Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid lead 2026 ranking...
After a busy NHL offseason, get ready for the 2026-27 fantasy hockey season with the top 250 rankings.
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Jamie Schwaberow/Getty ImagesESPN FantasyJul 9, 2026, 12:09 PM ETCloseFollow on XMultiple AuthorsEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsWe've had a few weeks to digest the Brandon Bussi and the Carolina Hurricanes raising the Stanley Cup over their heads, Gavin McKenna going first overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, and seeing many of the league's best change teams this offseason. Now it's time to think about what comes next, like where every player fits into your fantasy hockey strategy.The top of the rankings should look familiar from where we left off, with Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Hart Trophy-winner Nikita Kucherov leading the pack.
Norris Trophy-winner Zach Werenski leads all defenseman and Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is the top-ranked goalie.These rankings 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 20261.
Nathan MacKinnon, COL (C1) 2. Connor McDavid, EDM (C2) 3. Nikita Kucherov, TB (RW1) 4.
Macklin Celebrini, SJ (C3) 5. Jason Robertson, DAL (LW1) 6. David Pastrnak, BOS (RW2) 7.
Matt Boldy, MIN (LW2) 8. Auston Matthews, TOR (C4) 9. Zach Werenski, CBJ (D1) 10.
Filip Forsberg, NSH (RW3) 11. Cole Caufield, MTL (RW4) 12. Brady Tkachuk, FLA (LW3) 13.
Leon Draisaitl, EDM (C5) 14. Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB (G1) 15. Alex DeBrincat, DET (RW5) 16.
Cale Makar, COL (D2) 17. Evan Bouchard, EDM (D3) 18. Kyle Connor, WPG (LW4) 19.
Alex Tuch, WSH (RW6) 20. Tage Thompson, BUF (C6) 21. Jake Guentzel, TB (LW5) 22.
Kirill Kaprizov, MIN (LW6) 23. Nick Suzuki, MTL (C7) 24. Jack Eichel, VGK (C8) 25.
Moritz Seider, DET (D4) 26. Wyatt Johnston, DAL (C9) 27. Matthew Tkachuk, FLA (LW7) 28.
Mika Zibanejad, NYR (C10) 29. Artemi Panarin, LA (LW8) 30. Zach Hyman, EDM (RW7) 31.
Martin Necas, COL (C11) 32. Noah Dobson, MTL (D5) 33. William Nylander, TOR (C12) 34.
Clayton Keller, UTA (RW8) 35. Adrian Kempe, LA (C13) 36. Kevin Fiala, LA (LW9) 37.
Cutter Gauthier, ANA (LW10) 38. Logan Thompson, WSH (G2) 39. Matthew Schaefer, NYI (D6) 40.
Alex Ovechkin, WSH (LW11) 41. Steven Stamkos, NSH (C14) 42. Mark Scheifele, WPG (C15) 43.
Jake Oettinger, DAL (G3) 44. Tim Stutzle, OTT (C16) 45. MacKenzie Weegar, UTA (D7) 46.
Roman Josi, NSH (D8) 47. Sam Reinhart, FLA (RW9) 48. Dylan Larkin, DET (C17) 49.
Jakob Chychrun, WSH (D9) 50. Rasmus Dahlin, BUF (D10) 51. Dylan Guenther, UTA (RW10) 52.
Filip Gustavsson, MIN (G4) 53. Scott Wedgewood, COL (G5) 54. Nico Hischier, NJ (C18) 55.
Quinn Hughes, MIN (D11) 56. Jack Hughes, NJ (C19) 57. Timo Meier, NJ (LW12) 58.
Sebastian Aho, CAR (C20) 59. Juraj Slafkovsky, MTL (LW13) 60. Brandon Hagel, TB (LW14) 61.
Karel Vejmelka, UTA (G6) 62. Kirill Marchenko, CBJ (LW15) 63. Seth Jarvis, CAR (RW11) 64.
Jeremy Swayman, BOS (G7) 65. Vincent Trocheck, NYR (C21) 66. Elias Pettersson, VAN (C22) 67.
Mitch Marner, VGK (RW12) 68. Pavel Dorofeyev, NYR (LW16) 69. John Carlson, CAR (D12) 70.
Sidney Crosby, PIT (C23) 71. Owen Tippett, PHI (RW13) 72. Drake Batherson, OTT (RW14) 73.
Bo Horvat, NYI (C24) 74. Dylan Cozens, OTT (C25) 75. Ilya Sorokin, NYI (G8) 76.
Nick Schmaltz, UTA (RW15) 77. Brock Nelson, COL (C26) 78. Mikko Rantanen, DAL (RW16) 79.
Dylan Holloway, STL (C27) 80. John Tavares, TOR (C28) 81. Bryan Rust, PIT (RW17) 82.
Adam Fantilli, CBJ (C29) 83. Aleksander Barkov, FLA (C30) 84. Nazem Kadri, COL (C31) 85.
Rasmus Andersson, VGK (D13) 86. Jesper Bratt, NJ (LW17) 87. Andrei Svechnikov, CAR (RW18) 88.
Nikolaj Ehlers, CAR (LW18) 89. J.T.
Miller, NYR (C32) 90. Tomas Hertl, VGK (C33) 91. Morgan Geekie, BOS (C34) 92.
Linus Ullmark, OTT (G9) 93. Darren Raddysh, TOR (D14) 94. Jake Sanderson, OTT (D15) 95.
Igor Shesterkin, NYR (G10) 96. Joel Hofer, STL (G11) 97. Thomas Chabot, OTT (D16) 98.
Lucas Raymond, DET (RW19) 99. Travis Konecny, PHI (RW20) 100. Brandon Bussi, CAR (G12) 101.
Mackenzie Blackwood, COL (G13) 102. Brock Faber, MIN (D17) 103. Josh Morrissey, WPG (D18) 104.
Brayden Point, TB (C35) 105. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, BUF (G14) 106. Sam Bennett, FLA (C36) 107.
Erik Karlsson, PIT (D19) 108. Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (G15) 109. Tom Wilson, WSH (RW21) 110.
Connor Bedard, CHI (C37) 111. Ryan O'Reilly, NSH (C38) 112. Mike Matheson, MTL (D20) 113.
Mikhail Sergachev, UTA (D21) 114. Miro Heiskanen, DAL (D22) 115. John Gibson, DET (G16) 116.
Jordan Kyrou, WSH (RW22) 117. Logan Cooley, UTA (C39) 118. Juuse Saros, N
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