Week 13 Fantasy forward top 100 rankings for 2018-19
Sharks, Blackhawks bouncing back; Rakell's return can boost struggling Getzlaf, Ducks
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TRENDING UP
Chicago Blackhawks -- Elite right wing Patrick Kane is closing in on the top 15 forward rankings after a stretch of 17 points (nine goals, eight assists), including four three-point games, in his past nine games. Center Jonathan Toews rejoins the top 100 forwards this week after scoring eight points (one goal, seven assists), including four power-play assists, in his past seven games. Forward Alex DeBrincat has been producing regardless of lineup placement with 19 points (11 goals, eight assists) in 23 games since Nov. 23. And center Dylan Strome has been fantasy relevant for the first time of his NHL career with 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) and 42 shots on goal in 21 games on a line with mostly Kane since being acquired from the Arizona Coyotes on Nov. 25.
San Jose Sharks -- Coach Peter DeBoer may have finally found the right combinations by splitting up forwards Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl and Logan Couture onto three separate lines; the Sharks have gone 5-1-0 in their past six games with 29 goals in the span. The longtime duo of Pavelski and center Joe Thornton has been reunited, and left wing Evander Kane is one of the biggest risers in this week's forward rankings with his usual category coverage and recent success on Hertl's line. Forwards Joonas Donskoi (with Hertl, Kane), who has eight points (six goals, two assists) in his past nine games after scoring a goal against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday, and Lukas Radil (with Couture, Timo Meier) are worth streaming with even-strength exposure to valuable forwards and surging defensemen Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns.
TRENDING DOWN
Ryan Getzlaf, ANA-- The Anaheim Ducks have lost eight straight games, and Getzlaf's fantasy value has taken a sizable hit over the span. Getzlaf has no goals, one assist and is minus-12 during the losing streak, and Anaheim's struggles mounted in a 4-0 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. One glimmer of hope for the Ducks is the upcoming return of forward Rickard Rakell (ankle), who has 20 points (five goals, 15 assists) in 30 games on mostly Getzlaf's wing but hasn't played since Dec. 5.
Rookie class-- Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson sprained his knee and is expected to be out at least one week. Pettersson is the clear Calder Trophy favorite at the midway point of the season with nearly double the points (42 points in 38 games) of Ottawa Senators center Colin White (25 in 42 games; second among rookies). Rookie wings Andrei Svechnikov (Carolina Hurricanes) and Brady Tkachuk (Senators) continue to fall in the top 100 forward rankings, and wing Andreas Johnsson (Toronto Maple Leafs) only remains in the "just missed" section because of his placement on a line with elite center Auston Matthews.
FANTASY TOP 100 FORWARD RANKINGS
Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters. Forward positions indicate Yahoo eligibility for 2018-19 season (subject to additions, but never subtractions, at Yahoo's discretion). ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, projected line combinations, power-play usage, injury history, sleeper upside, anticipated regression or bounce-back candidacy, age and contract status (potential 2019 UFA: \; RFA: \\). ... DTD indicates player with day-to-day injury.
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (SAME)
2. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (SAME)
3. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (SAME)
4. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (SAME)
5. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL\* (SAME)
6. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
7. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (SAME)
8. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (SAME)
9. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (DTD)
10. Auston Matthews, C, TOR\\ (SAME)
11. John Tavares, C, TOR (SAME)
12. Mitchell Marner, C/RW, TOR\\ (SAME)
13. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (SAME)
14. Brayden Point, C, TBL\\ (SAME)
15. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (SAME)
16. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (+6)
17. Jeff Skinner, C/LW, BUF* (-1)
18. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (SAME)
19. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (+4)
20. Tyler Seguin, C, DAL (+9)
21. Steven Stamkos, C/RW, TBL (SAME)
22. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (-5)
23. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW/RW, EDM (+1)
24. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (DTD)
25. Patrik Laine, RW, WPG\\ (-5)
26. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (-1)
27. Artemi Panarin, LW, CBJ* (+1)
28. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (-1)
29. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (-3)
30. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (SAME)
31. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (+1)
32. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (NEW - INJ.)
33. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY\\ (+1)
34. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (+1)
35. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (+1)
36. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS* (+1)
37. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (-6)
38. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (+1)
39. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (-6)
40. Mark Stone, RW, OTT* (SAME)
41. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (SAME)
42. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (SAME)
43. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN\\ (-5)
44. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (SAME)
45. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS\\ (SAME)
46. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (SAME)
47. Sebastian Aho, C/LW/RW, CAR\\ (SAME)
48. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (SAME)
49. Alex Tuch, RW, VGK (SAME)
50. Matt Duchene, C, OTT* (SAME)
51. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+1)
52. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA (+1)
53. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (+6)
54. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (+8)
55. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (-4)
56. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (-2)
57. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (-2)
58. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (-2)
59. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF (+1)
60. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (+5)
61. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK\\ (-3)
62. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (-1)
63. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL (+1)
64. Anders Lee, LW, NYI* (+2)
65. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (+2)
66. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (+2)
67. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (+3)
68. Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, ANA (NEW - INJ.)
69. Zach Parise, LW, MIN (+7)
70. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (+4)
71. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (+6)
72. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA (-9)
73. Tyler Johnson, C/LW/RW, TBL (-4)
74. Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS (+1)
75. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA (-18)
76. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (+10)
77. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR\\ (+10)
78. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (+2)
79. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (-6)
80. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG\\ (-2)
81. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (-9)
82. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR (+3)
83. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (-4)
84. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL (-3)
85. Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI (+4)
86. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (NEW)
87. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (+8)
88. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (-4)
89. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (-6)
90. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (-8)
91. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (DTD)
92. Yanni Gourde, C/LW/RW, TBL (-2)
93. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (NEW)
94. Andrei Svechnikov, LW/RW, CAR (-3)
95. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT (-3)
96. David Perron, LW/RW, STL (NEW)
97. Josh Bailey, RW, NYI (-4)
98. Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, ARI (SAME)
99. Kevin Hayes, C, NYR* (DTD)
100. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, DET* (NEW)
Dropped out: Taylor Hall, LW, NJD ( INJ .); Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG ( INJ .); Ondrej Kase, RW, ANA; Kasperi Kapanen, RW, TOR\\; Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL; Brandon Pirri, C, VGK\
Just missed: Dustin Brown, RW, LAK; Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL; Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL; Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CAR\; Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ; Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, LAK; Craig Smith, RW, NSH; Eric Staal, C, MIN\; Jake DeBrusk, LW/RW, BOS; Charlie Coyle, C/RW, MIN; Brayden Schenn, C, STL; Nazem Kadri, C, TOR; Zach Hyman, LW, TOR; Andreas Johnsson, LW, TOR; Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, NSH\\; Ryan Dzingel, LW/RW, OTT; Mikael Backlund, C, CGY; Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, WSH\\; Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI\; Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET; Brock Nelson, C/LW, NYI\; Jordan Eberle, C/RW, NYI\; Anthony Beauvillier, C/LW, NYI\\; Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW, DET; Joonas Donskoi, LW/RW, SJS\; Dylan Strome, C, CHI; Sven Baertschi, LW, VAN; Jack Roslovic, C, WPG
Key injuries: J.T. Miller, C/LW/RW, TBL; Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA; Nick Schmaltz, C/LW, ARI\\; Kyle Turris, C, NSH; Corey Perry, RW, ANA; Erik Haula, C/LW, VGK
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