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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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. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
11. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
12. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
13. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
14. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
15. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
16. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA
17. Martin Necas, F, COL
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. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
24. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
25. William Nylander, F, TOR
26. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA 
27. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
28. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
29. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
30. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
31. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
32. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
33. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
34. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
35. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
36. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
37. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
38. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 
39. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
40. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
41. Robert Thomas, F, STL
42. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
43. Will Smith, F, SJS
44. Brayden Point, F, TBL
45. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.)
46. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
47. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
48. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
49. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
50. Dylan Larkin, F, DET (INJ.)
51. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
52. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR
53. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
54. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ (RFA)
55. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
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. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
68. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie)
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. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 
87. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
88. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
89. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI (INJ.)
90. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie)
91. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH
92. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
93. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
94. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
95. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
96. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
97. Josh Doan, F, BUF
98. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
99. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
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. JJ Peterka, F, BOS
107. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
108. Mason Marchment, F, SJS
109. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
110. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
111. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR
112. Zach Benson, F, BUF
113. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
114. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
115. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK (INJ.)
116. Anthony Mantha, F, NJD
117. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH
118. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD
119. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
120. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ
121. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
122. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI
123. Konsta Helenius, F, BUF (rookie) 
124. Mason McTavish, F, STL
125. Roman Kantserov, F, CHI (rookie)
126. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
127. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
128. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH 
129. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
130. Blake Coleman, F, MIN
131. Bobby McMann, F, SEA
132. Marco Rossi, F, VAN
133. Michael Misa, F, SJS
134. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
135. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
136. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS
137. Collin Graf, F, SJS
138. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
139. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY
140. Chris Kreider, F, MTL
141. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie)
142. Fraser Minten, F, BOS
143. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
144. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie)
145. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
146. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
147. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
148. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie)
149. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET
150. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR

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Key injuries:

Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Matt Savoie, F, EDM

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Also in top 250 overall:

Anders Lee, F, UTA
Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
Brett Howden, F, VGK
Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
Connor McMichael, F, STL
William Karlsson, F, VGK
Jared McCann, F, SEA
Shane Pinto, F, OTT
Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
Anton Lundell, F, FLA
Calum Ritchie, F, NYI

Others to consider:

Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
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
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL
Andre Burakovsky, F, OTT
Oliver Bjorkstrand, F, NYR
Mackie Samoskevich, F, SEA
Peyton Krebs, F, BUF