Fantasy hockey point forward projections
Notes: These point projections (for an 82-game season) were determined based on factors including, but not limited to, past performance in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, expected line combinations, use of the power play, history of injury or concern, sleeper side and expected regression or Rebound nomination, age, contract status and overall upside for this season. The totals below are estimates of safe points, do not indicate the maximum or minimum for each player and should be used as a basis for decision making in all fantasy leagues, especially points-only formats.
The ranking of expected point totals (highest to lowest) differs from the NHL.com fantasy rankings because the latter list takes the standard peripheral categories into account. Injuries can affect whether a player makes or comes close to dropping his point. These forecasts are a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen and Anna Dua.
Connor McDavid, F, EDM: 160
Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM: 130
Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL: 117
Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL: 115
Jack Hughes, F, NJ: 111
David Pasternak, F, BOS: 110
Jason Robertson, F, DAL: 110
Kirill Kaprizov, female, Maine: 110
Auston Matthews, F, TOR: 110
Mikko Rantanen, F, COL: 109
Mitchell Marner, F, TOR: 105
Thompson Days, F, POV: 102
Matthew Tkachuk, Florida: 102
Sidney Crosby, F, Beat: 102
Brayden Point, F, TBL:98
Elias Pettersson, F, Fan: 97
Artemis Panarin, F, New York: 94
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM: 93
Rob Hintz, F, D: 90
Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT: 90
William Nylander, F, TOR: 90
Tim Stutzle, F, OTT: 88
Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH: 88
Brad Marchand, F, Boss: 87
Evgeni Malkin, female, house: 87
Steven Stamkos, F, TBL: 87
Alexander Barkov, Florida, 86
Sebastian Aho, female, car: 85
Nico Hischier, F, NJ: 85
John Tavares, F, TOR: 85
Jack Eichel, F, VJK: 85
Dylan Larkin, F, Det: 84
Mika Zibanejad, female, New York: 84
Alex Tuch, female, BUF: 83
Johnny Goudreau, F, Central Bank of Jordan: 83
Clayton Keller, F, Ari: 80
Joe Pavelski, F, DAL: 80
Kyle Connor, F, WPG: 80
Timo Mayer, F, NJ: 79
Jake Guentzel, female, pt: 79
Jordan Kiro, F, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 79
Jonathan Huberdeau, F, CGY: 78
Connor Bedard, F, Chi: 78
GT Miller, F., Fan: 78
Andrei Svechnikov, female, Central African Republic: 77
Zach Hyman, F, EDM: 77
Claude Giraud, F, OTT: 76
Travis Konecny, F, PHI: 76
Jeff Skinner, F, BUF: 75
Jesper Pratt, F., NJ: 75
Brooke Nelson, Florida, New York: 75
Mark Shevell, F, WPG: 75
Andrei Kuzmenko, female, van: 74
Matt Duchenne, F, D: 73
Tyler Bertuzzi, F, TOR: 73
Mark Stone, F, VJK: 73
Trevor Zegras, F, Anna: 72
Dylan Cousins, female, BUF: 72
Elias Lindholm, F, CGY: 72
Taylor Hall, F, Chi: 72
Alex DeBrincat, female, date: 72
Anze Kopitar, F, Los Angeles: 72
Robert Thomas, F, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 72
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK: 71
Matt Boldy, female, Maine: 71
Pavel Buchnevich, F, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 71
Valery Nikushkin, F, COL: 70
Evander Kane, F, EDM: 70
Carter Verhaeghe, Florida: 70
Adrian Quimby, Florida, Los Angeles: 70
Nick Suzuki, F, MTL:70
Philip Forsberg, F, NSH: 70
Mathew Barzal, F, NYI: 70
Jonathan Marchessot, F, VGK: 70
Mats Zuccarello, female, Maine: 69
Cole Coffield, F, MTL: 69
Josh Norris, F, OTT: 69
Pierre-Luc Dubois, Florida, Los Angeles: 68
Vladimir Tarasenko, female, OTT: 68
Patrick Lane, F, CBJ: 67
Ryan Hartman, female, Maine: 67
Tyler Toffoli, F, NJ: 67
Nick Schmaltz, F, AR: 66
Teuvo Teravainen, female, Central African Republic: 66
Connor Brown, F, EDM: 66
Dawson Mercer, F, NJ: 66
Chris Kreider, Florida, New York: 66
Mattie Benners, female, Southeast Asia: 66
Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK: 66
Nikolaj Ehlers, F, WPG: 66
Troy Terry, F, Anna: 65
Nazem Qadri, female, CGY: 65
Sam Reinhart, Florida, Florida: 65
Thomas Hirtel, F, SJS: 65
Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL: 64
Sam Bennett, Florida, Florida: 64
Dylan Strome, F, Wall Street: 64
Martin Necas, female, Central African Republic: 63
Ryan O’Reilly, F, NSH: 63
Jared McCann, F, SEA: 63
Jake DeBrusk, F, Boss: 62
Blake Wheeler, Florida, New York: 62
Victor Arvidsson, Florida, Los Angeles: 61
Max Pacioretty, F, WSH: 61
Nicklas Backstrom, F, WSH: 61
Lucas Raymond, F, DET: 60
Bo Horvath, F., New York: 60
Vincent Trocheck, F., New York: 60
Morgan Frost, F, Phi: 60
Logan Couture, F, SJS: 60
Andrei Burakovsky, F, SEA:60
Brayden Sheen, F, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 60
Brandon Hagel, F, TBL:60
Chandler Stevenson, F, VJK: 60
Pavel Zacha, female, boss: 59
Luc Reichel, F, Chi:59
Bone Jenner, F, CBJ: 59
Jordan Eberle, F, SEA: 59
Evgeny Kuznetsov, F.W.: 59
Mason McTavish, F, Anna: 58
JG Petrka, F, BOV: 58
Ryan Johansen, F, COL: 58
Also Joel Erickson, F, Maine: 58
White Johnstone, F, D: 57
Rickard Raquel, female, pt: 57
William Eklund, F, SJS: 57
Jacob Vrana, F, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 57
Brock Bowser, F, from: 57
Logan Cooley, F, AR: 56
Sean Couturier, F, PHI: 55
Casey Mittelstadt, female, BUF: 55
Kent Johnson, Florida, CBJ: 55
Drake Batherson, F, OTT: 55
Owen Tippett, F, Phi: 55
Anthony Duclair, F, SJS: 55
Jonathan Drouin, F, Colonel: 54
David Perron, F, Det: 54
Tommy Novak, F, NSH: 54
Kyle Palmieri, F, New York: 54
Brian Rust, F, Beat: 54
Matthew Kniss, player, goal: 54
Adam Fantelli, female, Central Bank of Jordan: 53
Mikael Backlund, C, CGY: 53
Anders Lee, F., New York: 53
Philip Chytil, F, New York: 53
Kevin Hayes, female, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 53
Anthony Beauvillier, female, van: 53
TJ O’Shea, F, WSH: 52
Alex Killorn, F, ANA: 51
Tyler Seguin, F, D: 51
Gabriele Velardi, F, WPG: 51
Barrett-Hayton, F, Ari: 50
Seth Jarvis, Florida, Central African Republic: 50
Philip Danault, Florida, Los Angeles: 50
Tyson Forrester, F, FI: 50
Tom Wilson, F, WSH: 50
Andrew Mangiapane, female, CGY: 49
Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ:49
Juusu Parsinen, F, NSH: 49
Shin Pinto, F, OTT:49
Max Domi, F, TOR: 49
Jesperi Kotkaniemi, female, Central African Republic: 48
Taylor Radish, F, Chi: 48
Pierre Engvall, Florida, New York: 48
Joel Farabee, F, PHI: 48
Tai Carti, F, SEA: 48
Cam Atkinson, F, Phi: 47
Charlie Quill, F, Boss: 47
Alexis Lafreniere, female, New York: 47
Riley Smith, F, PT: 47
William Carlson, F, VGK: 47
Andreas Athanasiou, F, Chi: 46
Juraj Slavkovsky, F, MTL:46
Matthias Makele, F, ARI: 45
Victor Olofsson, F, BUF: 45
Ross Colton, F, COL: 45
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, female, now: 45
Kapo Kaku, F., New York: 45
Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL:45
Igor Sharangovich, female, CGY: 44
Evgeny Dadonov, F, D: 44
Eito Luostarinen, Florida: 44
Yanni Jordi, F, SEA: 44
Adam Henrique, F, ANA: 43
Jack Roslovic, female, central defender: 43
Daniel Sprung, F, DET: 43
Philip Tommasino, F, NSH: 43
Oliver Bjorkstrand, F, SEA: 43
Cole Perfetti, F, WPG: 43
Jordan Stahl, female, car: 43
Ryan Strome, female, ANA: 42
Jason Zucker, F, AR: 42
Michael Bunting, female, car: 42
Dillon Dube, F, CGY: 42
Jeff Carter, female, pt: 42
Alexander Barabanov, F, SJS: 42
Nicholas Paul, F, TBL: 42
Raphael Harvey Benard, F, MTL:41
Vasily Podkolzin, F, Van: 41
Lawson Cross, F, Ari: 40
Blake Coleman, F, CGY: 40
Philip Kurashev, F, Chi: 40
Anton Lundell, Florida: 40
Kirby Dutch, F, MTL:40
Cody Glass, F, NSH: 40
Filip Zadina, F, SJS: 40
Connor Cherry, F, TBL:40
Pavel Dorofeev, F, VGK: 40
Mason Marchment, F, DAL: 39
Kasperi Kapanen, F, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 39
Sami Bliss, female, Special Tribunal for Lebanon: 37
Corey Perry, F, Chi: 36
Nick Foligno, F, Chi: 35
Oliver Wahlstrom, Florida, New York: 35
Other prospects who could be added after training camp:
Logan Stankoven, F, DAL: N/A
Shane Wright, F, SEA: N/A
Leo Carlson, F, I: None
Jerry Kulich, F, BUF: N/A
Matt Savoy, F, BUF: None
