Who will land the No. 1 pick and have a chance to take highly coveted prospect Macklin Celebrini will be determined at the NHL Draft Lottery.
Broadcast coverage begins tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.
The lottery will set the order of selection for the first 16 picks in the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft, scheduled June 28–29 at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Teams that missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs — or those that acquired a first-round draft selection from one of those teams — will participate in the lottery.
Two draws will be held to determine the teams for the No. 1 and No. 2 picks. After both have been decided, all remaining teams will be slotted Nos. 3-16 based on the regular-season standings starting from the bottom.
While 16 teams will participate in the Draft Lottery, each one can only move up a maximum of 10 spots, i.e. only the 11 teams with the best odds will actually have a chance to make the No. 1 selection.
Celebrini, who won the Hobey Baker Award as NCAA player of the year, finished first among North American-based skaters on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings while Anton Silayev from the KHL topped the Europe-based skaters list.
The San Jose Sharks hold the best odds while Utah will make its Draft Lottery debut following the franchise’s relocation from Arizona.
Draft Lottery Odds:
• San Jose Sharks (18.5 per cent)
• Chicago Blackhawks (13.5 per cent)
• Anaheim Ducks (11.5 per cent)
• Columbus Blue Jackets (9.5 per cent)
• Montreal Canadiens (8.5 per cent)
• Utah (7.5 per cent)
• Ottawa Senators (6.5 per cent)
• Seattle Kraken (6.0 per cent)
• Calgary Flames (5.0 per cent)
• New Jersey Devils (3.5 per cent)
• Buffalo Sabres (3.0 per cent)
• Philadelphia Flyers (2.5 per cent)
• Minnesota Wild (2.0 per cent)
• Pittsburgh Penguins* (1.5 per cent)
• Detroit Red Wings (0.5 per cent)
• St. Louis Blues (0.5 per cent)
* Note: Pittsburgh traded a conditional first-round pick to San Jose as part of the Erik Karlsson deal. If the Penguins’ 2024 selection becomes a top-10 pick, Pittsburgh will have the option to transfer its 2025 first-round pick to San Jose instead.
