All seven rounds of the draft took place on June 30, 2013, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

[1][2] The top three selections were Nathan MacKinnon going to the Colorado Avalanche, Aleksander Barkov going to the Florida Panthers, and Jonathan Drouin going to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Ice hockey players born between January 1, 1993, and September 15, 1995,[3] were eligible for selection in the 2013 NHL entry draft.

[4] Beginning with the 2013 NHL entry draft, all 14 teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs had a "weighted" chance at winning the first overall selection.

[5] The Colorado Avalanche won the 2013 draft lottery that took place on April 29, 2013, thus moving them up from the second pick to the first pick.