| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | N.Y. Islanders | Denis Potvin | D | Ottawa | OHA | Canada |
| 2. | Atlanta | Tom Lysiak | C | Medicine Hat | WCHL | Canada |
| 3. | Vancouver | Denis Ververgaert | RW | London | OHA | Canada |
| 4. | Toronto | Lanny McDonald | RW | Medicine Hat | WCHL | Canada |
| 5. | St. Louis | John Davidson | G | Calgary | WCHL | Canada |
| 6. | Boston | Andre Savard | C | Quebec | QMJHL | Canada |
| 7. | Pittsburgh | Blaine Stoughton | RW | Flin Flon | WCHL | Canada |
| 8. | Montreal | Bob Gainey | LW | Peterborough | OHA | Canada |
| 9. | Vancouver | Bob Dailey | D | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 10. | Toronto | Bob Neely | D | Peterborough | OHA | Canada |
| 11. | Detroit | Terry Richardson | G | New Westminster | WCHL | Canada |
| 12. | Buffalo | Morris Titanic | LW | Sudbury | OHA | Canada |
| 13. | Chicago | Darcy Rota | LW | Edmonton | WCHL | Canada |
| 14. | N.Y. Rangers | Rick Middleton | RW | Oshawa | OHA | Canada |
| 15. | Toronto | Ian Turnbull | D | Ottawa | OHA | Canada |
| 16. | Atlanta | Vic Mercredi | C | New Westminster | WCHL | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '73 | |
| Total Selected: | 168 |
| Forwards: | 103 |
| Defense: | 53 |
| Goaltenders: | 12 |
| Major Junior: | 131 |
| College Players: | 28 |
| Canadian: | 151 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 3 |
| American: | 14 |
| Born in USA: | 14 |
| Reached NHL: | 70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 8 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 13 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 3 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 35 |