Fantasy

2022–23 consolidated NHL fantasy hockey rankings

Prospect tournaments are underway, and NHL training camps are set to open in under a week’s time. That means that fantasy hockey season is fast approaching, and drafts will be taking place in the coming weeks.

Every league is different, but the overall rankings of players generally stays fairly consistent across leagues and formats of fantasy hockey. Since hits have been adopted as a standard category in most leagues, category coverage has become king in fantasy hockey, and knowing which players can tick multiple boxes is key.

We’ve put together consolidated draft rankings that takes the trimmed mean of various rankings put together by others. Essentially, outliers both at the top and bottom of the boards are removed and the average is taken. The rankings sampled include Yahoo!’s Pre-Draft Rankings, NHL dot com’s Top 250, Dom Luszczyszyn’s rankings from The Athletic, Matt Larkin from Daily Faceoff, CBS, ESPN, and Sportsnet’s Nick Alberga.

The value of consolidated fantasy rankings

These rankings are handy because they help identify consensus players at each draft slot. Using a trimmed mean helps to remove the effects of any crazy outliers from the data set and ensure those bold predictions from one outlet don’t skew the overall feeling of where a particular player should go (for example: Thatcher Demko is ranked 15th on CBS’ list, and 123rd on ESPN’s list).

A few interesting tidbits from the rankings we noticed when putting them together. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Connor McDavid is the number one player on every single board… except one. He’s still the number one player, and after that it’s a toss-up between Leon Draisaitl and Nathan MacKinnon.

There are nine players that received at least one ranking in the top five, and 17 players ranked in the top 10 on at least one board: 12 forwards, three defencemen, and just two goalies. This is the first year in a very, very long time that Andrei Vasilevskiy was not the top ranked goaltender; Igor Shesterkin has snatched that title.

In total, 330 players were ranked in the top 250 on at least one board.

Breakdown by position

The distribution for each position breaks down like this:

RangeCLWRWDG
Top 2587544
Top 5013189810
Top 1003128192414
Top 1504738333622
Top 2005750535028
Top 2507064666237

Breakdown by team

  • The Avalanche, Lightning and Oilers are the only teams with multiple players in the top 10. The Avalanche lead with three.
  • The Lightning have four players in the top 25, the most out of all teams.
  • Fourteen teams have at least one player in the top 25.
  • The Rangers, Oilers, an Penguins each have six players in the top 100.
  • A total of 27 teams have at least one player in the top 100. The only teams not on this list are the Flyers, Canadiens, Kraken, Ducks, and Coyotes.
  • In the top 250, the Blues have the most players ranked with 11, followed by the Hurricanes, Senators, Golden Knights, Bruins, and Blue Jackets with 10.

For the ranking list below, the far left column gives you the rank on our consolidated board, while the trimmed mean column gives the mean value for added context for differences between close players.

Without further ado, here is the consolidated Top 300 rankings. Good luck in all of your fantasy drafts!

RankPlayerPositionTeamTrimmed
Mean
1Connor McDavidCEDM1.0
2Leon DraisaitlC/LWEDM2.2
3Auston MatthewsCTOR2.8
4Nathan MacKinnonCCOL5.8
5Kirill KaprizovLWMIN5.8
6Cale MakarDCOL6.2
7Andrei VasilevskiyGTBL7.6
8Nikita KucherovRWTBL8.6
9Igor ShesterkinGNYR9.4
10Mikko RantanenC/RWCOL9.6
11Jonathan HuberdeauLWCGY14.8
12Matthew TkachukRWFLA14.8
13Alex OvechkinLWWSH15.4
14Aleksander BarkovCFLA15.6
15Mitch MarnerRWTOR16.6
16Steven StamkosC/LWTBL19.2
17Roman JosiDNSH19.8
18Victor HedmanDTBL19.8
19Kyle ConnorLWWPG21.0
20David PastrnakRWBOS22.2
21Sidney CrosbyCPIT24.4
22Artemi PanarinLWNYR25.0
23Jacob MarkstromGCGY26.0
24Adam FoxDNYR26.0
25J.T. MillerC/LWVAN26.6
26Sebastian AhoCCAR27.0
27Juuse SarosGNSH27.8
28Mika ZibanejadCNYR28.6
29Johnny GaudreauLWCBJ29.4
30Jake GuentzelLWPIT33.0
31Ilya SorokinGNYI35.6
32Gabriel LandeskogC/LWCOL35.6
33Brady TkachukLWOTT36.2
34Moritz SeiderDDET38.7
35Timo MeierLW/RWSJS39.0
36Jake OettingerGDAL40.2
37Aaron EkbladDFLA40.6
38Patrick KaneRWCHI40.8
39Chris KreiderLW/RWNYR41.0
40Thatcher DemkoGVAN41.4
41Andrei SvechnikovLWCAR42.8
42John CarlsonDWSH44.0
43Alex DeBrincatLWOTT44.0
44Jason RobertsonLWDAL46.0
45Elias LindholmCCGY47.4
46Filip ForsbergLWNSH47.6
47Connor HellebuyckGWPG50.6
48Vladimir TarasenkoRWSTL50.8
49Jack EichelCVGK51.6
50Frederik AndersenGCAR51.8
51Sam ReinhartC/RWFLA56.2
52Kevin FialaLW/RWLAK56.2
53Marc-Andre FleuryGMIN56.3
54William NylanderLW/RWTOR57.0
55Morgan RiellyDTOR58.4
56Jack HughesCNJD58.8
57Elias PetterssonC/LWVAN59.0
58Quinn HughesDVAN59.6
59Patrik LaineLW/RWCBJ60.0
60Evander KaneLWEDM60.4
61Kris LetangDPIT60.6
62John TavaresCTOR60.6
63Darcy KuemperGWSH61.2
64Tristan JarryGPIT64.0
65Roope HintzCDAL67.2
66Mark ScheifeleCWPG68.0
67Nazem KadriCCGY71.4
68Pavel BuchnevichLW/RWSTL72.8
69Joe PavelskiC/RWDAL72.8
70Brayden PointCTBL74.6
71Evgeny KuznetsovCWSH75.6
72Nikolaj EhlersLW/RWWPG76.2
73Brent BurnsDCAR76.2
74Patrice BergeronCBOS76.6
75Devon ToewsDCOL77.4
76Josh NorrisCOTT77.6
77Mark StoneRWVGK78.0
78Matt DucheneRWNSH79.0
79Rasmus DahlinDBUF79.3
80Jack CampbellGEDM79.4
81Evgeni MalkinCPIT80.0
82Sergei BobrovskyGFLA82.4
83Robert ThomasCSTL83.6
84MacKenzie WeegarDCGY84.0
85Shea TheodoreDVGK85.2
86Drew DoughtyDLAK85.8
87Dylan LarkinCDET86.2
88Anze KopitarCLAK86.7
89Zach WerenskiDCBJ87.7
90Bryan RustRWPIT87.8
91Tim StützleC/LWOTT88.7
92Torey KrugDSTL88.8
93Alex PietrangeloDVGK91.6
94Teuvo TeravainenLW/RWCAR91.7
95Tage ThompsonCBUF93.3
96Alexandar GeorgievGCOL94.0
97Pierre-Luc DuboisCWPG94.6
98Trevor ZegrasCANA94.7
99Noah DobsonDNYI95.0
100Jordan KyrouLW/RWSTL95.6
101Darnell NurseDEDM96.7
102Cole CaufieldLW/RWMTL97.0
103Drake BathersonRWOTT97.7
104Mats ZuccarelloRWMIN97.8
105Claude GirouxC/RWOTT98.4
106Jesper BrattRWNJD100.2
107Miro HeiskanenDDAL101.2
108Lucas RaymondRWDET103.0
109Dougie HamiltonDNJD104.0
110Evan BouchardDEDM107.0
111Seth JonesDCHI108.7
112Jonathan MarchessaultLW/RWVGK110.0
113Thomas ChabotDOTT110.7
114Jordan BinningtonGSTL112.0
115Brad MarchandLWBOS113.6
116Clayton KellerLW/RWARI113.8
117Matt BoldyLW/RWMIN114.0
118Tomas HertlCSJS114.3
119Mathew BarzalCNYI116.0
120Rasmus AnderssonDCGY117.4
121Jeremy SwaymanGBOS117.7
122Cam TalbotGOTT117.8
123Jacob TroubaDNYR123.0
124Nick SuzukiCMTL123.0
125Ryan O’ReillyCSTL123.4
126Troy TerryRWANA125.3
127Zach HymanLW/RWEDM126.7
128John KlingbergDANA127.3
129Bo HorvatCVAN127.3
130Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC/LWEDM128.0
131Tony DeAngeloDPHI130.6
132David PerronRWDET131.0
133Brock BoeserRWVAN131.5
134Jakub VranaLWDET132.0
135Tyler ToffoliLW/RWCGY134.3
136Jakob ChychrunDARI134.5
137Owen PowerDBUF137.0
138Justin FaulkDSTL138.2
139Sam BennettCFLA138.7
140Matty BeniersCSEA141.7
141Shayne GostisbehereDARI143.0
142Adrian KempeLW/RWLAK143.3
143Mikhail SergachevDTBL144.3
144Ryan HartmanCMIN145.3
145Michael BuntingLWTOR147.3
146John GibsonGANA147.3
147Spencer KnightGFLA149.5
148Erik KarlssonDSJS150.5
149Taylor HallLWBOS151.7
150Nico HischierCNJD152.7
151Blake WheelerRWWPG152.7
152Vincent TrocheckCNYR153.0
153Alex TuchRWBUF153.0
154Joel Eriksson EkCMIN156.0
155Josh MorrisseyDWPG157.0
156Elvis MerzlikinsGCBJ158.3
157Brayden SchennC/LWSTL158.3
158Brock NelsonCNYI158.3
159Valeri NichushkinLW/RWCOL158.7
160Logan ThompsonGVGK159.3
161Seth JarvisLW/RWCAR160.0
162Bowen ByramDCOL160.5
163Andrew MangiapaneLW/RWCGY160.7
164Tyler BertuzziLW/RWDET162.3
165Oliver BjorkstrandRWSEA162.7
166Ville HussoGDET164.0
167Ondrej PalatLWNJD164.7
168Carter HartGPHI165.5
169Tyler SeguinC/RWDAL167.7
170Boone JennerCCBJ170.7
171Carter VerhaegheLWFLA171.5
172Noah HanifinDCGY171.7
173Sean CouturierCPHI172.3
174Logan CoutureCSJS172.3
175Jared SpurgeonDMIN173.0
176Cam AtkinsonRWPHI173.5
177Viktor ArvidssonLW/RWLAK173.7
178Jonathan QuickGLAK174.0
179Jeff SkinnerLWBUF174.0
180Tanner JeannotRWNSH174.3
181Anton LundellCFLA175.7
182Jake SandersonDOTT176.0
183Andre BurakovskyLW/RWSEA176.3
184Matt MurrayGTOR178.0
185Hampus LindholmDBOS178.0
186Ryan PulockDNYI179.0
187Ivan ProvorovDPHI179.5
188Ilya SamsonovGTOR179.5
189Charlie McAvoyDBOS182.0
190Travis KonecnyRWPHI182.0
191Conor GarlandLW/RWVAN182.0
192Jeff PetryDPIT182.5
193Mark GiordanoDTOR186.0
194Nick SchmaltzC/RWARI187.0
195Mikael GranlundCNSH187.5
196Dawson MercerC/RWNJD191.5
197Juraj SlafkovskyLWMTL193.0
198T.J. OshieC/RWWSH194.0
199Jaccob SlavinDCAR194.0
200Damon SeversonDNJD194.3
201Semyon VarlamovGNYI194.5
202Ivan BarbashevC/LWSTL195.0
203Jamie DrysdaleDANA197.0
204Oliver WahlstromRWNYI197.0
206Andrew CoppC/RWDET197.7
207Linus UllmarkGBOS198.5
208Ryan JohansenCNSH199.3
209Chandler StephensonC/RWVGK199.7
210Pavel FrancouzGCOL200.3
211Vince DunnDSEA201.7
212Vitek VanecekGNJD203.0
213Neal PionkDWPG203.5
214Anton ForsbergGOTT206.0
215Vasily PodkolzinLW/RWVAN207.0
216Jakub VoracekLW/RWCBJ207.0
217Colton ParaykoDSTL208.0
218Anders LeeLWNYI208.0
219Dylan StromeC/RWWSH208.5
220Gustav ForslingDFLA209.0
221Rickard RakellLW/RWPIT209.3
222Ryan StromeCANA210.5
223James ReimerGSJS211.0
224Alex KillornLW/RWTBL213.0
225David KrejciCBOS215.0
226Jared McCannC/LWSEA215.5
227Matt DumbaDMIN218.0
228Tyson BarrieDEDM219.0
229Phillip DanaultCLAK219.0
230Martin NecasRWCAR220.0
231Sean DurziDLAK220.5
232Victor OlofssonRWBUF222.0
233Cole SillingerCCBJ222.5
234Jake DeBruskLW/RWBOS225.0
236Nino NiederreiterLWNSH225.0
237Anthony ManthaLW/RWWSH225.0
238Hendrix LapierreWSH225.5
239Yanni GourdeCSEA226.0
240Jack RoslovicCCBJ226.3
241Alexis LafrenièreLW/RWNYR227.5
242Jamie BennC/LWDAL228.0
243Jake AllenGMTL229.0
244Yegor SharangovichC/LWNJD229.0
245William EklundSJS229.5
246Alex NedeljkovicGDET231.0
247Pyotr KochetkovGCAR231.0
248Cole PerfettiC/RWWPG231.5
249Alex FormentonLWOTT233.0
250Adam BoqvistDCBJ234.0
251Artturi LehkonenLW/RWCOL235.0
252Mason McTavishLWANA236.0
253Arthur KaliyevLW/RWLAK236.0
254Max PaciorettyLWCAR238.0
255Max DomiLW/RWCHI239.0
256Shane WrightCSEA239.0
257Frank VatranoLW/RWANA239.0
258Marco RossiCMIN239.5
259Trevor MooreLW/RWLAK240.5
260Samuel GirardDCOL241.5
262Kirby DachC/RWMTL241.5
263Reilly SmithRWVGK244.0
264Mason MarchmentLW/RWDAL244.5
265Alec MartinezDVGK246.0
266Connor McMichaelC/LWWSH246.0
267Simon EdvinssonDDET250.0
268Karel VejmelkaGARI251.0
269K’Andre MillerDNYR251.0
270Cam FowlerDANA252.0
271Blake ColemanLW/RWCGY252.5
272Evgeny DadonovLW/RWMTL253.0
273Antti RaantaGCAR254.0
274Jack QuinnRWBUF254.0
275Marcus FolignoLW/RWMIN255.0
276Filip ChytilLWNYR258.0
277Lawson CrouseLW/RWARI258.5
278Dmitry OrlovDWSH259.0
279Esa LindellDDAL260.0
280Alexander HoltzNJD260.0
281Phil KesselRWVGK261.3
282Jordan EberleRWSEA262.0
283Kevin ShattenkirkDANA263.0
284Jaden SchwartzLWSEA263.5
285Vladislav GavrikovDCBJ267.0
286Kevin HayesCPHI269.0
287Kent JohnsonLWCBJ270.0
288Jake McCabeDCHI270.5
289Tom WilsonRWWSH271.5
291Mikael BacklundCCGY271.5
292Jesse PuljujarviRWEDM274.0
293Mike HoffmanLW/RWMTL275.0
294Andrei KuzmenkoLWVAN276.0
295Philip TomasinoRWNSH279.0
296Craig SmithRWBOS279.0
297Alex RomanovDNYI280.0
298Adam HenriqueC/LWANA280.0
299Brady SkjeiDCAR283.0
300Adin HillGVGK284.5

Just missed: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Brendan Gallagher, Philipp Grubauer, Dominik Kubalik, Connor Brown, Alex Iafallo, Jeff Carter, Dysin Mayo, Radko Gudas, Anthony Duclair, Alex Barabanov, Mike Matheson, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Saad, Joel Farabee, Alex Newhook, Mattias Ekholm, Gustav Nyquist, Taylor Raddysh, Oliver Kylington, Ilya Mikheyev.

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