Islanders secure No. 1 pick in 2025 NHL draft lottery, jumping 9 positions

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The New York Islanders won the NHL draught lottery connected Monday and vaulted 9 teams, including the last-place San Jose Sharks, successful winning the accidental to person the No. 1 pick.

Vancouver, Montreal circular retired lottery selections with No. 15, 16 picks, respectively

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 05, 2025 7:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

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The New York Islanders won the 2025 NHL draught lottery held successful Seacaucus, N.J., connected Monday, leaping 9 positions. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The New York Islanders won the NHL draught lottery connected Monday and vaulted 9 teams, including the last-place San Jose Sharks, successful winning the accidental to person the No. 1 pick.

The Islanders, who finished 10th successful the standings and are successful the midst of a front-office change, overcame having conscionable a 3.5 per cent chance to winning the lottery. New York has the close to prime archetypal for the 5th clip successful squad history, and archetypal since selecting John Tavares with the No. 1 prime successful 2009.

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