The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery concluded Tuesday night at NHL Network’s studio in Secaucus, N.J., and the Toronto Maple Leafs were the biggest winners of the evening. While all 16 non-playoff teams ...

The 2026 NHL draft lottery is complete, and it was a wild one. There were undoubtedly some teams that benefited immensely from the draft lottery results, while many others were negatively impacted.

After winning the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery, the Toronto Maple Leafs now hold the No. 1 overall pick in this summer's draft. With an elite collection of talent in the 2026 draft class, the Maple Leafs ...

The 2026 NHL Draft will be held in Buffalo in June. Timothy T. Ludwig / Imagn Images Last night saw the hockey world settle in to watch the NHL draft lottery, an annual event in which a collection of ...

TORONTO --Congratulations on your new jobs, Mats Sundin and John Chayka. In lieu of a nice bottle of wine, how does the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft sound as a welcoming gift? Come to think of it, ...

Gavin McKenna goes to the Maple Leafs in Scott Wheeler's first 2026 mock draft. David Berding / Getty Images Welcome to my first mock draft for the 2026 NHL Draft. At the conclusion of Tuesday night’s ...

SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier could hardly believe what he was seeing as he watched Tuesday’s NHL draft lottery unfold on live television. “Shocked, really,” Grier said. “You ...

For the third time in franchise history, the Toronto Maple Leafs will select No. 1 overall in the NHL draft after winning the 2026 lottery on Tuesday night. They moved up from the No. 5 spot with some ...