MacKinnon for FANT top forwards 91725

NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards in standard leagues for the rest of the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season.

RANK
FORWARD
1
Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2
Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3
Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4
Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5
Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
6
Jack Eichel, F, VGK
7
David Pastrnak, F, BOS
8
Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
9
Auston Matthews, F, TOR
10
Kyle Connor, F, WPG
11
Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
12
Jack Hughes, F, NJD
13
Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
14
Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
15
William Nylander, F, TOR
16
Mitch Marner, F, VGK
17
Martin Necas, F, COL
18
Clayton Keller, F, UTA
19
Brayden Point, F, TBL
20
Cole Caufield, F, MTL
21
Matt Boldy, F, MIN
22
Tage Thompson, F, BUF
23
Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
24
Jason Robertson, F, DAL
25
Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
26
Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
27
Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
28
Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
29
Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
30
Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
31
Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
32
Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
33
Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
34
Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
35
Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
36
Tim Stützle, F, OTT
37
Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
38
J.T. Miller, F, NYR
39
Dylan Larkin, F, DET
40
Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
41
Roope Hintz, F, DAL (INJ.)
42
Nico Hischier, F, NJD
43
Tom Wilson, F, WSH
44
Lucas Raymond, F, DET
45
John Tavares, F, TOR
46
Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
47
Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
48
Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
49
Connor Bedard, F, CHI
50
Matthew Knies, F, TOR
51
Dylan Strome, F, WSH
52
Logan Cooley, F, UTA
53
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
54
Timo Meier, F, NJD
55
Dylan Holloway, F, STL
56
Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
57
Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
58
Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
59
Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
60
Robert Thomas, F, STL
61
Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
62
Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
63
Bo Horvat, F, NYI
64
Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
65
Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
66
Bryan Rust, F, PIT
67
Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
68
Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
69
JJ Peterka, F, UTA
70
Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
71
Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
72
Drake Batherson, F, OTT
73
Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
74
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
75
William Eklund, F, SJS (INJ.)
76
Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
77
Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
78
Will Smith, F, SJS
79
Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
80
Travis Konecny, F, PHI
81
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
82
Mason McTavish, F, ANA
83
Anton Lundell, F, FLA
84
Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
85
Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
86
Sam Bennett, F, FLA
87
Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
88
Alex Tuch, F, BUF
89
Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
90
Marco Rossi, F, MIN
91
Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
92
Frank Nazar, F, CHI
93
Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
94
Troy Terry, F, ANA
95
Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
96
Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
97
Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
98
Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
99
Shane Pinto, F, OTT
100
Dawson Mercer, F, NJD
101
Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
102
Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
103
Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
104
Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
105
Chris Kreider, F, ANA
106
Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
107
Alexis Lafrenière, F, NYR
108
Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
109
Brock Nelson, F, COL
110
Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
111
Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
112
Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
113
Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
114
Ryan Donato, F, CHI
115
Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
116
Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
117
Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
118
Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
119
Emmitt Finnie, F, DET (rookie)
120
Anders Lee, F, NYI
121
Jackson Blake, F, CAR
122
Josh Doan, F, BUF
123
Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
124
Brock Boeser, F, VAN
125
Marcus Johansson, F, MIN
126
Jack Roslovic, F, EDM
127
Will Cuylle, F, NYR
128
Owen Tippett, F, PHI
129
Zack Bolduc, F, MTL
130
Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
131
Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
132
Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
133
Philipp Kurashev, F, SJS
134
Michael Misa, F, SJS (rookie)
135
Emil Heineman, F, NYI
136
Victor Olofsson, F, COL

Nearing return:

Zach Hyman, F, EDM

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Just missed:

Conor Garland, F, VAN
Anthony Mantha, F, PIT
Corey Perry, F, LAK
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL
Mackie Samoskevich, F, FLA
Nicholas Robertson, F, TOR

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Key injuries:

Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
Mark Stone, F, VGK
Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
Matt Duchene, F, DAL
Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
Patrick Kane, F, DET
Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)

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