Fantasy power-play rankings for 2020 Stanley Cup

NHL.com projects the first power-play unit for all 24 teams competing for the 2020 Stanley Cup and ranks them by potency and depth in fantasy hockey. For more fantasy coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy and subscribe for free to the NHL Fantasy on Ice podcast.

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POWER-PLAY RANKINGS FOR 2020 STANLEY CUP

NOTES: Basic playoff pools count goals and assists for skaters with a potential bonus for a hat trick. Power-play points (PPP) are also a popular fantasy category that has implications for various pools. These power-play rankings take into account quality of each team's first unit, power-play depth, stability or fluctuation, past production, injuries during the regular season, contract status, age, overall upside for the Stanley Cup Qualifiers and likelihood of a deep postseason run. Projected five-man power-play units below include first forward, second forward, third forward, first defenseman and either fourth forward or second defenseman.

It's worth noting that some teams in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers will play a best-of-5 series (\) but must win their series to advance to the playoffs. The top four teams in each conference will play a maximum of three round-robin games but already have guaranteed spots in the postseason field.*

1. BOS: Pastrnak -- Marchand -- Bergeron -- Krug -- DeBrusk
Others in contention: Krejci, KaseRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 2nd (25.2)

2. TBL: Kucherov -- Stamkos -- Point -- Hedman -- Killorn
Others in contention: Sergachev, PalatRegular-season PP rank & percentage: T-5th (23.1)

3. EDM\: McDavid -- Draisaitl -- Nugent-Hopkins -- Klefbom -- Neal
Others in contention: Nurse, YamamotoRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 1st (29.5)*

4. TOR\: Matthews -- Marner -- Tavares -- Rielly -- Nylander
Others in contention: BarrieRegular-season PP rank & percentage: T-5th (23.1)*

5. COL: MacKinnon -- Rantanen -- Landeskog -- Makar -- Kadri
Others in contention: BurakovskyRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 19th (19.1)

6. VGK: Stone -- Pacioretty -- Stastny -- Theodore -- Tuch
Others in contention: Marchessault, W. Karlsson, R. SmithRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 9th (22.0)

7. NYR\: Panarin -- Zibanejad -- Kreider -- DeAngelo -- R. Strome
Others in contention: Fox, Kakko, BuchnevichRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 7th (22.9)*

8. VAN\: Pettersson -- Miller -- Horvat -- Hughes -- Toffoli
Others in contention: Boeser, EdlerRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 4th (24.2)*

9. PIT\: Crosby -- Malkin -- Guentzel -- Letang -- Hornqvist
Others in contention: Rust, ZuckerRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 16th (19.9)*

10. STL: Tarasenko -- O'Reilly -- Schenn -- Pietrangelo -- Perron
Others in contention: Schwartz, DunnRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 3rd (24.3)

11. WSH: Ovechkin -- Backstrom -- Kuznetsov -- Carlson -- Oshie
Others in contention: VranaRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 17th (19.4)

12. CAR\: Aho -- Teravainen -- Svechnikov -- Hamilton -- J. Williams
Others in contention: Niederreiter, TrocheckRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 8th (22.3)*

13. FLA\: Barkov -- Huberdeau -- Hoffman -- Yandle -- Dadonov
Others in contention: EkbladRegular-season PP rank & percentage: T-10th (21.3)*

14. WPG\: Scheifele -- Wheeler -- Laine -- Pionk -- Connor
Others in contention: Ehlers, MorrisseyRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 15th (20.5)*

15. DAL: Seguin -- Benn -- Hintz -- Klingberg -- Pavelski
Others in contention: Radulov, Heiskanen, GurianovRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 13th (21.1)

16. PHI: Giroux -- Couturier -- Voracek -- Provorov -- Konecny
Others in contention: van Riemsdyk, NiskanenRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 14th (20.8)

17. CGY\: Gaudreau -- Monahan -- M. Tkachuk -- Giordano -- Lindholm
Others in contention: BacklundRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 12th (21.2)*

18. MIN\: Fiala -- Parise -- E. Staal -- Suter -- Spurgeon
Others in contention: Dumba, ZuccarelloRegular-season PP rank & percentage: T-10th (21.3)*

19. CHI\: P. Kane -- J. Toews -- DeBrincat -- Keith -- D. Strome
Others in contention: Kubalik, DachRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 24th (15.2)*

20. MTL\: Tatar -- Gallagher -- Drouin -- Weber -- Petry
Others in contention: Domi, Suzuki, ArmiaRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 20th (17.7)*

21. ARI\: Hall -- Kessel -- Keller -- Ekman-Larsson -- Chychrun
Others in contention: Garland, DvorakRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 18th (19.2)*

22. NSH\: Forsberg -- Johansen -- Duchene -- Josi -- Granlund
Others in contention: Ellis, ArvidssonRegular-season PP rank & percentage: T-21st (17.3)*

23. NYI\: Barzal -- Eberle -- Lee -- Pulock -- Bailey
Others in contention: Nelson, D. Toews, PageauRegular-season PP rank & percentage: T-21st (17.3)*

24. CBJ\: Atkinson -- Dubois -- N. Foligno -- Werenski -- S. Jones
Others in contention: Bjorkstrand, Nyquist, TexierRegular-season PP rank & percentage: 23rd (16.4)*

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