| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Boston | Gord Kluzak | D | Billings | WHL | Canada |
| 2. | Minnesota | Brian Bellows | RW | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 3. | Toronto | Gary Nylund | D | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 4. | Philadelphia | Ron Sutter | C | Lethbridge | WHL | Canada |
| 5. | Washington | Scott Stevens | D | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 6. | Buffalo | Phil Housley | D | South St. Paul | Minn. HS | USA |
| 7. | Chicago | Ken Yaremchuk | C | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 8. | New Jersey | Rocky Trottier | RW | Billings | WHL | Canada |
| 9. | Buffalo | Paul Cyr | LW | Victoria | WHL | Canada |
| 10. | Pittsburgh | Rich Sutter | RW | Lethbridge | WHL | Canada |
| 11. | Vancouver | Michel Petit | D | Sherbrooke | QMJHL | Canada |
| 12. | Winnipeg | Jim Kyte | D | Cornwall | OHL | Canada |
| 13. | Quebec | David Shaw | D | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 14. | Hartford | Paul Lawless | LW | Windsor | OHL | Canada |
| 15. | N.Y. Rangers | Chris Kontos | C | Toronto | OHL | Canada |
| 16. | Buffalo | Dave Andreychuk | C | Oshawa | OHL | Canada |
| 17. | Detroit | Murray Craven | C | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 18. | New Jersey | Ken Daneyko | D | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 19. | Montreal | Alain Heroux | LW | Chicoutimi | QMJHL | Canada |
| 20. | Edmonton | Jim Playfair | D | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 21. | N.Y. Islanders | Pat Flatley | RW | Wisconsin | WCHA | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '82 | |
| Total Selected: | 252 |
| Forwards: | 152 |
| Defense: | 82 |
| Goaltenders: | 18 |
| Major Junior: | 129 |
| Tier II and Junior B: | 31 |
| College Players: | 20 |
| High School: | 37 |
| Canadian: | 155 |
| American: | 62 |
| U.S.-Born: | 62 |
| European: | 35 |
| Reached NHL: | 109 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 18 |
| Hall of Fame: | 2 |
| All-Star Game: | 14 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 4 |
| Olympians: | 37 |
| Picks Traded: | 50 |