NHL · 2026-27
NHL rankings
Every player ranked by projected DraftKings points, from our own projection model, with floor, ceiling and the StatGrades grade beside him.
Tonight: 13 games. Projected lineups are each team's last game; goalies are weighted by their chance of starting.
| Rk | Player | Pos | Matchup | Proj | Floor | Ceiling | Std dev | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor McDavid | C1 | vs SEA7:00 PM ET | 19.3 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 12.1 | 100.0 |
| 2 | Macklin Celebrini | C2 | vs LAK10:00 PM ET | 18.2 | 6.0 | 32.3 | 11.6 | 98.2 |
| 3 | Jack Hughes | C3 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 17.9 | 6.0 | 32.0 | 11.8 | 92.2 |
| 4 | Nikita Kucherov | RW1 | vs WSH7:00 PM ET | 17.5 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 11.7 | 99.6 |
| 5 | Evan Bouchard | D1 | vs SEA7:00 PM ET | 17.3 | 6.0 | 30.1 | 9.6 | 99.6 |
| 6 | Tage Thompson | C4 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 15.7 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 8.8 | 92.9 |
| 7 | Leon Draisaitl | C5 | vs SEA7:00 PM ET | 15.6 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 9.9 | 95.1 |
| 8 | Zach Werenski | D2 | vs UTA7:00 PM ET | 15.2 | 4.3 | 27.5 | 8.8 | 97.8 |
| 9 | Brandon Hagel | LW1 | vs WSH7:00 PM ET | 15.0 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 10.4 | 97.3 |
| 10 | Jake Guentzel | C6 | vs WSH7:00 PM ET | 14.9 | 4.3 | 27.4 | 8.5 | 96.9 |
| 11 | Matt Boldy | LW2 | vs BOS8:00 PM ET | 14.8 | 4.5 | 27.4 | 11.3 | 97.8 |
| 12 | Nathan MacKinnon | C7 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 14.3 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 11.3 | 99.8 |
| 13 | Rasmus Dahlin | D3 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 14.0 | 4.5 | 24.7 | 8.3 | 97.4 |
| 14 | Jack Quinn | RW2 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 13.8 | 4.5 | 25.3 | 7.4 | 75.8 |
| 15 | Bo Horvat | C8 | vs NJD7:30 PM ET | 13.6 | 4.3 | 24.0 | 9.0 | 80.7 |
| 16 | Quinn Hughes | D4 | vs BOS8:00 PM ET | 13.4 | 4.3 | 24.7 | 7.5 | 96.1 |
| 17 | Kirill Kaprizov | LW3 | vs BOS8:00 PM ET | 13.2 | 3.0 | 24.3 | 9.7 | 96.2 |
| 18 | Brayden Point | C9 | vs WSH7:00 PM ET | 12.6 | 3.0 | 24.3 | 6.8 | 76.7 |
| 19 | Rickard Rakell | RW3 | vs MTL7:00 PM ET | 12.4 | 3.0 | 23.3 | 7.9 | 84.0 |
| 20 | Jesper Bratt | LW4 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 12.3 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 8.2 | 89.8 |
| 21 | David Pastrnak | RW4 | @ MIN8:00 PM ET | 12.0 | 3.0 | 22.1 | 10.0 | 99.1 |
| 22 | Andrei Svechnikov | RW5 | @ PHI7:00 PM ET | 11.8 | 3.0 | 22.8 | 8.4 | 94.9 |
| 23 | Wyatt Johnston | C10 | @ NSH8:00 PM ET | 11.8 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 9.0 | 94.5 |
| 24 | Joel Eriksson Ek | C11 | vs BOS8:00 PM ET | 11.8 | 3.0 | 21.6 | 6.9 | 79.8 |
| 25 | Josh Doan | RW6 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 11.8 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 7.1 | 88.9 |
| 26 | John Carlson | D5 | vs WSH7:00 PM ET | 11.7 | 4.1 | 21.2 | 7.2 | 93.0 |
| 27 | Auston Matthews | C12 | vs OTT7:00 PM ET | 11.6 | 3.0 | 21.6 | 9.8 | 83.6 |
| 28 | Matthew Schaefer | D6 | vs NJD7:30 PM ET | 11.4 | 3.0 | 21.3 | 7.2 | 95.6 |
| 29 | Jason Robertson | LW5 | @ NSH8:00 PM ET | 11.4 | 3.0 | 21.3 | 10.3 | 99.3 |
| 30 | Zach Benson | LW6 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 11.4 | 2.8 | 20.8 | 6.4 | 77.4 |
| 31 | Jackson Blake | RW7 | @ PHI7:00 PM ET | 11.4 | 3.0 | 21.3 | 7.1 | 90.2 |
| 32 | Clayton Keller | RW8 | @ CBJ7:00 PM ET | 11.3 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 9.2 | 98.0 |
| 33 | Filip Hronek | D7 | vs CGY10:00 PM ET | 11.3 | 2.8 | 21.4 | 5.4 | 80.3 |
| 34 | Jake Sanderson | D8 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 11.3 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 7.8 | 94.7 |
| 35 | Vasily Podkolzin | RW9 | vs SEA7:00 PM ET | 11.2 | 3.0 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 58.8 |
| 36 | Sidney Crosby | C13 | vs MTL7:00 PM ET | 11.1 | 2.8 | 21.3 | 8.1 | 80.0 |
| 37 | Tim Stützle | C14 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 11.1 | 2.8 | 21.3 | 8.3 | 92.5 |
| 38 | Filip Forsberg | LW7 | vs DAL8:00 PM ET | 11.1 | 3.0 | 21.5 | 9.8 | 94.7 |
| 39 | Martin Necas | C15 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 11.1 | 2.8 | 21.0 | 9.1 | 98.9 |
| 40 | Will Smith | C16 | vs LAK10:00 PM ET | 10.9 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 8.1 | 78.0 |
| 41 | Kyle Palmieri | C17 | vs NJD7:30 PM ET | 10.9 | 3.0 | 21.3 | 6.0 | – |
| 42 | Anthony Cirelli | C18 | vs WSH7:00 PM ET | 10.8 | 2.8 | 20.8 | 8.8 | 72.9 |
| 43 | Ryan O'Reilly | C19 | vs DAL8:00 PM ET | 10.8 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 8.4 | 89.6 |
| 44 | Elias Pettersson | C20 | vs CGY10:00 PM ET | 10.7 | 2.8 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 65.9 |
| 45 | Mikko Rantanen | RW10 | @ NSH8:00 PM ET | 10.6 | 2.6 | 19.5 | 8.2 | 95.8 |
| 46 | Luke Evangelista | RW11 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 10.6 | 2.8 | 20.6 | 5.6 | 87.1 |
| 47 | Roman Josi | D9 | vs DAL8:00 PM ET | 10.6 | 3.0 | 19.1 | 6.9 | 89.9 |
| 48 | Jared McCann | LW8 | @ EDM7:00 PM ET | 10.4 | 2.8 | 19.5 | 6.8 | 71.6 |
| 49 | Nikolaj Ehlers | LW9 | @ PHI7:00 PM ET | 10.4 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 8.9 | 94.2 |
| 50 | Evgeni Malkin | C21 | vs MTL7:00 PM ET | 10.4 | 2.8 | 21.0 | 8.6 | 87.4 |
| 51 | Sebastian Aho | C22 | @ PHI7:00 PM ET | 10.4 | 1.5 | 20.5 | 8.5 | 91.8 |
| 52 | Timo Meier | RW12 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 10.4 | 3.0 | 19.6 | 7.7 | 84.5 |
| 53 | Adrian Kempe | RW13 | @ SJS10:00 PM ET | 10.4 | 2.8 | 20.0 | 8.2 | 91.6 |
| 54 | Artturi Lehkonen | LW10 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 10.4 | 2.8 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 86.9 |
| 55 | Kirill Marchenko | RW14 | vs OTT7:00 PM ET | 10.3 | 2.8 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 93.1 |
| 56 | Artemi Panarin | LW11 | @ SJS10:00 PM ET | 10.2 | 2.8 | 20.0 | 9.1 | 91.4 |
| 57 | Brock Nelson | C23 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 10.2 | 1.5 | 20.8 | 8.1 | 88.5 |
| 58 | Patrick Kane | RW15 | @ BUF7:00 PM ET | 10.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 7.0 | 82.7 |
| 59 | Cale Makar | D10 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 10.0 | 2.8 | 18.5 | 8.7 | 100.0 |
| 60 | Darren Raddysh | D11 | vs OTT7:00 PM ET | 10.0 | 2.8 | 19.1 | 9.5 | 98.2 |
| 61 | Egor Chinakhov | RW16 | vs MTL7:00 PM ET | 10.0 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 6.5 | 63.0 |
| 62 | Charlie Coyle | C24 | vs UTA7:00 PM ET | 9.9 | 1.5 | 18.4 | 9.7 | 81.2 |
| 63 | Steven Stamkos | C25 | vs DAL8:00 PM ET | 9.9 | 1.5 | 20.8 | 9.6 | 84.7 |
| 64 | Miro Heiskanen | D12 | @ NSH8:00 PM ET | 9.9 | 2.8 | 17.8 | 7.0 | 96.9 |
| 65 | Nico Hischier | C26 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 9.8 | 1.5 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 87.6 |
| 66 | Jake DeBrusk | LW12 | vs CGY10:00 PM ET | 9.8 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 7.5 | 76.1 |
| 67 | Mikhail Sergachev | D13 | @ CBJ7:00 PM ET | 9.8 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 7.3 | 91.2 |
| 68 | Nazem Kadri | C27 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 9.7 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 7.5 | 74.1 |
| 69 | Brandon Montour | D14 | @ EDM7:00 PM ET | 9.7 | 3.0 | 17.4 | 6.5 | 81.6 |
| 70 | William Eklund | LW13 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 9.7 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 6.9 | 80.3 |
| 71 | Dougie Hamilton | D15 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 9.7 | 3.0 | 17.8 | 7.0 | 87.7 |
| 72 | Erik Karlsson | D16 | vs MTL7:00 PM ET | 9.6 | 2.8 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 93.4 |
| 73 | Cole Caufield | RW17 | @ PIT7:00 PM ET | 9.6 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 10.1 | 98.4 |
| 74 | Nick Suzuki | C28 | @ PIT7:00 PM ET | 9.5 | 1.5 | 18.7 | 8.5 | 96.7 |
| 75 | Juraj Slafkovský | LW14 | @ PIT7:00 PM ET | 9.5 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 8.3 | 93.8 |
| 76 | Jeremy Swayman78% | G1 | @ MIN8:00 PM ET | 9.4 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 10.5 | 91.4 |
| 77 | Jimmy Snuggerud | RW18 | @ COL9:00 PM ET | 9.4 | 1.5 | 17.1 | 8.8 | 79.4 |
| 78 | Drake Batherson | RW19 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 9.4 | 1.5 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 90.9 |
| 79 | Dylan Cozens | C29 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 9.3 | 1.5 | 19.3 | 7.8 | 89.4 |
| 80 | Anton Frondell | C30 | @ BUF7:00 PM ET | 9.3 | 2.8 | 16.9 | 8.8 | – |
| 81 | Owen Power | D17 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 9.2 | 2.6 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 57.0 |
| 82 | Thomas Chabot | D18 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 9.2 | 2.6 | 17.5 | 5.6 | 82.9 |
| 83 | Noah Dobson | D19 | @ PIT7:00 PM ET | 9.1 | 2.6 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 88.6 |
| 84 | Dylan Guenther | RW20 | @ CBJ7:00 PM ET | 9.1 | 1.5 | 17.8 | 9.0 | 94.0 |
| 85 | John Tavares | C31 | vs OTT7:00 PM ET | 9.1 | 1.5 | 17.8 | 7.6 | 69.0 |
| 86 | Shane Pinto | C32 | @ TOR7:00 PM ET | 9.1 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 7.1 | 70.7 |
| 87 | Nick Schmaltz | C33 | @ CBJ7:00 PM ET | 9.1 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 10.3 | 93.6 |
| 88 | Josh Norris | C34 | vs CHI7:00 PM ET | 9.0 | 1.5 | 17.1 | 7.0 | 67.2 |
| 89 | William Nylander | RW21 | vs OTT7:00 PM ET | 9.0 | 2.6 | 17.6 | 9.6 | 82.0 |
| 90 | Gabriel Landeskog | LW15 | vs STL9:00 PM ET | 9.0 | 1.5 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 74.5 |
| 91 | Mike Matheson | D20 | @ PIT7:00 PM ET | 9.0 | 2.8 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 62.7 |
| 92 | Alex Tuch | RW22 | @ TBL7:00 PM ET | 9.0 | 1.5 | 17.8 | 7.9 | 88.7 |
| 93 | Luke Hughes | D21 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 9.0 | 2.8 | 17.7 | 5.6 | 83.3 |
| 94 | Arseny Gritsyuk | RW23 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 8.9 | 2.8 | 16.8 | 6.3 | 66.7 |
| 95 | Logan Stankoven | C35 | @ PHI7:00 PM ET | 8.8 | 1.5 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 74.9 |
| 96 | Dylan Holloway | LW16 | @ COL9:00 PM ET | 8.8 | 1.5 | 18.0 | 9.4 | 75.6 |
| 97 | Lane Hutson | D22 | @ PIT7:00 PM ET | 8.8 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 5.6 | 98.7 |
| 98 | Jake Allen71% | G2 | @ NYI7:30 PM ET | 8.8 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 9.9 | 63.8 |
| 99 | Jet Greaves71% | G3 | vs UTA7:00 PM ET | 8.7 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 7.9 | 93.1 |
| 100 | Brandt Clarke | D23 | @ SJS10:00 PM ET | 8.7 | 2.6 | 16.3 | 6.0 | 95.2 |
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How these projections work
Each player's shots, goals (from the quality of his chances, not just his luck), assists, blocks and ice time are projected from this season and last, adjusted for the opponent's defense and home ice, then scored on DraftKings' rules, bonuses included. Goalies add their chance of winning, saves and goals against. Floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile of a thousand simulated games.
We tested this on three past seasons before showing it: it beat each player's own season average at predicting his DraftKings points, for skaters and for goalies, by more than chance. Projections are our own; we don't copy anyone's rankings.