The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery takes place Tuesday night, and the Vancouver Canucks enter with the best odds of securing the first-overall pick of this year’s draft.
Coming in with an 18.5 per cent chance to win the first pick, Vancouver has the shortest odds on FanDuel at +270 to win the draft lottery.
Two other Canadian teams sit inside the top five for betting odds with the Calgary Flames (+850) and Toronto Maple Leafs (+950) hoping to win the draft lottery.
Meanwhile, entering with a 6.5 per cent chance to land the first pick, the Winnipeg Jets (+1200) are last in odds among the four Canadian teams in the draft lottery.
Here is a look at the full market on FanDuel.
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | +270 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | +550 |
| New York Rangers | +650 |
| Calgary Flames | +850 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | +950 |
| Seattle Kraken | +1100 |
| Winnipeg Jets | +1200 |
| Florida Panthers | +1400 |
| San Jose Sharks | +1600 |
| Nashville Predators | +1800 |
| St. Louis Blues | +2700 |
Will the Toronto Maple Leafs be awarded a top five pick?
The Toronto Maple Leafs have an 8.5 per cent chance to win the first-overall pick in Tuesday’s night’s draft lottery, but whether or not they will remain inside the top five is the real question.
After finishing with the fifth-worst record in the NHL, Toronto will either have to move up to first or second by winning the lottery, or hope the two winning teams are both already ahead of them in the draft order.
Falling outside of the top five would result in the Boston Bruins getting their pick as a part of a deal at the 2025 trade deadline that saw defenceman Brendon Carlo traded to Toronto for young forward Fraser Minten and a conditional first-round pick.
FanDuel has priced Toronto being awarded a top-five pick at +135 for Tuesday night, with the other side at -140.
Between Toronto’s 8.5 per cent and the totals of the four teams in front of them, Toronto has a 41.9 per cent chance to keep a top-five pick and a 58.1 per cent of falling back to sixth or seventh.
