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 left wing rankings 2026-27

Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) is No. 1 among left wingers at 2.91 fantasy points per game, ahead of Kyle Connor at 2.87 fantasy points per game. Every LW on the board, 90 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	Kirill Kaprizov LWMIN L1 PP1	6	2.91	14	227	21:57	0.68	0.55	0.43	3.3	0.6	0.4	0.21
2	Kyle Connor LWWPG L1 PP1	5	2.87	32	227	21:29	0.62	0.60	0.34	3.8	0.4	0.3	-0.06
3	Jason Robertson LWDAL L1 PP1	5	2.63	18	208	19:54	0.52	0.58	0.40	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.29
4	Matt Boldy LWMIN L1 PP1	6	2.61	16	204	20:39	0.50	0.47	0.30	3.6	0.9	0.9	0.30
5	Brandon Hagel LWTBL L2 PP1	6	2.61	27	204	20:15	0.54	0.57	0.17	3.4	0.6	0.7	0.41
6	Brady Tkachuk LWFLA L3 PP1	7	2.54	23	195	17:00	0.38	0.53	0.40	3.4	3.0	0.3	-0.14
7	Matthew Tkachuk LWFLA L1 PP1	7	2.53	45	195	18:47	0.42	0.76	0.50	2.6	1.1	0.2	-0.18
8	Cutter Gauthier LWANA L1 PP1	5	2.45	55	193	17:09	0.51	0.38	0.32	3.7	0.9	0.3	-0.10
9	Brad Marchand LWFLA L4	2	2.34	96	180	17:09	0.52	0.47	0.35	2.6	0.7	0.3	-0.28
10	Artemi Panarin LWLAK L1 PP1	4	2.31	99	185	20:53	0.42	0.64	0.33	3.0	0.2	0.2	-0.24
11	Filip Forsberg LWNSH L1 PP1	5	2.21	62	174	19:13	0.39	0.50	0.29	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.06
12	Zach Hyman LWEDM	1	2.20	64	174	20:01	0.51	0.34	0.25	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.26
13	Juraj Slafkovský LWMTL L1 PP1	6	2.03	77	159	18:41	0.32	0.48	0.30	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.05
14	Alexis Lafrenière LWNYR L1 PP1	8	2.03	100	154	18:02	0.46	0.40	0.20	2.1	1.1	0.4	0.15
15	Jesper Bratt LWNJD L1 PP1	6	2.03	97	158	18:40	0.28	0.65	0.34	2.4	1.0	0.3	-0.10
16	Dylan Holloway LWSTL L1 PP1	6	2.00	89	156	17:55	0.29	0.53	0.10	2.5	2.2	0.7	-0.02
17	Jared McCann LWSEA L3 PP2	7	1.95	113	150	16:11	0.36	0.47	0.26	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.01
18	Viktor Arvidsson LWDET L2 PP1	6	1.92	121	150	15:33	0.39	0.36	0.22	2.6	0.3	0.6	0.11
19	Lucas Raymond LWDET L1 PP1	6	1.90	127	148	19:09	0.24	0.64	0.38	2.4	0.5	0.3	-0.14
20	Kevin Fiala LWLAK	56*	1.87	140	149	19:07	0.32	0.39	0.30	2.6	0.7	0.4	-0.20
21	Will Cuylle LWNYR L3 PP2	8	1.85	85	141	16:30	0.28	0.26	0.14	2.2	4.0	0.6	-0.07
22	Alex Ovechkin LWWSH L4 PP1	6	1.84	128	144	16:40	0.34	0.34	0.18	2.7	1.6	0.2	-0.01
23	Matthew Knies LWCBJ L1 PP1	5	1.84	181	145	18:31	0.31	0.52	0.20	1.8	1.7	0.4	-0.26
24	Kiefer Sherwood LWSJS L3 PP2	5	1.83	82	144	16:49	0.30	0.14	0.13	2.1	5.2	0.4	-0.18
25	Jake DeBrusk LWVAN L2 PP1	5	1.82	180	138	16:41	0.35	0.27	0.28	2.8	0.9	0.4	-0.31
26	Jason Zucker LWBUF	62*	1.81	166	140	15:37	0.39	0.34	0.26	2.1	0.9	0.3	-0.08
27	Artturi Lehkonen LWCOL L2 PP2	5	1.72	105	136	18:33	0.36	0.35	0.10	2.0	0.8	0.6	0.53
28	Nikolaj Ehlers LWCAR L3 PP1	8	1.71	151	130	16:29	0.23	0.54	0.36	2.3	0.3	0.2	-0.04
29	Blake Coleman LWMIN L2 PP2	6	1.71	126	133	16:56	0.30	0.21	0.13	2.4	2.1	0.7	0.06
30	William Eklund LWOTT L4	4	1.61	237	124	17:46	0.20	0.45	0.21	2.3	0.8	0.6	-0.29
31	Anders Lee LWUTA L3 PP2	6	1.58	170	124	15:00	0.26	0.33	0.11	2.3	1.1	0.5	0.12
32	Tyler Bertuzzi LWCHI L2 PP1	6	1.57	292	121	18:19	0.35	0.29	0.20	1.8	0.7	0.2	-0.19
33	Jaden Schwartz LWCOL L3 PP2	5	1.54	209	122	15:30	0.30	0.36	0.09	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.16
34	Lawson Crouse LWUTA L1	6	1.53	129	119	16:12	0.27	0.23	0.05	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.30
35	Chris Kreider LWMTL L3 PP1	6	1.52	241	119	16:35	0.26	0.40	0.17	1.6	1.2	0.3	-0.04
36	Igor Chernyshov LWSJS L4 PP1	5	1.52	259	120	14:52	0.34	0.33	0.14	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.06
37	Ivan Barbashev LWVGK L1	7	1.52	145	117	16:13	0.21	0.49	0.09	1.5	1.8	0.4	0.33
38	Connor McMichael LWSTL L3 PP1	6	1.48	238	116	16:39	0.21	0.47	0.13	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.08
39	Emil Heineman LWNYI L1	5	1.48	218	115	16:22	0.29	0.09	0.04	1.9	2.9	0.6	-0.13
40	Gabriel Landeskog LWCOL L2 PP2	5	1.48	160	117	16:19	0.23	0.32	0.07	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.31
41	Mason Marchment LWSJS L2 PP2	5	1.47	253	116	17:09	0.26	0.31	0.08	1.8	1.5	0.4	-0.04
42	Pavel Buchnevich LWSTL L2 PP2	6	1.46	248	114	17:52	0.23	0.42	0.22	1.7	0.4	0.5	0.02
43	Jake Neighbours LWSTL L3 PP2	6	1.44	236	112	15:02	0.28	0.23	0.08	1.3	2.3	0.6	-0.00
44	Taylor Hall LWCAR L4 PP2	8	1.43	254	109	14:06	0.27	0.34	0.10	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.13
45	Aliaksei Protas LWWSH L2	6	1.39	312	108	17:42	0.25	0.35	0.01	1.9	0.4	0.6	0.09
46	Victor Olofsson LWVGK L4 PP2	4	1.39	298	107	13:29	0.31	0.23	0.16	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.10
47	Erik Haula LWLAK L3 PP2	4	1.36	313	109	16:32	0.19	0.33	0.12	1.7	1.3	0.6	-0.20
48	Zach Benson LWBUF L2 PP1	7	1.32	210	102	16:49	0.15	0.45	0.09	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.31
49	Dmitri Voronkov LWCBJ L4 PP2	5	1.31	281	104	13:34	0.22	0.23	0.15	1.6	1.6	0.4	-0.05
50	Joel Farabee LWCGY L2 PP1	5	1.31	414	103	17:00	0.20	0.30	0.11	1.9	0.5	0.7	-0.29
51	Trevor Connelly LWVGK L3 PP1	7	1.30	345	100	14:17	0.23	0.26	0.16	1.8	0.8	0.3	-0.07
52	Jamie Benn LWDAL L3 PP2	5	1.29	293	102	13:04	0.24	0.32	0.08	1.2	1.3	0.3	0.15
53	Fabian Zetterlund LWOTT L4 PP2	7	1.29	256	99	12:53	0.19	0.22	0.11	1.7	2.1	0.4	-0.01
54	Jonathan Huberdeau LWCGY	50*	1.28	384	101	18:08	0.20	0.30	0.14	1.7	0.6	0.6	-0.18
55	Michael Carcone LWUTA L4 PP2	5	1.27	264	99	12:41	0.20	0.19	0.04	2.2	1.9	0.2	0.08
56	Alex Formenton LWEDM L2	5	1.27	242	101	14:54	0.20	0.30	0.05	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.25
57	Trevor Moore LWLAK L2	4	1.26	361	101	16:38	0.20	0.23	0.01	2.2	0.7	0.6	-0.04
58	Nick Robertson LWPIT L3	6	1.22	399	94	12:34	0.27	0.16	0.04	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.03
59	Gavin McKenna LWTOR L3 PP2	6	1.21	408	94	14:48	0.18	0.34	0.11	1.6	0.6	0.4	-0.08
60	Anthony-John (AJ) Greer LWANA L3	4	1.19	344	94	12:27	0.18	0.20	0.01	1.5	2.5	0.4	-0.06
61	Tye Kartye LWNYR L2	8	1.18	296	90	12:53	0.16	0.30	0.00	0.9	2.6	0.6	0.08
62	Samuel Blais LWOTT	21*	1.18	240	91	8:26	0.14	0.24	0.00	0.9	3.7	0.6	0.10
63	Mark Jankowski LWCAR L4 PP2	8	1.14	432	87	11:55	0.29	0.14	0.02	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.11
64	Alex Iafallo LWWPG L3	5	1.13	333	89	15:03	0.17	0.20	0.05	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.11
65	Andrei Kuzmenko LWPIT L4 PP2	2	1.13	448	87	14:39	0.23	0.21	0.23	1.3	0.4	0.2	-0.12
66	Matias Maccelli LWNYI L3 PP1	5	1.13	491	88	14:42	0.16	0.40	0.17	1.3	0.3	0.2	-0.26
67	Noah Cates LWPHI L4	8	1.12	354	85	15:12	0.16	0.25	0.08	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.08
68	Alex Killorn LWANA L2	5	1.12	373	88	16:30	0.19	0.22	0.05	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.14
69	Paul Cotter LWVAN L2	7	1.10	425	84	11:52	0.23	0.13	0.05	0.9	2.6	0.2	-0.11
70	Drew O'Connor LWVAN L3 PP2	7	1.09	496	83	14:55	0.19	0.18	0.00	1.5	1.1	0.5	-0.26
71	Jordan Martinook LWCAR L2	8	1.08	417	82	14:42	0.15	0.23	0.00	1.5	1.5	0.5	-0.02
72	Nick Paul LWTOR L3 PP2	6	1.07	478	84	14:13	0.14	0.24	0.04	1.3	1.6	0.6	-0.27
73	Nick Lardis LWCHI L4 PP2	6	1.05	517	81	12:17	0.19	0.17	0.10	1.3	1.3	0.3	-0.57
74	William Carrier LWCAR L1	8	1.04	330	79	11:06	0.07	0.33	0.00	1.3	2.7	0.3	0.09
75	Ivar Stenberg LWSJS L2 PP2	5	1.04	457	82	15:09	0.13	0.30	0.11	1.3	0.7	0.5	-0.08
76	Carter Mazur LWDET L4	3	1.04	487	81	13:23	0.15	0.27	0.05	1.4	1.0	0.4	-0.17
77	Nathan Walker LWSTL	46*	1.03	351	81	11:59	0.09	0.15	0.00	0.8	3.9	0.8	-0.20
78	Zachary L'Heureux LWCOL L4	3	1.03	326	81	12:50	0.14	0.08	0.04	1.4	2.7	0.6	0.06
79	Alexandre Texier LWMTL L2 PP2	6	1.02	398	80	13:34	0.12	0.27	0.05	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.10
80	Marcus Foligno LWMIN L3	4	1.02	319	79	12:44	0.12	0.07	0.03	1.1	3.2	0.7	-0.01
81	Michael Bunting LWPHI L4 PP2	4	1.01	516	77	13:52	0.16	0.21	0.11	1.5	0.6	0.3	-0.44
82	Anthony Duclair LWNYI L4 PP2	5	1.01	490	79	13:08	0.20	0.19	0.08	1.2	0.2	0.6	-0.04
83	Alex Bump LWPHI	3	1.01	444	77	14:15	0.15	0.19	0.05	1.4	1.3	0.4	-0.02
84	Tanner Jeannot LWBOS L4	6	1.00	322	78	12:23	0.10	0.16	0.01	0.9	3.2	0.7	0.04
85	Sandis Vilmanis LWFLA L3	7	1.00	450	77	13:57	0.11	0.20	0.04	1.3	1.8	0.5	-0.13
86	Eric Robinson LWCAR L3	8	0.99	433	75	11:48	0.20	0.14	0.00	1.4	1.6	0.1	0.15
87	Samuel Honzek LWCGY L3	4	0.98	505	77	15:06	0.14	0.18	0.05	1.3	1.5	0.5	-0.30
88	Beck Malenstyn LWBUF L4	7	0.96	346	74	10:53	0.06	0.14	0.00	0.7	3.7	0.9	-0.07
89	Ilya Protas LWWSH L4 PP2	6	0.95	507	74	13:41	0.12	0.28	0.04	1.2	0.8	0.4	-0.14
90	Liam Ohgren LWVAN L3 PP2	7	0.92	515	70	13:52	0.12	0.22	0.00	1.3	0.9	0.6	-0.28

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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