Prospect Rankings

2026 NHL Draft Lottery Simulator

SIM LOTTERY

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Pre-lottery position clinched

Pick	Team	GP	RecordRec	Pts	PT%	RW	ROW	Strk	L10	Odds	#1 OVR

1	Vancouver VAN	77	22-47-8	52	.338	15	17	L3	1-9-0	18.5%	25.5%

2	Chicago CHI	78	28-36-14	70	.449	21	25	L1	2-6-2	13.5%	13.5%

3	Calgary CGY	77	32-36-9	73	.474	25	28	O1	6-2-2	11.5%	11.5%

4	NY Rangers NYR	79	33-37-9	75	.475	24	30	L1	5-4-1	9.5%	9.5%

5	Seattle SEA	77	32-34-11	75	.487	25	31	L5	1-7-2	8.5%	8.5%

6	Toronto TOR BOS	78	32-32-14	78	.500	23	31	L1	3-5-2	7.5%	7.5%

7	Florida FLA	78	37-37-4	78	.500	29	32	O1	3-6-1	6.5%	6.5%

8	St. Louis STL	77	33-32-12	78	.506	29	32	L1	6-2-2	6.0%	6.0%

9	Winnipeg WPG	77	34-31-12	80	.519	27	32	W2	6-3-1	5.0%	5.0%

10	San Jose SJ	77	37-33-7	81	.526	25	35	L1	5-4-1	3.5%	3.5%

11	New Jersey NJ	78	40-35-3	83	.532	28	36	L1	5-4-1	3.0%	3.0%

12	Nashville NSH	78	37-31-10	84	.538	27	32	W1	6-3-1	2.5%	0%

13	Washington WSH	79	40-30-9	89	.563	34	38	W1	6-3-1	2.0%	0%

14	NY Islanders NYI	78	42-31-5	89	.571	28	38	L4	3-7-0	1.5%	0%

15	Detroit DET STL	78	40-29-9	89	.571	29	38	O1	3-6-1	0.5%	0%

16	Columbus CBJ	78	39-27-12	90	.577	27	32	W1	3-6-1	0.5%	0%

END OF LOTTERY
17	Los Angeles LA	77	32-26-19	83	.539	19	27	W2	4-2-4

18	Anaheim ANA WSH	78	41-32-5	87	.558	24	33	L4	4-5-1

19	Vegas VGK CGY	78	36-26-16	88	.564	28	35	W4	5-3-2

20	Utah UTA	77	41-30-6	88	.571	31	41	W4	7-3-0

21	Philadelphia PHI	78	40-26-12	92	.590	25	31	W3	7-3-0

22	Boston BOS	79	43-26-10	96	.608	31	39	O2	5-3-2

23	Pittsburgh PIT	78	40-22-16	96	.615	33	37	W2	6-4-0

24	Minnesota MIN VAN	78	45-21-12	102	.654	30	41	W4	7-3-0

25	Montreal MON	78	46-22-10	102	.654	32	42	W1	9-1-0

26	Tampa Bay TB SEA	78	48-24-6	102	.654	39	44	L2	5-3-2

27	Dallas DAL NYR	78	46-20-12	104	.667	35	41	W1	3-5-2

CONFERENCE FINAL LOSERS
28	Edmonton EDM SJ	79	40-29-10	90	.570	31	40	W1	6-3-1

29	Buffalo BUF	79	48-23-8	104	.658	40	43	W2	5-3-2

STANLEY CUP FINAL TEAMS
30	Carolina CAR	78	50-22-6	106	.679	36	45	W1	7-3-0

31	Colorado COL STL	77	51-16-10	112	.727	45	48	W1	7-3-0

PUNISHED TEAMS
32	Ottawa OTT	78	41-27-10	92	.590	35	38	W2	6-3-1

- Pick protected at current position

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PLAYOFF MATCHUPS

Western Conference

C1

.727

WC

.539

C2

.667

C3

.654

P1

.570

WC

.571

P2

.564

P3

.558

Eastern Conference

M1

.679

WC

.590

M2

.615

M3

.590

A1

.658

WC

.608

A2

.654

A3

.654

Determining the NHL Draft Order

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All teams missing the playoffs are in the Lottery

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Teams with the least points get more chances at winning the Lottery

3

The 1st overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls. A team can only jump ten spots, so only the top 11 teams are eligible for the 1st pick. If a team in the 12-16 range wins the first drawing, the first pick will be awarded to the worst team. The 12-16 seed team that won the first drawing is also locked into their new position.

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A second drawing is held to determine the other lottery winner. Like the first drawing, the second winner can only jump ten spots, but this time it is using the re-seeded order following the first drawing. This second drawing will not affect the team(s) with locked-in positions from the first drawing. If a ten spot jump is to a pick that is already locked-in, this team will receive the next available pick.

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Teams are only allowed to improve their positioning via the Lottery twice in a five year period (beginning with the 2022 Lottery).

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Ties are broken by teams' total number of regulation wins (RW), regulation and non-shootout overtime wins (ROW), and then head-to-head if still tied

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Playoff teams that did not win their divisions and did not make the conference finals, sorted by points, are assigned the next picks

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Playoff teams that won their divisions and did not make the conference finals, sorted by points, are assigned the next picks

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Conference finals losers sorted by points are assigned picks 29 and 30

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Stanley Cup runner-up is assigned pick 31

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Stanley Cup champion is assigned pick 32

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Note: This site uses points percentage instead of points to account for different number of games played between teams

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