NHL Draft Lottery Date, Time and Location

The 2024 NHL Entry Draft will mark its 62nd year in NHL history. The event is scheduled to take place on June 28-29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The teams that did not make the Stanley Cup playoffs have a better chance of winning the first pick, with the odds varying based on their regular-season performance. However, the rules were adjusted later. The chances for the bottom four teams to win the lottery were reduced, while the chances for the other non-playoff teams were increased.

In 2021-22, the NHL reduced the number of lottery draws from three to two. Now, teams that win a lottery can move up a maximum of ten spots in the draft order, and a team can only win the lottery twice in five years.

NHL Draft Lottery Date, Time and Location

The 2024 NHL Draft Lottery occurred at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 7, at the NHL Network's studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. The event took place before the Second Round of Game 2 between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers.

NHL Draft Lottery TV Schedule and Broadcast

It was broadcast live on ESPN (U.S.), Sportsnet, TVA Sports (Canada). The 2024 NHL Draft Lottery selected the order of selection for the first 16 picks in the first round of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. The teams that did not qualify for the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs and the non-playoff teams that traded its first-round draft pick to another team.

The format was followed as a team participating in the Draft Lottery can move up a maximum of 10 spots if it wins a Lottery Draw. Thus, only the top 11 seeds were eligible to receive the first overall selection in the 2024 NHL Draft.

2024 NHL Draft Lottery

The San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks won the two draft lotteries on May 7, 2024. Since this is the Chicago Blackhawks' second lottery win in two seasons, they will not be eligible to win the draft lottery again until 2028.

1. San Jose Sharks

2. Chicago Blackhawks

3. Anaheim Ducks

4. Columbus Blue Jackets

5. Montreal Canadiens

6. Utah* (Expansion franchise)

7. Ottawa Senators

8. Seattle Kraken

9. Calgary Flames

10. New Jersey Devils

11. Buffalo Sabres

12. Philadelphia Flyers

13. Minnesota Wild

14. Pittsburgh Penguins

15. Detroit Red Wings

16. St. Louis Blues