NHL Draft Lottery results 2025: Islanders win rights to No. 1 pick; Sharks, Blackhawks round out top three
NHL Draft Lottery results 2025: Islanders win rights to No. 1 pick; Sharks, Blackhawks round out top three
New York Islands owners owners of selection number 1 of 2025 Nhl Draft after winning the lottery project of 2025 on Monday night.
Entering the drawing on Monday night, the islanders had only 3.5% probability (the tenth best probability) of landing the highest selection, but now, except for a trade, they will select at the top of the project for the fifth time in the history of the franchise.
If the islanders actually choose at number 1, only the Montreal Canadiens (6) will have first drafted more times in the history of the NHL. The last time the islanders had the first election was in 2009 when John Tavares selected.
After the islanders, San Jose sharks landed the second choice, while the Chicago Blackhawks will choose third. Sharks have a choice of the first five places for the third consecutive season after selecting Macklin celebrates with the higher selection by 2024 and Will Smith with the number 4 selection in 2023.
The Utah Hockey Club, which had 94.8% chance of landing the number 14, jumped to number 4.
The NHL project of 2025 will take place on June 27 and 28 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Here is the updated order of the draft following Monday Lottery:
- Islanders of New York
- The sharks of San Jose
- Chicago Blackhawks
- Utah Hockey Club
- Nashville Predators
- Philadelphia flyers
- Boston Bruins
- Seattle Kraken
- Buffalo knowledge
- Anaheim Ducks
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- New York Rangers
- Detroit Red Wings
- Columbus blue jackets
- Vancouver Canucks
- Montreal Canadiens
The islanders have the ability to select Matthew Schaefer
With the islanders who now have the higher selection, they will probably have the opportunity to select the Ontario Matthew Schaefer Hockey League defender, who plays the Erie Otters. Schaefer promised 1.29 points per competition last season, which is the third most points per game by an OHL defender.
If Schaefer is selected with the selection number 1, it would be the first OHL player to have this honor since the Edmonton Oilers chose Connor McDavid with the first selection in 2015. It would also be the fifth defender who was selected no. 1 In this century, joining -Sers in Owen Power (knowledge, 2021), Rasmus Dahlin (knowledge, 2018), Aaron Ekblad (Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers. Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers) 2014), and Erik Johnson (Blues, 2006).
The Center of Saginaw Spirit (OHL), Michael Misa, will also be selected with one of the best options. Many Scouting Services are ranked as high after leading the Canadian Hockey League (OHL, WHL and QMJHL) with 134 points (62 goals, 72 assists) this season.
How does the Lottery of the NHL project work?
For the first time in the history of the NHL, the League carried out the live lottery project, as fans learned the destinations of teams at the same time as the Lottery drafts of 2025. The lottery was held in the study of the NHL Network in Secapus, New Jersey.
The lottery determined the order of selection of the first 16 elections of the first round of the project. The lottery was made in two phases with the first determination of the first global selection. The second phase determined the second general selection.
In each phase, 14 balls were placed (numbered 1-16) on a lottery machine with four drawn. The four -digit series was combined with a search table containing 1,000 possible combinations to choose which teams would be assigned the winning combination. As each ball was drawn, the odds changed and the teams were eliminated.
There was a limit on the total number of selections (10) that a team of the 2025 project lottery could increase if they won one of the lottery draws. The 14 teams that were not selected on the Lottery of the 2025 project were awarded at the remaining points of the project in reverse order of the total of the regular season.
