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 right wing rankings 2026-27

Nikita Kucherov (TBL) is No. 1 among right wingers at 2.98 fantasy points per game, ahead of David Pastrnak at 2.76 fantasy points per game. Every RW on the board, 96 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	Nikita Kucherov RWTBL L1 PP1	6	2.98	6	232	20:40	0.48	1.14	0.45	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.55
2	David Pastrnak RWBOS L1 PP1	6	2.76	10	215	20:25	0.37	0.90	0.45	3.5	1.2	0.4	0.08
3	William Nylander RWTOR L1 PP1	6	2.70	57	210	19:35	0.55	0.81	0.38	2.5	0.2	0.4	-0.20
4	Alex DeBrincat RWDET L1 PP1	6	2.66	21	207	18:53	0.54	0.57	0.25	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.34
5	Andrei Svechnikov RWCAR L2 PP1	8	2.55	19	194	17:08	0.49	0.53	0.44	2.8	2.1	0.2	0.19
6	Cole Caufield RWMTL L1 PP1	6	2.54	34	198	18:35	0.60	0.39	0.31	3.4	0.7	0.2	0.31
7	Mark Stone RWVGK L2 PP1	7	2.53	13	195	19:17	0.46	0.70	0.48	2.2	0.8	0.8	0.51
8	Dylan Guenther RWUTA L3 PP1	6	2.45	43	191	17:15	0.51	0.44	0.46	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.03
9	Mikko Rantanen RWDAL L1 PP1	5	2.42	37	191	20:14	0.35	0.85	0.47	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.16
10	Seth Jarvis RWCAR	71*	2.35	51	179	18:53	0.45	0.48	0.30	3.2	1.1	0.4	0.09
11	Clayton Keller RWUTA L1 PP1	6	2.31	44	180	18:52	0.28	0.85	0.48	2.8	0.2	0.4	0.12
12	Adrian Kempe RWLAK L1 PP1	4	2.25	61	180	19:32	0.41	0.46	0.25	3.0	1.6	0.4	0.02
13	Bryan Rust RWPIT L2 PP2	3	2.19	84	168	19:53	0.44	0.43	0.29	2.4	0.5	1.0	-0.04
14	Tom Wilson RWWSH L1 PP1	6	2.16	54	168	19:26	0.40	0.46	0.13	2.0	2.6	0.9	0.20
15	Kirill Marchenko RWTOR L1 PP1	6	2.11	74	164	18:59	0.31	0.56	0.35	2.8	1.0	0.5	-0.01
16	Drake Batherson RWOTT L2 PP1	7	2.08	83	161	17:21	0.42	0.43	0.32	2.1	1.7	0.3	0.01
17	Alex Tuch RWWSH L1 PP2	6	2.05	78	160	18:58	0.44	0.32	0.09	2.5	1.0	1.1	0.31
18	Mitch Marner RWVGK L2 PP1	7	2.02	87	156	20:16	0.29	0.66	0.33	2.3	0.4	0.6	0.08
19	Beckett Sennecke RWANA L1 PP1	5	1.99	102	157	18:03	0.34	0.48	0.25	2.4	1.3	0.4	-0.04
20	Vasily Podkolzin RWEDM L1 PP1	5	1.94	52	153	16:08	0.39	0.26	0.15	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.44
21	Troy Terry RWANA	61*	1.93	115	152	18:21	0.31	0.62	0.20	2.6	0.0	0.3	0.18
22	Rickard Rakell RWPIT L1 PP1	6	1.91	104	147	19:11	0.31	0.39	0.24	2.5	1.3	0.8	-0.06
23	Travis Konecny RWPHI L1 PP1	5	1.88	116	143	18:38	0.28	0.55	0.18	2.1	1.6	0.6	-0.01
24	Jordan Eberle RWSEA L2 PP2	7	1.88	123	145	17:57	0.35	0.38	0.30	2.2	0.8	0.6	-0.02
25	Pavel Dorofeyev RWNYR L2 PP1	8	1.87	142	142	17:24	0.36	0.31	0.33	2.8	0.4	0.4	-0.17
26	Timo Meier RWNJD L1 PP2	6	1.80	138	140	18:08	0.24	0.24	0.10	3.6	1.8	0.6	-0.28
27	Jimmy Snuggerud RWSTL L1 PP1	6	1.79	133	140	16:44	0.35	0.37	0.10	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.18
28	Alex Laferriere RWLAK L2 PP2	4	1.79	91	143	18:07	0.26	0.32	0.05	2.4	3.2	0.7	0.07
29	Ryan Leonard RWWSH L3 PP2	6	1.75	118	136	14:15	0.28	0.41	0.18	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.14
30	Mats Zuccarello RWLAK L2 PP1	3	1.71	164	136	18:35	0.22	0.62	0.35	1.8	0.2	0.4	-0.03
31	Owen Tippett RWPHI L1 PP2	8	1.70	152	130	16:45	0.28	0.24	0.06	2.7	2.2	0.6	-0.09
32	Patrick Kane RWCHI L1 PP1	6	1.67	246	129	18:07	0.22	0.51	0.22	2.4	0.4	0.5	-0.32
33	Jackson Blake RWCAR L2 PP1	8	1.66	149	126	16:59	0.23	0.52	0.25	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.14
34	Quinton Byfield RWLAK L1 PP1	4	1.62	244	130	20:08	0.29	0.30	0.16	2.3	0.7	0.5	-0.19
35	Anthony Mantha RWNJD L3 PP2	6	1.57	249	123	14:44	0.35	0.33	0.12	1.7	0.6	0.4	0.06
36	Jack Quinn RWBUF L1 PP1	7	1.57	198	121	16:39	0.26	0.35	0.17	2.4	0.8	0.3	-0.00
37	Ivan Demidov RWMTL	2	1.57	221	122	15:30	0.26	0.52	0.22	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.03
38	Tyson Foerster RWPHI L3 PP1	8	1.56	239	119	17:21	0.36	0.10	0.10	2.1	1.2	0.8	-0.09
39	Brock Boeser RWVAN L1 PP1	7	1.55	359	118	18:41	0.25	0.37	0.30	2.0	0.8	0.3	-0.58
40	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård RWDET L2	6	1.55	131	121	14:56	0.25	0.34	0.04	2.1	2.0	0.4	0.36
41	Valeri Nichushkin RWCBJ L2 PP2	5	1.54	220	122	17:24	0.23	0.44	0.08	2.1	0.9	0.4	0.02
42	Eeli Tolvanen RWNYR L3 PP2	8	1.52	153	116	15:15	0.22	0.26	0.13	1.7	2.2	1.1	0.05
43	Luke Evangelista RWNJD L2 PP1	5	1.52	235	118	16:44	0.20	0.47	0.21	2.2	0.2	0.4	-0.03
44	Josh Doan RWBUF L2 PP2	7	1.47	213	113	15:58	0.26	0.24	0.15	2.0	1.2	0.5	0.04
45	Mathieu Olivier RWCBJ L3	5	1.45	173	115	14:05	0.28	0.14	0.00	1.6	3.3	0.6	0.13
46	Ryan Hartman RWMIN L2 PP2	6	1.44	287	112	15:54	0.23	0.24	0.11	1.9	0.9	1.0	-0.20
47	Justin Brazeau RWPIT	64*	1.44	233	111	12:39	0.27	0.27	0.08	1.6	1.4	0.7	0.08
48	Gabe Perreault RWNYR L1 PP2	8	1.44	265	109	16:03	0.28	0.33	0.20	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.04
49	Matt Coronato RWCGY L1 PP1	5	1.43	469	113	16:52	0.22	0.35	0.19	2.3	0.2	0.3	-0.61
50	Mackie Samoskevich RWSEA L1	6	1.41	232	109	14:41	0.23	0.24	0.10	2.0	1.6	0.4	0.03
51	Jordan Kyrou RWWSH L3 PP2	6	1.40	382	109	15:05	0.23	0.34	0.19	2.1	0.1	0.4	-0.28
52	JJ Peterka RWBOS L2 PP1	6	1.38	334	108	16:08	0.31	0.28	0.05	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.13
53	Egor Chinakhov RWPIT L2 PP2	6	1.38	332	106	14:01	0.26	0.26	0.10	2.0	0.6	0.4	-0.06
54	Easton Cowan RWTOR L2 PP2	6	1.35	303	105	14:41	0.24	0.29	0.11	1.6	1.1	0.5	-0.02
55	Claude Giroux RWOTT L2 PP2	7	1.34	217	103	16:36	0.16	0.46	0.15	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.26
56	Kasperi Kapanen RWEDM L2 PP1	5	1.32	305	104	15:12	0.24	0.22	0.08	1.6	1.7	0.5	-0.06
57	Connor Brown RWNJD	75*	1.31	365	102	17:33	0.24	0.33	0.11	1.5	0.3	0.5	-0.01
58	Zachary Bolduc RWMTL L2 PP2	6	1.31	275	102	13:41	0.23	0.22	0.10	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.02
59	Kaapo Kakko RWSEA L4 PP1	7	1.28	291	99	14:16	0.22	0.46	0.13	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.27
60	Arseny Gritsyuk RWNJD L2 PP2	6	1.28	335	100	15:13	0.19	0.25	0.10	2.2	0.9	0.4	-0.07
61	Matvei Michkov RWPHI L2 PP1	8	1.28	451	98	14:54	0.25	0.27	0.14	1.7	0.3	0.3	-0.25
62	Bobby Brink RWMIN L4 PP2	6	1.28	308	100	14:20	0.17	0.32	0.16	1.5	1.1	0.6	-0.08
63	Collin Graf RWSJS L2	5	1.27	363	101	16:09	0.25	0.25	0.01	1.4	1.3	0.6	-0.02
64	Jonathan Lekkerimaki RWVAN L3 PP2	7	1.27	317	97	14:14	0.23	0.32	0.04	1.5	0.9	0.4	0.16
65	Matvei Gridin RWCGY L3 PP1	5	1.26	495	100	15:03	0.13	0.34	0.19	1.9	0.3	0.8	-0.66
66	Jonathan Marchessault RWNSH L2 PP1	5	1.26	401	99	16:41	0.20	0.24	0.14	2.0	1.2	0.1	-0.27
67	Josh Anderson RWMTL L3	6	1.19	350	93	13:55	0.23	0.17	0.00	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.03
68	Matthew Wood RWNSH L4 PP2	5	1.19	374	94	13:02	0.23	0.19	0.17	1.5	0.9	0.3	-0.03
69	Owen Michaels RWEDM L3	5	1.18	420	93	14:10	0.26	0.17	0.05	1.4	1.0	0.5	-0.02
70	Michael Amadio RWOTT L1	7	1.16	385	90	16:13	0.21	0.26	0.00	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.08
71	Sam Colangelo RWANA L3	3	1.16	372	91	14:10	0.23	0.19	0.05	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.06
72	Adam Gaudette RWSJS	66*	1.15	456	91	11:28	0.26	0.12	0.09	1.5	0.8	0.5	-0.14
73	Maxim Shabanov RWMIN L2 PP1	6	1.15	439	90	14:03	0.16	0.30	0.20	1.3	0.6	0.4	-0.20
74	Oliver Bjorkstrand RWNYR L4 PP2	8	1.14	410	87	12:45	0.18	0.21	0.16	1.5	0.9	0.5	-0.13
75	Victor Eklund RWNYI L3 PP2	5	1.14	357	89	14:22	0.20	0.23	0.05	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.12
76	Corey Perry RWLAK L4 PP2	3	1.13	406	91	13:26	0.20	0.24	0.16	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.04
77	Judd Caulfield RWANA L4	5	1.12	388	89	13:42	0.20	0.23	0.05	1.3	1.5	0.4	0.05
78	Danila Yurov RWMIN L3 PP2	6	1.10	431	86	13:11	0.20	0.20	0.11	1.1	1.0	0.6	-0.07
79	Ilya Mikheyev RWTBL L3	6	1.10	463	86	16:43	0.22	0.26	0.00	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.06
80	Simon Holmstrom RWNYI L2 PP2	5	1.10	488	86	16:38	0.23	0.26	0.04	1.1	0.2	0.5	-0.04
81	Kailer Yamamoto RWUTA	1	1.09	405	85	11:50	0.26	0.21	0.00	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.27
82	T.J. Hughes RWCOL L3 PP1	5	1.08	377	85	14:59	0.13	0.23	0.05	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.05
83	Joel Armia RWLAK L4	4	1.07	435	86	13:52	0.20	0.15	0.01	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.01
84	Anthony Beauvillier RWWSH L4	6	1.06	375	82	14:45	0.18	0.12	0.01	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.14
85	Ethen Frank RWWSH L4	2	1.06	393	82	12:00	0.18	0.18	0.06	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.12
86	Conor Garland RWCBJ L3 PP2	5	1.05	493	83	16:20	0.14	0.24	0.11	1.7	0.6	0.4	-0.28
87	Adam Klapka RWCGY L4	5	1.02	381	80	10:38	0.10	0.12	0.02	1.0	3.8	0.6	-0.24
88	Carl Grundstrom RWPHI L4	5	1.01	327	77	11:45	0.15	0.07	0.00	1.2	2.9	0.6	0.12
89	Roman Kantserov RWCHI L1 PP1	6	1.01	510	78	16:11	0.18	0.15	0.04	1.4	1.1	0.4	-0.27
90	Dalibor Dvorsky RWSTL L3 PP2	6	0.97	486	76	14:04	0.21	0.10	0.08	1.4	0.9	0.3	-0.03
91	Jonatan Berggren RWSTL L2	6	0.97	503	75	13:59	0.16	0.29	0.04	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.04
92	Braeden Bowman RWVGK L3 PP2	7	0.96	518	74	13:47	0.15	0.28	0.06	1.3	0.3	0.4	-0.33
93	Jacob Melanson RWSEA	1	0.96	343	74	9:22	0.05	0.08	0.00	0.9	5.1	0.4	-0.24
94	Pontus Holmberg RWTBL L2 PP2	6	0.95	484	74	13:41	0.16	0.20	0.00	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.05
95	Frank Vatrano RWANA L4	2	0.93	506	73	11:46	0.14	0.07	0.02	1.5	1.6	0.6	-0.27
96	Porter Martone RWPHI L3 PP2	8	0.92	504	70	14:11	0.16	0.14	0.09	1.2	1.1	0.3	-0.13

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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