The NHL is making a big change for its 2025 NHL Draft Lottery on Monday, May 5. Instead of holding the actual drawing behind the scenes and then revealing

The Islanders won the No. 1 pick with long-shot odds. With the full benefit of hindsight, some very specific games had their say.

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One week after the NHL’s draft lottery decided which franchise received the first-overall pick, it’s time for a new round of draft rankings.

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League announced today that the broadcast of the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery on Monday, May 5 will, for the first time in its 30-year history, feature the drawing live in-studio, allowing viewers to follow along and learn the results at the same time as the Draft Lottery participants.

The process to determine the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft will be televised live in the United States and Canada. The NHL announced on Friday that a live drawing of lottery balls will take place on Monday night at the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, N.J.

The NHL Draft lottery takes place on May 5. Here are each team's odds to earn the No. 1 overall pick for the 2025 draft, including the Nashville Predators.

SAN JOSE — If the San Jose Sharks win the NHL Draft Lottery on Monday, they will find out as soon as everybody else does. The NHL on Friday announced that this year’s draft lottery broadcast will feature the drawing live in-studio for the first time in ...

Prior to the 2014-15 season, prominent changes were made to the lottery ... New York Rangers won the second phase of the 2020 NHL draft lottery, giving them the first overall pick.