What categories does the categories value use?

Goals, assists, plus-minus, power-play points, shots, hits and blocks for skaters; wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Each is a z-score against the players a 12-team league rosters, and they are added up; save percentage and goals-against average are weighted by the work a goalie does.

What are L1, PP1 and the ROS projection?

L1 to L4 are forward lines and D1 to D3 defense pairs, by even-strength ice time over the team's last five games. PP1 and PP2 are power-play units by power-play time. The NHL publishes ice time, not line charts, so these are derived and say so. ROS proj. is a projection: fantasy points per team game times the team's games left, as if the player plays every one.

Fantasy hockey center rankings 2026-27

Connor McDavid (EDM) is No. 1 among centers at 3.62 fantasy points per game, ahead of Nathan MacKinnon at 3.60 fantasy points per game. Every C on the board, 164 in all, ranked from the NHL's own per-game stats for points and categories leagues, with each player's line and power-play role.

#	Player	GP	FP/G	Cat #	ROS proj.	TOI	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-
1	Connor McDavid CEDM L1 PP1	5	3.62	1	286	23:11	0.59	1.28	0.65	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.65
2	Nathan MacKinnon CCOL L1 PP1	5	3.60	2	284	21:46	0.73	0.94	0.34	4.4	0.7	0.3	0.61
3	Macklin Celebrini CSJS L1 PP1	3	3.14	7	248	21:26	0.52	0.96	0.44	3.5	0.6	0.7	0.17
4	Leon Draisaitl CEDM L1 PP1	5	3.13	3	247	21:32	0.55	1.00	0.60	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.52
5	Jack Hughes CNJD L1 PP1	6	2.79	17	218	21:22	0.42	0.86	0.44	3.8	0.1	0.5	0.04
6	Jack Eichel CVGK L1 PP1	7	2.79	8	215	21:14	0.38	0.96	0.47	3.3	0.4	0.6	0.38
7	Auston Matthews CTOR L1 PP1	6	2.77	20	216	21:08	0.50	0.56	0.27	3.7	0.7	1.3	0.03
8	Tage Thompson CBUF L1 PP1	7	2.61	30	201	19:25	0.51	0.49	0.29	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.13
9	Tim Stützle COTT L1 PP1	7	2.59	22	200	20:40	0.50	0.68	0.34	2.3	1.7	0.6	0.25
10	Nick Suzuki CMTL L1 PP1	6	2.57	11	200	21:10	0.39	0.87	0.40	2.4	1.0	0.8	0.46
11	Sebastian Aho CCAR L1 PP1	8	2.53	28	193	19:37	0.46	0.73	0.39	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.31
12	Martin Necas CCOL L1 PP1	5	2.52	24	199	21:13	0.47	0.76	0.25	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.52
13	Bo Horvat CNYI L1 PP1	5	2.50	39	195	20:29	0.53	0.39	0.35	3.3	1.1	0.5	0.05
14	Connor Bedard CCHI	69*	2.45	75	189	20:52	0.43	0.65	0.30	3.3	0.4	0.4	-0.26
15	Nick Schmaltz CUTA L2 PP1	6	2.44	53	190	19:29	0.54	0.46	0.34	2.9	0.3	0.6	0.08
16	Jake Guentzel CTBL L2 PP1	6	2.41	49	188	20:18	0.48	0.59	0.36	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.12
17	Steven Stamkos CNSH L1 PP1	5	2.37	76	187	18:12	0.53	0.39	0.45	2.4	1.1	0.5	-0.29
18	Sam Reinhart CFLA L2 PP1	7	2.37	65	182	21:15	0.48	0.41	0.44	2.7	1.2	0.6	-0.24
19	Wyatt Johnston CDAL L1 PP1	5	2.36	50	186	20:06	0.44	0.56	0.45	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.03
20	Mika Zibanejad CNYR L1 PP1	8	2.34	48	178	20:49	0.37	0.60	0.38	2.5	1.5	0.8	-0.07
21	Leo Carlsson CANA L1 PP1	5	2.28	66	180	19:16	0.37	0.71	0.45	2.4	0.2	0.5	-0.03
22	Evgeni Malkin CPIT L1 PP1	6	2.19	58	169	17:40	0.38	0.65	0.38	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.26
23	Dylan Larkin CDET L1 PP1	4	2.19	79	170	20:17	0.42	0.41	0.31	3.0	0.5	0.5	-0.01
24	Mark Scheifele CWPG L1 PP1	5	2.12	110	167	21:28	0.35	0.77	0.21	2.0	0.4	0.5	-0.04
25	Nico Hischier CNJD L2 PP1	6	2.04	106	160	20:21	0.38	0.40	0.37	2.5	0.7	0.7	-0.21
26	Sidney Crosby CPIT L1 PP1	6	2.04	114	157	19:22	0.33	0.59	0.26	2.4	0.9	0.5	-0.15
27	Brock Nelson CCOL L2 PP2	5	2.02	93	160	19:09	0.41	0.44	0.30	2.1	0.5	0.8	0.11
28	Morgan Geekie CBOS L1 PP1	6	2.02	95	157	17:24	0.41	0.39	0.34	2.0	1.6	0.4	-0.05
29	Tomas Hertl CVGK L3 PP1	7	2.00	90	154	16:52	0.33	0.42	0.34	2.5	1.6	0.5	-0.12
30	Elias Pettersson CVAN L1 PP1	7	1.98	88	151	19:02	0.22	0.58	0.33	1.8	1.6	1.3	-0.23
31	John Tavares CTOR L2 PP1	5	1.93	193	150	17:59	0.34	0.47	0.24	2.4	0.8	0.4	-0.43
32	Mikael Granlund CANA L2 PP1	5	1.92	137	152	19:17	0.34	0.50	0.29	2.0	0.4	0.7	-0.12
33	Bobby McMann CSEA L1 PP2	7	1.87	120	144	16:06	0.39	0.20	0.13	2.6	2.1	0.5	-0.03
34	Roope Hintz CDAL L2 PP1	5	1.87	68	147	17:14	0.27	0.52	0.33	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.36
35	Mathew Barzal CNYI	81*	1.86	108	145	20:39	0.23	0.65	0.25	2.3	0.4	0.6	0.12
36	Ryan O'Reilly CNSH L1 PP1	5	1.85	158	146	20:44	0.29	0.56	0.28	1.8	0.3	0.9	-0.16
37	Logan Cooley CUTA L2 PP1	6	1.85	124	144	17:36	0.34	0.46	0.34	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.00
38	Adam Fantilli CCBJ L1 PP1	5	1.85	122	146	19:05	0.27	0.38	0.13	2.6	1.8	0.8	-0.09
39	Dylan Cozens COTT L1 PP1	7	1.84	86	141	17:25	0.25	0.35	0.34	2.3	2.7	0.4	-0.06
40	Joel Eriksson Ek CMIN L1 PP1	6	1.82	73	142	19:16	0.25	0.43	0.21	2.8	1.4	0.5	0.37
41	Will Smith CSJS L1 PP1	5	1.80	205	143	18:16	0.36	0.45	0.24	2.2	0.3	0.3	-0.19
42	Mason McTavish CSTL L2 PP1	6	1.78	144	139	15:26	0.33	0.36	0.15	2.4	1.4	0.4	0.00
43	Vincent Trocheck CUTA L1 PP2	6	1.77	141	138	19:44	0.22	0.46	0.18	1.6	3.0	0.8	-0.34
44	J.T. Miller CNYR L2 PP1	8	1.76	134	134	19:36	0.21	0.56	0.23	1.9	1.8	0.5	-0.10
45	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins CEDM	72*	1.75	165	138	19:03	0.28	0.50	0.40	1.8	0.3	0.4	-0.13
46	Boone Jenner CWSH L2	6	1.73	125	135	16:00	0.27	0.33	0.03	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.07
47	Sam Bennett CFLA L1 PP2	7	1.72	157	133	18:39	0.25	0.42	0.14	2.4	1.8	0.3	-0.10
48	Shane Pinto COTT L2 PP2	7	1.71	136	132	19:01	0.27	0.42	0.13	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.10
49	Pavel Zacha CBOS L1 PP1	6	1.68	162	131	17:12	0.33	0.38	0.26	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.12
50	Gabriel Vilardi CWPG L2 PP1	5	1.67	250	132	18:15	0.29	0.46	0.31	1.9	0.2	0.4	-0.28
51	Robert Thomas CSTL L1 PP1	6	1.67	185	130	19:07	0.30	0.55	0.17	1.5	0.2	0.6	0.19
52	Carter Verhaeghe CFLA L1 PP1	7	1.66	195	128	17:50	0.35	0.33	0.14	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.05
53	Charlie Coyle CCBJ L3 PP1	5	1.65	147	131	18:07	0.20	0.57	0.17	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.07
54	Anton Lundell CFLA L2 PP2	7	1.65	192	127	18:57	0.24	0.38	0.17	2.3	1.2	0.5	-0.17
55	Nazem Kadri CCOL L1 PP1	5	1.65	183	130	18:56	0.17	0.47	0.28	2.8	0.6	0.4	-0.19
56	Matt Duchene CDAL	57*	1.64	212	129	16:31	0.28	0.51	0.25	1.6	0.5	0.4	-0.05
57	Marco Rossi CVAN L1 PP1	7	1.61	311	122	17:21	0.29	0.38	0.24	1.5	1.2	0.6	-0.50
58	Tyler Toffoli CSJS L4 PP2	5	1.60	231	127	14:35	0.27	0.38	0.19	2.2	0.6	0.4	-0.12
59	Cole Perfetti CWPG L1 PP1	5	1.60	214	127	16:19	0.26	0.35	0.23	2.1	1.0	0.5	-0.19
60	Brayden Schenn CNYI L2 PP1	5	1.59	202	124	16:33	0.26	0.33	0.17	1.6	2.4	0.5	-0.24
61	Elias Lindholm CBOS L3 PP1	6	1.58	196	123	17:28	0.23	0.46	0.22	1.7	0.6	0.8	-0.04
62	Trevor Zegras CPHI L1 PP1	8	1.57	272	120	18:39	0.27	0.43	0.24	1.9	0.5	0.4	-0.21
63	Dylan Strome CWSH L2 PP1	6	1.57	188	123	17:36	0.18	0.57	0.24	1.8	0.2	0.7	0.06
64	Brayden Point CTBL L1 PP1	6	1.57	206	123	18:35	0.26	0.47	0.13	2.2	0.1	0.4	0.15
65	Frank Nazar CCHI L1 PP2	5	1.55	353	119	18:25	0.26	0.35	0.18	2.0	0.5	0.6	-0.46
66	Kyle Palmieri CNYI L2 PP1	5	1.52	243	119	18:15	0.19	0.38	0.16	2.6	0.6	0.4	-0.14
67	Anthony Cirelli CTBL L3 PP2	6	1.51	155	118	17:26	0.29	0.35	0.04	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.49
68	Logan Stankoven CCAR L1 PP2	8	1.51	190	114	16:01	0.33	0.24	0.12	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.32
69	Jack Roslovic CTOR L2 PP2	6	1.50	283	117	15:55	0.31	0.24	0.10	2.3	0.6	0.3	-0.06
70	Pierre-Luc Dubois CWSH L1 PP1	4	1.46	228	114	16:52	0.18	0.53	0.17	1.5	0.9	0.5	0.05
71	Josh Norris CBUF L4 PP2	7	1.46	223	112	15:34	0.26	0.39	0.15	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.15
72	Ben Kindel CPIT L3 PP1	5	1.45	284	112	15:37	0.26	0.27	0.14	2.1	0.4	0.6	-0.09
73	Morgan Frost CCGY L2 PP1	5	1.42	397	112	15:38	0.29	0.20	0.20	1.8	0.7	0.5	-0.40
74	Parker Kelly CCOL L4	5	1.39	194	110	12:44	0.24	0.30	0.00	1.2	2.2	0.7	0.26
75	Tommy Novak CPIT L3 PP2	6	1.38	297	106	14:30	0.27	0.32	0.14	1.6	0.2	0.6	0.09
76	Chandler Stephenson CSEA L2 PP1	7	1.37	370	105	18:53	0.18	0.53	0.26	1.0	0.2	0.6	-0.22
77	Matty Beniers CSEA L1 PP1	7	1.36	302	105	18:43	0.22	0.34	0.10	1.6	0.5	0.8	0.00
78	Christian Dvorak CPHI L2	8	1.35	331	103	17:58	0.23	0.33	0.04	1.7	0.7	0.6	-0.01
79	Fraser Minten CBOS L2	6	1.35	219	105	15:30	0.24	0.28	0.03	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.27
80	James Hagens CBOS L3 PP2	6	1.34	304	105	14:25	0.25	0.28	0.04	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.05
81	Alex Newhook CMTL L2 PP2	6	1.34	307	104	14:54	0.28	0.26	0.09	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.05
82	Alex Steeves CBOS	43*	1.33	178	104	11:56	0.21	0.16	0.07	1.3	3.3	0.6	0.14
83	Cole Sillinger CCBJ L1	5	1.33	282	105	15:17	0.20	0.33	0.01	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.06
84	Alexander Wennberg CSJS L1 PP1	5	1.33	404	105	20:19	0.18	0.41	0.15	1.2	0.3	1.1	-0.29
85	Mikael Backlund CCGY L1	5	1.30	358	103	17:54	0.21	0.25	0.03	2.5	0.4	0.4	-0.05
86	Pius Suter CSTL L4	6	1.30	266	102	15:26	0.27	0.27	0.05	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.31
87	Filip Hallander CEDM	3	1.30	251	103	14:07	0.23	0.34	0.05	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.29
88	Eetu Luostarinen CFLA L2 PP2	7	1.25	289	97	16:27	0.19	0.22	0.05	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.00
89	Jean-Gabriel Pageau CNYI L3	5	1.25	367	98	15:28	0.22	0.28	0.01	1.0	1.8	0.7	-0.08
90	Anton Frondell CCHI L2 PP1	6	1.25	403	96	16:07	0.18	0.34	0.04	1.6	1.0	0.5	-0.14
91	Oliver Kapanen CMTL	82*	1.25	383	98	14:29	0.27	0.18	0.01	1.6	0.4	0.8	0.05
92	Evan Rodrigues CNJD L3 PP2	6	1.23	421	96	16:40	0.16	0.26	0.06	2.2	1.1	0.3	-0.26
93	Jordan Staal CCAR L3	6	1.23	300	93	16:03	0.20	0.16	0.04	1.3	2.4	0.6	-0.03
94	Tyler Seguin CDAL L2 PP2	5	1.22	336	97	16:15	0.25	0.30	0.12	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.22
95	Matthew Poitras CBOS L4	3	1.21	316	94	14:02	0.23	0.27	0.05	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.21
96	Dawson Mercer CNJD L3	6	1.20	453	94	17:23	0.19	0.24	0.07	2.1	0.3	0.5	-0.21
97	Ross Colton CNSH L3	5	1.19	257	94	12:27	0.14	0.20	0.00	1.9	2.3	0.5	0.10
98	Emmitt Finnie CDET L2 PP2	6	1.19	295	93	15:48	0.20	0.20	0.07	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.14
99	Mark Kastelic CBOS L4	6	1.19	247	93	12:22	0.15	0.21	0.01	1.2	2.6	0.9	0.13
100	Linus Karlsson CVAN L2 PP2	7	1.18	492	90	13:02	0.18	0.34	0.07	1.6	0.8	0.2	-0.34
101	Mavrik Bourque CNSH L2 PP2	4	1.18	362	93	15:32	0.20	0.26	0.05	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.10
102	Jack McBain CUTA L2	6	1.18	201	92	13:40	0.13	0.16	0.00	1.3	3.7	0.6	0.15
103	Sean Monahan CCBJ L2 PP2	5	1.18	419	93	17:04	0.17	0.28	0.14	1.7	0.6	0.4	-0.13
104	Dakota Joshua CTOR	55*	1.17	290	91	12:15	0.18	0.14	0.00	0.9	3.5	0.6	-0.04
105	Ryan Poehling CANA L3	5	1.16	379	91	14:54	0.16	0.31	0.01	1.2	0.6	1.1	0.04
106	Matt Savoie CEDM	82*	1.16	407	91	14:47	0.22	0.23	0.09	1.7	0.2	0.5	0.07
107	Ridly Greig COTT L3	5	1.15	299	89	16:40	0.14	0.27	0.03	1.6	1.2	0.7	0.17
108	Casey Mittelstadt CBOS L2 PP2	6	1.14	402	89	14:55	0.24	0.29	0.08	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.21
109	Michael McCarron CMIN L4	6	1.14	277	89	14:04	0.08	0.20	0.00	1.5	2.7	1.0	-0.04
110	Freddy Gaudreau CSEA L2	7	1.14	424	87	15:49	0.22	0.22	0.03	1.1	0.5	0.9	0.06
111	Andrew Copp CDET L3 PP2	6	1.13	415	88	17:16	0.09	0.37	0.12	1.5	0.7	0.8	-0.16
112	Peyton Krebs CBUF L2	7	1.13	318	87	13:57	0.11	0.39	0.01	1.0	2.2	0.4	0.12
113	Noah Ostlund CBUF L1 PP1	7	1.12	396	86	15:06	0.21	0.27	0.11	1.4	0.1	0.4	0.17
114	Shane Wright CSEA L3 PP2	7	1.12	355	86	13:51	0.19	0.19	0.06	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.17
115	Calum Ritchie CNYI L1 PP2	5	1.11	460	87	13:38	0.20	0.25	0.14	1.2	0.3	0.6	-0.09
116	Sheldon Dries CDET L4	3	1.11	441	87	13:59	0.15	0.19	0.05	1.4	1.7	0.7	-0.25
117	Barrett Hayton CUTA L3	6	1.11	347	86	14:44	0.12	0.33	0.11	1.8	0.4	0.5	0.15
118	Brett Howden CVGK L2	7	1.10	436	85	15:09	0.19	0.20	0.04	1.3	1.6	0.4	-0.08
119	Alexander Kerfoot CNSH L3 PP2	5	1.10	449	87	13:21	0.20	0.26	0.04	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.00
120	Connor Dewar CPIT L4	6	1.09	349	84	13:48	0.18	0.16	0.00	1.4	1.8	0.6	0.12
121	Scott Laughton CLAK L3	4	1.09	391	87	14:22	0.17	0.09	0.03	1.5	2.0	0.7	-0.11
122	Morgan Barron CWPG L2	5	1.09	315	86	13:29	0.14	0.19	0.00	1.3	2.2	0.7	0.10
123	Dillon Dube CSTL L4	3	1.09	481	85	14:06	0.23	0.19	0.05	1.2	1.0	0.4	-0.10
124	Jiri Kulich CBUF L3	6	1.08	394	83	14:13	0.18	0.22	0.04	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.11
125	Teuvo Teravainen CCHI L3	4	1.08	502	83	16:55	0.16	0.32	0.21	1.1	0.3	0.5	-0.33
126	Max Domi CTOR	80*	1.08	511	84	14:53	0.15	0.30	0.10	1.5	0.5	0.4	-0.36
127	Yakov Trenin CMIN L3	6	1.07	224	84	13:15	0.06	0.16	0.00	1.2	4.8	0.4	0.01
128	Kent Johnson CCBJ L2 PP1	5	1.07	489	84	13:53	0.19	0.20	0.02	1.8	0.2	0.5	-0.08
129	Sam Steel CDAL L2	5	1.07	416	84	15:54	0.17	0.27	0.03	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.11
130	Ryan McLeod CBUF L3 PP2	7	1.06	479	82	16:58	0.17	0.40	0.06	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.04
131	Zemgus Girgensons CTBL L3	6	1.06	328	83	14:29	0.13	0.15	0.00	1.2	2.7	0.7	0.05
132	Michael Eyssimont CBOS	56*	1.06	427	83	10:55	0.14	0.18	0.07	1.9	1.0	0.4	-0.05
133	Michael Misa CSJS L3 PP2	5	1.06	470	84	13:01	0.16	0.33	0.07	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.00
134	Justin Sourdif CWSH L3	6	1.05	409	82	14:20	0.19	0.20	0.03	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.09
135	Kirby Dach CMTL L4 PP2	6	1.05	461	82	12:43	0.17	0.18	0.04	1.0	1.5	0.8	-0.16
136	Teddy Blueger CTOR L4	6	1.05	498	82	15:18	0.20	0.18	0.02	1.2	1.4	0.4	-0.23
137	William Karlsson CVGK L1 PP2	7	1.05	499	81	16:15	0.17	0.20	0.04	1.6	0.6	0.5	-0.19
138	Raphael Lavoie CVGK L4	3	1.04	475	80	13:38	0.15	0.27	0.05	1.3	1.2	0.4	-0.10
139	Stephen Halliday COTT L4 PP2	7	1.03	468	80	9:00	0.17	0.21	0.15	1.1	0.9	0.5	-0.11
140	Conor Geekie CTBL L4 PP2	6	1.03	467	80	13:36	0.18	0.15	0.04	1.4	1.3	0.4	-0.08
141	Sean Couturier CPHI L2	8	1.03	466	78	16:45	0.11	0.29	0.01	1.4	1.4	0.4	-0.12
142	Marco Kasper CDET	1	1.03	429	80	13:39	0.11	0.12	0.02	1.7	2.2	0.6	-0.23
143	Nicolas Roy CCOL L4	5	1.03	446	81	13:59	0.17	0.22	0.02	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.04
144	Yegor Sharangovich CCGY L1 PP2	5	1.02	509	81	16:18	0.15	0.22	0.07	1.8	0.3	0.4	-0.24
145	Ben Meyers CSEA L4	5	1.01	483	78	11:58	0.15	0.28	0.00	1.1	1.3	0.4	-0.07
146	Adam Lowry CWPG L2	5	1.00	400	79	15:00	0.10	0.26	0.00	1.0	2.1	0.7	0.01
147	Konsta Helenius CBUF L3 PP2	6	0.99	500	76	14:39	0.18	0.15	0.04	1.4	1.0	0.4	-0.14
148	Marc Gatcomb CVGK L4	7	0.98	348	75	9:57	0.08	0.10	0.00	1.4	3.6	0.4	-0.08
149	Ryan Donato CCHI L4 PP2	6	0.97	519	75	13:52	0.18	0.18	0.02	1.4	0.9	0.3	-0.38
150	Dominic James CTBL	43*	0.97	454	75	12:14	0.16	0.19	0.00	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.09
151	Noel Acciari CPHI L4	8	0.96	455	73	13:50	0.14	0.13	0.00	1.1	1.4	0.9	-0.03
152	Cody Glass CNJD L4	6	0.96	501	75	13:12	0.21	0.08	0.02	1.5	0.7	0.5	-0.04
153	Amadeus Lombardi CNJD L4	6	0.96	513	75	13:14	0.12	0.22	0.04	1.7	0.8	0.3	-0.27
154	Adam Edstrom CNSH L3	5	0.95	371	75	10:06	0.15	0.05	0.00	1.1	2.4	0.7	0.10
155	Marat Khusnutdinov CBOS L3	6	0.95	465	74	14:19	0.19	0.22	0.01	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.23
156	Yanni Gourde CTBL	82*	0.94	485	74	16:22	0.11	0.23	0.00	1.4	1.4	0.4	-0.07
157	Ryan Strome CCGY L3 PP2	5	0.94	520	75	13:27	0.16	0.24	0.03	1.2	0.5	0.4	-0.32
158	Colton Dach CEDM L3 PP2	3	0.94	472	74	11:44	0.07	0.11	0.03	1.0	3.5	0.5	-0.39
159	Ryan Winterton CSEA L4	7	0.93	447	72	12:21	0.08	0.30	0.00	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.11
160	Connor Zary CCGY L2	2	0.93	514	74	14:18	0.15	0.20	0.09	1.4	0.6	0.2	-0.20
161	Cole Beaudoin CNYR L4	4	0.93	480	71	13:08	0.14	0.18	0.05	1.1	1.2	0.6	-0.02
162	Nikita Nesterenko CANA L4	5	0.93	443	73	12:11	0.11	0.22	0.00	1.1	2.3	0.2	0.03
163	Justin Hryckowian CDAL L3 PP2	5	0.92	462	73	13:36	0.14	0.16	0.05	0.9	1.6	0.6	0.01
164	Tim Washe CANA L2 PP2	5	0.92	426	72	12:54	0.08	0.14	0.00	0.9	2.7	0.8	-0.08

Per-game numbers blend last season with this one. L1 to L4 and D1 to D3 are lines and pairs by even-strength ice time over the team's last 5 games; PP1 and PP2 are power-play units by power-play time. GP marked * is last season's. ROS proj. is a projection: fantasy points per team game times his team's games left, as if he plays every one.

How the board is built

Ranked on per-game production from the NHL's own stats: 2025-26 blended with every 2026-27 game so far, last season counting as at most 20 games (15 for a goalie), so a real role change moves a player within a few weeks. A player without a full NHL season behind him starts from the median regular's line at his position, worth 10 games, so a hot first week cannot rank him beside an established scorer.

Points scoring is skaters 2 per goal, 1 per assist, 0.5 per power-play point, 0.2 per shot on goal, 0.1 per hit and 0.2 per blocked shot; goalies 3 per win, 0.15 per save, 2 per shutout and minus 1 per goal against. Categories value adds up z-scores in goals, assists, plus-minus, power-play points, shots, hits and blocks for skaters; wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Positions are the NHL's listed position; your league may grant more.

By position: centers, left wingers, right wingers, defensemen, goalies. This week: start or sit, waiver wire and streamers and goalie starts.

Common questions

How are these 2026-27 fantasy hockey rankings built?
Ranked on per-game production from the NHL's own stats: 2025-26 blended with every 2026-27 game so far, last season counting as at most 20 games (15 for a goalie), so a real role change moves a player within a few weeks. A player without a full NHL season behind him starts from the median regular's line at his position, worth 10 games, so a hot first week cannot rank him beside an established scorer. A skater needs 20 games last season or 3 this season to be ranked. No expert opinion is mixed in.
What scoring do the points rankings use?
Fantasy points at skaters 2 per goal, 1 per assist, 0.5 per power-play point, 0.2 per shot on goal, 0.1 per hit and 0.2 per blocked shot; goalies 3 per win, 0.15 per save, 2 per shutout and minus 1 per goal against. A goalie's number is per TEAM game: his points per appearance times his share of his team's starts, so a backup is not ranked as if he played every night.
What categories does the categories value use?
Goals, assists, plus-minus, power-play points, shots, hits and blocks for skaters; wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Each is a z-score against the players a 12-team league rosters, and they are added up; save percentage and goals-against average are weighted by the work a goalie does.
What are L1, PP1 and the ROS projection?
L1 to L4 are forward lines and D1 to D3 defense pairs, by even-strength ice time over the team's last five games. PP1 and PP2 are power-play units by power-play time. The NHL publishes ice time, not line charts, so these are derived and say so. ROS proj. is a projection: fantasy points per team game times the team's games left, as if the player plays every one.

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