There's the Gold Plan - where as teams are eliminated from the playoffs, any points they get after that counts towards their draft ranking. So bad teams get eliminated earlier and have more chances to bank points.
So this year the Sharks were eliminated on March 16 and had 45 points. They now have 52. So 7 points. Chicago was eliminated on the 20th and have 10 points since, etc.
Before tonight's games:
SJS: 7 points
CHI: 10 points
NSH: 4 points
SEA: 8 points
ANA: 4 points
BOS: 4 points
PHI: 5 points
PIT: 4 points
BUF: 1 point
VAN: 5 points
UTA: 5 points
NYI: 2 points
NYR: 2 points
DET: 2 points
Chicago gets first pick, SEA 2nd, SJS 3rd, etc...