| 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 | Eric Lindros | C | Oshawa | OHL | Canada |
| 2. | San Jose | Pat Falloon | RW | Spokane | WHL | Canada |
| 3. | New Jersey | Scott Niedermayer | D | Kamloops | WHL | Canada |
| 4. | N.Y. Islanders | Scott Lachance | D | Boston University | Hockey East | USA |
| 5. | Winnipeg | Aaron Ward | D | Michigan | CCHA | Canada |
| 6. | Philadelphia | Peter Forsberg | C | Ornskoldsvik | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 7. | Vancouver | Alek Stojanov | RW | Hamilton | OHL | Canada |
| 8. | Minnesota | Richard Matvichuk | D | Saskatoon | WHL | Canada |
| 9. | Hartford | Patrick Poulin | LW | St. Hyacinthe | QMJHL | Canada |
| 10. | Detroit | Martin Lapointe | RW | Laval | QMJHL | Canada |
| 11. | New Jersey | Brian Rolston | C | Detroit Compuware | NAJHL | USA |
| 12. | Edmonton | Tyler Wright | C | Swift Current | WHL | Canada |
| 13. | Buffalo | Philippe Boucher | D | Granby | QMJHL | Canada |
| 14. | Washington | Pat Peake | C | Detroit | OHL | USA |
| 15. | N.Y. Rangers | Alexei Kovalev | RW | Moscow Dynamo | Soviet | Russia |
| 16. | Pittsburgh | Markus Naslund | RW | Ornskoldsvik | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 17. | Montreal | Brent Bilodeau | D | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 18. | Boston | Glen Murray | RW | Sudbury | OHL | Canada |
| 19. | Calgary | Niklas Sundblad | RW | Solna | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 20. | Edmonton | Martin Rucinsky | LW | Litvinov | Czechoslovakia | Czech |
| 21. | Washington | Trevor Halverson | LW | North Bay | OHL | Canada |
| 22. | Chicago | Dean McAmmond | C | Prince Albert | WHL | Canada |
