The NHL will hold the 2025 draft lottery on May 5; here’s what you need to know. Like the NBA’s draft lottery, the NHL draft lottery is dictated by a random drawing of numbered pingpong balls. Each team is assigned multiple series of numbers, and the order in which they’re pulled determines the draft order.

When the NHL draft lottery goes down on Monday, we'll finally know how the top end of the order will shake out. The San Jose Sharks have the best odds of landing the top pick and the Chicago Blackhawks are right behind them.

These 4 teams desperately need to win the NHL Draft Lottery and pick No. 1 overall 1. San Jose Sharks. Picking first overall in back-to-back seasons is definitely not where a fran

Utah's NHL team is in the "home stretch" of announcing its official name. Does one option stand above the rest?

Utah Hockey Club center Nick Schmaltz celebrates a goal with center Clayton Keller against the Nashville Predators. / Steve Roberts-Imagn Images The NHL's newest expansion team, the Utah Hockey Club,

It's been around a year since the Arizona Coyotes ceased to exist before the NHL welcomed its newest franchise in the form of the Utah Hockey Club. That