Placeholder team wins 2020 Draft Lottery, Sens will pick 3rd and 5th
The winner of the 2020 Draft Lottery has yet to be determined.
One of the placeholder teams participating in the best-of-five qualifying round of the expanded 24-team playoff format will make the first overall selection at the 2020 NHL Draft.
Here's a look at the complete draft order from picks one through eight:
| Pick | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Placeholder team |
| 2 | Los Angeles Kings |
| 3 | Ottawa Senators |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 5 | Ottawa Senators |
| 6 | Anaheim Ducks |
| 7 | New Jersey Devils |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres |
With a placeholder team winning the top selection, a second lottery will be conducted at some point between the end of the qualifiers and the first round of the 16-team playoffs to determine the final draft order.
If the play-in round cannot be completed, the remaining bottom eight teams will have a one-in-eight shot at the top selection, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
The Ottawa Senators, who owned a combined 25% chance of landing the first overall selection between their two picks, will pick third and fifth.
The Los Angeles Kings will select second for the first time since 2008, when they drafted blue-chip defenseman Drew Doughty.
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