| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Detroit | Joe Murphy | C | Michigan State | CCHA | Canada |
| 2. | Los Angeles | Jimmy Carson | C | Verdun | QMJHL | Canada |
| 3. | New Jersey | Neil Brady | C | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 4. | Pittsburgh | Zarley Zalapski | D | Team Canada | IIHF | Canada |
| 5. | Buffalo | Shawn Anderson | D | Team Canada | IIHF | Canada |
| 6. | Toronto | Vincent Damphousse | LW | Laval | QMJHL | Canada |
| 7. | Vancouver | Dan Woodley | C | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 8. | Winnipeg | Pat Elynuik | RW | Prince Albert | WHL | Canada |
| 9. | N.Y. Rangers | Brian Leetch | D | Avon Old Farms | Conn. HS | USA |
| 10. | St. Louis | Jocelyn Lemieux | RW | Laval | QMJHL | Canada |
| 11. | Hartford | Scott Young | RW | Boston University | Hockey East | USA |
| 12. | Minnesota | Warren Babe | LW | Lethbridge | WHL | Canada |
| 13. | Boston | Craig Janney | C | Boston College | Hockey East | USA |
| 14. | Chicago | Everett Sanipass | LW | Verdun | QMJHL | Canada |
| 15. | Montreal | Mark Pederson | LW | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 16. | Calgary | George Pelawa | RW | Bemidji | Minn. HS | USA |
| 17. | N.Y. Islanders | Tom Fitzgerald | C | Reading Austin Prep | Mass. HS | USA |
| 18. | Quebec | Ken McRae | C | Sudbury | OHL | Canada |
| 19. | Washington | Jeff Greenlaw | LW | Team Canada | IIHF | Canada |
| 20. | Philadelphia | Kerry Huffman | D | Guelph | OHL | Canada |
| 21. | Edmonton | Kim Issel | RW | Prince Albert | WHL | Canada |
