Fantasy hockey top 200 player rankings for 2026-27
Most valuable overall options for standard leagues, impact of Hellebuyck trade on goalie landscape
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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.
"NHL Fantasy Stars" has a fantasy point scoring structure for skaters with the following values: 7 points for a goal, 4 points for an assist, 1 point for a shot on goal, 1 point for a hit and 1 point for a blocked shot. This free-to-play game uses a team goalie structure with the following values: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a team power-play goal, 2 points for a shorthanded goal (SHG), minus-4 points for a goal against (GA), 5 points for a shutout and 1 point for a save.
1. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
4. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
5. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
6. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
8. Cale Makar, D, COL
9. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
10. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
11. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
12. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
13. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
14. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA
15. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
16. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
17. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
18. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
19. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
20. Martin Necas, F, COL
21. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
22. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
23. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
24. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
25. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI
26. Mark Stone, F, VGK
27. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
28. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
29. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
30. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
31. William Nylander, F, TOR
32. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
33. Connor Hellebuyck, G, NJD 🆕
34. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
35. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
36. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
37. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
38. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
39. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
40. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
41. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA 📉
42. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
43. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
44. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
45. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
46. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
47. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
48. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
49. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
50. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN
51. Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR 📈
52. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
53. Adam Fox, D, NYR
54. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
55. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
56. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
57. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
58. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
59. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
60. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
61. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
62. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
63. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
64. Alex Tuch, F, WSH
65. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
66. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN (INJ.)
67. Vasily Podkolzin, F, EDM
68. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH 📈
69. Seth Jones, D, FLA
70. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
71. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
72. Brayden Point, F, TBL
73. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
74. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
75. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
76. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
77. Robert Thomas, F, STL 📉
78. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA
79. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
80. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
81. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
82. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
83. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
84. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL 📈
85. Moritz Seider, D, DET
86. Roman Josi, D, NSH
87. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
88. Will Smith, F, SJS
89. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR
90. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
91. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
92. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
93. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA
94. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
95. Jack Quinn, F, BUF 📈
96. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
97. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
98. Darren Raddysh, D, TOR
99. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
100. Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie) 📈
101. Joel Hofer, G, STL 📈
102. Timo Meier, F, NJD 📉
103. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
104. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
105. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL
106. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH 📈
107. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
108. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
109. Tom Wilson, F, WSH 📉
110. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
111. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
112. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
113. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
114. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
115. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie)
116. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie)
117. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR 📈
118. Zach Benson, F, BUF 📈
119. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI 📈
120. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD
121. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
122. Mason McTavish, F, STL
123. John Carlson, D, TBL
124. Cole Hutson, D, WSH (rookie)
125. Carter Hart, G, VGK (INJ.)
126. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, TOR 📉
127. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
128. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
129. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS 📉
130. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
131. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK 📉
132. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
133. Easton Cowen, F, TOR 📈
134. JJ Peterka, F, BOS
135. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie) 📈
136. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
137. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
138. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA
139. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
140. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
141. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
142. Joel Farabee, F, CGY 📈
143. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
144. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET 📈
145. Fraser Minten, F, BOS
146. Roman Kantserov, F, CHI (rookie)
147. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, F, DET (rookie)
148. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
149. Noah Ostlund, F, BUF 📈
150. Josh Doan, F, BUF 📉
151. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
152. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
153. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR 📉
154. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
155. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
156. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL 📉
157. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
158. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
159. Philip Broberg, D, STL 📈
160. Adin Hill, G, VGK
161. Akira Schmid, G, FLA
162. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
163. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
164. Patrick Kane, F, CHI
165. Matt Coronato, F, CGY 📈
166. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
167. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
168. Brock Nelson, F, COL
169. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH
170. Alex Laferriere, F, LAK 📈
171. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie) 📉
172. Kent Johnston, F, CBJ 📈
173. Emmitt Finnie, F, DET 📈
174. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
175. Matthew Knies, F, CBJ 📉
176. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
177. Bowen Byram, D, CHI (INJ.)
178. Shea Theodore, D, VGK 📉
179. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR
180. Brett Howden, F, VGK
181. Arseny Gritsyuk, F, NJD 📈
182. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
183. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
184. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
185. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
186. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY 🆕
187. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
188. Jonathan Lekkerimäki, F, VAN 🆕
189. Trevor Connelly, F, VGK (rookie)
190. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
191. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
192. Owen Power, D, BUF
193. Dan Vladar, G, PHI
194. Dylan Garand, G, NYR (rookie) 📉
195. Chandler Stephenson, F, SEA
196. Berkly Catton, F, SEA 🆕
197. Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D, TBL 🆕
198. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
199. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
200. Michael Misa, F, SJS
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Suspended:
Dylan Larkin, F, DET
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Key injuries:
Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
Kirill Marchenko, F, TOR
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
John Tavares, F, TOR
Ivan Demidov, F, MTL
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Travis Konecny, F, PHI
Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
Zach Hyman, F, EDM
Bryan Rust, F, PIT
Matt Duchene, F, DAL
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Owen Tippett, F, PHI
William Eklund, F, OTT
Jared McCann, F, SEA
Taylor Hall, F, CAR
Matt Savoie, F, EDM
Brock Faber, D, MIN
Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
Jacob Markstrom, G, FLA
Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
Devon Levi, G, EDM
Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
Devin Cooley, G, CGY
Alex Lyon, G, BUF
Frederik Andersen, G, EDM
Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR (out for season)
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Others to consider:
Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
Jordan Eberle, F, SEA
Mason Marchment, F, SJS
Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
Alex Newhook, F, MTL
Claude Giroux, F, OTT
Jake Neighbours, F, STL
Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH
Maxin Shabanov, F, MIN
Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
Boone Jenner, F, WSH
Frank Nazar, F, CHI
Dawson Mercer, F, WPG
Bobby McMann, F, SEA
Sean Walker, D, CAR
Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
Devon Toews, D, COL
Jacob Trouba, D, SJS
Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
Zayne Parekh, D, CGY
Olen Zellweger, D, BUF
Kris Letang, D, PIT
Justin Faulk, D, DET
Dmitry Orlov, D, SJS
K'Andre Miller, D, CAR
Nikita Zadorov, F, BOS
Jeremy Lauzon, D, NSH
Elias Pettersson, D, VAN
Tyler Kleven, D, OTT
Spencer Knight, G, CHI
Stuart Skinner, G, WPG
Arturs Silovs, G, PIT
Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Tristan Jarry, G, EDM
Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
Joey Daccord, G, SEA
Anton Forsberg, G, LAK
Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
Joseph Woll, G, PHI
Alex Nedeljkovic, G, SJS
Philipp Grubauer, G, SEA
Dustin Wolf, G, CGY
Nico Daws, G, WPG
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