NHL announces Draft Lottery to be held May 7

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The NHL Draft Lottery will take place May 7 at the NHL Network’s studio in Secaucus, N.J., the league announced Friday.

The lottery will determine 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 their first-round draft selection — will participate in the lottery.

A team can move up a maximum of 10 spots — meaning the bottom 11 teams are the only ones with a shot at the No. 1 pick

The NHL Draft Lottery will air live on Sportsnet at a time to be announced.

Macklin Celebrini finished first among North American-based skaters on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings while Anton Silayev topped the Europe-based skaters list.

Teams participating in the NHL Draft Lottery and their odds of securing the No. 1 selection are as follows:

• 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.