What to Know
- Visit NBC Sports Boston’s Bruins page for complete coverage throughout the offseason.
- The Bruins, via the Brandon Carlo trade in 2025, get the Maple Leafs’ 2026 first-round pick if it lands outside the top five.
- If the Bruins don’t get the Leafs’ 2026 pick, they’ll get a first-rounder from Toronto in 2027 or 2028.
- The Bruins are not in the lottery themselves because they made the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Boston Bruins returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2026, but they are still one of the most interesting teams involved in Tuesday night’s NHL Draft Lottery.
That’s because the Bruins could get a top-seven pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs. One of the assets the B’s got from the Leafs as part of the Brandon Carlo trade back in March of 2025 was Toronto’s 2026 top-five protected first-round pick.
If that pick lands outside the top five as a result of Tuesday’s lottery, it goes to the Bruins. If the pick lands in the top five Tuesday, then the Maple Leafs will have to send a 2027 or 2028 first-rounder to the Bruins, depending on certain conditions.
The Bruins have a 58.2 percent chance of getting the pick this year. Will they get a lucky bounce of the ping-pong balls in the lottery?
Follow our live blog below for complete coverage of the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery:
