Fantasy hockey top 250 player rankings for 2026-27
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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. Cale Makar, D, COL
8. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
9. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
10. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
11. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
12. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
13. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
14. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
15. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
16. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
17. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
18. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
19. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
20. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
21. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA
22. Martin Necas, F, COL
23. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
24. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
25. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
26. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
27. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
28. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
29. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
30. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
31. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
32. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
33. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
34. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
35. William Nylander, F, TOR
36. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
37. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI
38. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
39. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG (suspended)
40. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
41. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
42. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
43. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
44. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
45. Moritz Seider, D, DET
46. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
47. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
48. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
49. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
50. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
51. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
52. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
53. Darren Raddysh, D, TOR
54. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
55. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN
56. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
57. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
58. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
59. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
60. Robert Thomas, F, STL
61. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
62. Will Smith, F, SJS
63. Brayden Point, F, TBL
64. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
65. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.)
66. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
67. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
68. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
69. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
70. Dylan Larkin, F, DET (INJ.)
71. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
72. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR
73. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
74. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
75. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
76. Adam Fox, D, NYR
77. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
78. Jacob Markstrom, G, FLA
79. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
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. Timo Meier, F, NJD
86. John Tavares, F, TOR
87. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
88. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
89. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL
90. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
91. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
92. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
93. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL
94. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
95. Roman Josi, D, NSH
96. Brock Faber, D, MIN
97. John Carlson, D, TBL
98. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL
99. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
100. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie)
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. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
112. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
113. Cole Hutson, D, WSH (rookie)
114. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
115. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
116. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, TOR
117. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (suspended)
118. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
119. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
120. Brock Nelson, F, COL
121. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie)
122. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
123. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
124. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
125. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA
126. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI (INJ.)
127. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH
128. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
129. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
130. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
131. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie)
132. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
133. Patrick Kane, F, CHI
134. Josh Doan, F, BUF
135. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
136. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
137. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
138. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
139. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
140. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
141. William Eklund, F, OTT
142. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
143. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
144. JJ Peterka, F, BOS
145. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
146. Mason Marchment, F, SJS
147. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
148. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
149. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
150. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
151. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
152. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
153. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
154. Carter Hart, G, VGK
155. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
156. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
157. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR
158. Anthony Mantha, F, NJD
159. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD
160. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH
161. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
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. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
171. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
172. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
173. Philip Broberg, D, STL
174. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
175. Zach Benson, F, BUF
176. Roman Kantserov, F, CHI (rookie)
177. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
178. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ
179. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK (INJ.)
180. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
181. Blake Coleman, F, MIN
182. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS
183. Marco Rossi, F, VAN
184. Chris Kreider, F, MTL
185. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
186. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
187. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI
188. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
189. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
190. Michael Misa, F, SJS
191. Mason McTavish, F, STL
192. Konsta Helenius, F, BUF (rookie)
193. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie)
194. Fraser Minten, F, BOS
195. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA
196. Simon Nemec, D, CGY
197. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
198. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
199. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
200. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
201. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
202. Collin Graf, F, SJS
203. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH
204. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY
205. Mackie Samoskevich, F, SEA
206. Bobby McMann, F, SEA
207. Jacob Trouba, D, SJS
208. Darnell Nurse, D, SJS
209. Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie)
210. Jake Allen, G, NJD
211. Alex Lyon, G, BUF
212. Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS
213. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
214. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF (INJ.)
215. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
216. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie)
217. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
218. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
219. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
220. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie)
221. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
222. John Gibson, G, DET
223. Zayne Parekh, D, CGY
224. Justin Faulk, D, DET
225. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
226. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR
227. Brett Howden, F, VGK
228. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
229. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
230. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
231. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
232. William Karlsson, F, VGK
233. Sam Malinski, D, COL
234. Sam Rinzel, D, CHI
235. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI
236. Zeev Buium, D, VAN
237. Arturs Silovs, G, PIT
238. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY
239. K'Andre Miller, D, CAR
240. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
241. Colton Parayko, D, STL
242. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
243. Vasily Podkolzin, F, EDM
244. Jared McCann, F, SEA
245. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
246. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
247. Calum Ritchie, F, NYI
248. Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR (RFA)
249. Akira Schmid, G, FLA
250. Tristan Jarry, G, EDM
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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
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
Rasmus Sandin, D, WSH
Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
Frederik Andersen, G, EDM
Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
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Others to consider:
Shane Pinto, F, OTT
Josh Norris, F, BUF
Peyton Krebs, F, BUF
Jack Quinn, F, BUF
Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
Nikita Klepov, F, ANA (rookie)
Matty Beniers, F, SEA
Anders Lee, F, UTA
Andre Burakovsky, F, OTT
Anton Lundell, F, FLA
Brayden Schenn, F, NYI
Connor McMichael, F, STL
Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Olen Zellweger, D, BUF
Luca Cagnoni, D, SJS (rookie)
Neal Pionk, D, WPG
Sean Durzi, D, NYR
Nikita Zadorov, F, BOS
Denton Mateychuk, D, CBJ
Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
Pavel Mintyukov, D, ANA
Owen Power, D, BUF
Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
J.J. Moser, D, TBL
Logan Mailloux, D, STL
Anton Forsberg, G, LAK
Joey Daccord, G, SEA
Sergei Murashov, G, PIT (rookie)
Joseph Woll, G, PHI
Jordan Binnington, G, STL
Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Devin Cooley, G, CGY
Dennis Hildeby, G, TBL
Stuart Skinner, G, WPG
