyukov – D - RUS
11.ARI – Conor Geekie – C – CAN (from SJS)
12.CLB – Denton Mateychuk- D - CAN
13.CHI – Frank Nazar – C - USA (from NYI)
14.WPG – Rutger McGroarty – RW - USA
15.VAN – Jonathan Lekkerimaki – RW - SWE
16.BUF – Noah Ostlund – C - (from VGK)
17.NSH – Joakim Kemell – RW - FIN
18.DAL – Lian Bichsel – D - SWI
19.MIN – Liam Ohgren – RW – SWE (from LAK)
20.WSH – Ivan Miroshnichenko – LW - RUS
21.PIT – Owen Pickering – D - CAN
22.ANA – Nathan Gaucher – C – CAN (from BOS)
23.STL – Jimmy Snuggerud – RW - USA
24.MIN – Danila Yurov – RW - RUS
25.CHI – Sam Rinzel – D – USA (from TOR)
26.MTL – Filip Mesar – RW - SVK (from CGY)
27.SJS – Philip Bystedt – C – SWE (from CAR and ARI)
28.BUF – Jiri Kulich – C - CZE (from FLA)
29.ARI – Maveric Lamoureux – D – CAN (from EDM)
30.WPG – Brad Lambert - C - FIN (from NYR)
31.TBL – Isaac Howard - LW - USA
32.EDM – Reid Schaefer – LW - CAN (from COL and ARI)