Fantasy hockey top 200 player rankings
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Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies; these rankings are transitioning away from plus/minus as a category and will begin to include blocked shots. 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 and contract status.
1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
5. Cale Makar, D, COL
6. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
7. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
8. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
9. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
10. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
11. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
12. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
13. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
14. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
15. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
16. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
17. William Nylander, F, TOR
18. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
19. Mitch Marner, F, TOR
20. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
21. Martin Necas, F, COL
22. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
23. Brayden Point, F, TBL
24. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
25. Jason Robertson, F, DAL (INJ.)
26. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
27. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
28. Logan Thompson, G, WSH (INJ.)
29. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
30. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
31. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
32. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
33. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
34. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
35. Moritz Seider, D, DET
36. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
37. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
38. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
39. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
40. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
41. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
42. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
43. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
44. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
45. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
46. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
47. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
48. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
49. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
50. John Tavares, F, TOR
51. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
52. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
53. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
54. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS (rookie)
55. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
56. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
57. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
58. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
59. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
60. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
61. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
62. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
63. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
64. Robert Thomas, F, STL
65. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
66. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
67. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
68. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
69. Mark Stone, F, VGK
70. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
71. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
72. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
73. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
74. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
75. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
76. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
77. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
78. Frederik Andersen, G, CAR
79. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
80. Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
81. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
82. Jordan Binnington, G, STL
83. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
84. John Carlson, D, WSH
85. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, WPG (INJ.)
86. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
87. Patrick Kane, F, DET
88. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
89. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
90. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
91. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
92. Adin Hill, G, VGK
93. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
94. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
95. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
96. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
97. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
98. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
99. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY (rookie)
100. Jacob Markstrom, G, NJD
101. Timo Meier, F, NJD
102. Mikael Granlund, F, DAL
103. Zach Hyman, F, EDM (INJ.)
104. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
105. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
106. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
107. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
108. Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR
109. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
110. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
111. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
112. Frank Vatrano, F, ANA
113. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
114. Brock Nelson, F, COL
115. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
116. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
117. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
118. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
119. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
120. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
121. Joseph Woll, G, TOR
122. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
123. Sam Montembeault, G, MTL
124. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI (rookie)
125. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
126. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
127. Adam Fox, D, NYR
128. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
129. Calvin Pickard, G, EDM
130. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR (INJ.)
131. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
132. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
133. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK (INJ.)
134. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
135. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
136. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
137. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
138. JJ Peterka, F, BUF
139. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
140. Jonathan Huberdeau, F, CGY
141. Will Smith, F, SJS (rookie)
142. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
143. Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
144. Casey DeSmith, G, DAL
145. Joel Hofer, G, STL
146. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
147. Connor McMichael, F, WSH
148. Cam Fowler, D, STL
149. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
150. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
151. William Eklund, F, SJS
152. Seth Jones, D, FLA
153. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
154. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
155. Zack Bolduc, F, STL (rookie)
156. Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
157. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
158. Joey Daccord, G, SEA
159. Anders Lee, F, NYI
160. Mackie Samoskevich, F, FLA (rookie)
161. Mason Marchment, F, DAL
162. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
163. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (INJ.)
164. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
165. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
166. Jake Neighbours, F, STL
167. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA (rookie)
168. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
169. Jake Walman, D, EDM (INJ.)
170. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
171. Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
172. Kevin Lankinen, G, VAN
173. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
174. Patrik Laine, F, MTL
175. Pius Suter, F, VAN
176. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
177. Devon Toews, D, COL
178. Troy Terry, F, ANA
179. Brayden Schenn, F, STL
180. Ryan Donato, F, CHI
181. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
182. Jackson Blake, F, CAR (rookie)
183. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
184. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ (rookie)
185. Jake Allen, G, NJD
186. Justin Faulk, D, STL
187. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
188. Jamie Benn, F, DAL
189. William Karlsson, F, VGK
190. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
191. David Perron, F, OTT
192. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
193. Andrei Kuzmenko, F, LAK
194. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
195. Jack Quinn, F, BUF
196. James Reimer, G, BUF
197. Ryan McLeod, F, BUF
198. Trevor Zegras, F, ANA
199. Jared McCann, F, SEA
200. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
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Other notable players who have returned from injury:
Neal Pionk, D, WPG
Colton Parayko, D, STL
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL
Stuart Skinner, G, EDM
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Key injuries:
Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
Dylan Holloway, F, STL
Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
Josh Norris, F, BUF
Jonathan Drouin, F, COL
Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
Evander Kane, F, EDM
Jack Hughes, F, NJD (out for season)
Roman Josi, D, NSH
Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
Kris Letang, D, PIT (heart surgery)