2013 NHL Entry Draft



The 2013 NHL Entry Draft was the 51st NHL Entry Draft which took place on June 30, 2013 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The top three selections were Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov, Jr. and Jonathan Drouin.

Eligibility
Ice hockey players born between January 1, 1993, and September 15, 1995,[3] were eligible for selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 1992 were eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 1993 were also eligible to re-enter the draft.

Draft lottery
Beginning with the 2013 NHL Entry Draft all fourteen teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs had a "weighted" chance at winning the first overall selection.

The Colorado Avalanche won the 2013 draft lottery that took place on April 29, 2013, thus moving them up from the second pick to the first pick.