The
1995 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Edmonton Coliseum (now
Rexall Place) in
Edmonton,
Alberta. The drafting order was now set partially by a
lottery system whereby teams would not be guaranteed first pick if they finished last. Instead, a draft lottery was instituted in which the winner of the lottery could move up a maximum of four spots in the first-round draft order. The
Los Angeles Kings won the lottery, and thus moved up four spots from seventh to third. The last-place finishers, the
Ottawa Senators did not lose the first overall pick through the lottery and picked
Bryan Berard.