All that prognostication during the offseason goes out the door with the first in-season fantasy rankings of the 2025-26 season. As always, these represent a blend of historical performance and current trajectory. While hot streaks and results matter, they don’t matter nearly as much as what is to come. These are go-forward rankings, representing the fantasy points yet to come.
Red-hot power plays had a major impact on the list, with Jack Eichel and Matt Boldy pushing into the top 10.
These rankings are based on expectations of fantasy points produced from Friday, October 24, until the end of the season.
Skaters: goals = 2 points, assists = 1 point, shots and hits = 0.1 points
blocked shots and special-teams points = 0.5 points;
Goaltenders: wins = 4 points, OT losses = 1 point, shutouts = 3 points
saves = 0.2 points, goals against = -2 points.
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1. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights, C1
2. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, C2
3. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche, D1
4. Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets, G1
5. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, C3
6. Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers, G2
7. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild, LW1
8. Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils, C4
9. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, RW1
10. Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild, LW2
11. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, C5
12. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, C6
13. Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars, C7
14. Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks, C8
15. Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets, C9
16. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, RW2
17. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C10
18. Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings, C11
19. Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators, D2
20. Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, LW3
21. Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes, RW3
22. Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils, RW4
23. Kirill Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW4
24. MacKenzie Weegar, Calgary Flames, D3
25. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW5
26. Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars, D4
27. Clayton Keller, Utah Mammoth, LW6
28. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars, LW7
29. Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars, G3
30. J.T. Miller, New York Rangers, C12
31. Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets, D5
32. Mitch Marner, Vegas Golden Knights, RW5
33. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings, RW6
34. Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils, C13
35. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D6
36. Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars, RW7
37. Adam Fox, New York Rangers, D7
38. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Mammoth, RW8
39. Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth, RW9
40. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers, G4
41. Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche, RW10
42. Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW8
43. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW11
44. Matthew Knies, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW9
45. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, C14
46. Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, C15
47. Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals, RW12
48. Mikhail Sergachev, Utah Mammoth, D8
49. Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers, LW10
50. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D9
51. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning, G5
52. Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars, C16
53. Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks, D10
54. Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators, G6
55. Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins, D11
56. Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers, D12
57. Noah Dobson, Montreal Canadiens, D13
58. Roman Josi, Nashville Predators, D14
59. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW11
60. Darnell Nurse, Edmonton Oilers, D15
61. Cutter Gauthier, Anaheim Ducks, LW12
62. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW13
63. Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW14
64. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings, D16
65. Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes, G7
66. Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins, RW15
67. Matthew Schaefer, New York Islanders, D17
68. Dylan Strome, Washington Capitals, C17
69. Mike Matheson, Montreal Canadiens, D18
70. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights, RW16
71. Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C18
72. Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings, LW13
73. Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres, C19
74. Boone Jenner, Columbus Blue Jackets, C20
75. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers, C21
76. Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes, C22
77. Tim Stutzle, Ottawa Senators, C23
78. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers, LW14
79. Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators, D19
80. Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights, C24
81. Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues, C25
82. Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens, D20
83. John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs, C26
84. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, LW15
85. Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens, LW16
86. Adam Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets, C27
87. Darcy Kuemper, Los Angeles Kings, G8
88. Owen Tippett, Philadelphia Flyers, RW17
89. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, C28
90. Bo Horvat, New York Islanders, C29
91. Zack Bolduc, Montreal Canadiens, C30
92. Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils, G9
93. Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, G10
94. Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild, C31
95. Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota Wild, D21
96. Pavel Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights, RW18
97. Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders, G11
98. Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks, C32
99. Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche, RW19
100. Alex Tuch, Buffalo Sabres, RW20
101. Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues, D22
102. Shane Pinto, Ottawa Senators, C33
103. Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs, G12
104. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW21
105. Will Smith, San Jose Sharks, C34
106. Seth Jones, Florida Panthers, D23
107. Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, D24
108. Zeev Buium, Minnesota Wild, D25
109. Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks, C35
110. Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers, LW17
111. Jakob Chychrun, Washington Capitals, D26
112. Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights, D27
113. Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW18
114. Chris Kreider, Anaheim Ducks, LW19
115. Alex DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings, LW20
116. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers, C36
117. Aliaksei Protas, Washington Capitals, C37
118. Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, G13
119. Karel Vejmelka, Utah Mammoth, G14
120. Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers, D28
121. JJ Peterka, Utah Mammoth, RW22
122. Morgan Geekie, Boston Bruins, C38
123. Logan Cooley, Utah Mammoth, C39
124. K’Andre Miller, Carolina Hurricanes, D29
125. Quinton Byfield, Los Angeles Kings, C40
126. Jaden Schwartz, Seattle Kraken, LW21
127. Timo Meier, New Jersey Devils, LW22
128. Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames, D30
129. Emmitt Finnie, Detroit Red Wings, C41
130. Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers, C42
131. Frank Nazar, Chicago Blackhawks, C43
132. Jake Neighbours, St. Louis Blues, LW23
133. Tyler Myers, Vancouver Canucks, D31
134. John Carlson, Washington Capitals, D32
135. William Eklund, San Jose Sharks, LW24
136. Nazem Kadri, Calgary Flames, C44
137. Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators, RW23
138. Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets, D33
139. John Klingberg, San Jose Sharks, D34
140. Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks, G15
141. Brandon Montour, Seattle Kraken, D35
142. Zach Benson, Buffalo Sabres, LW25
143. Jordan Kyrou, St. Louis Blues, RW24
144. Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars, D36
145. Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings, LW26
146. Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers, D37
147. Shane Wright, Seattle Kraken, C45
148. Ryan O’Reilly, Nashville Predators, C46
149. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, C47
150. Jackson LaCombe, Anaheim Ducks, D38
151. Mason McTavish, Anaheim Ducks, C48
152. Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche, LW27
153. Jacob Trouba, Anaheim Ducks, D39
154. Kyle Palmieri, New York Islanders, RW25
155. Tyson Foerster, Philadelphia Flyers, RW26
156. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators, G16
157. Matvei Michkov, Philadelphia Flyers, RW27
158. Vince Dunn, Seattle Kraken, D40
159. Dylan Cozens, Ottawa Senators, C49
160. Nick Seeler, Philadelphia Flyers, D41
161. Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars, D42
162. Simon Edvinsson, Detroit Red Wings, D43
163. Martin Fehervary, Washington Capitals, D44
164. Alexander Nikishin, Carolina Hurricanes, D45
165. Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders, C50
166. Jimmy Snuggerud, St. Louis Blues, RW28
167. Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey Devils, D46
168. Shayne Gostisbehere, Carolina Hurricanes, D47
169. Spencer Knight, Chicago Blackhawks, G17
170. Dawson Mercer, New Jersey Devils, RW29
171. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche, LW28
172. Jake Walman, Edmonton Oilers, D48
173. Mackie Samoskevich, Florida Panthers, LW29
174. Emil Heineman, New York Islanders, LW30
175. Neal Pionk, Winnipeg Jets, D49
176. Jake Middleton, Minnesota Wild, D50
177. Mackenzie Blackwood, Colorado Avalanche, G18
178. Artem Zub, Ottawa Senators, D51
179. Alexandre Carrier, Montreal Canadiens, D52
180. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, RW30
181. Alexander Romanov, New York Islanders, D53
182. Matty Beniers, Seattle Kraken, C51
183. Beckett Sennecke, Anaheim Ducks, RW31
184. Nikita Zadorov, Boston Bruins, D54
185. Jonathan Huberdeau, Calgary Flames, LW31
186. Ryan McDonagh, Tampa Bay Lightning, D55
187. Sean Monahan, Columbus Blue Jackets, C52
188. Justin Faulk, St. Louis Blues, D56
189. Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G19
190. Jared McCann, Seattle Kraken, RW32
191. Ryan Donato, Chicago Blackhawks, RW33
192. Gabriel Vilardi, Winnipeg Jets, C53
193. Patrick Kane, Detroit Red Wings, RW34
194. Stuart Skinner, Edmonton Oilers, G20
195. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Toronto Maple Leafs, D57
196. Joey Daccord, Seattle Kraken, G21
197. Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers, C54
198. Cam York, Philadelphia Flyers, D58
199. Tony DeAngelo, New York Islanders, D59
200. Radko Gudas, Anaheim Ducks, D60
201. Jake McCabe, Toronto Maple Leafs, D61
202. Marco Kasper, Detroit Red Wings, C55
203. Luke Hughes, New Jersey Devils, D62
204. Anders Lee, New York Islanders, LW32
205. Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning, C56
206. Ryan Pulock, New York Islanders, D63
207. Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers, C57
208. Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers, RW35
209. Josh Manson, Colorado Avalanche, D64
210. Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers, RW36
211. Matt Coronato, Calgary Flames, RW37
212. Brandt Clarke, Los Angeles Kings, D65
213. Timothy Liljegren, San Jose Sharks, D66
214. Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks, RW38
215. Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW39
216. Eeli Tolvanen, Seattle Kraken, LW33
217. Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers, D67
218. Mario Ferraro, San Jose Sharks, D68
219. Ivan Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets, D69
220. Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens, D70
221. Adam Larsson, Seattle Kraken, D71
222. Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins, D72
223. Kiefer Sherwood, Vancouver Canucks, LW34
224. Brayden Schenn, St. Louis Blues, C58
225. Frank Vatrano, Anaheim Ducks, RW40
226. Braden Schneider, New York Rangers, D73
227. Filip Hronek, Vancouver Canucks, D74
228. Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild, D75
229. Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes, LW35
230. Andrei Kuzmenko, Los Angeles Kings, LW36
231. Pius Suter, St. Louis Blues, C59
232. Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks, RW41
233. Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues, G22
234. Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues, C60
235. Dmitri Voronkov, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW37
236. Anthony Mantha, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW42
237. Ivan Demidov, Montreal Canadiens, RW43
238. Troy Terry, Anaheim Ducks, C61
239. Logan Stankoven, Carolina Hurricanes, C62
240. Evander Kane, Edmonton Oilers, LW38
241. Jiri Kulich, Buffalo Sabres, C63
242. Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars, RW44
243. Blake Coleman, Calgary Flames, RW45
244. Jack Quinn, Buffalo Sabres, RW46
245. Pavel Buchnevich, St. Louis Blues, RW47
246. Chandler Stephenson, Seattle Kraken, C64
247. Pavel Zacha, Boston Bruins, C65
248. Jackson Blake, Carolina Hurricanes, RW48
249. Tristan Jarry, Pittsburgh Penguins, G23
250. Jakub Dobes, Montreal Canadiens, G24
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