All that offseason prognostication goes out the door with the first in-season fantasy rankings of 2026-27. As always, these blend historical performance with current trajectory. Hot starts matter, but not nearly as much as what's still to come. These are go-forward rankings, built on the fantasy points yet to be scored.
The biggest shakeup comes from Broadway. With Igor Shesterkin out for the season with a knee injury, the rankings put Dylan Garand inside the top 100. But some of the bloom came off the rose Thursday, when Garand and Spencer Martin combined to allow seven goals to the New Jersey Devils. That's why Joonas Korpisalo, still projected out until mid-November, makes the cut as a stash for when Garand's hold on the crease loosens.
These rankings are based on expectations of fantasy points produced from Friday, Oct. 16, until the end of the season. Fantasy points are based on the ESPN Fantasy standard game (for skaters: goals = 2 points, assists = 1 point, shots and hits = 0.1 points, blocked shots and special-teams points = 0.5 points; for goaltenders: wins = 4 points, OT losses = 1 point, shutouts = 3 points, saves = 0.2 points, goals against = -2 points).
Top 250 players for 2026
1. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, C1
2. Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks, C2
3. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, C3
4. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, C4
5. Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers, D1
6. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild, LW1
7. Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars, G1
8. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW2
9. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, C5
10. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, C6
11. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Mammoth, C7
12. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights, C8
13. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, RW1
14. Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth, RW2
15. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW3
16. Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets, D2
17. Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators, D3
18. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche, D4
19. Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G2
20. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, RW4
21. Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW3
22. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings, D5
23. Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW4
24. Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild, LW5
25. Cutter Gauthier, Anaheim Ducks, LW6
26. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings, RW5
27. Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, LW7
28. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D6
29. Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks, C9
30. Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars, C10
31. Alex Tuch, Washington Capitals, RW6
32. Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders, G3
33. Tim Stutzle, Ottawa Senators, C11
34. Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes, LW8
35. Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche, RW7
36. Quinn Hughes, Minnesota Wild, D7
37. Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens, D8
38. Jackson LaCombe, Anaheim Ducks, D9
39. Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets, C12
40. Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres, C13
41. Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW8
42. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars, LW9
43. Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes, C14
44. Brandt Clarke, Los Angeles Kings, D10
45. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning, G4
46. Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues, LW10
47. Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens, LW11
48. Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils, C15
49. Adam Fox, New York Rangers, D11
50. Jimmy Snuggerud, St. Louis Blues, RW9
51. Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes, RW10
52. Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C16
53. Roman Josi, Nashville Predators, D12
54. Mikhail Sergachev, Utah Mammoth, D13
55. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights, RW11
56. Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins, D14
57. Clayton Keller, Utah Mammoth, LW12
58. Darren Raddysh, Toronto Maple Leafs, D15
59. Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks, C17
60. MacKenzie Weegar, Utah Mammoth, D16
61. Adam Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets, C18
62. Brady Tkachuk, Florida Panthers, LW13
63. Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, G5
64. Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars, RW12
65. Alex DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings, LW14
66. Logan Cooley, Utah Mammoth, C19
67. Beckett Sennecke, Anaheim Ducks, RW13
68. Steven Stamkos, Nashville Predators, C20
69. Alexis Lafreniere, New York Rangers, LW15
70. Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings, C21
71. Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers, RW14
72. Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators, G6
73. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW16
74. Kirill Marchenko, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW17
75. Jakob Chychrun, Washington Capitals, D17
76. Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators, D18
77. Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils, C22
78. Mackenzie Blackwood, Colorado Avalanche, G7
79. Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues, C23
80. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers, C24
81. Stuart Skinner, Winnipeg Jets, G8
82. Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars, D19
83. Alex Laferriere, Los Angeles Kings, RW15
84. Karel Vejmelka, Utah Mammoth, G9
85. Matthew Knies, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW18
86. Matthew Schaefer, New York Islanders, D20
87. Mitch Marner, Vegas Golden Knights, RW16
88. Filip Hronek, Vancouver Canucks, D21
89. Noah Dobson, Montreal Canadiens, D22
90. Joey Daccord, Seattle Kraken, G10
91. Bo Horvat, New York Islanders, C25
92. Shayne Gostisbehere, Carolina Hurricanes, D23
93. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW17
94. Dylan Garand, New York Rangers, G11
95. Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings, LW19
96. Quinton Byfield, Los Angeles Kings, C26
97. Jesper Wallstedt, Minnesota Wild, G12
98. Ryan O'Reilly, Nashville Predators, C27
99. Artemi Panarin, Los Angeles Kings, LW20
100. Pavel Zacha, Boston Bruins, C28
101. Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues, D24
102. Anton Frondell, Chicago Blackhawks, C29
103. Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers, D25
104. Ryan Leonard, Washington Capitals, RW18
105. John Carlson, Tampa Bay Lightning, D26
106. Cole Hutson, Washington Capitals, D27
107. Cole Perfetti, Winnipeg Jets, LW21
108. Sean Walker, Carolina Hurricanes, D28
109. Morgan Geekie, Boston Bruins, RW19
110. Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals, RW20
111. Mikael Granlund, Anaheim Ducks, C30
112. Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild, D29
113. Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders, C31
114. Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars, D30
115. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C32
116. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, RW21
117. Mattias Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabres, D31
118. Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning, C33
119. Martin Fehervary, Washington Capitals, D32
120. Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey Devils, D33
121. Vasily Podkolzin, Edmonton Oilers, RW22
122. Carter Hart, Vegas Golden Knights, G13
123. Egor Chinakhov, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW23
124. Dylan Strome, Washington Capitals, C34
125. Seth Jones, Florida Panthers, D34
126. Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, G14
127. Damon Severson, Columbus Blue Jackets, D35
128. Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild, C35
129. Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina Hurricanes, G15
130. Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins, D36
131. Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets, D37
132. Jacob Markstrom, Florida Panthers, G16
133. Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, C36
134. Dylan Cozens, Ottawa Senators, C37
135. Will Smith, San Jose Sharks, RW24
136. J.T. Miller, New York Rangers, C38
137. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW25
138. Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings, LW22
139. Igor Chernyshov, San Jose Sharks, LW23
140. Ben Kindel, Pittsburgh Penguins, C39
141. Vincent Trocheck, Utah Mammoth, C40
142. Joel Hofer, St. Louis Blues, G17
143. Viktor Arvidsson, Detroit Red Wings, RW26
144. Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators, RW27
145. Shane Pinto, Ottawa Senators, C41
146. Gabe Perreault, New York Rangers, RW28
147. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, C42
148. Alexandre Carrier, Montreal Canadiens, D38
149. Mathieu Olivier, Columbus Blue Jackets, RW29
150. Brandon Bussi, Carolina Hurricanes, G18
151. Bobby McMann, Seattle Kraken, LW24
152. Pavel Dorofeyev, New York Rangers, RW30
153. Brock Nelson, Colorado Avalanche, C43
154. Ivan Demidov, Montreal Canadiens, RW31
155. James Hagens, Boston Bruins, C44
156. Jackson Blake, Carolina Hurricanes, RW32
157. Mason McTavish, St. Louis Blues, C45
158. Porter Martone, Philadelphia Flyers, RW33
159. Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, C46
160. John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs, C47
161. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators, G19
162. Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, D39
163. Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars, C48
164. Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils, RW34
165. Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars, D40
166. Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild, D41
167. Will Cuylle, New York Rangers, LW25
168. Jacob Trouba, San Jose Sharks, D42
169. Vladislav Gavrikov, New York Rangers, D43
170. Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers, LW26
171. Ryan Pulock, New York Islanders, D44
172. Owen Tippett, Philadelphia Flyers, RW35
173. Scott Wedgewood, Colorado Avalanche, G20
174. Nick Seeler, Philadelphia Flyers, D45
175. Matvei Gridin, Calgary Flames, RW36
176. Rasmus Andersson, Vegas Golden Knights, D46
177. Eeli Tolvanen, New York Rangers, LW27
178. Jordan Eberle, Seattle Kraken, RW37
179. Sergei Bobrovsky, Toronto Maple Leafs, G21
180. Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers, RW38
181. Zack Bolduc, Montreal Canadiens, LW28
182. Ivan Barbashev, Vegas Golden Knights, LW29
183. Frank Nazar, Chicago Blackhawks, C49
184. Jack Quinn, Buffalo Sabres, RW39
185. Adam Larsson, Seattle Kraken, D47
186. Josh Manson, Colorado Avalanche, D48
187. Shane Wright, Seattle Kraken, C50
188. Darnell Nurse, San Jose Sharks, D49
189. Jared McCann, Seattle Kraken, LW30
190. Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW40
191. Justin Faulk, Detroit Red Wings, D50
192. Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers, C51
193. Aliaksei Protas, Washington Capitals, LW31
194. Zach Benson, Buffalo Sabres, LW32
195. Lukas Dostal, Anaheim Ducks, G22
196. Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks, RW41
197. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche, LW33
198. Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens, D51
199. Anthony Mantha, New Jersey Devils, RW42
200. Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes, LW34
201. Charlie Coyle, Columbus Blue Jackets, C52
202. Vince Dunn, Seattle Kraken, D52
203. Kent Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW35
204. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, LW36
205. Tyson Foerster, Philadelphia Flyers, RW43
206. Matty Beniers, Seattle Kraken, C53
207. Connor Murphy, Edmonton Oilers, D53
208. Kiefer Sherwood, San Jose Sharks, LW37
209. Ivan Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets, D54
210. Elias N. Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, D55
211. Marco Rossi, Vancouver Canucks, C54
212. Fraser Minten, Boston Bruins, C55
213. Neal Pionk, Winnipeg Jets, D56
214. Simon Nemec, Calgary Flames, D57
215. Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights, C56
216. Jack McBain, Utah Mammoth, C57
217. Easton Cowan, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW44
218. Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights, G23
219. Owen Power, Buffalo Sabres, D58
220. Declan Carlile, Pittsburgh Penguins, D59
221. Mike Matheson, Montreal Canadiens, D60
222. Matt Coronato, Calgary Flames, RW45
223. Morgan Frost, Calgary Flames, C58
224. Casey DeSmith, Dallas Stars, G24
225. Ryan Hartman, Minnesota Wild, C59
226. Carter Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers, LW38
227. Gabriel Vilardi, Winnipeg Jets, RW46
228. Jake McCabe, Toronto Maple Leafs, D61
229. Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers, C60
230. Hampus Lindholm, Boston Bruins, D62
231. Cole Sillinger, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW39
232. Trevor Connelly, Vegas Golden Knights, LW40
233. Luke Hughes, New Jersey Devils, D63
234. Joonas Korpisalo, New York Rangers, G25
235. Brett Pesce, New Jersey Devils, D64
236. Brayden McNabb, Vegas Golden Knights, D65
237. Connor McMichael, St. Louis Blues, C61
238. Boone Jenner, Washington Capitals, C62
239. Andrew Peeke, Utah Mammoth, D66
240. Logan Stankoven, Carolina Hurricanes, C63
241. Mario Ferraro, Winnipeg Jets, D67
242. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres, G26
243. Ilya Protas, Washington Capitals, LW41
244. Mikey Anderson, Los Angeles Kings, D68
245. Parker Kelly, Colorado Avalanche, LW42
246. Logan Stanley, New York Islanders, D69
247. Jet Greaves, Columbus Blue Jackets, G27
248. Denton Mateychuk, Columbus Blue Jackets, D70
249. Tyler Kleven, Ottawa Senators, D71
250. Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes, D72
