Fantasy hockey top 100 forward rankings

NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards for standard leagues for the 2026-27 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Fantasy spin: B. Tkachuk to FLA

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Ovechkin returning

B. Tkachuk to FLA

Markstrom to FLA

Bobrovsky to TOR

D. Raddysh to TOR

Dorofeyev to NYR

Tuch, Kyrou to WSH

Byram to CHI

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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.

1. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
4. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
5. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
6. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
7. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
8. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
9. Matt Boldy, F, MIN 
10. Martin Necas, F, COL
11. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
12. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
13. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
14. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
15. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
16. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA
17. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
18. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL 
19. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
20. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
21. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
22. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
23. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
24. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
25. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
26. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
27. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
28. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA 
29. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
30. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
31. William Nylander, F, TOR 
32. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
33. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
34. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 
35. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
36. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
37. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
38. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
39. Robert Thomas, F, STL
40. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
41. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL
42. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
43. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
44. Will Smith, F, SJS
45. Brayden Point, F, TBL
46. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.)
47. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
48. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
49. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
50. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
51. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR
52. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
53. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL
54. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA
55. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
56. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie)
57. John Tavares, F, TOR
58. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
59. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
60. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
61. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
62. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
63. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
64. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
65. Timo Meier, F, NJD
66. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
67. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
68. Mark Stone, F, VGK
69. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
70. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
71. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
72. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
73. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
74. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
75. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
76. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
77. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
78. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
79. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
80. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie)
81. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
82. Brock Nelson, F, COL
83. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
84. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
85. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
86. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 
87. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH
88. Alex Tuch, F, WSH
89. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
90. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
91. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
92. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
93. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
94. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
95. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
96. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA
97. Zach Benson, F, BUF
98. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie)
99. Josh Doan, F, BUF
100. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
    
101. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
102. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
103. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
104. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
105. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA 
106. William Eklund, F, OTT
107. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
108. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
109. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK
110. JJ Peterka, F, BOS
111. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
112. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR
113. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
114. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ
115. Mason Marchment, F, SJS
116. Patrick Kane, F, DET*
117. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
118. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
119. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR
120. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH
121. Michael Misa, F, SJS
122. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
123. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie)
124. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie)
125. Mason McTavish, F, STL
126. Konsta Helenius. F, BUF (rookie) 
127. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
128. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
129. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
130. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
131. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
132. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
133. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie)
134. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS
135. Marco Rossi, F, VAN
136. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH
137. Jack Quinn, F, BUF
138. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
139. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
140. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET
141. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI
142. Matt Savoie, F, EDM 
143. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
144. Bobby McMann, F, SEA
145. Blake Coleman, F, MIN
146. Connor Brown, F, NJD
147. Anthony Mantha, F, PIT*
148. Anders Lee, F, UTA
149. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
150. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS

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Just missed:

Luke Evangelista, F, NSH
Brett Howden, F, VGK
William Karlsson, F, VGK
Connor McMichael, F, STL
Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
Josh Norris, F, BUF 
Easton Cowen, F, TOR
Collin Graf, F, SJS
Matt Coronato, F, CGY
Matvei Gridin, F, CGY

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Key injuries:

Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Owen Tippett, F, PHI