Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings - December 1st, 2021



Regularly updated fantasy hockey forward rankings.

Our fantasy hockey forward rankings project the next 2 to 3 seasons, and consider each player's track record, upside, age, team and injury history. Because fantasy hockey league categories vary widely, these rankings focus on point production.
 

RKPLAYERTRENDINGNOTES
1Connor McDavid, EDM  
2Leon Draisaitl, EDM Certainly making a case to be #1 this season
3Nathan MacKinnon, COL  
4Auston Matthews, TOR Reigning Rocket winner heating up after slow start
5Nikita Kucherov, TB Injuries a concerning trend
6Artemi Panarin, NYR  
7Mikko Rantanen, COL  
8David Pastrnak, BOS  
9Mitch Marner, TOR  
10Aleksander Barkov, FLA  
11Patrick Kane, CHI  
12Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA  
13Alex Ovechkin, WAS Greatest scorer of all time chasing Gretzky's record
14Brad Marchand, BOS  
15Sidney Crosby, PIT Injuries and illness hurting production; don't overreact
16Sebastian Aho, CAR  
17Andrei Svechnikov, CAR  
18Jack Eichel, VGKUpVegas winger depth could take Eichel to new heights
19Mark Scheifele, WPG  
20John Tavares, TOR Every time we think he's lost a step, he steps it up
21Kyle Connor, WPG  
22Steven Stamkos, TB When he's healthy, he's a top 10 centerman
23Brayden Point, TB Playoff stud, but a solid regular season play as well
24Kirill Kaprizov, MINUpWell paid winger is Minny's top weapon
25Mark Stone, VGK  
26Matthew Tkachuk, CGY  
27Jake Guentzel, PIT You wonder if Pittsburgh's aging core will hurt him
28Mika Zibanejad, NYR  
29J.T. Miller, VAN One of the few consistent Canucks this year
30Gabriel Landeskog, COL  
31Alex DeBrincat, CHIUpProbably doesn't get the fanfare he deserves
32Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG  
33Elias Pettersson, VANDownSupremely talented, but something's off
34Johnny Gaudreau, CGY  
35Evgeny Kuznetsov, WASUpDug himself out of the doghouse; he's still elite
36William Nylander, TORUpImproves a bit every seaso
37Mathew Barzal, NYI  
38Max Pacioretty, VGK  
39Anze Kopitar, LA  
40Patrik Laine, CBJ  
41Tyler Seguin, DAL  
42Sean Couturier, PHI  
43Evgeni Malkin, PITDownInjuries piling up for the elder statesman
44Patrice Bergeron, BOS  
45Nicklas Backstrom, WASDown 
46Elias Lindholm, CGY  
47Vladimir Tarasenko, STLUpWhen he's healthy, he's elite
48Ryan O'Reilly, STL  
49Filip Forsberg, NAS  
50Blake Wheeler, WPGDownSet such a high benchmark; trending downward
51Kevin Fiala, MIN  
52Vincent Trocheck, CAR  
53Brady Tkachuk, OTT If you're in roto, bump him up a good 20-30 spots
54Taylor Hall, BOSDownShould be a good fit in Boston...in theory
55David Perron, STL  
56Jack Hughes, NJ Ranked here for the upside
57Claude Giroux, PHI  
58Teuvo Teravainen, CAR  
59Jonathan Marchessault, VGK  
60Timo Meier, SJUpYoung power forward continues to make strides
61Trevor Zegras, ANH  
62Jason Robertson, DAL  
63Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM  
64Dominik Kubalik, CHI  
65Nick Suzuki, MTL  
66Pierre-Luc Dubois, WPG  
67Brock Boeser, VAN  
68Andrei Burakovsky, COL  
69Dylan Larkin, DET Will improve as Detroit improves
70Bo Horvat, VAN  
71Nazem Kadri, COLUpPutting together a nice bounceback season
72Bryan Rust, PIT  
73Pavel Buchnevich, STL  
74Brayden Schenn, STLDown 
75Oliver Bjorkstrand, CBJ  
76T.J. Oshie, WAS  
77Jordan Kyrou, STL  
78Zach Hyman, EDMUpHas been everything the Oilers hoped for and more
79Tomas Hertl, SJ  
80Sam Reinhart, FLA  
81Lucas Raymond, DETUpDetroit's young stud is off to a quick start
82Tyler Bertuzzi, DET  
83Martin Necas, CAR  
84Robert Thomas, STL  
85Andrew Mangiapane, CGY  
86Travis Konecny, PHI  
87Troy Terry, ANHUpWhat a start! Can he keep it up?
88Tom Wilson, WAS  
89Jaden Schwartz, SEA  
90Jakub Voracek, CBJ  
91Mikael Granlund, NAS  
92Tyler Toffoli, MTL  
93Clayton Keller, AZ Plenty of skill, but has struggled in AZ
94Joe Pavelski, DAL  
95Viktor Arvidsson, LA  
96Logan Couture, SJ  
97Jesse Puljujarvi, EDM  
98Nico Hischier, NJ  
99Alex Killorn, TB  
100William Karlsson, VGK  
    
    
 ON THE BUBBLE  
 Drake Batherson, OTT  
 Jakub Vrana, DET  
 Mike Hoffman, MTL  
 Rickard Rakell, ANH  
 Sam Bennett, FLA  
 James van Riemsdyk, PHI  
 Cam Atkinson, CBJ  
 Reilly Smith, VGK  
 Anders Lee, NYI  
 Jordan Eberle, SEA  
 Matt Duchene, NAS  
 Victor Olofsson, BUF  
 Sean Monahan, CGY  
 Jamie Benn, DAL  
 Alexander Radulov, DAL  
 Anthony Cirelli, TB  
 Brendan Gallagher, MTL  
 Tomas Tatar, MTL  
 Kailer Yamamoto, EDM  
 Alexis Lafreniere, NYR  
 Tim Stutzle, OTT  
 Anthony Mantha, WAS  
 Jonathan Drouin, MTL  
 Evgenii Dadonov, VGK  
 Jonathan Toews, CHI  
 Dennis Gurianov, DAL  
 Ondrej Palat, TB  
 Evander Kane, SJ  
 Tom Wilson, WAS  
 Max Domi, CBJ  
 Phil Kessel, AZ  
 Ryan Johansen, NAS  
 Kyle Palmieri, NYI  
 Nikita Gusev  
 Nick Schmaltz, AZ  
 Kaapo Kakko, NYR  
 Jeff Skinner, BUF  
 Ryan Getzlaf, ANH  
 Yanni Gourde, SEA  
 Josh Bailey, NYI  
 Kevin Hayes, PHI  
 Alex Galchenyuk, AZ  
 Eric Staal, BUF  
 Wayne Simmonds, TOR  
 Kyle Turris, EDM  
 Derek Stepan, OTT  
 Jeff Carter, LA  
 Mats Zuccarello, MIN  
 Nolan Patrick, PHI  
 Tyler Johnson, TB  
 Jake DeBrusk, BOS  
 Ilya Kovalchuk,  
 Jason Zucker, PIT  
 Zach Parise, MIN  
 Patric Hornqvist, FLA  
 Jakob Silvferberg, ANH  
 Chris Kreider, NYR  
 Gustav Nyquist, CBJ  
 Casey Mittelstadt, BUF  
 Kasperi Kapanen, PIT  
 Nino Niederreiter, CAR  
 Craig Smith, BOS  
 Paul Stastny, WPG  
 Vladislav Namestnikov, COL  
 Corey Perry, MTL  
 David Krejci, BOS  
 Marcus Johansson, MIN  
 Brandon Saad, COL  
 Danton Heinen, ANH  
 Nick Foligno, CBJ  
 Robby Fabbri, STL  
 Josh Anderson, CBJ  
 Valeri Nichushkin, DAL  
 Arturri Lehkonen, MTL  
 Filip Zadina, DET  
 Roope Hintz, DAL