Western Conference fantasy playoff pool rankings for 2020

NHL.com ranks the most valuable skaters in the Western 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 Eastern Conference skaters

MORE RANKINGS: Stanley Cup pools | Top 100 'F' | 50 'D' | 25 'G'

WESTERN 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. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM*
   2. Connor McDavid, C, EDM*
   3. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
   4. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK
   5. Mark Stone, RW, VGK
   6. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI*
   7. Roman Josi, D, NSH*
   8. Cale Makar, D, COL
   9. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL
   10. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL
   11. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN*
   12. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG*
   13. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG*
   14. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG*
   15. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL
   16. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN*
   17. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG*
   18. J.T. Miller, LW/RW, VAN*
   19. Alex Pietrangelo, D, STL
   20. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM*
   21. Matthew Tkachuk, LW/RW, CGY*
   22. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL
   23. Johnny Gaudreau, LW/RW, CGY*
   24. Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW, COL
   25. David Perron, LW/RW, STL
   26. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL
   27. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK
   28. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, MIN*
   29. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH*
   30. Taylor Hall, LW, ARI*
   31. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN*
   32. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
   33. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL
   34. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL
   35. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL
   36. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY*
   37. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG*
   38. Reilly Smith, RW, VGK
   39. Bo Horvat, C, VAN*
   40. Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, VAN*
   41. Sean Monahan, C, CGY*
   42. Neal Pionk, D, WPG*
   43. Kailer Yamamoto, RW, EDM*
   44. Dominik Kubalik, LW/RW, CHI*
   45. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI*
   46. Ryan Ellis, D, NSH*
   47. Mark Giordano, D, CGY*
   48. John Klingberg, D, DAL
   49. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
   50. Paul Stastny, C, VGK
   51. Nazem Kadri, C, COL
   52. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI*
   53. William Karlsson, C, VGK
   54. Andre Burakovsky, LW/RW, COL
   55. Clayton Keller, LW/RW, ARI*
   56. Phil Kessel, RW, ARI*
   57. Zach Parise, LW, MIN*
   58. Oscar Klefbom, D, EDM*
   59. Ryan Suter, D, MIN*
   60. Colton Parayko, D, STL
   61. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, ARI*
   62. Eric Staal, C, MIN*
   63. Matt Duchene, C/RW, NSH*
   64. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH*
   65. Jakob Chychrun, D, ARI*
   66. Mikael Backlund, C/RW, CGY*
   67. Denis Gurianov, LW/RW, DAL
   68. Vladislav Namestnikov, LW/RW, COL
   69. Alexander Edler, D, VAN*
   70. Dylan Strome, C/RW, CHI*
   71. Alec Martinez, D, VGK
   72. Roope Hintz, C/LW, DAL
   73. Zack Kassian, RW, EDM*
   74. Duncan Keith, D, CHI*
   75. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL
   76. Conor Garland, LW/RW, ARI*
   77. Vince Dunn, D, STL
   78. Ryan Graves, D, COL
   79. Andrew Mangiapane, LW/RW, CGY*
   80. Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN*
   81. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM*
   82. Zach Sanford, C/LW, STL
   83. Mattias Ekholm, D, NSH*
   84. Robert Thomas, C/RW, STL
   85. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG*
   86. Alex Tuch, LW/RW, VGK
   87. Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN*
   88. Nick Schmaltz, C/LW/RW, ARI
   89. Alex Goligoski, D, ARI*
   90. Erik Gustafsson, D, CGY*
   91. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH
   92. Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW/RW, EDM*
   93. Tanner Pearson, LW, VAN
   94. Christian Dvorak, C/LW, ARI
   95. Brandon Saad, LW/RW, CHI
   96. Mikael Granlund, LW/RW, NSH*
   97. Kirby Dach, C, CHI*
   98. Chandler Stephenson, C/LW/RW, VGK\\
   99. Cody Eakin, C, WPG*
   100. Josh Archibald, RW, EDM

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