The 2026 NHL draft will take place at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on June 26 (Round 1) and June 27 (Rounds 2-7).
The order for each round is determined by the order that teams finished the 2025-26 regular season and the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs, but the top of the first-round order was altered by the draft lottery conducted May 5.
The Toronto Maple Leafs won the first draw, and the San Jose Sharks won the second draw.
Here is how all 224 picks in Rounds 1-7 line up following the draft lottery and the Stanley Cup Final:
Round 1
1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. San Jose Sharks
3. Vancouver Canucks
4. Chicago Blackhawks
5. New York Rangers
6. Calgary Flames
7. Seattle Kraken
8. Winnipeg Jets
9. Florida Panthers
10. Nashville Predators
11. St. Louis Blues
12. New Jersey Devils
13. New York Islanders
14. Columbus Blue Jackets
15. St. Louis Blues (from DET)
16. Washington Capitals
17. Los Angeles Kings
18. Washington Capitals (from ANA)
19. Utah Mammoth
20. Buffalo Sabres (from EDM)
21. Philadelphia Flyers
22. Pittsburgh Penguins
23. Boston Bruins
24. Vancouver Canucks (from MIN)
25. Seattle Kraken (from TB)
26. New York Rangers (from DAL)
27. San Jose Sharks (from BUF)
28. Montreal Canadiens
29. St. Louis Blues (from COL)
30. Calgary Flames (from VGK)
31. Carolina Hurricanes
32. Ottawa Senators (picking last as part of a punishment)
Round 2
33. Vancouver Canucks
34. Chicago Blackhawks
35. Calgary Flames (from NYR)
36. Calgary Flames
37. Chicago Blackhawks (from TOR)
38. Seattle Kraken
39. Pittsburgh Penguins (from WPG)
40. Florida Panthers
41. Vancouver Canucks (from SJ)
42. Nashville Predators
43. Columbus Blue Jackets (from STL)
44. New Jersey Devils
45. Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI)
46. Los Angeles Kings (from CBJ)
47. Detroit Red Wings
48. Florida Panthers (from WSH)
49. Los Angeles Kings
50. Anaheim Ducks
51. Calgary Flames (from UTA)
52. Edmonton Oilers
53. Philadelphia Flyers
54. Pittsburgh Penguins
55. Calgary Flames (from OTT)
56. Boston Bruins
57. Nashville Predators (from MIN)
58. Tampa Bay Lightning
59. Dallas Stars
60. Toronto Maple Leafs (from BUF)
61. Montreal Canadiens
62. San Jose Sharks (from COL)
63. Nullified pick
64. New York Rangers (from CAR)
Round 3
65. Calgary Flames (from VAN)
66. Chicago Blackhawks
67. New York Rangers
68. Calgary Flames
69. Toronto Maple Leafs
70. Nashville Predators (from SEA)
71. Winnipeg Jets
72. Ottawa Senators (from FLA)
73. St. Louis Blues (from SJ)
74. Nashville Predators
75. St. Louis Blues
76. St. Louis Blues (from NJ)
77. New York Rangers (from NYI)
78. Vancouver Canucks (from CBJ)
79. Detroit Red Wings
80. Los Angeles Kings (from WSH)
81. New York Rangers (from LA)
82. Anaheim Ducks
83. Utah Mammoth
84. Edmonton Oilers
85. Philadelphia Flyers
86. Pittsburgh Penguins
87. Ottawa Senators
88. Boston Bruins
89. Minnesota Wild
90. Tampa Bay Lightning
91. Ottawa Senators (from DAL)
92. New York Rangers (from BUF)
93. Montreal Canadiens
94. Columbus Blue Jackets (from COL)
95. Vegas Golden Knights
96. Utah Mammoth (from CAR)
Round 4
97. Vancouver Canucks
98. Florida Panthers (from CHI)
99. Seattle Kraken (from NYR)
100. Calgary Flames
101. Columbus Blue Jackets (from TOR)
102. Seattle Kraken
103. Montreal Canadiens (from WPG)
104. Boston Bruins (from FLA)
105. Carolina Hurricanes (from SJ)
106. Nashville Predators
107. St. Louis Blues
108. New Jersey Devils
109. New York Islanders
110. Ottawa Senators (from CBJ)
111. Boston Bruins (from DET)
112. Washington Capitals
113. Los Angeles Kings
114. Toronto Maple Leafs (from ANA)
115. Utah Mammoth
116. Winnipeg Jets (from EDM)
117. Anaheim Ducks (from PHI)
118. Nashville Predators (from PIT)
119. Chicago Blackhawks (from OTT)
120. San Jose Sharks (from BOS)
121. Minnesota Wild
122. Boston Bruins (from TB)
123. St. Louis Blues (from DAL)
124. Buffalo Sabres
125. Montreal Canadiens
126. Colorado Avalanche
127. San Jose Sharks (from VGK)
128. Colorado Avalanche (from CAR)
Round 5
129. Vancouver Canucks
130. Utah Mammoth (from CHI)
131. New York Rangers
132. Calgary Flames
133. Tampa Bay Lightning (from TOR)
134. Tampa Bay Lightning (from SEA)
135. Winnipeg Jets
136. Florida Panthers
137. Minnesota Wild (from SJ)
138. Nashville Predators
139. St. Louis Blues
140. New Jersey Devils
141. New York Islanders
142. Columbus Blue Jackets
143. Detroit Red Wings
144. Washington Capitals
145. Los Angeles Kings
146. Anaheim Ducks
147. Utah Mammoth
148. Nashville Predators (from EDM)
149. Colorado Avalanche (from PHI)
150. St. Louis Blues (from PIT)
151. Ottawa Senators
152. Colorado Avalanche (from BOS)
153. Minnesota Wild
154. Tampa Bay Lightning
155. Dallas Stars
156. Buffalo Sabres
157. Boston Bruins (from MTL)
158. Toronto Maple Leafs (from COL)
159. Vegas Golden Knights
160. Nashville Predators (from CAR)
Round 6
161. Vancouver Canucks
162. New York Rangers (from CHI)
163. New York Rangers
164. Calgary Flames
165. Carolina Hurricanes (from TOR)
166. Seattle Kraken
167. Winnipeg Jets
168. Florida Panthers
169. Toronto Maple Leafs (from SJ)
170. Pittsburgh Penguins (from NSH)
171. St. Louis Blues
172. New Jersey Devils
173. New York Islanders
174. San Jose Sharks (from CBJ)
175. Detroit Red Wings
176. Vancouver Canucks (from WSH)
177. Los Angeles Kings
178. Anaheim Ducks
179. Nashville Predators (from UTA)
180. Edmonton Oilers
181. Philadelphia Flyers
182. Columbus Blue Jackets (from PIT)
183. Ottawa Senators
184. Vancouver Canucks (from BOS)
185. Minnesota Wild
186. Tampa Bay Lightning
187. Dallas Stars
188. Buffalo Sabres
189. Montreal Canadiens
190. Los Angeles Kings (from COL)
191. Vegas Golden Knights
192. Carolina Hurricanes
Round 7
193. New York Rangers (from VAN)
194. Chicago Blackhawks
195. Colorado Avalanche (from NYR)
196. Detroit Red Wings (from CGY)
197. Dallas Stars (from TOR)
198. Seattle Kraken
199. Winnipeg Jets
200. Chicago Blackhawks (from FLA)
201. San Jose Sharks
202. Nashville Predators
203. St. Louis Blues
204. Seattle Kraken (from NJ)
205. New York Islanders
206. Columbus Blue Jackets
207. Detroit Red Wings
208. Washington Capitals
209. Los Angeles Kings
210. Anaheim Ducks
211. Utah Mammoth
212. Edmonton Oilers
213. Philadelphia Flyers
214. Colorado Avalanche (from PIT)
215. Colorado Avalanche (from OTT)
216. Boston Bruins
217. Florida Panthers (from MIN)
218. Tampa Bay Lightning
219. Dallas Stars
220. Winnipeg Jets (from BUF)
221. Montreal Canadiens
222. Colorado Avalanche
223. Vegas Golden Knights
224. Montreal Canadiens (from CAR)
