The first 16 selections were determined by the NHL Draft Lottery, which was held May 10. The Montreal Canadiens won the lottery and have the No. 1 pick. The New Jersey Devils won the No. 2 selection.
The 2022 draft will be held at Bell Centre in Montreal. The first round is July 7 and rounds 2-7 are July 8.
The 12 teams that lost in the first two rounds of the playoffs were slotted into picks 17-28. Teams that did not win their division were placed in inverse order of regular-season standings points, followed by the three division winners who lost in inverse order of regular-season points.
The No. 29 pick will go to the team that loses in the conference finals with the fewest regular-season points, and No. 30 will go to the other team that loses in the conference finals. The team that loses in the Stanley Cup Final will get pick No. 31, and the Cup winner gets No. 32.
The Edmonton Oilers (104 points) play the Colorado Avalanche (119) in the Western Conference Final beginning Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; TNT, CBC, SN, TVAS). The Tampa Bay Lightning (110) play the New York Rangers (110) in the Eastern Conference Final, with Game 1 on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, CBC, SN, TVAS).
The Winnipeg Jets own the Rangers' first-round pick from the trade for forward Andrew Copp on March 21. The Arizona Coyotes own the Avalanche's pick from the trade for goalie Darcy Kuemper on July 28.
The Coyotes and Buffalo Sabres each have three first-round picks, and the Canadiens, Jets, Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks each have two.
In addition to Colorado's pick, Arizona has No. 3 and No. 27, which it acquired from the Canadiens in a trade for forward Christian Dvorak on Sept. 4. The pick initially belonged to the Carolina Hurricanes but went to the Canadiens as compensation for signing forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
The Sabres have No. 9, No. 16 and No. 28. The No. 16 pick was acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights in the trade for forward Jack Eichel on Nov. 4, and No. 28 came from the Florida Panthers in the trade for forward Sam Reinhart on July 24.
The Canadiens have No. 1 and No. 26, acquired from the Calgary Flames in the trade for forward Tyler Toffoli on Feb. 14.
The Jets have No. 14 as well as the Rangers' pick.
The Blue Jackets have No. 6, which they got in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Seth Jones on July 23, as well as No. 12.
The Ducks have No. 10 and No. 22, acquired from the Boston Bruins in the trade for defenseman Hampus Lindholm on March 19.
The final order of the first round will be set after the Cup Final.
