The NHL announced that the 2025 Draft Lottery will be held May 5 at NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. The event will be broadcast on ESPN in the United States and Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada, at a time to be announced.
The Draft itself will take place from June 27-28 in Los Angeles.
There will be two drawings in the Draft Lottery, one to determine the No. 1 pick and a second to determine the No. 2 pick. No team can move up more than 10 spots in the draft order, and only the top 11 teams in the lottery are eligible for the No. 1 pick. If a team outside of the top 11 wins the draw, the team with the worst record in the NHL will pick No. 1.
The San Jose Sharks (20-50-12), who finished with the NHL’s worst record, have the best odds to win the lottery at 18.5%, followed by the Chicago Blackhawks (25-46-11) at 13.5% and the Nashville Predators (30-44-8) at 11.5%.
According to Tankathon, the Predators’ odds for their five possible lottery results are as follows:
- No. 1 overall — 11.5%
- No. 2 overall — 11.2%
- No. 3 overall — 7.8%
- No. 4 overall — 39.7%
- No. 5 overall — 29.8%
Regardless of the lottery results, the Predators will select in the top five of the draft order for the first time since 2013, when they selected defenseman Seth Jones at No. 4 overall.
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