Toronto Maple Leafs win first pick in the 2016 NHL Draft Lottery

The Toronto Maple Leafs have won the first overall pick in the NHL Draft Lottery.

The team finished with the worst record in the regular season going 29-42-11. They had the best odds to win the top pick at 20 per cent.

The Leafs haven’t picked first since 1985 when they selected Wendel Clark.

The Winnipeg Jets and the Columbus Blue Jackets will pick second and third overall respectively.

The Jets had a 7.5 percent chance of winning the draft lottery which was held Saturday night in Toronto.

WATCH: The Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished with the worst record in the NHL this season, won the right to draft first in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The Maple Leafs haven’t selected first since taking Wendel Clark first overall in 1985.

2:01 Toronto Maple Leafs win first overall pick in NHL Draft Lottery

The top pick is expected to be Auston Matthews. The American centre spent last season playing with the ZSC lions of the Swiss National league where he scored 24 goals and 22 assists in 36 games.

With all of the Canadian teams missing the playoffs, there was a 50-50 chance a team from the Great White North would land the top pick.

Taking things a step further, when you add up each Canadian team’s chances of taking the top pick, there was a 78.5 per cent chance the pick was coming to Canada.

As for the rest of the Canadian teams, the Edmonton Oilers will pick 4th, the Vancouver Canucks 5th, the Calgary Flames 6th, the Montreal Canadiens 9th, and the Ottawa Senators will pick 12th.

The 2016 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 24-25 in Buffalo, N.Y.