Fantasy hockey top 100 forward rankings

NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards for standard leagues for the 2026-27 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Projection: McKenna in TOR

Fantasy spin: B. Tkachuk to FLA

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EDGE STATS INSIGHTS 📊

Kane returns to CHI

Carlsson stays in ANA

Ovechkin returning

B. Tkachuk to FLA

Markstrom to FLA

Bobrovsky to TOR

D. Raddysh to TOR

Dorofeyev to NYR

Tuch, Kyrou to WSH

Byram to CHI

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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.

1. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
4. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
5. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
6. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
7. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
8. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
9. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
10. Martin Necas, F, COL
11. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
12. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
13. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
14. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
15. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
16. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
17. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA
18. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL 
19. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
20. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
21. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
22. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
23. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
24. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
25. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
26. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
27. William Nylander, F, TOR
28. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA 
29. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
30. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
31. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
32. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
33. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
34. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 
35. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
36. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
37. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
38. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
39. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
40. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
41. Robert Thomas, F, STL
42. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
43. Will Smith, F, SJS
44. Brayden Point, F, TBL
45. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
46. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
47. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
48. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
49. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.)
50. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
51. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
52. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
53. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR
54. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
55. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
56. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
57. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
58. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
59. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA
60. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
61. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
62. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL
63. Timo Meier, F, NJD
64. John Tavares, F, TOR
65. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
66. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL
67. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie)
68. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
69. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
70. Mark Stone, F, VGK
71. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
72. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
73. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
74. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
75. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
76. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
77. Alex Tuch, F, WSH
78. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
79. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
80. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
81. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
82. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA
83. Brock Nelson, F, COL
84. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
85. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie)
86. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie)
87. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
88. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
89. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 
90. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH
91. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
92. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
93. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
94. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
95. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
96. Josh Doan, F, BUF
97. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
98. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
99. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
100. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA 
    
101. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
102. Patrick Kane, F, CHI
103. William Eklund, F, OTT
104. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
105. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
106. Zach Benson, F, BUF
107. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
108. Mason Marchment, F, SJS
109. JJ Peterka, F, BOS
110. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK
111. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
112. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
113. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR
114. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
115. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
116. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
117. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
118. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ
119. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD
120. Anthony Mantha, F, NJD
121. Konsta Helenius, F, BUF (rookie) 
122. Mason McTavish, F, STL
123. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
124. Michael Misa, F, SJS
125. Roman Kantserov, F, CHI (rookie)
126. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
127. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
128. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH
129. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
130. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS
131. Marco Rossi, F, VAN
132. Blake Coleman, F, MIN
133. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie)
134. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
135. Collin Graf, F, SJS
136. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI
137. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
138. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
139. Bobby McMann, F, SEA
140. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH 
141. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie)
142. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
143. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET
144. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR
145. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
146. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY
147. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie)
148. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
149. Anders Lee, F, UTA
150. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS

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Key injuries:

Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Owen Tippett, F, PHI
Matt Savoie, F, EDM 

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Also in top 250 overall:

Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
Brett Howden, F, VGK
Connor McMichael, F, STL
Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
Matt Coronato, F, CGY
Fraser Minten, F, BOS
Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
Chris Kreider, F, MTL
William Karlsson, F, VGK
Jared McCann, F, SEA
Shane Pinto, F, OTT
Alex Newhook, F, MTL

Others to consider:

Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
Calum Ritchie, F, NYI 
Josh Norris, F, BUF
Jack Quinn, F, BUF
Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
Matty Beniers, F, SEA
Brayden Schenn, F, NYI
Lawson Crouse, F, UTA
Easton Cowen, F, TOR
Will Cuylle, F, NYR