NHL.com midseason fantasy rankings for 2015-16

The NHL's Christmas break is upon us, and NHL.com has you covered with a big-picture update on the fantasy hockey landscape. The midway point of the 2015-16 season (game 615 of 1,230) falls on Jan. 9, but this three-day hiatus is a perfect time to reflect on the sustainability of hot starters, remind you of players who could turn their season around, and see where everyone stacks up in the grand scheme of things.

Below are updated Top 200 fantasy player rankings determined by NHL.com insiders Matt Cubeta and Pete Jensen. These rankings are based on production to this point in standard Yahoo leagues and expectations for the rest of the season. Fantasy owners should use these rankings as a basis for team evaluation and potential transactions.

NOTES: Injured players have been ranked based on approximate recovery timetables and potential impact when they return. Other factors taken into account include position eligibility, line combinations, category coverage, and past performance. ... Standard leagues count goals, assists, plus-minus, penalty minutes (PIMs), power-play points (PPP) and shots on goal (SOG) for skaters, and wins, goals-against average (GAA), save percentage (SV%) and shutouts (SO) for goalies.

CUBETA'S TOP 200 FANTASY RANKINGS
Rank	Player, Position	Team
1	Jamie Benn, LW
2	Patrick Kane, C/RW
3	Tyler Seguin, C/RW
4	Alex Ovechkin, LW/RW
5	Vladimir Tarasenko, RW
6	Evgeni Malkin, C/RW
7	Sidney Crosby, C (DTD)
8	Claude Giroux, C/RW
9	Erik Karlsson, D
10	Taylor Hall, C/LW
11	Max Pacioretty, LW
12	Daniel Sedin, LW
13	John Tavares, C
14	Steven Stamkos, C
15	Joe Pavelski, C/LW/RW
16	Nicklas Backstrom, C
17	Braden Holtby, G
18	Carey Price, G (INJ.)
19	Nathan MacKinnon, C/RW
20	Henrik Lundqvist, G
21	Patrice Bergeron, C
22	Zach Parise, LW
23	Rick Nash, LW/RW
24	Corey Perry, RW
25	Blake Wheeler, RW
26	John Klingberg, D
27	Ben Bishop, G
28	Alexander Steen, C/LW
29	P.K. Subban, D
30	Dustin Byfuglien, D/RW
31	Jonathan Toews, C
32	Anze Kopitar, C
33	Ryan Getzlaf, C
34	Phil Kessel, RW
35	Brent Burns, D/RW
36	Evgeny Kuznetsov, C/LW
37	Henrik Zetterberg, C/LW
38	Matt Duchene, C/LW
39	Jeff Carter, C/RW
40	Corey Crawford, G
41	Johnny Gaudreau, LW
42	Devan Dubnyk, G
43	Artemi Panarin, LW
44	Ryan Johansen, C/RW
45	Patrick Sharp, C/LW/RW
46	Jason Spezza, C
47	Bobby Ryan, LW/RW (DTD)
48	Jake Allen, G
49	Henrik Sedin, C
50	Justin Faulk, D
51	Roman Josi, D
52	Gabriel Landeskog, LW
53	Cory Schneider, G
54	Jakub Voracek, RW
55	Pavel Datsyuk, C/LW
56	Kevin Shattenkirk, D
57	Jonathan Quick, G
58	Mike Hoffman, C/LW
59	David Krejci, C
60	Nikita Kucherov, RW
61	John Carlson, D
62	Shea Weber, D
63	Andrew Ladd, LW
64	Kyle Turris, C
65	David Backes, C/RW
66	Mike Cammalleri, C/LW
67	Tuukka Rask, G
68	Drew Doughty, D
69	Logan Couture, C/LW (INJ.)
70	Brandon Saad, LW/RW
71	Roberto Luongo, G
72	Pekka Rinne, G
73	Duncan Keith, D
74	Brad Marchand, LW
75	Brendan Gallagher, RW (INJ.)
76	James Neal, LW/RW
77	Tomas Plekanec, C
78	Leon Draisaitl, C/RW
79	Dylan Larkin, C/LW
80	Wayne Simmonds, LW/RW
81	Scott Hartnell, LW
82	Milan Lucic, LW
83	Filip Forsberg, C/LW/RW
84	Marc-Andre Fleury, G (INJ.)
85	Mark Stone, RW
86	Ryan Suter, D
87	T.J. Oshie, C/RW
88	Mats Zuccarello, LW/RW
89	Derick Brassard, C
90	Sergei Bobrovsky, G (INJ.)
91	Ryan O'Reilly, C/LW/RW
92	Tyler Toffoli, C/LW/RW
93	Sean Monahan, C
94	Gustav Nyquist, C/LW/RW
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D
96	Tomas Tatar, LW/RW
97	Kyle Okposo, RW (DTD)
98	Tyler Johnson, C (INJ.)
99	Evander Kane, LW
100	Loui Eriksson, LW/RW
101	Keith Yandle, D
102	Eric Staal, C/LW
103	Marian Hossa, RW (DTD)
104	Chris Kreider, LW
105	Victor Hedman, D
106	Bryan Little, C/RW
107	Connor McDavid, C (INJ.)
108	Jaromir Jagr, RW
109	Semyon Varlamov, G
110	Jaroslav Halak, G
111	Martin Jones, G
112	Mikko Koivu, C
113	Kyle Palmieri, LW/RW
114	Mark Scheifele, C
115	Petr Mrazek, G
116	Aleksander Barkov, C
117	Thomas Vanek, LW/RW
118	Patrick Marleau, C/LW
119	Jonathan Huberdeau, C/LW
120	Max Domi, C/LW
121	Kris Letang, D (INJ.)
122	Torey Krug, D
123	James van Riemsdyk, LW
124	Joe Thornton, C
125	Radim Vrbata, RW
126	Brent Seabrook, D
127	Ryan McDonagh, D
128	Jack Eichel, C
129	Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW
130	Tyson Barrie, D
131	Jarome Iginla, RW
132	John Gibson, G
133	Antti Niemi, G
134	Andrei Markov, D
135	Aaron Ekblad, D
136	Brandon Dubinsky, C/LW
137	Justin Williams, RW
138	Jordan Eberle, RW
139	Derek Stepan, C
140	Ondrej Palat, LW (INJ.)
141	Victor Rask, C
142	Jason Pominville, RW
143	Jeff Skinner, LW/RW
144	Nick Foligno, C/LW
145	Paul Stastny, C
146	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C
147	Craig Anderson, G
148	Rasmus Ristolainen, D
149	Chris Kunitz, LW
150	Valeri Nichushkin, RW
151	Nail Yakupov, LW/RW
152	Adam Henrique, C/LW
153	Boone Jenner, C/RW
154	Jimmy Howard, G
155	Marian Gaborik, RW
156	Mark Giordano, D
157	Zdeno Chara, D
158	Frans Nielsen, C
159	Dion Phaneuf, D
160	Mikael Granlund, C
161	Mike Ribeiro, C
162	Ryan Spooner, C/LW
163	Steve Mason, G
164	Michal Neuvirth, G
165	Teuvo Teravainen, LW
166	Alexander Edler, D
167	Cam Atkinson, RW
168	Kevin Hayes, RW
169	David Pastrnak, LW/RW
170	Lee Stempniak, LW/RW
171	Jussi Jokinen, C/LW/RW
172	Sami Vatanen, D
173	Alex Pietrangelo, D
174	Mathieu Perreault, C/LW
175	Nick Bjugstad, C (INJ.)
176	Connor Hellebuyck, G
177	Ryan Miller, G
178	Justin Abdelkader, LW/RW
179	Mark Streit, D (INJ.)
180	Artem Anisimov, C/LW
181	Kari Lehtonen, G
182	Nazem Kadri, C
183	Mikkel Boedker, LW
184	Jiri Hudler, C/LW/RW
185	Jake Muzzin, D
186	Jaden Schwartz, LW (INJ.)
187	Mika Zibanejad, C/RW
188	Robin Lehner, G (INJ.)
189	Karri Ramo, G
190	Erik Johnson, D
191	Johnny Boychuk, D
192	Shayne Gostisbehere, D
193	J.T. Miller, C
194	Frederik Andersen, G
195	Dougie Hamilton, D
196	James Reimer, G (DTD)
197	Matt Niskanen, D
198	Carl Soderberg, C/LW
199	Andrew Hammond, G
200	Brandon Pirri, C/LW/RW

JENSEN'S TOP 200 FANTASY RANKINGS
Rank	Player, Position	Team
1	Patrick Kane, C/RW
2	Tyler Seguin, C/RW
3	Alex Ovechkin, LW/RW
4	Jamie Benn, LW
5	Vladimir Tarasenko, RW
6	Evgeni Malkin, C/RW
7	Erik Karlsson, D
8	Claude Giroux, C/RW
9	Sidney Crosby, C (DTD)
10	Taylor Hall, C/LW
11	Braden Holtby, G
12	Joe Pavelski, C/LW/RW
13	Daniel Sedin, LW
14	Max Pacioretty, LW
15	John Tavares, C
16	Patrice Bergeron, C
17	Steven Stamkos, C
18	Nicklas Backstrom, C
19	Zach Parise, LW
20	Carey Price, G (INJ.)
21	Nathan MacKinnon, C/RW
22	John Klingberg, D
23	Henrik Lundqvist, G
24	Blake Wheeler, RW
25	Evgeny Kuznetsov, C/LW
26	Brent Burns, D/RW
27	Corey Perry, RW
28	Corey Crawford, G
29	Jeff Carter, C/RW
30	P.K. Subban, D
31	Dustin Byfuglien, D/RW
32	Ben Bishop, G
33	Ryan Johansen, C/RW
34	Alexander Steen, C/LW
35	Henrik Zetterberg, C/LW
36	Johnny Gaudreau, LW
37	Rick Nash, LW/RW
38	Phil Kessel, RW
39	Jonathan Quick, G
40	Patrick Sharp, C/LW/RW
41	Matt Duchene, C/LW
42	Ryan Getzlaf, C
43	John Carlson, D
44	Cory Schneider, G
45	Artemi Panarin, LW
46	Mike Cammalleri, C/LW
47	Jonathan Toews, C
48	Kevin Shattenkirk, D
49	Justin Faulk, D
50	Shea Weber, D
51	Jason Spezza, C
52	Pekka Rinne, G
53	Kyle Turris, C
54	Roman Josi, D
55	David Krejci, C
56	Ryan O'Reilly, C/LW/RW
57	Tuukka Rask, G
58	Gabriel Landeskog, LW
59	Bobby Ryan, LW/RW (DTD)
60	Jakub Voracek, RW
61	Roberto Luongo, G
62	Henrik Sedin, C
63	Anze Kopitar, C
64	Jake Allen, G
65	Mike Hoffman, C/LW
66	Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D
67	Devan Dubnyk, G
68	Filip Forsberg, C/LW/RW
69	Duncan Keith, D
70	Brandon Saad, LW/RW
71	James Neal, LW/RW
72	Drew Doughty, D
73	Leon Draisaitl, C/RW
74	T.J. Oshie, C/RW
75	Nikita Kucherov, RW
76	Dylan Larkin, C/LW
77	Marc-Andre Fleury, G (INJ.)
78	Victor Hedman, D
79	Tyler Toffoli, C/LW/RW
80	Jaroslav Halak, G
81	Brendan Gallagher, RW (INJ.)
82	Pavel Datsyuk, C/LW
83	Sean Monahan, C
84	Andrew Ladd, LW
85	Brad Marchand, LW
86	Ryan Suter, D
87	Martin Jones, G
88	Rasmus Ristolainen, D
89	Connor McDavid, C (INJ.)
90	David Backes, C/RW
91	Tomas Plekanec, C
92	Jaromir Jagr, RW
93	Torey Krug, D
94	Logan Couture, C/LW (INJ.)
95	Max Domi, C/LW
96	Petr Mrazek, G
97	Wayne Simmonds, LW/RW
98	Loui Eriksson, LW/RW
99	Mats Zuccarello, LW/RW
100	Tyler Johnson, C (INJ.)
101	Kyle Okposo, RW (DTD)
102	Scott Hartnell, LW
103	Semyon Varlamov, G
104	Milan Lucic, LW
105	Antti Niemi, G
106	Kari Lehtonen, G
107	Mark Stone, RW
108	Andrei Markov, D
109	Evander Kane, LW
110	Aleksander Barkov, C
111	John Gibson, G
112	Mark Giordano, D
113	Gustav Nyquist, C/LW/RW
114	Derick Brassard, C
115	Tomas Tatar, LW/RW
116	Kris Letang, D (INJ.)
117	Bryan Little, C/RW
118	Eric Staal, C/LW
119	Marian Hossa, RW (DTD)
120	Tyson Barrie, D
121	Sergei Bobrovsky, G (INJ.)
122	Jack Eichel, C
123	Kyle Palmieri, LW/RW
124	James van Riemsdyk, LW
125	Victor Rask, C
126	Ryan McDonagh, D
127	Mikko Koivu, C
128	Jimmy Howard, G
129	Brent Seabrook, D
130	Aaron Ekblad, D
131	Craig Anderson, G
132	Chris Kunitz, LW
133	Justin Williams, RW
134	Keith Yandle, D
135	Chris Kreider, LW
136	Jordan Eberle, RW
137	Joe Thornton, C
138	Zdeno Chara, D
139	Michal Neuvirth, G
140	Connor Hellebuyck, G
141	Patrick Marleau, C/LW
142	Shayne Gostisbehere, D
143	Radim Vrbata, RW
144	Mark Scheifele, C
145	Lee Stempniak, LW/RW
146	Sami Vatanen, D
147	Thomas Vanek, LW/RW
148	Ondrej Palat, LW (INJ.)
149	Adam Henrique, C/LW
150	Alexander Edler, D
151	Boone Jenner, C/RW
152	Mikael Granlund, C
153	Valeri Nichushkin, RW
154	James Reimer, G (DTD)
155	Jake Muzzin, D
156	Jarome Iginla, RW
157	Karri Ramo, G
158	Johnny Boychuk, D
159	Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW
160	Jeff Skinner, LW/RW
161	Erik Johnson, D
162	Jonathan Huberdeau, C/LW
163	Thomas Greiss, G
164	Dion Phaneuf, D
165	Mikkel Boedker, LW
166	Alex Pietrangelo, D
167	Martin Hanzal, C
168	Jason Pominville, RW
169	Derek Stepan, C
170	Dougie Hamilton, D
171	Justin Abdelkader, LW/RW
172	Paul Stastny, C
173	Frans Nielsen, C
174	Artem Anisimov, C/LW
175	Teuvo Teravainen, LW
176	Cam Atkinson, RW
177	Anton Stralman, D
178	Frederik Andersen, G
179	Brayden Schenn, C/LW
180	Mathieu Perreault, C/LW
181	Steve Mason, G
182	Nick Foligno, C/LW
183	Morgan Rielly, D
184	Nick Bjugstad, C (INJ.)
185	Marian Gaborik, RW
186	Brandon Pirri, C/LW/RW
187	Mika Zibanejad, C/RW
188	Mike Green, D
189	Ryan Miller, G
190	Jussi Jokinen, C/LW/RW
191	Ryan Spooner, C/LW
192	Sam Reinhart, C
193	Brandon Dubinsky, C/LW
194	Jiri Hudler, C/LW/RW
195	Brian Elliott, G
196	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C
197	Jaden Schwartz, LW (INJ.)
198	T.J. Brodie, D
199	Joel Ward, RW (DTD)
200	Chad Johnson, G