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.
Week 22: Fantasy top 100 forward rankings for 2017-18
Ducks, Panthers top lines thriving; Islanders' decline hurts rest-of-season value
MORE FANTASY COVERAGE:
Impact of Pacioretty injury
|
Top 50 'D'
|
Projected lineups
#
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. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (SAME)
4. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
5. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (SAME)
6. Steven Stamkos, C, TBL (SAME)
7. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (+1)
8. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (-1)
9. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (SAME)
10. Taylor Hall, LW, NJD (SAME)
11. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL (SAME)
12. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (SAME)
13. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (+3)
14. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (SAME)
15. Patrik Laine, RW, WPG (+4)
16. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (-1)
17. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (-4)
18. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (+5)
19. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (-2)
20. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (-2)
21. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (SAME)
22. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (+3)
23. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (+4)
24. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (+2)
25. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (+4)
26. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (+2)
27. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (DTD)
28. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA (+5)
29. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (+5)
30. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (-8)
31. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK (+4)
32. John Tavares, C, NYI (-8)
33. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (-3)
34. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (-2)
35. Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, ANA (+4)
36. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (DTD)
37. Artemi Panarin, C/LW, CBJ (+5)
38. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (DTD)
39. Leon Draisaitl, C/RW, EDM (-8)
40. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY (-4)
41. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (-4)
42. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (-4)
43. Eric Staal, C, MIN (+3)
44. Mikko Rantanen, LW/RW, COL (+3)
45. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS (+7)
46. Brayden Point, C/RW, TBL (-1)
47. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (+3)
48. Mark Stone, RW, OTT (SAME)
49. Mitch Marner, C/RW, TOR (-9)
50. Dustin Brown, LW/RW, LAK (-1)
51. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (+5)
52. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (+6)
53. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA (+6)
54. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (+6)
55. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (SAME)
56. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (-12)
57. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR (-6)
58. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (-5)
59. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (-2)
60. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL (+1)
61. David Perron, LW/RW, VGK (+2)
62. Jason Zucker, LW/RW, MIN (+2)
63. Yanni Gourde, C/RW, TBL (+3)
64. Sebastian Aho, LW/RW, CAR (+7)
65. Tyler Toffoli, C/RW, LAK (+5)
66. Nazem Kadri, C, TOR (+1)
67. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, OTT (+5)
68. Corey Perry, RW, ANA (+6)
69. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (+6)
70. James van Riemsdyk, LW, TOR (-5)
71. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (-3)
72. Tyler Johnson, C/RW, TBL (-3)
73. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (+7)
74. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (+7)
75. J.T. Miller, C/LW/RW, TBL (+7)
76. Teuvo Teravainen, C/LW/RW, CAR (+10)
77. Josh Bailey, LW/RW, NYI (-23)
78. Anders Lee, LW, NYI (-16)
79. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI (-2)
80. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, NSH (-2)
81. Erik Haula, C/LW, VGK (-2)
82. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (+5)
83. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (+5)
84. Jeff Carter, C, LAK (+4)
85. Derick Brassard, C, PIT (+12)
86. Paul Stastny, C, WPG (+12)
87. Rick Nash, LW/RW, BOS (+12)
88. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (-5)
89. Jordan Eberle, C/RW, NYI (-5)
90. Tom Wilson, LW/RW, WSH (NEW)
91. David Krejci, C, BOS (NEW)
92. Dylan Larkin, C/RW, DET (SAME)
93. Nick Schmaltz, C/LW, CHI (+1)
94. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG (-5)
95. Matt Duchene, C/RW, OTT (SAME)
96. Craig Smith, RW, NSH (DTD)
97. Vladislav Namestnikov, C/LW, NYR (-1)
98. Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI (NEW)
99. Mikael Backlund, C, CGY (NEW)
100. Daniel Sedin, LW, VAN (NEW)
Droppedout: Mathieu Perreault, C/LW, WPG; Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET; Danton Heinen, C/LW/RW, BOS
Justmissed: Bo Horvat, C, VAN; Chris Kreider, LW, NYR; T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH; Kyle Turris, C, NSH; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, MTL; Nick Bjugstad, C/RW, FLA; Justin Williams, RW, CAR; Alex Killorn, LW, TBL; Patrick Maroon, LW, NJD; Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, VGK; Henrik Zetterberg, C/LW, DET; Mikko Koivu, C, MIN; Ryan O'Reilly, C, BUF; Sam Reinhart, C/LW/RW, BUF; Nolan Patrick, C, PHI; Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CGY; Tanner Pearson, LW, LAK; Jordan Staal, C, CAR; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C, EDM
Keyinjuries: Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS; Auston Matthews, C, TOR; Jack Eichel, C, BUF; Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI; Max Pacioretty, LW, MTL (dropped out); James Neal, LW/RW, VGK (dropped out); Joe Thornton, C, SJS; Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL; Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ; Sven Baertschi, LW, VAN
READ: Last week's Top 100 forward rankings**
