Eastern Conference fantasy playoff pool rankings for 2020

NHL.com ranks the most valuable skaters in the Eastern Conference for round-by-round fantasy playoff pools ahead of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. For more fantasy hockey coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy and subscribe for free to the NHL Fantasy on Ice podcast.

2020 STANLEY CUP QUALIFIERS POOLS: Top Western Conference skaters

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EASTERN CONFERENCE SKATER RANKINGS

Basic playoff pools have the following scoring system: goals and assists count for skaters with a potential bonus for a hat trick, and wins count for goalies with a potential bonus for a shutout. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history, contract status, age and overall upside for solely the Stanley Cup Qualifiers in the NHL's Return to Play Plan.

It's worth noting that some players from teams in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers will play a best-of-5 series (\), while others will play a maximum of three round-robin games.*

NOTES: These are preliminary rankings for a round-by-round fantasy pool roster of three forwards and two defenseman from each conference (total of 10 skaters per team). ... Goalie rankings will be in a separate article.

1. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS
   2. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL
   3. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS
   4. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH
   5. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT*
   6. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS
   7. Auston Matthews, C, TOR*
   8. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT*
   9. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR*
   10. John Carlson, D, WSH
   11. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR*
   12. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR*
   13. Steven Stamkos, C/LW/RW, TBL
   14. Dougie Hamilton, D, CAR*
   15. Brayden Point, C, TBL
   16. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
   17. Jake Guentzel, LW/RW, PIT*
   18. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA*
   19. Claude Giroux, C/LW/RW, PHI
   20. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR*
   21. Andrei Svechnikov, LW/RW, CAR*
   22. Torey Krug, D, BOS
   23. Kris Letang, D, PIT*
   24. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA*
   25. John Tavares, C, TOR*
   26. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH
   27. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH
   28. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR*
   29. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ*
   30. Seth Jones, D, CBJ*
   31. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR*
   32. Sean Couturier, C, PHI
   33. Travis Konecny, RW, PHI
   34. William Nylander, C/LW/RW, TOR*
   35. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH
   36. Bryan Rust, LW/RW, PIT*
   37. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR*
   38. Ivan Provorov, D, PHI
   39. Tony DeAngelo, D, NYR*
   40. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
   41. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH
   42. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA*
   43. Keith Yandle, D, FLA*
   44. Jakub Vrana, LW, WSH
   45. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI*
   46. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL*
   47. Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL*
   48. Tyson Barrie, D, TOR*
   49. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI
   50. Shea Weber, D, MTL*
   51. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL
   52. Jeff Petry, D, MTL*
   53. Jason Zucker, LW/RW, PIT*
   54. Pavel Buchnevich, RW, NYR*
   55. Ryan Strome, C/RW, NYR*
   56. Zach Hyman, C/LW, TOR*
   57. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT*
   58. Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL
   59. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA*
   60. Matt Niskanen, D, PHI
   61. Adam Fox, D, NYR*
   62. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, CBJ*
   63. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA*
   64. Jaccob Slavin, D, CAR*
   65. Oliver Bjorkstrand, LW/RW, CBJ*
   66. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ*
   67. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL*
   68. Jake Muzzin, D, TOR*
   69. Nick Foligno, C/LW/RW, CBJ*
   70. Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, WSH
   71. Jordan Eberle, RW, NYI*
   72. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR*
   73. Anthony Cirelli, C, TBL
   74. Anders Lee, LW, NYI*
   75. Vincent Trocheck, C, CAR*
   76. Brock Nelson, C/LW, NYI*
   77. Kevin Hayes, C, PHI
   78. Alex Killorn, LW/RW, TBL
   79. Yanni Gourde, LW/RW, TBL
   80. Nick Suzuki, C/RW, MTL*
   81. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, CBJ*
   82. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C, NYI*
   83. David Krejci, C, BOS
   84. Jake DeBrusk, LW/RW, BOS
   85. Ryan Pulock, D, NYI*
   86. Joel Armia, RW, MTL*
   87. Emil Bemstrom, C/RW, CBJ*
   88. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL*
   89. Phillip Danault, C, MTL*
   90. Sami Vatanen, D, CAR*
   91. James van Riemsdyk, LW, PHI
   92. Justin Williams, RW, CAR*
   93. Kevin Shattenkirk, D, TBL
   94. John Marino, D, PIT*
   95. Blake Coleman, LW/RW, TBL
   96. Lars Eller, C, WSH
   97. Charlie Coyle, C, BOS
   98. Alexandre Texier, C/LW, CBJ*
   99. Kaapo Kakko, RW, NYR*
   100. Ondrej Kase, RW, BOS

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