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Team E wins the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery, creating possibility of a Toronto Maple Leafs’ first overall draft selection

The Red Wings were the biggest losers of the evening among the individual picks — dropping from #1 to #4 — but the Ottawa Senators had the best combined odds (25%) at first overall with picks #2 and #3 only to fall to #3 and #5. The LA Kings won the draw for pick #2 and moved up from the #4 spot.

This means, with the NHL set to have a stage-2 to the draft lottery after the best-of-five qualifying round, one of the eight losing teams will be taking home the first overall selection. Each eliminated team will have an equal 12.