Fantasy hockey top 250 player rankings for 2026-27

NHL.com ranks the top 250 overall fantasy hockey players in standard leagues for the 2026-27 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. 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, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2026-27 season. This list is a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen, Chris Meaney and Troy Perlowitz.

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. Cale Makar, D, COL
9. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
10. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
11. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
12. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
13. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
14. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
15. Martin Necas, F, COL
16. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
17. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
18. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
19. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
20. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
21. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
22. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA
23. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL 
24. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
25. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
26. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
27. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
28. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
29. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
30. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
31. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
32. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
33. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
34. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
35. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
36. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
37. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
38. William Nylander, F, TOR
39. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA 
40. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
41. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI 
42. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR 
43. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
44. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
45. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
46. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
47. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 
48. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
49. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
50. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
51. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
52. Moritz Seider, D, DET
53. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
54. Darren Raddysh, D, TOR
55. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
56. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN
57. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
58. Robert Thomas, F, STL
59. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
60. Will Smith, F, SJS
61. Brayden Point, F, TBL
62. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ (RFA)
63. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
64. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
65. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
66. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
67. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
68. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
69. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.)
70. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
71. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
72. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
73. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR
74. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
75. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
76. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
77. Adam Fox, D, NYR
78. Jacob Markstrom, G, FLA
79. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
80. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
81. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
82. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA
83. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
84. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
85. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL
86. Timo Meier, F, NJD
87. John Tavares, F, TOR
88. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
89. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL
90. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
91. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
92. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL
93. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
94. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
95. Roman Josi, D, NSH
96. Brock Faber, D, MIN
97. John Carlson, D, TBL
98. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie)
99. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
100. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
101. Mark Stone, F, VGK
102. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
103. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
104. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
105. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
106. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
107. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
108. Alex Tuch, F, WSH
109. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
110. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
111. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
112. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
113. Cole Hutson, D, WSH (rookie)
114. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
115. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
116. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, TOR
117. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA
118. Brock Nelson, F, COL
119. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
120. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie)
121. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie)
122. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
123. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
124. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 
125. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH
126. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
127. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
128. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
129. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
130. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
131. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (suspended)
132. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
133. Josh Doan, F, BUF
134. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
135. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
136. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
137. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA 
138. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
139. Patrick Kane, F, CHI
140. William Eklund, F, OTT
141. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
142. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
143. Zach Benson, F, BUF
144. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR 
145. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
146. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
147. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
148. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
149. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
150. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
151. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
152. Carter Hart, G, VGK
153. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
154. Mason Marchment, F, SJS
155. JJ Peterka, F, BOS
156. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK
157. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
158. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
159. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR
160. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
161. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
162. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
163. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA
164. Bowen Byram, D, CHI
165. Joel Hofer, G, STL
166. Dan Vladar, G, PHI
167. Seth Jones, D, FLA
168. Thomas Harley, D, DAL 
169. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
170. Philip Broberg, D, STL
171. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
172. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
173. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
174. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
175. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ
176. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD
177. Anthony Mantha, F, NJD
178. Konsta Helenius, F, BUF (rookie) 
179. Mason McTavish, F, STL
180. Brad Marchand, F, FLA (INJ.)
181. Michael Misa, F, SJS
182. Roman Kantserov, F, CHI (rookie)
183. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
184. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
185. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH
186. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
187. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
188. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA
189. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
190. Simon Nemec, D, CGY
191. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
192. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
193. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS
194. Marco Rossi, F, VAN
195. Blake Coleman, F, MIN
196. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie)
197. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
198. Collin Graf, F, SJS
199. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI
200. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
201. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
202. Bobby McMann, F, SEA
203. Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie)
204. Jake Allen, G, NJD
205. Alex Lyon, G, BUF
206. John Gibson, G, DET
207. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
208. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
209. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH 
210. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie)
211. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
212. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET
213. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR
214. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
215. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY
216. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie)
217. Jacob Trouba, D, SJS
218. Darnell Nurse, D, SJS
219. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
220. Anders Lee, F, UTA
221. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
222. Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR (RFA)
223. Zayne Parekh, D, CGY 
224. Justin Faulk, D, DET
225. Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS
226. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK 
227. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
228. Brett Howden, F, VGK
229. Connor McMichael, F, STL
230. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
231. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
232. Fraser Minten, F, BOS
233. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
234. Chris Kreider, F, MTL
235. Sam Malinski, D, COL
236. Sam Rinzel, D, CHI 
237. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI
238. Zeev Buium, D, VAN
239. Arturs Silovs, G, PIT 
240. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY
241. K'Andre Miller, D, CAR
242. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
243. Colton Parayko, D, STL 
244. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
245. William Karlsson, F, VGK
246. Jared McCann, F, SEA
247. Shane Pinto, F, OTT
248. Alex Newhook, F, MTL
249. Akira Schmid, G, FLA
250. Tristan Jarry, G, EDM

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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

Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK

Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
Frederik Andersen, G, EDM

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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

Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Simon Edvinsson, D, DET (RFA)
Olen Zellweger, D, BUF
Neal Pionk, D, WPG
Sean Durzi, D, NYR
Nikita Zadorov, F, BOS
Carter Yakemchuk, D, OTT (rookie)
Denton Mateychuk, D, CBJ
Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
Pavel Mintyukov, D, ANA
Owen Power, D, BUF
J.J. Moser, D, TBL
Logan Mailloux, D, STL 

Anton Forsberg, G, LAK
Joey Daccord, G, SEA
Sergei Murashov, G, PIT (rookie)
Jordan Binnington, G, STL
Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR
Joseph Woll, G, PHI
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
Devin Cooley, G, CGY
Dennis Hildeby, G, TBL