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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

2015 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY TO BE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Winning Team to be Revealed in Televised Announcement on CBC, TVA Sports and NBC Our Coverage Sponsored by Cosmopolitan Dental, Official Dentist of Whom You Know


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The 2015 NHL Draft Lottery, a weighted system implemented and utilized to determine the order of selection in the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft for the 14 Clubs not qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs (or the Clubs that have acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff teams), will take place on Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m., ET.

The results of the Draft Lottery will be revealed live on CBC and TVA Sports in Canada and NBC in the U.S. immediately preceding the start of Game 2 of the Penguins-Rangers First Round series.

In August 2014, the NHL announced changes to the Draft Lottery format. The changes included adjusting the odds of winning the first overall selection. The 10 highest-finishing non-Playoff qualifying teams will receive higher (better) Draft Lottery odds than they received previously with the four lowest-finishing teams receiving lower (worse) odds.

Based on team finish, the percentage chance of being selected in the 2015 Draft Lottery is:

Team, 

Odds of 
Winning Lottery,

Odds of 
Staying Put,


Odds of Moving 
Down a Position
   

1. Buffalo Sabres 20.0% 20.0% 80.0%
2. Arizona Coyotes 13.5% 20.0% 66.5%
3. Edmonton Oilers 11.5% 33.5% 55.0%
4. Toronto Maple Leafs 9.5% 45.0% 45.5%
5. Carolina Hurricanes 8.5% 54.5% 37.0%
6. New Jersey Devils 7.5% 63.0% 29.5%
7. Philadelphia Flyers 6.5% 70.5% 23.0%
8. Columbus Blue Jackets 6.0% 77.0% 17.0%
9. San Jose Sharks 5.0% 83.0% 12.0%
10. Colorado Avalanche 3.5% 88.0% 8.5%
11. Florida Panthers 3.0% 91.5% 5.5%
12. Dallas Stars 2.5% 94.5% 3.0%
13. Los Angeles Kings 2.0% 97.0% 1.0%
14. Boston Bruins 1.0% 99.0% 0.0%

Fourteen balls, numbered 1 to 14, are placed in a lottery machine. The machine randomly selects four balls. The resulting four-number series (without regard to selection order) is matched against a chart that shows all possible combinations and the Clubs to which each is assigned.

The chart of assigned combinations will be posted at NHL.com on Friday, April 17. The complete process, including the video of the lottery drawing, also will be available on NHL.com after the lottery is conducted.

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