Flyers will learn spot of their 1st-round pick May 10

When the Flyers will learn spot of their 2022 1st-round pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers are stumbling to the finish line of their 2021-22 season to forget.

But that could have them darting up the 2022 draft board.

The 2022 NHL draft lottery is Tuesday, May 10, in Secaucus, New Jersey (6:30 p.m. ET/ESPN). That’s when the Flyers will learn the position of their first-round draft pick, a slot that should have the club’s amateur scouting staff pretty excited.

At 23-43-11 and on a six-game losing streak, the Flyers entered Thursday in the bottom three of the NHL standings. Simultaneously, the piling of losses has improved the Flyers’ chances at landing a top-three pick.

With five games left on their schedule and 57 points, the Flyers are currently 30th in the NHL’s 32-team standings. They’re one point behind the expansion Kraken, who have six games remaining. The Canadiens are 31st (51 points) and the Coyotes 32nd (50 points). Both clubs have five games to go. The Flyers visit Montreal on Thursday night (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).

So if the Flyers finish third-to-last, they would be the third seed in the lottery odds.

Here are the chances of each seed winning the first overall pick.

• 1 — 18.5%

• 2 — 13.5%

• 3 — 11.5%

• 4 — 9.5%

• 5 — 8.5%

• 6 — 7.5%

• 7 — 6.5%

• 8 — 6.0%

• 9 — 5.0%

• 10 — 3.5%

• 11 — 3.0%

• 12 — 2.5%

• 13 — 2.0%

• 14 — 1.5%

• 15 — 0.5%

• 16 — 0.5%

The Flyers have six selections in the draft, which will be held July 7-8 at Bell Centre in Montreal.

The last time the Flyers finished with a pick in the top three overall was 2017, when they improbably climbed from the 13th position to No. 2 overall. They had a 2.4 percent chance at the second pick that summer and landed it, selecting Nolan Patrick out of the WHL.

With the league’s modified draft lottery format taking place this year, only the top 11 seeds are eligible to receive the first overall pick.

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