2026 NHL draft order: Picks 1-224 including all 32 teams - ESPN

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:

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. San Jose Sharks (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. Buffalo Sabres
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)

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