Phase 1 of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft Lottery will be conducted tonight at NHL Network’s studio in Secaucus, NJ at 8 p.m. ET. The event will be broadcast live on both NBCSN and NHL Network in the United States. Sportsnet and TVA Sports will handle those duties for our friends north of the border.
Originally, tonight was supposed to be the night the entire first round was completed, when potential franchise player Alexis Lafreniere of the Rimouski Oceanic and 30 others stepped onto the stage to collect sweaters and hats from their new teams. Then a certain pandemic hit and.