NHL Draft Lottery

The Montreal Canadiens secured the first overall pick in the NHL draft lottery on Tuesday, becoming the first team since 1985 to host the draft and own the ...

Vancouver Canucks (0.5%); 16. Winnipeg Jets (1.5%); 15. New York Islanders (2.0%); 14. Anaheim Ducks (3.5%); 11. Columbus Blue Jackets (2.5%); 13. Ottawa Senators (6.5%); 8. Philadelphia Flyers (9.5%); 6. Seattle Kraken (11.5%); 5. Detroit Red Wings (6.0%); 9. Arizona Coyotes (13.5%); 4. New Jersey Devils (8.5%); 3. 1. Montreal Canadiens (18.5%); 2.

The Wings had 6% odds of getting the first pick, but they could also have been pushed back to ninth or 10th. The Montreal Canadiens, which host the July 7-8 ...

Her book, The Big 50: The Detroit Red Wings is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Triumph Books. Personalized copies available via her e-mail. Contact Helene St. James at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames. Read more on the Detroit Red Wings and sign up for our Red Wings newsletter. Montreal was originally scheduled to host the event in 2020, but the last two drafts were held remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. The year they had the best odds (18.5%) to get the first overall selection, in 2020, they were pushed back to fourth. Wright averaged 1.49 points-per-game in finishing with 32 goals and 62 assists in 63 regular-season outings this season. In 2021, they sat steady at sixth, drafting defenseman Simon Edvinsson. The New Jersey Devils pick second; Arizona Coyotes, third; Seattle Kraken fourth; Philadelphia Flyers, fifth; Columbus Blue Jackets, sixth; and Ottawa Senators, seventh. Montreal becomes the first team to host the draft and have the No. 1 pick since Toronto in 1985, when the Maple Leafs selected Wendel Clark. In 2017, the Wings finished seventh and were pushed back to ninth, selecting forward Michael Rasmussen. In 2018, they went from fifth to sixth and chose forward Filip Zadina. In 2019, the first year under Yzerman, they moved from fourth to sixth and chose defenseman Moritz Seider, who is a leading candidate for rookie of the year. The Detroit Red Wings stayed steady, getting the eighth pick in the 2022 NHL draft lottery. This is the sixth straight time the Wings have been in the lottery. NHL draft lottery: Detroit Red Wings stay in position, get eighth pick

The Montreal Canadiens are not only hosting the NHL draft in July, they'll have a chance to be the headliners after winning Tuesday's lottery.

Montreal was originally scheduled to host the event in 2020, but the last two drafts were held remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. The remaining slots from six to 16 remained unchanged based on where the teams finished in the standings. No team could move up more than 10 spots. The NHL instituted two new rules this season. The New Jersey Devils shook up the draft order by winning the second of two lottery drawings and moving from the fifth to the second slot in the draft order. The Canadiens followed a turbulent season in which they finished last in the overall standings by retaining the right to the No. 1 pick.

San Jose Sharks will have the 11th overall selection at the NHL Draft on July 7 in Montreal.

There was also a 3.3 percent chance the Sharks would win the second lottery draw and draft No. 2 overall. The exception was in 2018 when the Sharks took defenseman Ryan Merkley 21st overall. New Jersey finished with the NHL’s fifth-worst record this season at 27-46-9 and had an 8.8 percent chance of winning the second lottery draw. The Montreal Canadiens won the lottery and will draft first overall. The Sharks finished the regular season with the 11th-worst record in the NHL at 32-37-13. This will represent the 13th time that the Sharks have drafted inside the top 11.

The National Hockey League will set the order for the 2022 Entry Draft at tonight's Draft Lottery, with the 16 non-playoff teams eyeing some lottery luck to ...

Additionally, only the winner of the first drawing is eligible for the first overall pick, otherwise it will be awarded to the last-ranked team in the regular season standings (Montreal). Should Columbus win the first drawing and move up from 12 to two, Montreal will receive the first pick. Due to the new league lottery rules set in March 2021, any team that wins a drawing can only move up a maximum of 10 picks, meaning only 11 teams are eligible to select first overall. Anaheim has selected second overall twice in franchise history, taking Oleg Tverdovsky in 1994 and Bobby Ryan in 2005. 12th Overall (<1%) 11th Overall (19%) 10th Overall (73%) Wright, an 18-year-old native of Burlington, Ontario, had 94 points in 63 OHL games this season. Once the two picks have been determined, the teams will be slotted based on their regular season standings finish. Third Overall (<1%) Second Overall (3.5% chance) First Overall (3.5% chance) The Ducks have a 3.5% chance of winning the lottery for the first time in franchise history and collecting the club's first ever number one overall pick.