Fantasy hockey hits, blocks league draft guide

NHL.com identifies more than 100 skaters who cover hits, a standard fantasy hockey category, and/or blocked shots, another popular category. For more fantasy coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy and subscribe for free to the "NHL Fantasy on Ice" podcast.

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PLAYERS TO PRIORITIZE IN HITS LEAGUES
NOTE: Players are listed in order of NHL.com fantasy rank, along with their hits-per-game averages from last season. Fantasy-relevant players who averaged at least 1.0 hit per game have been included on this list, and players in bold averaged at least 2.0 per game, giving them significantly more appeal in leagues counting the category. Some players may be worth reaching for higher than their standard league rankings order depending on league format (e.g. keeper, dynasty) or if they are being relied upon as category specialists.
Cale Makar, D, COL: 1.23
Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL: 1.05
Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, CGY: 1.24
Victor Hedman, D, TBL: 1.13
Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH: 2.01
Matthew Tkachuk, RW, FLA: 1.13
Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR: 1.04
Steven Stamkos, C/LW, TBL: 1.15
J.T. Miller, C/LW, VAN: 2.15Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT: 3.42
Chris Kreider, LW/RW, NYR: 1.74
Alex DeBrincat, LW, OTT: 1.23
Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA: 1.02
Moritz Seider, D, DET: 1.84
Andrei Svechnikov, LW, CAR: 2.42
Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS: 2.10
Jack Eichel, C, VGK: 1.32
Kris Letang, D, PIT: 2.19
Evander Kane, LW, EDM: 3.14
Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL: 1.11
Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH: 1.62
Morgan Rielly, D, TOR: 1.12
Brayden Point, C, TBL: 1.14
Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS: 1.07
Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW, COL (INJ.): 1.84
Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (INJ.): 1.11
MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY: 2.24
Josh Norris, C, OTT: 1.20
Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL: 1.27
John Tavares, C, TOR (INJ.): 1.14
Tim Stützle, C/LW, OTT: 1.58
Dylan Larkin, C, DET: 1.07
Drew Doughty, D, LAK: 1.54
Thomas Chabot, D, OTT: 1.24
Roope Hintz, C, DAL: 1.02
Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF: 1.51
Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, WPG: 1.38
Drake Batherson, RW, OTT: 1.93
Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (INJ.): 1.99
Darnell Nurse, D, EDM: 2.76
Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD: 1.40
Jacob Trouba, D, NYR: 2.56
Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (INJ.): 3.08
Sam Bennett, C, FLA: 1.68
Bo Horvat, C, VAN: 1.37
Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, CGY: 1.09
Bowen Byram, D, COL: 1.77
David Perron, RW, DET: 1.19
Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL: 1.92
Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL: 1.78
Tomas Hertl, C, SJS: 1.28
Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR: 2.28
Michael Bunting, LW, TOR: 1.08
Jakob Chychrun, D, ARI: 1.09
Boone Jenner, C, CBJ: 1.36
Vasily Podkolzin, LW/RW, VAN: 1.06
Valeri Nichushkin, LW/RW, COL (INJ.): 1.44
Nick Suzuki, C, MTL: 1.09
Seth Jones, D, CHI: 1.27
Ondrej Palat, LW, NJD: 1.61
Adrian Kempe, LW/RW, LAK: 1.42
Justin Faulk, D, STL: 1.96
Seth Jarvis, LW/RW, CAR: 1.01
Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW, SEA: 1.06
Jeff Petry, D, PIT: 2.06
Alexis Lafrenière, LW/RW, NYR: 1.37
Tanner Jeannot, RW, NSH: 3.93
Joel Eriksson Ek, C, MIN: 1.79
Sean Durzi, D, LAK: 1.16
Oliver Wahlstrom, RW, NYI: 1.38
Cole Sillinger, C, CBJ: 1.24
T.J. Oshie, C/RW, WSH: 1.95
Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL: 1.19
Ross Colton, C/LW, TBL: 1.94
Anders Lee, LW, NYI: 1.24
Artturi Lehkonen, LW/RW, COL: 1.11
Vince Dunn, D, SEA: 1.04
Mason Marchment, LW/RW, DAL: 2.11
Logan Couture, C, SJS: 1.19
Pavel Zacha, C/LW, BOS: 1.14
Matt Dumba, D, MIN: 2.00
Alex Killorn, LW/RW, TBL: 1.07
Lawson Crouse, LW/RW, ARI: 2.78
Rickard Rakell, LW/RW, PIT: 1.41
Blake Coleman, LW/RW, CGY: 2.01
Evan Rodrigues, LW/RW, COL: 1.09
Nino Niederreiter, LW, NSH: 1.59
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OTHER HITS CATEGORY SPECIALISTS
These players, who are ranked outside of NHL.com's top 250 for standard leagues, averaged more than 2.0 hits per game last season and are worth rostering as category specialists in deep fantasy leagues.
Ryan Reaves, RW, NYR: 4.04
Garnet Hathaway, RW, WSH: 3.29
Brandon Tanev, LW/RW, SEA: 3.27
Marcus Foligno, LW/RW, MIN: 3.22
Sean Kuraly, C, CBJ: 3.12
Jordan Staal, C, CAR: 2.72
Sammy Blais, LW/RW, NYR: 2.64
Jordan Greenway, LW, MIN: 2.5
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C, NYI: 2.22
Josh Anderson, F, MTL: 2.22
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D-MEN TO PRIORITIZE IN BLOCKS LEAGUES
Players are listed in order of NHL.com fantasy rank, along with their blocked shot totals (those with at least 1.7 per game have been included) from last season.
Moritz Seider, D, DET: 1.96
Brent Burns, D, CAR: 1.83
MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY: 1.95
Noah Dobson, D, NYI: 1.92
Darnell Nurse, D, EDM: 1.86
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK: 2.05
Jacob Trouba, D, NYR: 2.19
Seth Jones, D, CHI: 1.99
Jeff Petry, D, PIT: 1.72
Sean Durzi, D, LAK: 1.89
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FORWARDS TO PRIORITIZE IN BLOCKS LEAGUES
Players are listed in order of NHL.com fantasy rank, along with their blocked shot totals from last season.
Auston Matthews, C, TOR: 62 blocks in 73 games
J.T. Miller, C/LW, VAN: 56 in 80 games
Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS: 61 in 77 games
Jack Eichel, C, VGK: 35 in 34 games
Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL: 69 in 82 games
Anze Kopitar, C, LAK: 71 in 81 games
Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (INJ.): 55 in 78 games
Tomas Hertl, C, SJS: 57 in 82 games
Boone Jenner, C, CBJ: 56 in 59 games
Nick Suzuki, C, MTL: 62 in 82 games
Tanner Jeannot, RW, NSH: 64 in 81 games
Anton Lundell, C, FLA: 56 in 65 games
Logan Couture, C, SJS: 58 in 77 games
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HITS, BLOCKED SHOTS SPECIALISTS
NOTE: These players, who are ranked outside of NHL.com's top 250 for standard leagues, are listed with their hits-per-game and blocks-per-game averages from last season, respectively. Some forwards have been included based on their strong hits-per-game averages relative to the position.
Garnet Hathaway, F, WSH: 3.29 hits per game; 62 blocks in 76gm
Jamie Benn, F, DAL: 1.74; 60 in 82gm
Nicholas Paul, F, TBL: 1.32; 56 in 80gm
Alexander Romanov, D, NYI: 2.87 hits per game; 1.82 blocks per game
Nick Blankenburg, D, CBJ: 2.71; 1.71
Mario Ferraro, D, SJS: 2.22; 2.62
Erik Johnson, D, COL: 2.14; 1.77
Ben Chiarot, F, DET: 2.12; 1.76
Ryan Pulock, D, NYI: 1.54; 2.32
Ryan McDonagh, D, NSH: 1.35; 1.93
Adam Pelech, D, NYI: 1.27; 1.64
Alec Martinez, D, VGK: 1.00; 2.62
Mark Giordano, D, TOR: 1.00; 1.85
Ivan Provorov, D, PHI: 0.94; 2.18
Colton Parayko, D, STL: 0.90; 2.11
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