| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Quebec | Mats Sundin | C | Nacka | Swe. Div. 1 | Sweden |
| 2. | N.Y. Islanders | Dave Chyzowski | LW | Kamloops | WHL | Canada |
| 3. | Toronto | Scott Thornton | C | Belleville | OHL | Canada |
| 4. | Winnipeg | Stu Barnes | C | Tri-City | WHL | Canada |
| 5. | New Jersey | Bill Guerin | RW | Springfield | NEJHL | USA |
| 6. | Chicago | Adam Bennett | D | Sudbury | OHL | Canada |
| 7. | Minnesota | Doug Zmolek | D | Rochester Marshall | Minn. HS | USA |
| 8. | Vancouver | Jason Herter | D | North Dakota | WCHA | Canada |
| 9. | St. Louis | Jason Marshall | D | Vernon | BCJHL | Canada |
| 10. | Hartford | Bobby Holik | C | Jihlava | Czechoslovakia | Czech |
| 11. | Detroit | Mike Sillinger | C | Regina | WHL | Canada |
| 12. | Toronto | Rob Pearson | RW | Belleville | OHL | Canada |
| 13. | Montreal | Lindsay Vallis | RW | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 14. | Buffalo | Kevin Haller | D | Regina | WHL | Canada |
| 15. | Edmonton | Jason Soules | D | Niagara Falls | OHL | Canada |
| 16. | Pittsburgh | Jamie Heward | RW | Regina | WHL | Canada |
| 17. | Boston | Shayne Stevenson | RW | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 18. | New Jersey | Jason Miller | C | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 19. | Washington | Olaf Kolzig | G | Tri-City | WHL | Canada |
| 20. | N.Y. Rangers | Steven Rice | RW | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 21. | Toronto | Steve Bancroft | D | Belleville | OHL | Canada |
