2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Point Projections — Forwards

Projected 2026-27 points for every NHL skater, plus projected wins and shutouts for every goalie, built from 2025-26 production.

Updated October 3, 2026

How these projections are built

Built from 2025-26 NHL regular-season production under the scoring shown below, regressed toward the positional average so a short hot streak does not outrank a full season. No allowance is made for injuries or games missed. Players with fewer than 20 games last season are not ranked.

Scoring used for these projections

Forwards · Defencemen

Scoring used for these projections — Forwards · Defencemen
Category	Points
Goals	1
Assists	1

Goalies

Scoring used for these projections — Goalies
Category	Points
Wins	2
Shutouts	2

Forwards

Quoted over 82 games — what the busiest forward actually played in 2025-26.

Showing the top 250 of 474 ranked.

Tier 1 — 3 players, 129 down to 120 projected points9-point gap to the next tier
- 1Nikita Kucherov129ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 1.57
- 2Connor McDavid127ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.55
- 3Nathan MacKinnon120ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 1.47
Tier 2 — 57 players, 111 down to 68 projected points
- 4Leon Draisaitl111ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 65Projected points per game 1.36
- 5Macklin Celebrini107ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.30
- 6David Pastrnak99ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 1.21
- 7Martin Necas98ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 1.19
- 8Mark Scheifele96ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.17
- 9Jack Hughes95ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 61Projected points per game 1.15
- 10Nick Suzuki94ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.15
- 11Jack Eichel93ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2025-26 74Projected points per game 1.13
- 12William Nylander92ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 65Projected points per game 1.12
- 13Mark Stone91ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 1.11
- 14Mikko Rantanen91ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 64Projected points per game 1.11
- 15Jason Robertson90ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.10
- 16Kirill Kaprizov88ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 1.07
- 17Kyle Connor86ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.05
- 18Matt Boldy86ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 1.05
- 19Cole Caufield84ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 1.02
- 20Jake Guentzel84ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 1.02
- 21Sidney Crosby83ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 68Projected points per game 1.01
- 22Connor Bedard83ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 1.01
- 23Artemi Panarin83ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 1.01
- 24Clayton Keller83ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 1.01
- 25Evgeni Malkin82ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 56Projected points per game 1.00
- 26Wyatt Johnston81ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.99
- 27Alex Debrincat80ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.98
- 28Tim Stutzle80ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.98
- 29Brandon Hagel80ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.97
- 30Sebastian Aho78ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.95
- 31Brad Marchand78ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 52Projected points per game 0.95
- 32Matthew Tkachuk78ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 31Projected points per game 0.95
- 33Tage Thompson77ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.94
- 34Mitch Marner77ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.93
- 35Robert Thomas76ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 64Projected points per game 0.93
- 36Brady Tkachuk75ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 0.91
- 37Mika Zibanejad75ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.91
- 38Lucas Raymond74ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.90
- 39Leo Carlsson74ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2025-26 70Projected points per game 0.90
- 40Sam Reinhart73ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 64Projected points per game 0.89
- 41Seth Jarvis72ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.88
- 42Dylan Guenther72ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.88
- 43Troy Terry72ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2025-26 61Projected points per game 0.87
- 44Filip Forsberg71ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.87
- 45Ryan O'Reilly71ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.87
- 46Cutter Gauthier70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 0.86
- 47Nick Schmaltz70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.86
- 48Adrian Kempe70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.86
- 49Dylan Larkin70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 74Projected points per game 0.86
- 50Mats Zuccarello70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 59Projected points per game 0.85
- 51Drake Batherson70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.85
- 52Bryan Rust70ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.85
- 53Juraj Slafkovský69ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.85
- 54Mathew Barzal69ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.85
- 55Andrei Svechnikov69ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.84
- 56Travis Konecny69ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.84
- 57Zach Hyman69ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 58Projected points per game 0.84
- 58Kirill Marchenko69ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 0.84
- 59Auston Matthews68ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 0.83
- 60Jesper Bratt68ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.83
- 61John Tavares68ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.83
- 62Nikolaj Ehlers68ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.83
- 63Tom Wilson67ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.82
- 64Dylan Holloway66ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 59Projected points per game 0.81
- 65Will Smith66ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.81
- 66Patrick Kane66ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2025-26 67Projected points per game 0.80
- 67Gabriel Vilardi66ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.80
- 68Morgan Geekie66ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.80
- 69Alex Tuch65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.80
- 70Matthew Knies65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.80
- 71Pavel Zacha65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.79
- 72Bo Horvat65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 68Projected points per game 0.79
- 73Trevor Zegras65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.79
- 74Roope Hintz64ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 53Projected points per game 0.78
- 75Nico Hischier63ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.77
- 76Steven Stamkos63ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.77
- 77Brock Nelson63ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.77
- 78Anthony Mantha62ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.76
- 79Rickard Rakell62ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 0.76
- 80Brayden Point62ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 63Projected points per game 0.75
- 81Vincent Trocheck62ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 67Projected points per game 0.75
- 82Alex Ovechkin61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.75
- 83Pavel Dorofeyev61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.75
- 84Logan Cooley61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 54Projected points per game 0.75
- 85Viktor Arvidsson61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.75
- 86Matt Duchene61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 57Projected points per game 0.75
- 87Ryan Nugent-Hopkins61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.74
- 88J.T. Miller61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 68Projected points per game 0.74
- 89Sam Bennett60ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 0.73
- 90Ivan Demidov60ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.73
- 91Jared McCann59ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 52Projected points per game 0.72
- 92Josh Norris59ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 44Projected points per game 0.72
- 93Ivan Barbashev59ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.72
- 94Tyler Bertuzzi58ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.71
- 95Beckett Sennecke58ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.71
- 96Anthony Cirelli58ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.70
- 97Dylan Strome57ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.70
- 98Jimmy Snuggerud57ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 70Projected points per game 0.70
- 99Joel Eriksson Ek57ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 70Projected points per game 0.70
- 100Adam Fantilli57ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.69
- 101Dylan Cozens57ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.69
- 102Jason Zucker57ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 62Projected points per game 0.69
- 103Carter Verhaeghe56ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.69
- 104Charlie Coyle56ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.68
- 105Tomas Hertl56ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.68
- 106Kevin Fiala56ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 56Projected points per game 0.68
- 107Mikael Granlund55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2025-26 58Projected points per game 0.68
- 108Alexis Lafreniere55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.67
- 109Elias Lindholm55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.67
- 110Luke Evangelista55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.67
- 111Alexander Wennberg55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.67
- 112Elias Pettersson55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2025-26 74Projected points per game 0.67
- 113Jordan Eberle55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.67
- 114Marco Rossi55ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2025-26 50Projected points per game 0.67
- 115Aliaksei Protas54ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 0.66
- 116Artturi Lehkonen54ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 70Projected points per game 0.66
- 117Anton Lundell54ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 64Projected points per game 0.66
- 118William Eklund54ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.66
- 119Valeri Nichushkin54ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.66
- 120Kyle Palmieri54ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 25Projected points per game 0.66
- 121Ryan McLeod53ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.65
- 122Chris Kreider53ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.65
- 123Mason Marchment52ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 68Projected points per game 0.64
- 124Zach Benson52ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 65Projected points per game 0.64
- 125Jackson Blake52ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.64
- 126Marcus Johansson52ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.63
- 127Nazem Kadri52ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.63
- 128Igor Chernyshov52ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 28Projected points per game 0.63
- 129Brock Boeser51ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.62
- 130Christian Dvorak51ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.62
- 131Jordan Kyrou51ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.62
- 132Shane Pinto51ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.62
- 133Josh Doan51ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.62
- 134Matvei Michkov50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.61
- 135Owen Tippett50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.61
- 136Pierre-Luc Dubois50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 29Projected points per game 0.61
- 137Vladimir Tarasenko50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.61
- 138Jack Quinn50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.61
- 139Quinton Byfield50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.61
- 140Tyler Toffoli50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.61
- 141Frank Nazar50ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2025-26 66Projected points per game 0.60
- 142Chandler Stephenson49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.60
- 143Kaapo Kakko49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 65Projected points per game 0.60
- 144Matty Beniers49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.60
- 145Tyler Seguin49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 27Projected points per game 0.59
- 146Taylor Hall48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.59
- 147Ryan Leonard48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.59
- 148Claude Giroux48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.59
- 149Jamie Benn48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 0.58
- 150Pavel Buchnevich48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.58
- 151Casey Mittelstadt48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.58
- 152Bobby Mcmann47ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.58
- 153Connor McMichael47ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.58
- 154Alex Newhook47ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 42Projected points per game 0.58
- 155Yegor Chinakhov47ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.57
- 156Gabriel Landeskog47ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 0.57
- 157JJ Peterka46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.56
- 158Noah Cates46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.56
- 159Connor Brown46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.56
- 160Timo Meier46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.56
- 161Tyson Foerster46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 29Projected points per game 0.56
- 162Collin Graf46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.56
- 163Anze Kopitar46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 67Projected points per game 0.56
- 164Boone Jenner46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 67Projected points per game 0.56
- 165Ryan Hartman46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 76Projected points per game 0.56
- 166Matt Coronato45ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.55
- 167Matias Maccelli44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.54
- 168Gabe Perreault44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 49Projected points per game 0.54
- 169Mason McTavish44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.54
- 170Andrew Copp44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.54
- 171Lawson Crouse44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.54
- 172Logan Stankoven44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.54
- 173Alex Laferriere44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.53
- 174Matvei Gridin44ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2025-26 37Projected points per game 0.53
- 175Justin Brazeau43ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 64Projected points per game 0.53
- 176Mikael Backlund43ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.52
- 177Morgan Frost43ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.52
- 178Jack Roslovic42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.52
- 179Jake Neighbours42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.52
- 180Simon Holmstrom42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.52
- 181Jake DeBrusk42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.52
- 182Jaden Schwartz42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 50Projected points per game 0.52
- 183Corey Perry42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.51
- 184Anders Lee42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.51
- 185Dawson Mercer42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.51
- 186Tommy Novak42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.51
- 187Dmitri Voronkov41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 63Projected points per game 0.51
- 188Blake Coleman41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.51
- 189Mavrik Bourque41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.50
- 190Kiefer Sherwood41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.50
- 191Jonathan Marchessault41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2025-26 62Projected points per game 0.50
- 192Jonathan Huberdeau41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2025-26 50Projected points per game 0.50
- 193Brayden Schenn40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.49
- 194Teddy Blueger40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 35Projected points per game 0.49
- 195Braeden Bowman40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2025-26 54Projected points per game 0.48
- 196Andrei Kuzmenko40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 52Projected points per game 0.48
- 197Jordan Staal39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.48
- 198Ryan Poehling39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.48
- 199Peyton Krebs39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.48
- 200Jean-Gabriel Pageau39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 74Projected points per game 0.48
- 201Cole Perfetti39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2025-26 68Projected points per game 0.47
- 202Arseni Gritsyuk39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 66Projected points per game 0.47
- 203Erik Haula39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.47
- 204Michael Misa39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 45Projected points per game 0.47
- 205Ilya Mikheyev39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.47
- 206Philipp Kurashev39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 43Projected points per game 0.47
- 207Teuvo Teravainen39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.47
- 208Conor Garland38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.47
- 209Trevor Moore38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.47
- 210Joel Farabee38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.47
- 211Will Cuylle38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.47
- 212Calum Ritchie38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 65Projected points per game 0.47
- 213Eeli Tolvanen38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.47
- 214Sean Couturier38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.47
- 215Sean Monahan38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.47
- 216Benjamin Kindel38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.46
- 217Ridly Greig38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.46
- 218Pius Suter38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 64Projected points per game 0.46
- 219Eetu Luostarinen37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2025-26 73Projected points per game 0.46
- 220Sam Steel37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 73Projected points per game 0.46
- 221Noah Östlund37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2025-26 60Projected points per game 0.46
- 222Matthew Savoie37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.46
- 223Oliver Kapanen37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.46
- 224Vasily Podkolzin37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.46
- 225Evan Rodrigues37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2025-26 69Projected points per game 0.45
- 226Max Domi37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 80Projected points per game 0.45
- 227Justin Sourdif37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2025-26 78Projected points per game 0.45
- 228Gage Goncalves37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2025-26 74Projected points per game 0.45
- 229Michael Bunting37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2025-26 74Projected points per game 0.45
- 230Linus Karlsson37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2025-26 79Projected points per game 0.45
- 231Bobby Brink37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 68Projected points per game 0.45
- 232Easton Cowan37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2025-26 66Projected points per game 0.45
- 233Andre Burakovsky37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 75Projected points per game 0.45
- 234Evander Kane36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.44
- 235Anthony Duclair36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2025-26 62Projected points per game 0.44
- 236Jonatan Berggren36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2025-26 51Projected points per game 0.44
- 237David Perron36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 65Projected points per game 0.44
- 238Pavol Regenda36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2025-26 24Projected points per game 0.44
- 239Michael Amadio36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2025-26 81Projected points per game 0.44
- 240James van Riemsdyk36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2025-26 72Projected points per game 0.44
- 241Marat Khusnutdinov36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.44
- 242Mathieu Olivier36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2025-26 61Projected points per game 0.44
- 243Fraser Minten36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.43
- 244Parker Kelly36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2025-26 82Projected points per game 0.43
- 245Matthew Wood35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2025-26 71Projected points per game 0.43
- 246Kasperi Kapanen35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2025-26 41Projected points per game 0.43
- 247Jeff Skinner35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2025-26 32Projected points per game 0.43
- 248Alexandre Texier35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2025-26 51Projected points per game 0.43
- 249Maxim Shabanov35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2025-26 44Projected points per game 0.42
- 250Mackie Samoskevich35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2025-26 77Projected points per game 0.42

2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Point Projections — Forwards — Forwards Showing the top 250 of 474 ranked.
#	Player	Team	GP 2025-26	Pts/GP	Projected
Tier 1 — 3 players, 129 down to 120 projected points9-point gap to the next tier
1	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	76	1.57	129
2	Connor McDavid	EDM	82	1.55	127
3	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	80	1.47	120
Tier 2 — 57 players, 111 down to 68 projected points
4	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	65	1.36	111
5	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	82	1.30	107
6	David Pastrnak	BOS	77	1.21	99
7	Martin Necas	COL	78	1.19	98
8	Mark Scheifele	WPG	82	1.17	96
9	Jack Hughes	NJD	61	1.15	95
10	Nick Suzuki	MTL	82	1.15	94
11	Jack Eichel	VGK	74	1.13	93
12	William Nylander	TOR	65	1.12	92
13	Mark Stone	VGK	60	1.11	91
14	Mikko Rantanen	DAL	64	1.11	91
15	Jason Robertson	DAL	82	1.10	90
16	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	78	1.07	88
17	Kyle Connor	WPG	82	1.05	86
18	Matt Boldy	MIN	76	1.05	86
19	Cole Caufield	MTL	81	1.02	84
20	Jake Guentzel	TBL	81	1.02	84
21	Sidney Crosby	PIT	68	1.01	83
22	Connor Bedard	CHI	69	1.01	83
23	Artemi Panarin	LAK	78	1.01	83
24	Clayton Keller	UTA	82	1.01	83
25	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	56	1.00	82
26	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	82	0.99	81
27	Alex Debrincat	DET	82	0.98	80
28	Tim Stutzle	OTT	80	0.98	80
29	Brandon Hagel	TBL	71	0.97	80
30	Sebastian Aho	CAR	79	0.95	78
31	Brad Marchand	FLA	52	0.95	78
32	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	31	0.95	78
33	Tage Thompson	BUF	81	0.94	77
34	Mitch Marner	VGK	81	0.93	77
35	Robert Thomas	STL	64	0.93	76
36	Brady Tkachuk	FLA	60	0.91	75
37	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	81	0.91	75
38	Lucas Raymond	DET	80	0.90	74
39	Leo Carlsson	ANA	70	0.90	74
40	Sam Reinhart	FLA	64	0.89	73
41	Seth Jarvis	CAR	71	0.88	72
42	Dylan Guenther	UTA	79	0.88	72
43	Troy Terry	ANA	61	0.87	72
44	Filip Forsberg	NSH	82	0.87	71
45	Ryan O'Reilly	NSH	81	0.87	71
46	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	76	0.86	70
47	Nick Schmaltz	UTA	82	0.86	70
48	Adrian Kempe	LAK	81	0.86	70
49	Dylan Larkin	DET	74	0.86	70
50	Mats Zuccarello	LAK	59	0.85	70
51	Drake Batherson	OTT	79	0.85	70
52	Bryan Rust	PIT	72	0.85	70
53	Juraj Slafkovský	MTL	82	0.85	69
54	Mathew Barzal	NYI	81	0.85	69
55	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	79	0.84	69
56	Travis Konecny	PHI	77	0.84	69
57	Zach Hyman	EDM	58	0.84	69
58	Kirill Marchenko	TOR	76	0.84	69
59	Auston Matthews	TOR	60	0.83	68
60	Jesper Bratt	NJD	82	0.83	68
61	John Tavares	TOR	82	0.83	68
62	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR	82	0.83	68
63	Tom Wilson	WSH	72	0.82	67
64	Dylan Holloway	STL	59	0.81	66
65	Will Smith	SJS	69	0.81	66
66	Patrick Kane	CHI	67	0.80	66
67	Gabriel Vilardi	WPG	82	0.80	66
68	Morgan Geekie	BOS	81	0.80	66
69	Alex Tuch	WSH	79	0.80	65
70	Matthew Knies	CBJ	79	0.80	65
71	Pavel Zacha	BOS	78	0.79	65
72	Bo Horvat	NYI	68	0.79	65
73	Trevor Zegras	PHI	81	0.79	65
74	Roope Hintz	DAL	53	0.78	64
75	Nico Hischier	NJD	82	0.77	63
76	Steven Stamkos	NSH	82	0.77	63
77	Brock Nelson	COL	81	0.77	63
78	Anthony Mantha	NJD	81	0.76	62
79	Rickard Rakell	PIT	60	0.76	62
80	Brayden Point	TBL	63	0.75	62
81	Vincent Trocheck	UTA	67	0.75	62
82	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	82	0.75	61
83	Pavel Dorofeyev	NYR	82	0.75	61
84	Logan Cooley	UTA	54	0.75	61
85	Viktor Arvidsson	DET	69	0.75	61
86	Matt Duchene	DAL	57	0.75	61
87	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	72	0.74	61
88	J.T. Miller	NYR	68	0.74	61
89	Sam Bennett	FLA	76	0.73	60
90	Ivan Demidov	MTL	82	0.73	60
91	Jared McCann	SEA	52	0.72	59
92	Josh Norris	BUF	44	0.72	59
93	Ivan Barbashev	VGK	82	0.72	59
94	Tyler Bertuzzi	CHI	79	0.71	58
95	Beckett Sennecke	ANA	82	0.71	58
96	Anthony Cirelli	TBL	71	0.70	58
97	Dylan Strome	WSH	80	0.70	57
98	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	70	0.70	57
99	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	70	0.70	57
100	Adam Fantilli	CBJ	82	0.69	57
101	Dylan Cozens	OTT	82	0.69	57
102	Jason Zucker	BUF	62	0.69	57
103	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	77	0.69	56
104	Charlie Coyle	CBJ	82	0.68	56
105	Tomas Hertl	VGK	82	0.68	56
106	Kevin Fiala	LAK	56	0.68	56
107	Mikael Granlund	ANA	58	0.68	55
108	Alexis Lafreniere	NYR	82	0.67	55
109	Elias Lindholm	BOS	69	0.67	55
110	Luke Evangelista	NJD	81	0.67	55
111	Alexander Wennberg	SJS	80	0.67	55
112	Elias Pettersson	VAN	74	0.67	55
113	Jordan Eberle	SEA	80	0.67	55
114	Marco Rossi	VAN	50	0.67	55
115	Aliaksei Protas	WSH	76	0.66	54
116	Artturi Lehkonen	COL	70	0.66	54
117	Anton Lundell	FLA	64	0.66	54
118	William Eklund	OTT	78	0.66	54
119	Valeri Nichushkin	CBJ	72	0.66	54
120	Kyle Palmieri	NYI	25	0.66	54
121	Ryan McLeod	BUF	81	0.65	53
122	Chris Kreider	MTL	75	0.65	53
123	Mason Marchment	SJS	68	0.64	52
124	Zach Benson	BUF	65	0.64	52
125	Jackson Blake	CAR	81	0.64	52
126	Marcus Johansson	MIN	75	0.63	52
127	Nazem Kadri	COL	77	0.63	52
128	Igor Chernyshov	SJS	28	0.63	52
129	Brock Boeser	VAN	75	0.62	51
130	Christian Dvorak	PHI	80	0.62	51
131	Jordan Kyrou	WSH	72	0.62	51
132	Shane Pinto	OTT	72	0.62	51
133	Josh Doan	BUF	82	0.62	51
134	Matvei Michkov	PHI	81	0.61	50
135	Owen Tippett	PHI	81	0.61	50
136	Pierre-Luc Dubois	WSH	29	0.61	50
137	Vladimir Tarasenko	MIN	75	0.61	50
138	Jack Quinn	BUF	82	0.61	50
139	Quinton Byfield	LAK	79	0.61	50
140	Tyler Toffoli	SJS	79	0.61	50
141	Frank Nazar	CHI	66	0.60	50
142	Chandler Stephenson	SEA	80	0.60	49
143	Kaapo Kakko	SEA	65	0.60	49
144	Matty Beniers	SEA	82	0.60	49
145	Tyler Seguin	DAL	27	0.59	49
146	Taylor Hall	CAR	80	0.59	48
147	Ryan Leonard	WSH	75	0.59	48
148	Claude Giroux	OTT	82	0.59	48
149	Jamie Benn	DAL	60	0.58	48
150	Pavel Buchnevich	STL	81	0.58	48
151	Casey Mittelstadt	BOS	71	0.58	48
152	Bobby Mcmann	SEA	78	0.58	47
153	Connor McMichael	STL	78	0.58	47
154	Alex Newhook	MTL	42	0.58	47
155	Yegor Chinakhov	PIT	72	0.57	47
156	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	60	0.57	47
157	JJ Peterka	BOS	82	0.56	46
158	Noah Cates	PHI	82	0.56	46
159	Connor Brown	NJD	75	0.56	46
160	Timo Meier	NJD	77	0.56	46
161	Tyson Foerster	PHI	29	0.56	46
162	Collin Graf	SJS	81	0.56	46
163	Anze Kopitar	LAK	67	0.56	46
164	Boone Jenner	WSH	67	0.56	46
165	Ryan Hartman	MIN	76	0.56	46
166	Matt Coronato	CGY	80	0.55	45
167	Matias Maccelli	NYI	71	0.54	44
168	Gabe Perreault	NYR	49	0.54	44
169	Mason McTavish	STL	75	0.54	44
170	Andrew Copp	DET	79	0.54	44
171	Lawson Crouse	UTA	81	0.54	44
172	Logan Stankoven	CAR	81	0.54	44
173	Alex Laferriere	LAK	82	0.53	44
174	Matvei Gridin	CGY	37	0.53	44
175	Justin Brazeau	PIT	64	0.53	43
176	Mikael Backlund	CGY	82	0.52	43
177	Morgan Frost	CGY	82	0.52	43
178	Jack Roslovic	TOR	69	0.52	42
179	Jake Neighbours	STL	69	0.52	42
180	Simon Holmstrom	NYI	79	0.52	42
181	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	81	0.52	42
182	Jaden Schwartz	COL	50	0.52	42
183	Corey Perry	LAK	72	0.51	42
184	Anders Lee	UTA	82	0.51	42
185	Dawson Mercer	NJD	82	0.51	42
186	Tommy Novak	PIT	82	0.51	42
187	Dmitri Voronkov	CBJ	63	0.51	41
188	Blake Coleman	MIN	69	0.51	41
189	Mavrik Bourque	NSH	82	0.50	41
190	Kiefer Sherwood	SJS	72	0.50	41
191	Jonathan Marchessault	NSH	62	0.50	41
192	Jonathan Huberdeau	CGY	50	0.50	41
193	Brayden Schenn	NYI	80	0.49	40
194	Teddy Blueger	TOR	35	0.49	40
195	Braeden Bowman	VGK	54	0.48	40
196	Andrei Kuzmenko	PIT	52	0.48	40
197	Jordan Staal	CAR	75	0.48	39
198	Ryan Poehling	ANA	75	0.48	39
199	Peyton Krebs	BUF	82	0.48	39
200	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	NYI	74	0.48	39
201	Cole Perfetti	WPG	68	0.47	39
202	Arseni Gritsyuk	NJD	66	0.47	39
203	Erik Haula	LAK	81	0.47	39
204	Michael Misa	SJS	45	0.47	39
205	Ilya Mikheyev	TBL	77	0.47	39
206	Philipp Kurashev	SJS	43	0.47	39
207	Teuvo Teravainen	CHI	75	0.47	39
208	Conor Garland	CBJ	71	0.47	38
209	Trevor Moore	LAK	69	0.47	38
210	Joel Farabee	CGY	82	0.47	38
211	Will Cuylle	NYR	82	0.47	38
212	Calum Ritchie	NYI	65	0.47	38
213	Eeli Tolvanen	NYR	78	0.47	38
214	Sean Couturier	PHI	78	0.47	38
215	Sean Monahan	CBJ	78	0.47	38
216	Benjamin Kindel	PIT	77	0.46	38
217	Ridly Greig	OTT	77	0.46	38
218	Pius Suter	STL	64	0.46	38
219	Eetu Luostarinen	FLA	73	0.46	37
220	Sam Steel	DAL	73	0.46	37
221	Noah Östlund	BUF	60	0.46	37
222	Matthew Savoie	EDM	82	0.46	37
223	Oliver Kapanen	MTL	82	0.46	37
224	Vasily Podkolzin	EDM	82	0.46	37
225	Evan Rodrigues	NJD	69	0.45	37
226	Max Domi	TOR	80	0.45	37
227	Justin Sourdif	WSH	78	0.45	37
228	Gage Goncalves	TBL	74	0.45	37
229	Michael Bunting	DAL	74	0.45	37
230	Linus Karlsson	VAN	79	0.45	37
231	Bobby Brink	MIN	68	0.45	37
232	Easton Cowan	TOR	66	0.45	37
233	Andre Burakovsky	OTT	75	0.45	37
234	Evander Kane	VAN	71	0.44	36
235	Anthony Duclair	NYI	62	0.44	36
236	Jonatan Berggren	STL	51	0.44	36
237	David Perron	DET	65	0.44	36
238	Pavol Regenda	SJS	24	0.44	36
239	Michael Amadio	OTT	81	0.44	36
240	James van Riemsdyk	DET	72	0.44	36
241	Marat Khusnutdinov	BOS	77	0.44	36
242	Mathieu Olivier	CBJ	61	0.44	36
243	Fraser Minten	BOS	82	0.43	36
244	Parker Kelly	COL	82	0.43	36
245	Matthew Wood	NSH	71	0.43	35
246	Kasperi Kapanen	EDM	41	0.43	35
247	Jeff Skinner	—	32	0.43	35
248	Alexandre Texier	MTL	51	0.43	35
249	Maxim Shabanov	MIN	44	0.42	35
250	Mackie Samoskevich	SEA	77	0.42	35

In a 12-team league the last starter at this position is ranked 108. From there to 216 production falls 18 points — that drop is what taking one early actually buys you.

Who moved

Change in per-game production from 2024-25 to 2025-26, scored the same way both times, quoted over a full season. Players with fewer than 30 games in either season are left out, since that measures availability rather than how they played.

Forwards

Biggest risers

Macklin Celebrini +41 — first season at a point per game
Viktor Arvidsson +31 — changed teams
Cutter Gauthier +30
Leo Carlsson +30
Evgeni Malkin +29 — first season at a point per game

Biggest fallers

Sean Monahan -49 — played a much bigger schedule
Kent Johnson -45
Jonathan Drouin -40 — changed teams, played a much bigger schedule
Ryan Donato -34
Frank Vatrano -31 — played a much smaller schedule

These use one simple scoring profile, so your own league's totals will differ.

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Tier 1 — 3 players, 129 down to 120 projected points· 9-point gap to the next tier

Tier 2 — 57 players, 111 down to 68 projected points

Who moved

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Biggest risers

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Tier 1 — 3 players, 129 down to 120 projected points9-point gap to the next tier