Nick Szeman’s Top 250 Fantasy Hockey Rankings 2026-27

Welcome to Nick Szeman’s Top 250 Fantasy Hockey Rankings!

As a regular fantasy hockey contributor to Daily Faceoff for the past several seasons and an active fantasy hockey manager for nearly two decades, including numerous championships, I’ve put together this list to identify the players I believe can help you win your league.

The rankings use expert projections as a starting point and consider the most common fantasy hockey categories, including goals, assists, shots, power-play points, hits, blocks, wins, goals-against average, save percentage, and shutouts. That said, I also give extra weight to players I believe are primed for a breakout, have an especially high ceiling, or are simply players I feel more comfortable drafting.

In other words, this isn’t just a list of projected statistics. It’s how I would approach my own draft. My rankings will differ from consensus in some places, but those are typically the players I feel most strongly about and often end up as my league winners.

Happy drafting!

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	ADP	Diff.
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	C	1.5	0.5
2	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	2.6	0.6
3	Nikita Kucherov	TB	RW	4.5	1.5
4	Macklin Celebrini	SJ	C	9.7	5.7
5	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C,LW	7.2	2.2
6	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	10.5	4.5
7	Cale Makar	COL	D	8.1	1.1
8	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW	12.2	4.2
9	Brady Tkachuk	FLA	C,LW	23.4	14.4
10	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TB	G	14.3	4.3
11	Auston Matthews	TOR	C	16.5	5.5
12	Martin Necas	COL	RW	14.3	2.3
13	Mikko Rantanen	DAL	LW,RW	24.4	11.4
14	Jason Robertson	DAL	LW,RW	16.2	2.2
15	Evan Bouchard	EDM	D	20.8	5.8
16	Quinn Hughes	MIN	D	15.9	-0.1
17	Connor Hellebuyck	WPG	G	30	13
18	Nick Suzuki	MTL	C	11.8	-6.2
19	Jack Eichel	VGK	C	22.6	3.6
20	Matt Boldy	MIN	LW,RW	20.4	0.4
21	William Nylander	TOR	C,RW	42.6	21.6
22	Zach Werenski	CBJ	D	19.1	-2.9
23	Cole Caufield	MTL	LW,RW	18.4	-4.6
24	Jack Hughes	NJ	C,LW	18.2	-5.8
25	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C,RW	19.1	-5.9
26	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	G	65.5	39.5
27	Jake Oettinger	DAL	G	25.2	-1.8
28	Tage Thompson	BUF	C,RW	29.7	1.7
29	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	28.7	-0.3
30	Logan Thompson	WSH	G	28.6	-1.4
31	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	LW,RW	32.5	1.5
32	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	G	39.9	7.9
33	Jake Guentzel	TB	LW,RW	33.5	0.5
34	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	G	35.7	1.7
35	Artemi Panarin	LA	LW	49.8	14.8
36	Sidney Crosby	PIT	C	51.4	15.4
37	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	D	35.5	-1.5
38	Leo Carlsson	ANA	C	43.3	5.3
39	Lane Hutson	MTL	D	19.7	-19.3
40	Tim Stutzle	OTT	C,LW	46.3	6.3
41	Mackenzie Blackwood	COL	G	93	52
42	Mitch Marner	VGK	C,LW,RW	45.3	3.3
43	Clayton Keller	UTA	LW,RW	44.9	1.9
44	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	55.7	11.7
45	Sebastian Aho	CAR	C	81.7	36.7
46	Connor Bedard	CHI	C,RW	62	16
47	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	C,LW,RW	33.4	-13.6
48	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	35.1	-12.9
49	Karel Vejmelka	UTA	G	69.3	20.3
50	Jacob Markstrom	FLA	G	71.2	21.2
51	Dylan Guenther	UTA	LW,RW	38.8	-12.2
52	Lucas Raymond	DET	RW	68.9	16.9
53	Brayden Point	TB	C	82.6	29.6
54	Adrian Kempe	LA	RW	52.5	-1.5
55	Brandon Hagel	TB	LW,RW	36.9	-18.1
56	Sam Reinhart	FLA	RW	42.5	-13.5
57	Matthew Schaefer	NYI	D	34.5	-22.5
58	Ivan Demidov	MTL	RW	83.7	25.7
59	Moritz Seider	DET	D	56.9	-2.1
60	Adam Fox	NYR	D	58.6	-1.4
61	Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	G	57.9	-3.1
62	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	C	52	-10
63	Matthew Knies	TOR	LW,RW	120.7	57.7
64	Juraj Slafkovsky	MTL	LW,RW	52.7	-11.3
65	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	LW,RW	119.3	54.3
66	Sergei Bobrovsky	TOR	G	91.6	25.6
67	Alex DeBrincat	DET	LW,RW	42	-25
68	Jake Sanderson	OTT	D	62.8	-5.2
69	Zach Hyman	EDM	LW,RW	98.4	29.4
70	Kirill Marchenko	CBJ	RW	59.7	-10.3
71	Will Smith	SJ	LW,RW	63	-8
72	John Carlson	TB	D	85.3	13.3
73	Dylan Larkin	DET	C	92.8	19.8
74	Darren Raddysh	TOR	D	50.3	-23.7
75	Jakub Dobes	MTL	G	81.8	6.8
76	Drake Batherson	OTT	LW,RW	80.4	4.4
77	Logan Cooley	UTA	C	117.1	40.1
78	Travis Konecny	PHI	LW,RW	131.5	53.5
79	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	C,RW	92.8	13.8
80	Carter Hart	VGK	G	131.5	51.5
81	Jet Greaves	CBJ	G	127	46
82	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR	LW	120.6	38.6
83	Jakob Chychrun	WSH	D	54.9	-28.1
84	Scott Wedgewood	COL	G	51.9	-32.1
85	Lukas Dostal	ANA	G	143.4	58.4
86	John Gibson	DET	G	138.4	52.4
87	Nico Hischier	NJ	C	129.6	42.6
88	Roman Josi	NSH	D	80.1	-7.9
89	Robert Thomas	STL	C	73.9	-15.1
90	Linus Ullmark	OTT	G	131.8	41.8
91	Juuse Saros	NSH	G	116.8	25.8
92	Jesper Bratt	NJ	LW,RW	74.4	-17.6
93	Tom Wilson	WSH	RW	124.9	31.9
94	John Tavares	TOR	C	128.1	34.1
95	Joel Hofer	STL	G	124.7	29.7
96	Dylan Holloway	STL	C,LW	104.3	8.3
97	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	G	132.3	35.3
98	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	LW,RW	94.5	-3.5
99	Josh Morrissey	WPG	D	86.8	-12.2
100	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	D	79.7	-20.3
101	Adam Fantilli	CBJ	C	92.4	-8.6
102	Pavel Dorofeyev	NYR	LW,RW	70.9	-31.1
103	Alex Tuch	WSH	LW,RW	103	0
104	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	G	109.1	5.1
105	Dan Vladar	PHI	G	138.3	33.3
106	Brandon Bussi	CAR	G	74.2	-31.8
107	Steven Stamkos	NSH	C,RW	126.1	19.1
108	Bo Horvat	NYI	C	124.7	16.7
109	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	D	99	-10
110	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	RW	137.1	27.1
111	Spencer Knight	CHI	G	134.6	23.6
112	Brock Nelson	COL	C	137.9	25.9
113	Seth Jarvis	CAR	LW,RW	127.5	14.5
114	Darcy Kuemper	LA	G	148.6	34.6
115	Joey Daccord	SEA	G	155.3	40.3
116	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	D	73	-43
117	Gavin McKenna	TOR	LW	94.9	-22.1
118	Jordan Kyrou	WSH	RW	141.3	23.3
119	Alex Lyon	BUF	G	153.8	34.8
120	Quinton Byfield	LA	C	129.5	9.5
121	Kevin Fiala	LA	LW	142.9	21.9
122	Erik Karlsson	PIT	D	74.5	-47.5
123	J.T. Miller	NYR	C,LW,RW	110.4	-12.6
124	Dylan Cozens	OTT	C	131.5	7.5
125	Nick Schmaltz	UTA	C,RW	103.1	-21.9
126	Roope Hintz	DAL	C	114	-12
127	Filip Gustavsson	MIN	G	125.8	-1.2
128	Bowen Byram	CHI	D	110	28
129	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	C	144	15
130	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	D	93.2	-36.8
131	Mathew Barzal	NYI	C,RW	143.1	12.1
132	Vincent Trocheck	UTA	C	146.4	14.4
133	Tomas Hertl	VGK	C,LW	142	9
134	Mark Stone	VGK	RW	107.5	-26.5
135	Akira Schmid	FLA	G		82
136	Rickard Rakell	PIT	C,LW,RW	131.1	-4.9
137	Brandt Clarke	LA	D	104.4	19
138	Beckett Sennecke	ANA	RW	103.3	-34.7
139	Bryan Rust	PIT	RW	122.2	-16.8
140	Elias Pettersson	VAN	C	145.9	5.9
141	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	D	97.5	-43.5
142	Alexis Lafreniere	NYR	LW,RW	141.5	-0.5
143	Timo Meier	NJ	LW,RW	94.4	-48.6
144	Trevor Zegras	PHI	C,LW,RW	136.6	-7.4
145	Josh Doan	BUF	RW	136.5	-8.5
146	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	LW	151.4	5.4
147	Gabriel Vilardi	WPG	C,RW	143.9	-3.1
148	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	C,LW,RW	140.3	-7.7
149	Dylan Strome	WSH	C	143.5	-5.5
150	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	C,LW	142.9	-7.1
151	Ryan O’Reilly	NSH	C	143.8	-7.2
152	Brad Marchand	FLA	LW,RW	147.3	-4.7
153	Victor Hedman	TB	D	88.7	3
154	Will Cuylle	NYR	LW,RW		63
155	Egor Chinakhov	PIT	LW,RW	123.2	-31.8
156	Anton Frondell	CHI	C	139.4	-16.6
157	Jake Allen	NJ	G	138.4	-18.6
158	Morgan Geekie	BOS	C,LW,RW	120	-38
159	Luke Hughes	NJ	D	133.7	-25.3
160	Zach Benson	BUF	LW	147.5	-12.5
161	Vince Dunn	SEA	D	124.9	-36.1
162	Sam Bennett	FLA	C	134.1	-27.9
163	Brock Boeser	VAN	LW,RW	136	-27
164	Jared McCann	SEA	C,LW		53
165	Artturi Lehkonen	COL	LW,RW	134.2	-30.8
166	William Eklund	OTT	LW,RW	143.5	-22.5
167	Owen Tippett	PHI	LW,RW		50
168	Valeri Nichushkin	CBJ	LW,RW	146.5	-21.5
169	Noah Dobson	MTL	D	96.2	-72.8
170	Mats Zuccarello	LA	RW		47
171	Ivan Barbashev	VGK	LW	148.8	-15
172	Porter Martone	PHI	RW	69.6	-102.4
173	Matt Duchene	DAL	C,RW	136.4	-36.6
174	Seth Jones	FLA	D	120.8	-53.2
175	Matt Coronato	CGY	RW		42
176	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	LW,RW	133.8	-42.2
177	Jordan Eberle	SEA	RW		40
178	Frank Nazar	CHI	C		39
179	Shea Theodore	VGK	D	100.6	-78.4
180	Luke Evangelista	NSH	LW,RW		37
181	Dougie Hamilton	NJ	D	108	-73
182	Brandon Montour	SEA	D	114.5	-67.5
183	Mason McTavish	STL	C	127.8	-55.2
184	Patrick Kane	CHI	RW	128.6	-55.4
185	Charlie Coyle	CBJ	C		32
186	Chris Kreider	ANA	LW		31
187	Bobby McMann	SEA	LW,RW	128.7	-31
188	Thomas Harley	DAL	D	114.5	-73.5
189	Kiefer Sherwood	SJ	LW,RW	143.4	-45.6
190	Matty Beniers	SEA	C		27
191	Matvei Michkov	PHI	LW,RW	141.4	-49.6
192	Logan Stankoven	CAR	C,RW	141.1	-50.9
193	Nazem Kadri	COL	C,LW	145.6	-47.4
194	Dustin Wolf	CGY	G	140.1	-38
195	Jonathan Huberdeau	CGY	LW,RW		22
196	JJ Peterka	BOS	LW,RW	140.9	-55.1
197	Josh Norris	BUF	C		20
198	Pavel Zacha	BOS	C,LW	141.4	-42
199	Alex Laferriere	LA	C,LW,RW	144.2	-54.8
200	Brock Faber	MIN	D	83	-44
201	Troy Terry	ANA	RW		16
202	Viktor Arvidsson	DET	LW,RW		15
203	Pierre-Luc Dubois	WSH	C,LW		14
204	Rasmus Andersson	VGK	D	111.9	-92.1
205	Jack Quinn	BUF	RW		12
206	Tyler Toffoli	SJ	LW,RW		11
207	Pavel Buchnevich	STL	C,LW,RW	143.7	-51
208	Anders Lee	UTA	LW		9
209	Cole Hutson	WSH	D	90	-119
210	Mikael Granlund	ANA	C,LW		7
211	Jamie Drysdale	PHI	D		6
212	Jackson Blake	CAR	RW	141.9	-56
213	Jason Zucker	BUF	LW		4
214	Tyler Bertuzzi	CHI	LW,RW	133.5	-58
215	Mason Marchment	SJ	LW	141.7	-73.3
216	Aliaksei Protas	WSH	LW,RW	133.6	-82.4
217	Anthony Cirelli	TB	C	133.8	-61
218	Ryan Leonard	WSH	RW	129.7	-88.3
219	Marco Rossi	VAN	C		-2
220	Elias Lindholm	BOS	C		-3
221	Anthony Mantha	NJ	LW,RW	150.3	-70.7
222	Tyson Foerster	PHI	LW,RW	130.5	-66
223	Thatcher Demko	VAN	G	143.7	-67
224	Brayden Schenn	NYI	C,LW		-7
225	Jake Neighbours	STL	LW,RW	122.4	-69
226	Connor McMichael	STL	C,LW		-9
227	Lawson Crouse	UTA	LW,RW	121.9	-105.1
228	Shane Pinto	OTT	C		-11
229	Tyler Seguin	DAL	C,RW		-12
230	Thomas Chabot	OTT	D	144.9	-74
231	Sean Monahan	CBJ	C		-14
232	Ben Kindel	PIT	C		-15
233	Anton Lundell	FLA	C		-16
234	Taylor Hall	CAR	LW		-17
235	Mavrik Bourque	NSH	C,RW		-18
236	Jonathan Marchessault	NSH	LW,RW		-19
237	Travis Sanheim	PHI	D	136.8	-100.2
238	Mattias Ekholm	EDM	D	130.6	-82
239	Blake Coleman	MIN	C,LW		-22
240	Owen Power	BUF	D	128.1	-84
241	Mackie Samoskevich	SEA	RW		-24
242	Sam Malinski	COL	D	140.4	-101.6
243	Dawson Mercer	NJ	C,RW		-26
244	Zeev Buium	VAN	D	132.6	-88
245	K’Andre Miller	CAR	D	131	-89
246	Matvei Gridin	CGY	LW,RW		-29
247	Roman Kantserov	CHI	LW		-30
248	MacKenzie Weegar	UTA	D	110.1	-137.9
249	Dalibor Dvorsky	STL	C		-32
250	Simon Nemec	CGY	D	149.9	-94