The 1992 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 20, 1992 in the Forum de Montréal in Montréal in the Canadian province of Québec . In the 30th edition of the NHL Entry Draft , the teams of the National Hockey League (NHL) selected a total of 264 players in eleven rounds. The Czechoslovak defender Roman Hamrlík of the Tampa Bay Lightning was selected as the first overall draft pick . Alexei Jashin for the Ottawa Senators and Mike Rathje for the San Jose Sharks followed in second and third place . The order of the draft resulted from the reversed final table of the past 1991/92 season , with the playoff teams after the teams that had missed the playoffs. Meanwhile, the newly formed Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators were each assigned the first two voting rights, which alternated with each other with each round.
All players in this draft year have ended their professional careers. The tables show the five best players in the categories of games, goals, assists and scorer points, as well as the five goalkeepers with the most wins in the NHL. In addition, 125 of the 264 selected players (approx. 47%) have played at least one NHL game.
Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , Pkt = scorer points , S = wins; Fat: best value