The 2026 NHL draft is inching closer, and we’ve already seen quite a bit of movement involving first-round picks thanks to a few recent trades.For one, the Kraken offloaded the No. 25 pick, along with a second-round selection, to the Panthers in exchange for Mackie Samoskevich. That No. 25 pick was then flipped to the Senators as part of Florida’s blockbuster acquisition of Brady Tkachuk, which also involved the No. 9 pick going to Ottawa. With just a few days until the draft gets underway, let’s take a look at the current draft order, with the Maple Leafs set to pick at No. 1 after winning the draft lottery in May. As a reminder, this year’s draft is scheduled for Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center. Round 1 will take place on Friday, beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET, while the remaining six rounds will be held on Saturday, with action starting at 11:00 a.m. ET. So, let’s see what the complete NHL draft order looks like, barring any further trades.First round 2026 NHL draft orderPick No. Team 1Toronto Maple Leafs2San Jose Sharks3Vancouver Canucks4Chicago Blackhawks5New York Rangers6Calgary Flames7Seattle Kraken8Winnipeg Jets9Ottawa Senators (from FLA)10Nashville Predators11St. Louis Blues12New Jersey Devils13New York Islanders14Columbus Blue Jackets15St. Louis Blues (from DET)16Washington Capitals17Los Angeles Kings18Washington Capitals (from ANA)19Utah Mammoth20Buffalo Sabres (from EDM via SJS)21Philadelphia Flyers22Pittsburgh Penguins23Boston Bruins24Vancouver Canucks (from MIN)25Ottawa Senators (from TBL via SEA and FLA)26New York Rangers (from DAL via CAR)27San Jose Sharks (from BUF)28Montreal Canadiens 29St. Louis Blues (from COL via NYI)30Calgary Flames (from VGK)31Carolina Hurricanes32Ottawa SenatorsBoth the Sabres and Blues are set to select three times in the opening round. The Senators have the No. 32 pick, as well as the Nos. 9 and 25 selections they received from the Panthers in the Tkachuk trade. Meanwhile, the Blues will select at pick No. 11, pick No. 15 (via the Justin Faulk trade) and pick No. 29, which was acquired from the Islanders in the Brayden Schenn trade. In all, there are eight teams without a first-round pick, including the Oilers, Golden Knights, Wild, Ducks, Stars, Red Wings, Lightning and Avalanche. Second round 2026 NHL draft orderPick No., (Overall)Team1 (33) Vancouver Canucks2 (34)Chicago Blackhawks3 (35)Calgary Flames (from NYR via UTA)4 (36)Calgary Flames5 (37)Chicago Blackhawks (from TOR)6 (38)Seattle Kraken7 (39)Pittsburgh Penguins (from WPG)8 (40) Florida Panthers9 (41) Vancouver Canucks (from SJS)10 (42) Nashville Predators11 (43)Columbus Blue Jackets (from STL via PIT)12 (44)New Jersey Devils13 (45) Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI)14 (46) Los Angeles Kings (from CBJ via MTL)15 (47) Detroit Red Wings16 (48)Florida Panthers (from WSH)17 (49)Los Angeles Kings18 (50) Anaheim Ducks19 (51) Calgary Flames (from UTA)20 (52) Edmonton Oilers21 (53) Philadelphia Flyers22 (54) Pittsburgh Penguins23 (55) Calgary Flames (from OTT via UTA)24 (56) Boston Bruins25 (57) Nashville Predators (from MIN)26 (58) Tampa Bay Lightning27 (59) Dallas Stars28 (60)Toronto Maple Leafs (from BUF via OTT and LAK)29 (61) Montreal Canadiens30 (62) San Jose Sharks (from COL)31 (63) *Pick forfeited by Vegas Golden Knights32 (64) New York Rangers (via CAR)*The Golden Knights forfeited their second-round pick after former coach John Tortorella violated the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs media regulations by refusing to make the team available to meet with reporters following their series-clinching win against the Ducks. Third round 2026 NHL draft orderPick No. (Overall) Team1 (65) Calgary Flames (from VAN)2 (66) Chicago Blackhawks3 (67)New York Rangers4 (68)Calgary Flames5 (69) Toronto Maple Leafs6 (70) Nashville Predators (from SEA via DAL)7 (71) Winnipeg Jets8 (72) Ottawa Senators (from FLA)9 (73) St. Louis Blues (from SJS via PIT and DET)10 (74) Colorado Avalanche (from NSH)11 (75) St. Louis Blues12 (76) St. Louis Blues (from NJD via NYI)13 (77) New York Rangers (from NYI)14 (78) Vancouver Canucks (from CBJ)15 (79) Detroit Red Wings16 (80) Los Angeles Kings (from WSH via OTT)17 (81) New York Rangers (from LAK)18 (82)Anaheim Ducks19 (83) Utah Mammoth20 (84)Edmonton Oilers21 (85) Toronto Maple Leafs (from PHI)22 (86)Pittsburgh Penguins23 (87)Ottawa Senators24 (88) Boston Bruins25 (89) Minnesota Wild26 (90) Tampa Bay Lightning27 (91) Ottawa Senators (from DAL via CAR and LAK) 28 (92)New York Rangers (from BUF)29 (93) Montreal Canadiens30 (94) Columbus Blue Jackets (from COL via MIN)31 (95)Vegas Golden Knights32 (96) Utah Mammoth (from CAR)Fourth round 2026 NHL draft orderPick No. (Overall) Team1 (97)Vancouver Canucks2 (98)Florida Panthers (from CHI)3 (99) Seattle Kraken (from NYR via CBJ)4 (100) Calgary Flames5 (101) Columbus Blue Jackets (from TOR via MIN)6 (102)Seattle Kraken7 (103) Montreal Canadiens (from WPG via NJD)8 (104) Boston Bruins (from FLA via SJS)9 (105) Carolina Hurricanes (from SJS)10 (106) Nashville Predators11 (107) St. Louis Blues12 (108)New Jersey Devils13 (109) New York Islanders14 (110)Ottawa Senators (from CBJ via DET)15 (111)Boston Bruins (from DET via ANA)16 (112) Washington Capitals17 (113)Los Angeles Kings18 (114) Toronto Maple Leafs (from ANA via SEA)19 (115) Utah Mammoth20 (116) Winnipeg Jets (from EDM via BOS and BUF)21 (117) Anaheim Ducks (from PHI)22 (118)Nashville Predators (from PIT)23 (119)Chicago Blackhawks (from OTT) 24 (120) San Jose Sharks (from BOS)25 (121) Minnesota Wild26 (122) Boston Bruins (from TBL)27 (123) St. Louis Blues (from DAL via NJD)28 (124) Buffalo Sabres29 (125) Montreal Canadiens30 (126) Colorado Avalanche31 (127) San Jose Sharks (from VGK via WSH)32 (128) Colorado Avalanche (from CAR)Fifth round 2026 NHL draft orderPick No. (Overall)Team1 (129) Vancouver Canucks2 (130) Utah Mammoth (from CHI)3 (131)New York Rangers4 (132) Calgary Flames5 (133) Tampa Bay Lightning (from TOR)6 (134)Tampa Bay Lightning (from SEA)7 (135) Winnipeg Jets8 (136) Florida Panthers9 (137) Minnesota Wild (from SJS)10 (138)Nashville Predators11 (139) St. Louis Blues12 (140)New Jersey Devils13 (141) New York Islanders14 (142) Columbus Blue Jackets15 (143) Detroit Red Wings16 (144) Washington Capitals17 (145) Los Angeles Kings18 (146)Anaheim Ducks19 (147) Utah Mammoth20 (148) Nashville Predators (from EDM)21 (149) Colorado Avalanche (from PHI)22 (150) St. Louis Blues (from PIT)23 (151) Ottawa Senators24 (152) Colorado Avalanche (from BOS)25 (153) Minnesota Wild26 (154) Tampa Bay Lightning27 (155) Dallas Stars28 (156) Buffalo Sabres29 (157)Boston Bruins (from MTL via SJS)30 (158)Toronto Maple Leafs (from COL)31 (159) Vegas Golden Knights32 (160) Nashville Predators (from COL) Sixth round 2026 NHL Draft orderPick No. (Overall)Team1 (161) Vancouver Canucks2 (162) New York Rangers (from CHI via BUF)3 (163) New York Rangers4 (164)Calgary Flames5 (165) Carolina Hurricanes (from TOR)6 (166) Seattle Kraken7 (167)Winnipeg Jets8 (168)Florida Panthers9 (169) Toronto Maple Leafs (from SJS)10 (170) Pittsburgh Penguins (from NSH)11 (171)St. Louis Blues12 (172)New Jersey Devils13 (173)New York Islanders14 (174) San Jose Sharks (from CBJ via PHI)15 (175)Detroit Red Wings16 (176) Vancouver Canucks (from WSH)17 (177)Los Angeles Kings 18 (178)Anaheim Ducks19 (179)Nashville Predators (from UTA)20 (180) Edmonton Oilers21 (181)Philadelphia Flyers22 (182) Columbus Blue Jackets (from PIT)23 (183)Ottawa Senators24 (184)Vancouver Canucks (from BOS via MIN)25 (185) Minnesota Wild26 (186) Tampa Bay Lightning27 (187)Dallas Stars28 (188)Buffalo Sabres29 (189) Montreal Canadiens30 (190)Los Angeles Kings (from COL via OTT)31 (191) Vegas Golden Knights32 (192)Carolina HurricanesSeventh round 2026 NHL Draft orderPick No. (Overall)Team1 (193)New York Rangers (from VAN)2 (194)Chicago Blackhawks3 (195) Colorado Avalanche (from NYR via NSH)4 (196) Detroit Red Wings (from CGY)5 (197)Dallas Stars (from TOR)6 (198)Seattle Kraken7 (199)Winnipeg Jets8 (200)Chicago Blackhawks (from FLA)9 (201)San Jose Sharks10 (202)Nashville Predators11 (203) St. Louis Blues12 (204)Seattle Kraken (from NJD)13 (205) New York Islanders14 (206) Columbus Blue Jackets 15 (207)Detroit Red Wings16 (208) Washington Capitals17 (209) Los Angeles Kings18 (210)Anaheim Ducks19 (211) Utah Mammoth20 (212)Edmonton Oilers21 (213) Philadelphia Flyers22 (214) Colorado Avalanche (from PIT)23 (215)Colorado Avalanche (from OTT)24 (216) Boston Bruins25 (217)Florida Panthers (from MIN)26 (218)Tampa Bay Lightning27 (219)Dallas Stars28 (220)Winnipeg Jets (from BUF)29 (221)Montreal Canadiens30 (222)Colorado Avalanche31 (223) Vegas Golden Knights32 (224)Montreal Canadiens (from CAR)More from Sports IllustratedAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow