New Jersey Devils Win NHL Draft Lottery for Rights to No. 1 Pick in June's Draft

By 1OB Staff on April 29, 2017 at 8:55 pm
New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider
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The New Jersey Devils are your 2017 NHL Entry Draft lottery winners.

The Devils – given just an 8.517% chance to snag the top pick, won the lottery over 13 other NHL teams who did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights.

The Colorado Avalanche, who finished with 48 points this season – far and away the worst in the league – will pick fourth in the draft, scheduled to take place June 23 and 24 at the United Center in Chicago.

The Philadelphia Flyers will pick second, the Dallas Stars third, and the Vancouver Canucks fifth.

Pick Team Pick Team Pick Team
1 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 6 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 11 LOS ANGELES KINGS
2 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 7 ARIZONA COYOTES 12 CAROLINA HURRICANES
3 DALLAS STARS 8 BUFFALO SABRES 13 WINNIPEG JETS
4 COLORADO AVANCHE 9 DETROIT RED WINGS 14 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
5 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 10 FLORIDA PANTHERS 15 NEW YORK ISLANDERS

“This is a great day for our franchise, and to pick first overall, to have that for our Devils fans and our organization, is great news,” New Jersey general manager Ray Shero told NBC Sports.

The Devils are rumored to be eying center Nolan Patrick of Brandon in the Western Hockey League or center Nico Hischier of Halifax in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Patrick and Hischier are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the NHL Central Scouting service's ranking of North American skaters.

The full lineup of teams eligible for the draft lottery, along with their odds of earning the top pick follows.

Team Points Lottery Odds
COLORADO AVALANCHE 48 17.936%
VANCOUVER CANUCKS 69 12.124%
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 10.321%
ARIZONA COYOTES 70 10.321%
NEW JERSEY DEVILS 70 8.517%
BUFFALO SABRES 78 7.615%
DETROIT RED WINGS 79 6.713%
DALLAS STARS 79 5.812%
FLORIDA PANTHERS 81 5.411%
LOS ANGELES KINGS 86 4.509%
CAROLINA HURRICANES 87 3.11%
WINNIPEG JETS 87 2.71%
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 88 2.20%
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 94 1.80%
NEW YORK ISLANDERS 94 0.90%

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