| 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 | Owen Nolan | RW | Cornwall | OHL | Canada |
| 2. | Vancouver | Petr Nedved | C | Seattle | WHL | Czech |
| 3. | Detroit | Keith Primeau | C | Niagara Falls | OHL | Canada |
| 4. | Philadelphia | Mike Ricci | C | Peterborough | OHL | Canada |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | Jaromir Jagr | RW | Kladno | Czechoslovakia | Czech |
| 6. | N.Y. Islanders | Scott Scissons | C | Saskatoon | WHL | Canada |
| 7. | Los Angeles | Darryl Sydor | D | Kamloops | WHL | Canada |
| 8. | Minnesota | Derian Hatcher | D | North Bay | OHL | USA |
| 9. | Washington | John Slaney | D | Cornwall | OHL | Canada |
| 10. | Toronto | Drake Berehowsky | D | Kingston | OHL | Canada |
| 11. | Calgary | Trevor Kidd | G | Brandon | WHL | Canada |
| 12. | Montreal | Turner Stevenson | RW | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 13. | N.Y. Rangers | Michael Stewart | D | Michigan State | CCHA | Canada |
| 14. | Buffalo | Brad May | LW | Niagara Falls | OHL | Canada |
| 15. | Hartford | Mark Greig | RW | Lethbridge | WHL | Canada |
| 16. | Chicago | Karl Dykhuis | D | Hull | QMJHL | Canada |
| 17. | Edmonton | Scott Allison | C | Prince Albert | WHL | Canada |
| 18. | Vancouver | Shawn Antoski | LW | North Bay | OHL | Canada |
| 19. | Winnipeg | Keith Tkachuk | C | Malden Catholic | Mass. HS | USA |
| 20. | New Jersey | Martin Brodeur | G | St. Hyacinthe | QMJHL | Canada |
| 21. | Boston | Bryan Smolinski | C | Michigan State | CCHA | USA |
