The salt is h-bonded with water in solution with a greater entropic component to their free energy.
It takes on a more complex structure in NaCl crystal form after the water evaporates.
The water after evaporating, though, is in a less complex form than it was in solution.
And of course the reaction between the strong reducing agent sodium, and the strong oxidizer, chlorine, is strictly a matter of chance then?????
(infinate laughter rolling off into the distance)