| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Minnesota | Mike Modano | C | Prince Albert | WHL | USA |
| 2. | Vancouver | Trevor Linden | RW | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 3. | Quebec | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | Saskatoon | WHL | Canada |
| 4. | Pittsburgh | Darrin Shannon | LW | Windsor | OHL | Canada |
| 5. | Quebec | Daniel Dore | RW | Drummondville | QMJHL | Canada |
| 6. | Toronto | Scott Pearson | LW | Kingston | OHL | Canada |
| 7. | Los Angeles | Martin Gelinas | LW | Hull | QMJHL | Canada |
| 8. | Chicago | Jeremy Roenick | C | Thayer Academy | Mass. HS | USA |
| 9. | St. Louis | Rod Brind'Amour | C | Wilcox Notre Dame | SJHL | Canada |
| 10. | Winnipeg | Teemu Selanne | RW | Helsinki Jokerit | SM-Liiga | Finland |
| 11. | Hartford | Chris Govedaris | LW | Toronto | OHL | Canada |
| 12. | New Jersey | Corey Foster | D | Peterborough | OHL | Canada |
| 13. | Buffalo | Joel Savage | RW | Victoria | WHL | Canada |
| 14. | Philadelphia | Claude Boivin | LW | Drummondville | QMJHL | Canada |
| 15. | Washington | Reggie Savage | C | Victoriaville | QMJHL | Canada |
| 16. | N.Y. Islanders | Kevin Cheveldayoff | D | Brandon | WHL | Canada |
| 17. | Detroit | Kory Kocur | RW | Saskatoon | WHL | Canada |
| 18. | Boston | Rob Cimetta | LW | Toronto | OHL | Canada |
| 19. | Edmonton | Francois Leroux | D | St. Jean | QMJHL | Canada |
| 20. | Montreal | Eric Charron | D | Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL | Canada |
| 21. | Calgary | Jason Muzzatti | G | Michigan State | CCHA | Canada |
