Week 18: Fantasy top 100 forward rankings for 2017-18

Each week during the regular season, NHL.com has you covered with an overview of the fantasy forward landscape. With production trends, injury news and top 100 rankings based on performance and upside in standard Yahoo leagues, fantasy owners should use this information as a basis for roster decision-making.

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TOP 100 FORWARD RANKINGS

Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP and SOG for skaters. ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, line combinations, power-play usage, injury history, age, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, contract status, Yahoo ADP and overall upside for the rest of the season. ... Any players with day-to-day injury concerns (DTD) are noted. NEW - INJ. indicates a player who has returned from injury and rejoined the rankings.
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (SAME)
2. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (SAME)
3. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
4. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (SAME)
5. Steven Stamkos, C, TBL (SAME)
6. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (SAME)
7. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (+5)
8. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (+5)
9. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL (+2)
10. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (-3)
11. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (-1)
12. John Tavares, C, NYI (-4)
13. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (SUSP.)
14. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (+1)
15. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (+1)
16. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (+2)
17. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (+2)
18. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (-1)
19. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (+3)
20. Patrik Laine, RW, WPG (+1)
21. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (+2)
22. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (+3)
23. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (+4)
24. Taylor Hall, LW, NJD (+4)
25. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA (-5)
26. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (SAME)
27. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (SUSP.)
28. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (NEW - INJ.)
29. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (SAME)
30. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (+2)
31. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (+2)
32. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (-2)
33. Leon Draisaitl, C/RW, EDM (+3)
34. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (-3)
35. Josh Bailey, LW/RW, NYI (-1)
36. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (+1)
37. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (+1)
38. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (+2)
39. Artemi Panarin, C/LW, CBJ (SAME)
40. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (-5)
41. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (SAME)
42. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (SAME)
43. Brayden Point, C/RW, TBL (+2)
44. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (+5)
45. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR (+6)
46. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, WPG (+4)
47. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK (+1)
48. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY (+6)
49. Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI (+7)
50. Rickard Rakell, C/LW, ANA (+11)
51. Mikko Rantanen, LW/RW, COL (DTD)
52. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL (-8)
53. Max Pacioretty, LW, MTL (SAME)
54. Eric Staal, C, MIN (+3)
55. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+3)
56. Sebastian Aho, LW/RW, CAR (+6)
57. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (+9)
58. Anders Lee, LW, NYI (-11)
59. Tyler Johnson, C/RW, TBL (-13)
60. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS (-8)
61. Mitch Marner, C/RW, TOR (+7)
62. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (+12)
63. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (+12)
64. Dustin Brown, LW/RW, LAK (+6)
65. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (-1)
66. Tyler Toffoli, C/RW, LAK (-11)
67. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (-8)
68. Vladislav Namestnikov, C/LW, TBL (-8)
69. James Neal, LW/RW, VGK (-2)
70. David Perron, LW/RW, VGK (-1)
71. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, OTT (SAME)
72. Jason Zucker, LW/RW, MIN (SAME)
73. Corey Perry, RW, ANA (+3)
74. Evander Kane, LW, BUF (-9)
75. Nick Schmaltz, C/LW, CHI (+3)
76. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, NSH (+12)
77. Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, MIN (NEW - INJ.)
78. Jordan Eberle, C/RW, NYI (-5)
79. Evgenii Dadonov, RW, FLA (-2)
80. James van Riemsdyk, LW, TOR (+1)
81. Kyle Turris, C, NSH (+2)
82. Erik Haula, C/LW, VGK (+15)
83. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI (+11)
84. Danton Heinen, C/LW/RW, BOS (+3)
85. Mathieu Perreault, C/LW, WPG (-1)
86. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (-1)
87. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (-5)
88. Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CGY (+1)
89. Teuvo Teravainen, C/LW/RW, CAR (+4)
90. Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET (-11)
91. Dylan Larkin, C/RW, DET (-11)
92. Yanni Gourde, C/RW, TBL (+8)
93. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (NEW)
94. Nazem Kadri, C, TOR (NEW)
95. David Krejci, C, BOS (-5)
96. Alexander Steen, C/LW/RW, STL (-5)
97. Jeff Skinner, LW, CAR (-5)
98. Mikael Backlund, C, CGY (NEW)
99. Kyle Okposo, RW, BUF (-3)
100. Anthony Beauvillier, C/LW, NYI (-5)
Dropped out: Patrick Maroon, LW, EDM; Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR; Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI
Just missed: Kyle Connor, LW, WPG; Mats Zuccarello, RW, NYR; Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT; Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD; Tom Wilson, LW/RW, WSH; Justin Williams, RW, CAR; Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS; Matt Duchene, C/RW, OTT; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, MTL; Patrick Marleau, C/LW, TOR; Mikko Koivu, C, MIN; Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL; Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI; Nico Hischier, C, NJD; Jason Spezza, C/RW, DAL; Nick Foligno, C/LW/RW, CBJ; Kevin Labanc, LW/RW, SJS; Craig Smith, RW, NSH; Zach Hyman, C/LW, TOR; Bryan Rust, LW/RW, PIT; Nolan Patrick, C, PHI
Key injuries: Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (dropped out); Mark Stone, RW, OTT; Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (dropped out); Pavel Buchnevich, LW/RW, NYR; Jeff Carter, C, LAK; Joe Thornton, C, SJS; Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL; Chris Kreider, LW, NYR; Conor Sheary, LW/RW, PIT
READ: Last week's Top 100 forward rankings