Week 18 Fantasy forward top 100 rankings for 2018-19
Lightning have three among first 10; Niederreiter point-per-game player since trade; Vatrano among surprise 20-goal scorers
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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: \\). ...DTDindicates player with day-to-day injury.
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (SAME)
2. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (SAME)
3. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (+1)
4. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (-1)
5. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (+1)
6. Steven Stamkos, C/RW, TBL (+1)
7. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (+1)
8. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (-3)
9. Brayden Point, C, TBL\* (+5)
10. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (+7)
11. Mitchell Marner, C/RW, TOR\\ (+2)
12. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (-3)
13. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW/RW, EDM (+5)
14. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (+8)
15. Artemi Panarin, LW, CBJ* (+6)
16. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (-4)
17. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (-7)
18. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL\\ (-7)
19. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (-4)
20. John Tavares, C, TOR (-4)
21. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (+2)
22. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (+2)
23. Sebastian Aho, C/LW/RW, CAR\\ (+3)
24. Tyler Seguin, C, DAL (-5)
25. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (SAME)
26. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (-6)
27. Jeff Skinner, C/LW, BUF* (SAME)
28. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (+3)
29. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (-1)
30. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (-1)
31. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (+2)
32. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (-2)
33. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (-1)
34. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS* (+1)
35. Mark Stone, RW, OTT* (+2)
36. Matt Duchene, C, CBJ* (+2)
37. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (+5)
38. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (+11)
39. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (-5)
40. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (-4)
41. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (-1)
42. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (+1)
43. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (+4)
44. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN\\ (+1)
45. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (+1)
46. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (+2)
47. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY\\ (-8)
48. Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS (-7)
49. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (-5)
50. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (SAME)
51. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS\\ (+1)
52. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (+3)
53. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (+7)
54. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (-3)
55. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (DTD)
56. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (SAME)
57. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (+1)
58. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (+3)
59. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (INJ.)
60. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG\\ (-6)
61. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (-4)
62. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (SAME)
63. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL (-4)
64. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA (+1)
65. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (+2)
66. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (+2)
67. Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, CAR (+3)
68. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (-5)
69. Zach Parise, LW, MIN (-5)
70. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (-1)
71. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (+3)
72. Alex Tuch, RW, VGK (-1)
73. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF (SAME)
74. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG\\ (-2)
75. Anders Lee, LW, NYI* (+1)
76. Mats Zuccarello, RW, DAL* (INJ.)
77. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, DET* (SAME)
78. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (-3)
79. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (SAME)
80. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (SAME)
81. Dylan Strome, C, CHI (+6)
82. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (SAME)
83. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (SAME)
84. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL (SAME)
85. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (SAME)
86. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK\\ (SAME)
87. Tyler Johnson, C/LW/RW, TBL (+2)
88. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (SAME)
89. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (+1)
90. Frank Vatrano, C/LW/RW, FLA (+5)
91. Nick Bjugstad, C/LW/RW, PIT (+3)
92. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (-11)
93. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (+5)
94. Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ (+5)
95. Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CAR* (NEW)
96. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA (-4)
97. Ryan Dzingel, LW/RW, CBJ\ (-4)
98. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI\\ (-2)
99. Jake DeBrusk, LW/RW, BOS (NEW)
100. Joe Thornton, C, SJS* (NEW)
Dropped out: Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT; Nico Hischier, C, NJD; Danton Heinen, C/LW/RW, BOS\\
Just missed: Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL; Josh Bailey, RW, NYI; William Nylander, C/RW, TOR; Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL; Yanni Gourde, C/LW/RW, TBL; Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, WSH\\; Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI\; David Krejci, C, BOS; Kasperi Kapanen, RW, TOR\\; Kevin Hayes, C, NYR\; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, ARI; Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI; Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA; Nazem Kadri, C, TOR; Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT; Justin Williams, RW, CAR\; Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL; Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, ANA; Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW/RW, DET; Dominik Kahun, C/LW/RW, CHI; Dustin Brown, RW, LAK; James van Riemsdyk, LW, PHI; Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, LAK; Jakob Silfverberg, RW, ANA\; Marcus Johansson, LW, NJD\
Key injuries: David Pastrnak, RW, BOS; Taylor Hall, LW, NJD; Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG; David Perron, LW/RW, STL
Out for season: Ondrej Kase, RW, ANA; Nick Schmaltz, C/LW, ARI\\; Mikko Koivu, C, MIN
READ: [Last Week's Top 100 Forward Rankings]
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