| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Ottawa | Chris Phillips | D | Prince Albert | WHL | Canada |
| 2. | San Jose | Andrei Zyuzin | D | Ufa | IHL (CIS) | Russia |
| 3. | N.Y. Islanders | Jean-Pierre Dumont | RW | Val d'Or | QMJHL | Canada |
| 4. | Washington | Alexandre Volchkov | C | Barrie | OHL | Russia |
| 5. | Dallas | Richard Jackman | D | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | Canada |
| 6. | Edmonton | Boyd Devereaux | C | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 7. | Buffalo | Erik Rasmussen | C | Minnesota | WCHA | USA |
| 8. | Boston | Johnathan Aitken | D | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 9. | Anaheim | Ruslan Salei | D | Las Vegas | IHL | Belarus |
| 10. | New Jersey | Lance Ward | D | Red Deer | WHL | Canada |
| 11. | Phoenix | Dan Focht | D | Tri-City | WHL | Canada |
| 12. | Vancouver | Josh Holden | C | Regina | WHL | Canada |
| 13. | Calgary | Derek Morris | D | Regina | WHL | Canada |
| 14. | St. Louis | Marty Reasoner | C | Boston College | Hockey East | USA |
| 15. | Philadelphia | Dainius Zubrus | RW | Caledon | MTJHL | Lithuania |
| 16. | Tampa Bay | Mario Larocque | D | Hull | QMJHL | Canada |
| 17. | Washington | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | RW | Tri-City | WHL | Czech |
| 18. | Montreal | Matt Higgins | C | Moose Jaw | WHL | Canada |
| 19. | Edmonton | Mathieu Descoteaux | D | Shawinigan | QMJHL | Canada |
| 20. | Florida | Marcus Nilson | RW | Stockholm | Sweden U20 | Sweden |
| 21. | San Jose | Marco Sturm | C | Landshut | DEL | Germany |
| 22. | N.Y. Rangers | Jeff Brown | D | Sarnia | OHL | Canada |
| 23. | Pittsburgh | Craig Hillier | G | Ottawa | OHL | Canada |
| 24. | Phoenix | Daniel Briere | C | Drummondville | QMJHL | Canada |
| 25. | Colorado | Peter Ratchuk | D | Shattuck-St. Mary's | Minn. HS | USA |
| 26. | Detroit | Jesse Wallin | D | Red Deer | WHL | Canada |
