The 2014 NHL entry draft was the 52nd draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The top three selections were Aaron Ekblad by the Florida Panthers, Sam Reinhart by the Buffalo Sabres, and Leon Draisaitl by the Edmonton Oilers. This draft featured the first selection of a player from Oceania with Australia's Nathan Walker being selected by the Washington Capitals in the third round.
As of 2026, there are 54 active NHL players from this draft.
Eligibility Ice hockey players born between January 1, 1994, and September 15, 1996, are eligible for selection in the 2014 NHL entry draft. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 1993 are eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2012 NHL entry draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 1994, are also eligible to re-enter the draft.
Draft lottery Since the 2012–13 season, all 14 teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs have a "weighted" chance at winning the first overall selection. The Florida Panthers won the 2014 draft lottery that took place on April 15, 2014, thus moving them from the second-overall pick to the first-overall pick.
Top prospects Source: NHL Central Scouting final (April 8, 2014) ranking.
Ranking North American skaters European skaters 1 Sam Bennett (C) Kasperi Kapanen (C) 2 Aaron Ekblad (D) William Nylander (C/RW) 3 Sam Reinhart (C) Kevin Fiala (LW) 4 Leon Draisaitl (C) Jakub Vrana (LW/RW) 5 Michael Dal Colle (C/LW) David Pastrnak (RW) 6 Jake Virtanen (RW) Adrian Kempe (LW) 7 Nick Ritchie (LW) Marcus Pettersson (D) 8 Brendan Perlini (LW) Ondrej Kase (RW) 9 Haydn Fleury (D) Sebastian Aho (D) 10 Jared McCann (C) Dominik Masin (D) Ranking North American goalies European goalies 1 Thatcher Demko Ville Husso 2 Mason McDonald Jonas Johansson 3 Brent Moran Linus Soderstrom
Selections by round The order of the 2014 entry draft is listed below.
Round one
# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 1 Aaron Ekblad (D) Canada Florida Panthers Barrie Colts (OHL) 2 Sam Reinhart (C) Canada Buffalo Sabres Kootenay Ice (WHL) 3 Leon Draisaitl (C) Germany Edmonton Oilers Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 4 Sam Bennett (C) Canada Calgary Flames Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) 5 Michael Dal Colle (LW) Canada New York Islanders Oshawa Generals (OHL) 6 Jake Virtanen (RW) Canada Vancouver Canucks Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 7 Haydn Fleury (D) Canada Carolina Hurricanes Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 8 William Nylander (C/RW) Sweden Toronto Maple Leafs MODO (SHL) 9 Nikolaj Ehlers (LW) Denmark Winnipeg Jets Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 10 Nick Ritchie (LW) Canada Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa)1 Peterborough Petes (OHL) 11 Kevin Fiala (LW) Switzerland Nashville Predators HV71 (SHL) 12 Brendan Perlini (LW) Canada Arizona Coyotes Niagara IceDogs (OHL) 13 Jakub Vrana (LW/RW) Czech Republic Washington Capitals Linkopings HC (SHL) 14 Julius Honka (D) Finland Dallas Stars Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 15 Dylan Larkin (C) United States Detroit Red Wings US NTDP (USHL) 16 Sonny Milano (LW) United States Columbus Blue Jackets US NTDP (USHL) 17 Travis Sanheim (D) Canada Philadelphia Flyers Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 18 Alex Tuch (RW) United States Minnesota Wild US NTDP (USHL) 19 Tony DeAngelo (D) United States Tampa Bay Lightning Sarnia Sting (OHL) 20 Nick Schmaltz (C) United States Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose)2 Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 21 Robby Fabbri (C) Canada St. Louis Blues Guelph Storm (OHL) 22 Kasperi Kapanen (RW) Finland Pittsburgh Penguins KalPa (Liiga) 23 Conner Bleackley (C) Canada Colorado Avalanche Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 24 Jared McCann (C) Canada Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim)3 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 25 David Pastrnak (RW) Czech Republic Boston Bruins Sodertalje SK (Sweden-2) 26 Nikita Scherbak (RW) Russia Montreal Canadiens Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 27 Nikolay Goldobin (LW) Russia San Jose Sharks (from Chicago)4 Sarnia Sting (OHL) 28 Josh Ho-Sang (RW) Canada New York Islanders (from NY Rangers via Tampa Bay)5 Windsor Spitfires (OHL) 29 Adrian Kempe (C) Sweden Los Angeles Kings MODO (SHL) 30 John Quenneville (C) Canada New Jersey Devils6 Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
Notes The Ottawa Senators' first-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013, that sent Bobby Ryan to Ottawa in exchange for Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and this pick. The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and Florida's third-round pick in 2014 (62nd overall) to San Jose in exchange for the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) and this pick. The Anaheim Ducks' first-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent Ryan Kesler and a third-round pick in 2015 to Anaheim in exchange for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, a third-round pick in 2014 (85th overall) and this pick. The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for Florida's third-round pick in 2014 (62nd overall) and this pick. The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent the Islanders and Montreal's second-round picks both in 2014 (35th and 57th overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick. Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Martin St. Louis and a conditional second-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for Ryan Callahan, a first-round pick in 2015, a conditional seventh-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Tampa Bay will receive a first-round pick in 2014 if the Rangers advance to the 2014 Eastern Conference Final – was converted on May 13, 2014. The New Jersey Devils picked 30th overall in the first round. The Devils were expected to forfeit their first-round pick in 2014 (they elected to keep their first-round picks in 2011, 2012, and 2013) as the result of a penalty sanction due to cap circumvention when signing Ilya Kovalchuk. The penalty also included a fine of $3 million and the forfeit of the Devils' third round pick in 2011. The NHL kept most of the penalties, except for modifying the first-round pick and reducing the fine to $1.5 million.
Round two
# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 31 Brendan Lemieux (LW) Canada Buffalo Sabres Barrie Colts (OHL) 32 Jayce Hawryluk (RW) Canada Florida Panthers Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 33 Ivan Barbashev (C/LW) Russia St. Louis Blues (from Edmonton)1 Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) 34 Mason McDonald (G) Canada Calgary Flames Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) 35 Dominik Masin (D) Czech Republic Tampa Bay Lightning (from New York Islanders)2 HC Slavia Praha (ELH) 36 Thatcher Demko (G) United States Vancouver Canucks Boston College Eagles (NCAA D1) 37 Alex Nedeljkovic (G) United States Carolina Hurricanes Plymouth Whalers (OHL) 38 Marcus Pettersson (D) Sweden Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto)3 Skelleftea AIK U20 (J20 SuperElit) 39 Vitek Vanecek (G) Czech Republic Washington Capitals (from Winnipeg via Minnesota and Buffalo)4 HC Bili Tygri Liberec U20 (CZE U20) 40 Andreas Englund (D) Sweden Ottawa Senators Djurgardens IF (J20 SuperElit) 41 Josh Jacobs (D) United States New Jersey Devils Indiana Ice (USHL) 42 Vladislav Kamenev (LW) Russia Nashville Predators Stalnye Lisy (MHL) 43 Ryan MacInnis (C) United States Arizona Coyotes Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 44 Eric Cornel (C) Canada Buffalo Sabres (from Washington)5 Peterborough Petes (OHL) 45 Brett Pollock (LW) Canada Dallas Stars Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) 46 Julius Bergman (D) Sweden San Jose Sharks (from Detroit via Nashville)6 Frolunda HC U20 (J20 SuperElit) 47 Ryan Collins (D) United States Columbus Blue Jackets US NTDP (USHL) 48 Nicolas Aube-Kubel (RW) Canada Philadelphia Flyers Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) 49 Vaclav Karabacek (RW) Czech Republic Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota)7 Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) 50 Roland McKeown (D) Canada Los Angeles Kings (from Tampa Bay via Vancouver)8 Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) 51 Jack Dougherty (D) United States Nashville Predators (from San Jose)9 US NTDP (USHL) 52 Maxim Letunov (C) Russia St. Louis Blues Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 53 Noah Rod (RW) Switzerland San Jose Sharks (from Pittsburgh)10 Geneve-Servette HC U20 (CH-U20) 54 Hunter Smith (RW) Canada Calgary Flames (from Colorado)11 Oshawa Generals (OHL) 55 Brandon Montour (D) Canada Anaheim Ducks Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 56 Ryan Donato (C) United States Boston Bruins Dexter Varsity (NEPSAC) 57 Johnathan MacLeod (D) United States Tampa Bay Lightning (from Montreal via NY Islanders)12 US NTDP (USHL) 58 Christian Dvorak (LW) United States Arizona Coyotes (from Chicago)13 London Knights (OHL) 59 Brandon Halverson (G) United States New York Rangers Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 60 Alex Lintuniemi (D) Finland Los Angeles Kings (from Los Angeles via Buffalo)14 Ottawa 67's (OHL)
Notes The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on July 10, 2013, that sent David Perron and a third-round pick in 2015 to Edmonton in exchange for Magnus Paajarvi, a fourth-round pick in 2015 and this pick. The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent the Rangers first-round pick in 2014 (28th overall) to New York in exchange for Montreal's second-round pick in 2014 (57th overall) and this pick. The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on November 16, 2013, that sent Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz to Toronto in exchange for Jesse Blacker, Anaheim's seventh-round pick in 2014 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Anaheim will receive a second-round pick in 2014 if Holland plays in 25 or more games for the Maple Leafs during the 2013–14 NHL season – was converted on January 18, 2014. The Winnipeg Jets' second-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent a second and third-round pick in 2014 (44th and 74th overall) to Buffalo in exchange for this pick. Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota for Torrey Mitchell, a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick. Minnesota previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013, that sent Devin Setoguchi to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick. The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 (39th overall) to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 (74th overall) and this pick. The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent second-round pick in 2014 (51st overall) and a fourth-round pick in 2015 to Nashville in exchange for this pick. Nashville previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent David Legwand to Detroit in exchange for Patrick Eaves, Calle Jarnkrok, and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Nashville will receive a second-round pick in 2014 if Detroit qualifies for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 9, 2014. The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Jason Pominville and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Minnesota in exchange for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a first-round pick in 2013 and this pick.