Fantasy hockey mock draft 1.0 for 2026-27 season

NHL.com has conducted a fantasy hockey mock draft (12 teams, 192 players) for the 2026-27 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

NOTES: This is a non-keeper mock draft with standard categories (goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters; wins, goals-against average, save percentage, shutouts for goalies). Roster size is 16 players: two centers, two left wings, two right wings, four defensemen, two goalies and four bench spots.

PJ and CM indicate the NHL.com fantasy writers (Pete Jensen and Chris Meaney) who participated. The other teams (T2-T9, T11, T12) were selected by fans; any simulated picks from fans were based on Yahoo Fantasy average draft position (ADP). This draft was conducted Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, and the results differ from NHL.com's top 250 rankings.

Round 1

1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL (PJ)
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM (T2)
3. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS (T3)
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL (T4)
5. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM (T5)
6. Cale Makar, D, COL (T6)
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS (T7)
8. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN (T8)
9. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL (T9)
10. Jason Robertson, F, DAL (CM)
11. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ (T11)
12. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL (T12)

Round 2

13. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN (T12)
14. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL (T11)
15. Martin Necas, F, COL (CM)
16. Jack Hughes, F, NJD (T9)
17. Auston Matthews, F, TOR (T8)
18. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM (T7)
19. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL (T6)
20. Matt Boldy, F, MIN  (T5)
21. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (T4)
22. Cole Caufield, F, MTL (T3)
23. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG (T2)
24. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA (PJ)

Round 3

25. Logan Thompson, G, WSH (PJ)
26. Jack Eichel, F, VGK (T2)
27. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL (T3)
28. Kyle Connor, F, WPG (T4)
29. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF (T5)
30. Tage Thompson, F, BUF (T6)
31. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA (T7)
32. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL (T8)
33. Clayton Keller, F, UTA (T9)
34. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI  (CM)
35. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA (T11)
36. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI (T12)

Round 4

37. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR (T12)
38. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG (T11)
39. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA (CM)
40. Tim Stützle, F, OTT (T9)
41. Moritz Seider, D, DET (T8)
42. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (T7)
43. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT (T6)
44. William Nylander, F, TOR  (T5)
45. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL (T4)
46. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT (T3)
47. Mitch Marner, F, VGK (T2)
48. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA (PJ)

Round 5

49. Darren Raddysh, D, TOR (PJ)
50. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL (T2)
51. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (T3)
52. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET (T4)
53. Adam Fox, D, NYR  (T5)
54. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL (T6)
55. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH (T7)
56. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS (T8)
57. Lucas Raymond, F, DET (T9)
58. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK  (CM)
59. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA (T11)
60. Robert Thomas, F, STL (T12)

Round 6

61. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK (T12)
62. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH (T11)
63. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR (CM)
64. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL (T9)
65. Roman Josi, D, NSH (T8)
66. Jacob Markstrom, G, FLA (T7)
67. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ (T6)
68. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG (T5)
69. Brayden Point, F, TBL (T4)
70. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (suspended) (T3)
71. Connor Bedard, F, CHI - INJ. (T2)
72. John Carlson, D, TBL (PJ)

Round 7

73. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL (PJ)
74. Porter Martone, F, PHI - rookie (T2)
75. Dylan Larkin, F, DET (T3)
76. Roope Hintz, F, DAL (T4)
77. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ (T5)
78. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR (T6)
79. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT (T7)
80. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD (T8)
81. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (T9)
82. Brock Faber, D, MIN (CM)
83. Will Smith, F, SJS (T11)
84. Drake Batherson, F, OTT (T12)

Round 8

85. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (T12)
86. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA (T11)
87. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL (CM)
88. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR (T9)
89. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA (T8)
90. J.T. Miller, F, NYR (T7)
91. Logan Cooley, F, UTA (T6)
92. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR (T5)
93. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA (T4)
94. Spencer Knight, G, CHI (T3)
95. Cole Hutson, D, WSH - rookie (T2)
96. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR - rookie (PJ)

Round 9

97. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH (PJ)
98. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR (T2)
99. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK (T3)
100. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, TOR (T4)
101. Zach Hyman, F, EDM (T5)
102. Mark Stone, F, VGK (T6)
103. Victor Hedman, D, TBL (T7)
104. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA (T8)
105. Shea Theodore, D, VGK (T9)
106. Dylan Holloway, F, STL (CM)
107. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF (T11)
108. Timo Meier, F, NJD (T12)

Round 10

109. Bo Horvat, F, NYI (T12)
110. Noah Dobson, D, MTL (T11)
111. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA (CM)
112. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK (T9)
113. Juuse Saros, G, NSH (T8)
114. John Tavares, F, TOR (T7)
115. Nico Hischier, F, NJD (T6)
116. Brandon Montour, D, SEA  (T5)
117. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD (T4)
118. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR - INJ. (T3)
119. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR (T2)
120. Alex Tuch, F, WSH (PJ)

Round 11

121. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS (PJ)
122. Philip Broberg, D, STL (T2)
123. Luke Hughes, D, NJD (T3)
124. Joel Hofer, G, STL (T4)
125. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT (T5)
126. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI (T6)
127. Bowen Byram, D, CHI (T7)
128. Seth Jones, D, FLA (T8)
129. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI (T9)
130. Nazem Kadri, F, COL (CM)
131. Thomas Harley, D, DAL (T11)
132. Vince Dunn, D, SEA (T12)

Round 12

133. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK (T12)
134. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF (T11)
135. Anton Frondell, F, CHI - rookie (CM)
136. Filip Hronek, D, VAN (T9)
137. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR (T8)
138. Matthew Knies, F, TOR (T7)
139. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH (T6)
140. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA (T5)
141. Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR  (T4)
142. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS (T3)
143. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR (T2)
144. Carter Hart, G, VGK (PJ)

Round 13

145. Jacob Trouba, D, SJS (PJ)
146. Zeev Buium, D, VAN (T2)
147. Travis Konecny, F, PHI (T3)
148. Sam Bennett, F, FLA (T4)
149. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ (T5)
150. Dylan Strome, F, WSH (T6)
151. Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS  (T7)
152. Tom Wilson, F, WSH (T8)
153. Dan Vladar, G, PHI (T9)
154. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (CM)
155. Bryan Rust, F, PIT (T11)
156. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT (T12)

Round 14

157. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH (T12)
158. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN (T11)
159. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR (CM)
160. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT (T9)
161. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT (T8)
162. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA (T7)
163. Zach Benson, F, BUF (T6)
164. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH (T5)
165. Jackson Blake, F, CAR (T4)
166. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK (T3)
167. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY (T2)
168. Olen Zellweger, D, BUF (PJ)

Round 15

169. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS - rookie (PJ)
170. Sergei Murashov, G, PIT - rookie (T2)
171. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (T3)
172. Brad Marchand, F, FLA (T4)
173. John Gibson, G, DET (T5)
174. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT (T6)
175. Mason Marchment, F, SJS (T7)
176. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG (T8)
177. Simon Nemec, D, CGY (T9)
178. JJ Peterka, F, BOS (CM)
179. William Eklund, F, OTT (T11)
180. Josh Doan, F, BUF (T12)

Round 16

181. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA (T12)
182. Jacob Fowler, G, MTL - rookie (T11)
183. Darnell Nurse, D, SJS (CM)
184. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN (T9)
185. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN - INJ. (T8)
186. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS (T7)
187. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI (T6)
188. Brock Nelson, F, COL (T5)
189. Alex Lyon, G, BUF (T4)
190. Will Cuylle, F, NYR (T3)
191. Michael Misa, F, SJS (T2)
192. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT (PJ)