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.
Projected DraftKings points per game for the rest of the season, without the matchup; goalies times their share of starts. Updated Saturday, October 3.
| Rk | Player | Pos | Proj/G | Floor | Ceiling | Std dev | vs last wk | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macklin Celebrini | C1 | 19.2 | 7.3 | 31.3 | 11.6 | ▲2 | 98.2 |
| 2 | Connor McDavid | C2 | 18.3 | 6.0 | 34.3 | 12.1 | – | 100.0 |
| 3 | Jack Hughes | C3 | 17.9 | 6.0 | 31.0 | 11.8 | ▲2 | 92.2 |
| 8 | Leon Draisaitl | C4 | 14.8 | 4.5 | 28.0 | 9.9 | ▲3 | 95.1 |
| 9 | Nathan MacKinnon | C5 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 11.3 | ▼8 | 99.8 |
| 10 | Jack Eichel | C6 | 14.4 | 4.3 | 27.8 | 9.9 | ▼2 | 95.3 |
| 13 | Jake Guentzel | C7 | 13.8 | 4.3 | 25.3 | 8.5 | ▲11 | 96.9 |
| 14 | Bo Horvat | C8 | 13.6 | 4.3 | 23.5 | 9.0 | ▲12 | 80.7 |
| 16 | Tage Thompson | C9 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 23.1 | 8.8 | ▲2 | 92.9 |
| 18 | Auston Matthews | C10 | 12.9 | 4.3 | 23.7 | 9.8 | ▼12 | 83.6 |
| 20 | Connor Bedard | C11 | 12.8 | 4.1 | 24.0 | 9.9 | ▼1 | 81.6 |
| 26 | Seth Jarvis | C12 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 9.7 | ▲2 | 95.6 |
| 27 | Dylan Larkin | C13 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 8.5 | ▲2 | 86.5 |
| 31 | Tomas Hertl | C14 | 11.8 | 3.0 | 22.1 | 8.1 | ▲45 | 92.0 |
| 34 | Brayden Point | C15 | 11.7 | 3.0 | 22.8 | 6.8 | ▲86 | 76.7 |
| 37 | Wyatt Johnston | C16 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 22.5 | 9.0 | ▼5 | 94.5 |
| 38 | Will Smith | C17 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 8.1 | ▲87 | 78.0 |
| 41 | Martin Necas | C18 | 11.3 | 3.0 | 22.8 | 9.1 | ▼19 | 98.9 |
| 48 | Sam Reinhart | C19 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 21.3 | 9.4 | ▼15 | 90.0 |
| 49 | Joel Eriksson Ek | C20 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 21.4 | 6.9 | ▲18 | 79.8 |
| 50 | Tim Stützle | C21 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 21.3 | 8.3 | ▲6 | 92.5 |
| 55 | Kyle Palmieri | C22 | 10.9 | 2.8 | 21.5 | 6.0 | ▲11 | – |
| 56 | Ryan O'Reilly | C23 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 20.8 | 8.4 | ▲21 | 89.6 |
| 62 | Sebastian Aho | C24 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 8.5 | ▼3 | 91.8 |
| 74 | Brock Nelson | C25 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 20.4 | 8.1 | ▲7 | 88.5 |
| 76 | Leo Carlsson | C26 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 20.0 | 9.0 | ▼29 | 88.0 |
| 77 | Mark Scheifele | C27 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 20.8 | 9.2 | ▼40 | 85.4 |
| 78 | Charlie Coyle | C28 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 19.9 | 9.7 | ▲82 | 81.2 |
| 80 | Mathew Barzal | C29 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 20.8 | 6.9 | ▲3 | 90.7 |
| 81 | Nick Suzuki | C30 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 8.5 | ▼58 | 96.7 |
| 89 | Anthony Cirelli | C31 | 10.1 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 8.8 | ▲67 | 72.9 |
| 90 | John Tavares | C32 | 10.1 | 1.5 | 20.8 | 7.6 | ▼4 | 69.0 |
| 91 | Sam Bennett | C33 | 10.0 | 2.8 | 19.5 | 7.8 | ▼9 | 81.4 |
| 93 | Sidney Crosby | C34 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 19.3 | 8.1 | ▼19 | 80.0 |
| 94 | Steven Stamkos | C35 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 19.0 | 9.6 | ▲20 | 84.7 |
| 95 | Mika Zibanejad | C36 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 19.0 | 9.5 | ▼43 | 88.2 |
| 96 | Nazem Kadri | C37 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 19.5 | 7.5 | ▼2 | 74.1 |
| 98 | Anton Lundell | C38 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 7.4 | ▲46 | 62.7 |
| 99 | Nico Hischier | C39 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 9.0 | ▼44 | 87.6 |
| 100 | Andrew Copp | C40 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 19.7 | 5.1 | ▲130 | 55.4 |
| 101 | Elias Pettersson | C41 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 7.0 | – | 65.9 |
| 102 | Anton Frondell | C42 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 18.4 | 8.8 | ▼29 | – |
| 111 | Nick Schmaltz | C43 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 19.8 | 10.3 | ▼49 | 93.6 |
| 117 | Evgeni Malkin | C44 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 18.5 | 8.6 | ▼60 | 87.4 |
| 120 | Dylan Cozens | C45 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 18.0 | 7.8 | ▲7 | 89.4 |
| 127 | Cole Perfetti | C46 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 5.0 | ▲101 | 71.2 |
| 128 | Shane Pinto | C47 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 7.1 | ▲13 | 70.7 |
| 129 | Logan Stankoven | C48 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 19.1 | 6.3 | ▲90 | 74.9 |
| 131 | Adam Fantilli | C49 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 17.8 | 7.5 | ▼47 | 73.2 |
| 133 | Boone Jenner | C50 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 16.4 | 6.2 | ▲25 | 65.4 |
| 139 | Alexander Wennberg | C51 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 7.2 | ▲42 | 65.0 |
| 146 | Pavel Zacha | C52 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 8.1 | ▲44 | 69.2 |
| 147 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | C53 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 6.8 | ▲17 | 81.8 |
| 148 | Gabriel Vilardi | C54 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 7.8 | – | 77.2 |
| 155 | Robert Thomas | C55 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 9.0 | – | 72.5 |
| 157 | Carter Verhaeghe | C56 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 7.9 | ▼12 | 77.8 |
| 158 | William Karlsson | C57 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 6.5 | ▲57 | – |
| 161 | Morgan Barron | C58 | 8.2 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 4.7 | ▲283 | 37.9 |
| 165 | Mikael Granlund | C59 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 16.8 | 10.3 | ▼11 | 65.2 |
| 168 | Roope Hintz | C60 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 7.1 | ▼77 | 83.4 |
| 170 | Anze Kopitar | C61 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 6.0 | ▲19 | 69.4 |
| 171 | Bobby McMann | C62 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 7.3 | ▲41 | 51.4 |
| 172 | Christian Dvorak | C63 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 16.3 | 7.4 | ▼20 | 64.3 |
| 176 | Matty Beniers | C64 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 16.3 | 5.7 | ▼13 | 63.2 |
| 180 | Jack Roslovic | C65 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 6.5 | ▲66 | 50.6 |
| 182 | Elias Lindholm | C66 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 16.3 | 7.1 | ▼23 | 49.4 |
| 183 | Frank Nazar | C67 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 7.2 | ▼41 | 57.0 |
| 186 | Morgan Geekie | C68 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 8.2 | ▼49 | 82.9 |
| 187 | Matt Duchene | C69 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 6.6 | ▲14 | 61.4 |
| 188 | Vincent Trocheck | C70 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 15.0 | 6.8 | ▼57 | 67.4 |
| 191 | Logan Cooley | C71 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 11.6 | ▼16 | 65.6 |
| 192 | Mavrik Bourque | C72 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 8.0 | ▲143 | 59.6 |
| 197 | Josh Norris | C73 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 16.3 | 7.0 | ▲3 | 67.2 |
| 204 | Ben Kindel | C74 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 7.1 | ▲32 | 64.7 |
| 205 | Ryan Winterton | C75 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 3.7 | ▲401 | 40.8 |
| 206 | Shane Wright | C76 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 15.8 | 5.4 | ▲200 | 46.3 |
| 209 | Tommy Novak | C77 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 16.0 | 5.3 | ▲111 | 61.0 |
| 210 | Evan Rodrigues | C78 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 6.3 | ▼2 | 58.3 |
| 220 | Alex Turcotte | C79 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 4.2 | ▲394 | 32.4 |
| 223 | Dawson Mercer | C80 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 7.2 | ▼31 | 68.7 |
| 227 | Ridly Greig | C81 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 5.4 | ▲26 | 62.1 |
| 228 | Wilmer Skoog | C82 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 14.3 | – | ▲27 | – |
| 229 | J.T. Miller | C83 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 14.5 | 7.1 | ▼127 | 67.6 |
| 230 | Noah Ostlund | C84 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 16.0 | 5.0 | ▲337 | 45.9 |
| 238 | Jonathan Marchessault | C85 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 5.9 | ▼4 | 55.2 |
| 247 | Mikael Backlund | C86 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 6.8 | ▼36 | 48.6 |
| 249 | Trevor Zegras | C87 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 8.0 | ▼113 | 86.0 |
| 252 | Berkly Catton | C88 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 4.2 | ▲338 | 23.3 |
| 253 | Yegor Sharangovich | C89 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 5.3 | ▲107 | 38.8 |
| 262 | Konsta Helenius | C90 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 8.9 | ▲205 | – |
| 264 | Mason McTavish | C91 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 14.9 | 6.7 | ▼55 | 54.5 |
| 266 | Oliver Kapanen | C92 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 6.9 | ▲40 | 30.2 |
| 267 | Dylan Strome | C93 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 15.0 | 7.9 | ▼89 | 68.5 |
| 272 | Noel Acciari | C94 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 13.6 | 5.4 | ▲106 | 44.3 |
| 278 | Cole Sillinger | C95 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 14.1 | 6.5 | ▲50 | 44.8 |
| 283 | Barrett Hayton | C96 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 14.2 | 5.7 | ▲27 | 58.1 |
| 284 | Calum Ritchie | C97 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 13.6 | 5.3 | ▲167 | 51.0 |
| 286 | Adam Lowry | C98 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 3.9 | ▲211 | 12.2 |
| 287 | Ryan Poehling | C99 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 14.1 | 6.1 | ▼5 | 43.7 |
| 289 | Viggo Björck | C100 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 14.3 | – | ▲13 | – |
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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.