Little information about the draft lottery history.
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The NHL Draft Lottery is a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2013 NHL Draft. Teams finishing with the fewest points during the regular season possess the greatest chance of winning the right to the first pick in the NHL Draft. Fourteen balls, numbered 1 to 14, are placed in a lottery machine. The machine expels four balls, forming a series of numbers. The four-digit series resulting from the expulsion of the balls is matched against a probability chart that divides the possible combinations among the 14 participating clubs.
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Prior to 2013 draft the winning team could not move up more than 4 positions in the draft order. History of the draft lottery results:
Year - Worst Team - Lottery Winner - Winner Original Standing - Odds - Pick Result
1995 - OTT - LAK - 7th - 04.7% - Moved from 7th to 3rd
1996 - OTT - OTT - 1st - 25.0% - Retained 1st Overall
1997 - BOS - BOS - 1st - 25.0% - Retained 1st Overall
1998 - TBL - SJS - 3rd - 14.2% - Moved from 3rd to 1st (TBL had rights to swap)
1999 - TBL - CHI - 8th - 03.6% - Moved from 8th to 4th
2000 - ATL - NYI - 5th - 08.1% - Moved from 5th to 1st
2001 - NYI - ATL - 3rd - 14.2% - Moved from 3rd to 1st
2002 - ATL - FLA - 3rd - 14.2% - Moved from 3rd to 1st
2003 - CAR - FLA - 4th - 10.7% - Moved from 4th to 1st
2004 - PIT - WAS - 3rd - 14.2% - Moved from 3rd to 1st
2005 - N/A - PIT - N/A - N/A - N/A
2006 - STL - STL - 1st - 25.0% - Retained 1st Overall
2007 - PHI - CHI - 5th - 08.1% - Moved from 5th to 1st
2008 - TBL - TBL - 1st - 25.0% - Retained 1st Overall
2009 - NYI - NYI - 1st - 25.0% - Retained 1st Overall
2010 - EDM - EDM - 1st - 25.0% - Retained 1st Overall
2011 - EDM - NJD - 8th - 0.36% - Moved from 8th to 4th
2012 - CBJ - EDM - 2nd - 18.8% - Moved from 2nd to 1st
2013 - FLA - COL - 2nd - 18.8% - Moved from to 1st
2014 - BUF - TBD - TBD - TBD - TBD
So out of 18 drafts (not including the 2005 draft) the following occured:
1st place has won 6 times (33.3%)
2nd place has won 2 times (11.1%)
3rd place has won 4 times (22.2%)
4th place has won 1 time (5.6%)
5th place has won 2 times (11.1%)
6th place has never won
7th place has won 1 time (5.6%)
8th place has won 2 times (11.1%)
No team beyond 8th has won