| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Buffalo | Pierre Turgeon | C | Granby | QMJHL | Canada |
| 2. | New Jersey | Brendan Shanahan | C | London | OHL | Canada |
| 3. | Boston | Glen Wesley | D | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 4. | Los Angeles | Wayne McBean | D | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | Chris Joseph | D | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 6. | Minnesota | Dave Archibald | C | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 7. | Toronto | Luke Richardson | D | Peterborough | OHL | Canada |
| 8. | Chicago | Jimmy Waite | G | Chicoutimi | QMJHL | Canada |
| 9. | Quebec | Bryan Fogarty | D | Kingston | OHL | Canada |
| 10. | N.Y. Rangers | Jayson More | D | New Westminster | WHL | Canada |
| 11. | Detroit | Yves Racine | D | Longueuil | QMJHL | Canada |
| 12. | St. Louis | Keith Osborne | RW | North Bay | OHL | Canada |
| 13. | N.Y. Islanders | Dean Chynoweth | D | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 14. | Boston | Stephane Quintal | D | Granby | QMJHL | Canada |
| 15. | Quebec | Joe Sakic | C | Swift Current | WHL | Canada |
| 16. | Winnipeg | Bryan Marchment | D | Belleville | OHL | Canada |
| 17. | Montreal | Andrew Cassels | C | Ottawa | OHL | Canada |
| 18. | Hartford | Jody Hull | RW | Peterborough | OHL | Canada |
| 19. | Calgary | Bryan Deasley | LW | Michigan | CCHA | Canada |
| 20. | Philadelphia | Darren Rumble | D | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 21. | Edmonton | Peter Soberlak | RW | Swift Current | WHL | Canada |
