The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is the 60th NHL Entry Draft. The draft is being held on July 7–8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. For the first time since 1985, the team hosting the draft selected first overall.
NHL Draft: Rankings 2023| Lottery| Simulator| Rankings 2022
Rankings 2023:
- C Adam Fantilli and C Connor Bedard | Canada.
- C Leo Carlsson and D Theo Lindstein | Sweden.
- C Charlie Stramel and RW Gavin Brindley | USA.
- RW Kasper Halttunen and D Arttu Kärki | Finland.
- LW Eduard Šalé and C Dominik Petr | Czechia.
- Best of the Rest.
Lottery:
In front of their hometown fans at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens threw a curveball, instead announcing that they would be taking Slovakian winger Juraj Slafkovsky with the first pick, prompting roars and gasps, boos and jeers, in English and French alike.
Though this was not a complete shocker — things had started to trend towards Slafkovsky recently — it was treated as such by the attending crowd, and set the draft amid a particularly wild course.
Simulator:
The Chicago Blackhawks acquired the No. 25 overall pick and goaltender Petr Mrazek from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for the No. 38 overall selection.
With the No. 25 pick, the Blackhawks took defenseman Sam Rinzel. He’s their third first-round pick of the night, joining defenseman Kevin Korchinski (No. 7) and center Frank Nazar (No. 13).
Rankings 2022:
| 1 | 1 | WRIGHT, SHANE | 6′ 0″ | 199 | CENTER | KINGSTON | OHL |
| 2 | 2 | COOLEY, LOGAN | 5′ 10″ | 180 | CENTER | USA U-18 | NTDP |
| 3 | 6 | GAUTHIER, CUTTER | 6′ 2″ | 200 | LEFT WING | USA U-18 | NTDP |
| 4 | 3 | SAVOIE, MATTHEW | 5′ 9″ | 170 | CENTER | WINNIPEG | WHL |
| 5 | 4 | GEEKIE, CONOR | 6′ 4″ | 190 | CENTER | WINNIPEG | WHL |
