The wait will be a bit longer for the Anaheim Ducks when the 2025 NHL Draft takes place in Los Angeles, as the team dropped down two spots to select 10th overall at the NHL Draft Lottery on Monday.

The NHL Draft will be held at the Peacock Theater June 27-28.

The New York Islanders won the lottery for the No. 1 overall pick, despite coming in with the 10th best odds (3.5%), and the Utah Hockey Club jumped up from No. 14 to No. 4 after winning the second phase of the lottery with a 3.2% chance. Teams that win either lottery phase can only move up 10 spots.

Both teams jumped over the Ducks, who came in with the eighth-best odds (6%) for the No. 1 overall pick, and Anaheim dropped down to No. 10 overall. Anaheim had just a 3.2% chance to drop two spots.

“It is always frustrating to fall back in the lottery,” Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek said. “We believe there is a strong group of players that will be available within the top 10 of this draft. We are confident with our scouting we will add an exciting young player to what we believe is already one of the best young group of players in the NHL.”

The Ducks have never won the NHL Draft Lottery or picked No. 1 overall.

The San Jose Sharks came in with the top odds for the top spot (25.5%) for the second season in a row, but the Sharks dropped down to No. 2 overall. Last season, San Jose picked No. 1 overall and selected Macklin Celebrini, who was named a finalist for the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie on Monday.

For the first time in league history, the lottery balls were pulled live on the broadcast from the NHL Network studio to increase transparency in the process. Previously, an independent accounting firm would pull the lottery balls prior to the broadcast with the results placed in envelopes to be opened up and revealed for the television product.

The 2025 NHL Draft will be the league’s first “decentralized” draft aside from the pandemic years, meaning team staff will not be on hand at the Peacock Theater on June 27-28 and instead will make selections from their respective “war rooms” at team facilities. The draft itself will present as a stage show with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announcing the picks and welcoming the prospects, as is done in other leagues like the NFL and NBA.

In addition to their 6% chance at moving up to No. 1, the Ducks also had a 6.2% at moving up to the No. 2 overall pick for the second time in team history–following Leo Carlsson’s selection in 2023–and a slight 0.2% chance to move up to No. 3 overall in back-to-back seasons. Anaheim selected Beckett Sennecke third last season.

Anaheim currently holds nine selections across the seven rounds of the 2025 NHL Draft, including four picks in the first three rounds.