| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Boston | Joe Thornton | C | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | Canada |
| 2. | San Jose | Patrick Marleau | C | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 3. | Los Angeles | Olli Jokinen | C | Helsinki IFK | SM-Liiga | Finland |
| 4. | N.Y. Islanders | Roberto Luongo | G | Val d'Or | QMJHL | Canada |
| 5. | N.Y. Islanders | Eric Brewer | D | Prince George | WHL | Canada |
| 6. | Calgary | Daniel Tkaczuk | C | Barrie | OHL | Canada |
| 7. | Tampa Bay | Paul Mara | D | Sudbury | OHL | USA |
| 8. | Boston | Sergei Samsonov | LW | Detroit | IHL | Russia |
| 9. | Washington | Nick Boynton | D | Ottawa | OHL | Canada |
| 10. | Vancouver | Brad Ference | D | Spokane | WHL | Canada |
| 11. | Montreal | Jason Ward | C | Erie | OHL | Canada |
| 12. | Ottawa | Marian Hossa | LW | Trencin | Slovak Extraliga | Slovakia |
| 13. | Chicago | Daniel Cleary | LW | Belleville | OHL | Canada |
| 14. | Edmonton | Michel Riesen | RW | Biel | Nationalliga B | Switzerland |
| 15. | Los Angeles | Matt Zultek | LW | Ottawa | OHL | Canada |
| 16. | Chicago | Ty Jones | RW | Spokane | WHL | USA |
| 17. | Pittsburgh | Robert Dome | RW | Las Vegas | IHL | Slovakia |
| 18. | Anaheim | Michael Holmqvist | C | Stockholm | Sweden U20 | Sweden |
| 19. | N.Y. Rangers | Stefan Cherneski | RW | Brandon | WHL | Canada |
| 20. | Florida | Mike Brown | C | Red Deer | WHL | Canada |
| 21. | Buffalo | Mika Noronen | G | Tampere Tappara | Finland U20 | Finland |
| 22. | Carolina | Nikos Tselios | D | Belleville | OHL | USA |
| 23. | San Jose | Scott Hannan | D | Kelowna | WHL | Canada |
| 24. | New Jersey | J.F. Damphousse | G | Moncton | QMJHL | Canada |
| 25. | Dallas | Brenden Morrow | LW | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 26. | Colorado | Kevin Grimes | D | Kingston | OHL | Canada |
