The 2021 NHL Draft Lottery will be held at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET tonight at the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. Due to a rule change, this draft lottery will only include the first and second overall selections. The San Jose Sharks have the seventh-best odds for the for the first-overall pick, with 6.7 percent.
The two worst teams in the 2021 season, the Buffalo Sabres and Anaheim Ducks, have the best odds at either lottery selection, followed by the Seattle Kraken in their inaugural draft. The draft lottery will determine and finalize the order of the first 16 picks, while the playoffs settle picks 17 through 32.