2025 NHL Draft Lottery

2025 NHL Draft Lottery

The National Hockey League announced the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery will be held on Monday, May 5, at NHL Network’s Secaucus, N.J., studio. The event will be broadcast on ESPN, Sportsnet and TVA Sports, at a time to be announced later this week.

The 2025 NHL Draft Lottery will determine the order of selection for the first 16 picks in the first round of the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft. Participants are all teams that did not qualify for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs (or the teams that have acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff teams).

The Lottery will be conducted in two phases, the first to determine the first overall pick in the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft and the second to determine the second overall pick. There is a limit on the total number of selections (10) a team participating in the Draft Lottery can “move up” in the event it wins one of the Lottery Draws. Thus, only the top 11 seeds will be eligible to receive the first overall Draft pick.

Odds To Win The First Lottery Draw:

Draft Lottery Participants
(Fewest Pts. to Most)	Odds
San Jose Sharks	18.5%
Chicago Blackhawks	13.5%
Nashville Predators	11.5%
Philadelphia Flyers	9.5%
Boston Bruins	8.5%
Seattle Kraken	7.5%
Buffalo Sabres	6.5%
Anaheim Ducks	6.0%
Pittsburgh Penguins	5.0%
New York Islanders	3.5%
New York Rangers *	3.0%
Detroit Red Wings	2.5%
Columbus Blue Jackets	2.0%
Utah Hockey Club	1.5%
Vancouver Canucks	0.5%
Calgary Flames **	0.5%

Odds To Receive The First Overall Pick

Draft Lottery Participants
(Fewest Pts. to Most)	Odds
San Jose Sharks	25.5%
Chicago Blackhawks	13.5%
Nashville Predators	11.5%
Philadelphia Flyers	9.5%
Boston Bruins	8.5%
Seattle Kraken	7.5%
Buffalo Sabres	6.5%
Anaheim Ducks	6.0%
Pittsburgh Penguins	5.0%
New York Islanders	3.5%
New York Rangers *	3.0%
Detroit Red Wings	0.0%
Columbus Blue Jackets	0.0%
Utah Hockey Club	0.0%
Vancouver Canucks	0.0%
Calgary Flames **	0.0%