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NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards in standard leagues for the rest of the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season.

1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
4. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
5. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
6. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
8. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
9. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
10. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
11. Matt Boldy, F, MIN 
12. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
13. Martin Necas, F, COL
14. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
15. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
16. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
17. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
18. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
19. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
20. Brayden Point, F, TBL
21. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
22. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
23. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
24. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
25. Auston Matthews, F, TOR (INJ.)
26. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
27. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
28. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
29. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
30. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT (INJ.; nearing return)
31. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
32. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
33. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
34. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
35. Mark Stone, F, VGK
36. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
37. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
38. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
39. Brock Nelson, F, COL
40. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
41. William Nylander, F, TOR 
42. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
43. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
44. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
45. Will Smith, F, SJS
46. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
47. Alex Tuch, F, BUF (INJ.)
48. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
49. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
50. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
51. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
52. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
53. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
54. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
55. Robert Thomas, F, STL
56. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
57. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
58. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
59. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 
60. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
61. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
62. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
63. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
64. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
65. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
66. Timo Meier, F, NJD
67. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
68. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
69. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT (suspended)
70. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
71. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
72. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
73. Bryan Rust, F, PIT 
74. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
75. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
76. 
77. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
78. John Tavares, F, TOR
79. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
80. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
81. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
82. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
83. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
84. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
85. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
86. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
87. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
88. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
89. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
90. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
91. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
92. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL (INJ.)
93. Mason Marchment, F, CBJ
94. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
95. Josh Doan, F, BUF
96. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
97. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
98. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA (out; undisclosed)
99. Anton Lundell, F, FLA (out; undisclosed)
100. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
    
101. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
102. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
103. William Eklund, F, SJS
104. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
105. Jared McCann, F, SEA
106. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
107. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ 
108. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
109. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
110. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
111. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
112. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
113. Mavrik Bourque, F, DAL
114. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
115. Jordan Eberle, F, SEA
116. Matty Beniers, F, SEA
117. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
118. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
119. Oliver Kapanen, F, MTL (rookie)
120. Michael Misa, F, SJS (rookie)
121. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
122. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
123. Patrick Kane, F, DET
124. Conor Garland, F, CBJ
125. Josh Norris, F, BUF 
126. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
127. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
128. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
129. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL 
130. Brayden Schenn, F, NYI
131. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
132. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
133. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
134. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
135. Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
136. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR (rookie)
137. Anthony Mantha, F, PIT
138. Anders Lee, F, NYI
139. Teuvo Teravainen, F, CHI
140. Ryan McLeod, F, BUF

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Key injuries:

Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
Dylan Larkin, F, DET
J.T. Miller, F, NYR
Roope Hintz, F, DAL
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)

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Just missed:

Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
Collin Graf, F, SJS
Jack Quinn, F, BUF

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