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ISLANDERS WIN DRAFT
DRAWING, RETAIN FIRST PICK FOR 2009 ENTRY DRAFT
NEW YORK (April 14, 2009) -- The New York Islanders won the National Hockey League Draft Drawing today and retained the first overall drafting position for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, June 26 and 27 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. The Islanders had the greatest percentage likelihood, 25%, that one of the numbered sequences assigned to them would be the winning combination. Under the lottery system, only the five teams with the fewest points had the chance to win the first overall selection; no team could move up more than four spots and no team could move backward more than one. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche, Atlanta Thrashers and Los Angeles Kings own the second, third, fourth and fifth drafting positions in the first round. The Islanders, who also won the NHL Draft Drawing in 2000, have selected first overall three times in franchise history. With those picks, the team selected Bill Harris (1972), Denis Potvin (1973) and Rick DiPietro (2000). The order of selection for the first 14 drafting positions in the first round, only, of the 2009 Entry Draft is as follows: 1. New York Islanders 2. Tampa Bay Lightning 3. Colorado Avalanche 4. Atlanta Thrashers 5. Los Angeles Kings 6. Phoenix Coyotes 7. Toronto Maple Leafs 8. Dallas Stars 9. Ottawa Senators 10. Edmonton Oilers 11. Nashville Predators 12. Minnesota Wild 13. Buffalo Sabres 14. Florida Panthers The remaining drafting positions will be determined at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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