April 29 saw the 2013 NHL Draft Lottery take place, which would decide the draft order from 1 to 14 in the upcoming draft, decided by the 14 teams that did not make the Stanley Cup playoffs.
This was the order of placing, and their odds going into the lottery.
| Rank |
Team |
% of Winning |
Points |
| 1 |
Florida Panthers |
25.0 |
36 |
| 2 |
Colorado Avalanche |
18.8 |
39 |
| 3 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
14.2 |
40 |
| 4 |
Nashville Predators |
10.7 |
41 |
| 5 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
8.1 |
42 |
| 6 |
Calgary Flames |
6.2 |
42 |
| 7 |
Edmonton Oilers |
4.7 |
45 |
| 8 |
Buffalo Sabres |
3.6 |
48 |
| 9 |
New Jersey Devils |
2.7 |
48 |
| 10 |
Dallas Stars |
2.1 |
48 |
| 11 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
1.5 |
49 |
| 12 |
Phoenix Coyotes |
1.1 |
51 |
| 13 |
Winnipeg Jets |
0.8 |
51 |
| 14 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
0.5 |
55 |
The lottery results however, showed a slightly different story. They showed that being the worst team in the NHL, doesn’t necessarily grant you the First Overall Pick, as the Colorado Avalanche move up from 2 to 1, at the expense of the Florida Panthers, who take the 2 spot. Otherwise, there was a status quo with all other positions, meaning the draft order for the first 14 picks in the draft at the moment, are as follows:
| Rank |
Team |
| 1 |
Colorado Avalanche |
| 2 |
Florida Panthers |
| 3 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 4 |
Nashville Predators |
| 5 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
| 6 |
Calgary Flames |
| 7 |
Edmonton Oilers |
| 8 |
Buffalo Sabres |
| 9 |
New Jersey Devils |
| 10 |
Dallas Stars |
| 11 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
| 12 |
Phoenix Coyotes |
| 13 |
Winnipeg Jets |
| 14 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
The 2013 NHL Draft will be held Sunday June 30.