2026 Draft Lottery

Just like before, I will be using the following website:

www.nhlnumbers.com/nhl-draft-lottery-simulator

This website uses the current standings as of today's date (May 9th) but has correct pick percentages. We can simply place teams from our PTPHL alongside their counterpart to get the same odds easily. So, for example. Last place is Ottawa with an 18.5% chance of winning the lottery. In PTPHL, the Avalanche finished last and thus have 18.5%. The Hurricanes have LA's 13.5, the Panthers have Jersey's 11.5, etc.


All of the odds are:




And here are the results of the lottery that I ran:




The winners:
LA = Carolina
Detroit = Dallas
Ottawa = Colorado

After consulting the above table, here is our new drafting order for round one:

1. Carolina Hurricanes
2. Tampa Bay Lightning (via Dallas Stars)
3. Colorado Avalanche
4. Florida Panthers
5. Boston Bruins
6. Minnesota Wild
7. Philadelphia Flyers(via Buffalo Sabres)
8. Detroit Red Wings
9. Colorado Avalanche(via New York Rangers)
10. Vegas Golden Knights(via Los Angeles Kings)
11. New York Islanders
12. St. Louis Blues(via Nashville Predators)
13. Edmonton Oilers
14. Minnesota Wild(via Anaheim Ducks)
15. Winnipeg Jets(via Toronto Maple Leafs)
16. Chicago Blackhawks
17. Vegas Golden Knights(via Vancouver Canucks)
18. Vegas Golden Knights
19. Columbus Blue Jackets
20. Washington Capitals
21. Vegas Golden Knights(via New Jersey Devils)
22. Calgary Flames
23. San Jose Sharks
24. Dallas Stars(via Tampa Bay Lightning)
25. Pittsburgh Penguins
26. Philadelphia Flyers
27. Ottawa Senators
28. Colorado Avalanche(via St. Louis Blues)
29. Montreal Canadiens
30. Winnipeg Jets