Fantasy Hockey Power Rankings Top 200 Players 2019-2020

We’re just about halfway through the NHL season, so it’s about time we update our power rankings. In fact, we will now be updating our fantasy hockey rankings on Fantrax bi-weekly!

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Season Highlights

Our pre-season fantasy hockey ranks had Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov atop the list of all skaters. So, just days before the 2020 All-Star game that will be hosted in St. Louis, does Kucherov remain on top of the fantasy world?

The season has been full of surprises so far, such as the Nashville Predators playing well below expectations, and Arizona Coyotes playing above. Does this affect the players you may or may not have drafted? In fact, are the players you drafted even upon the fantasy hockey leaderboard anymore?

Skaters such as Taylor Hall have since relocated from the New Jersey Devils to the Arizona Coyotes, superstars such as Vladimir Tarasenko have had unfortunate season-ending injuries, and super rookies Cale Makar & Quinn Hughes have burst onto the fantasy hockey scene in a major way. Let’s take a look at how the top 200 fantasy hockey power rankings shape up at this point in the season.

Players to Note

Artemi Panarin

Panarin signed a seven-year, $81.5 million contract with an $11.6 million AAV, and he has been worth every penny. Before the season, Panarin ranked just inside the top 50, and to say he has exceeded expectations is an understatement. Panarin was expected to have lower numbers in at least his first year on a rebuilding Rangers team. Yet, Panarin ranks only behind Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, while tied with Nathan MacKinnon in points.

John Carlson

Year after year, Brent Burns & Erik Karlsson are widely regarded as the best options for your blue line. Yet, Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson started the year scorching hot, and there are no signs of him slowing down. Carlson is not only leading all defenseman in points, but he’s in the top 10 of all skaters, with the help of one of the most lethal offenses in the league.

Bryan Rust

If we’re being honest, Bryan Rust wasn’t even in consideration to be on our power rankings before. Rust had a previous career-high of just 38 points going into his sixth NHL season. However, Rust surpassed his previous career-high point total, and there is still half a season left. Playing alongside Evgeni Malkin’s wing, as well as seeing first unit power play minutes with Sidney Crosby, will boost any player’s stats. Make no mistake though, Rust has been contributing even in the absence of Crosby and Malkin due to injury.

Tristan Jarry

While we’re talking Penguins, Tristan Jarry may be the biggest surprise in net this year. Matt Murray’s early-season woes forced Jarry to help pick up the slack in Pittsburghs net. In 22 starts this year, Jarry has delivered success posting a .929 save percentage and a 2.16 goals against average. Those numbers are good enough for a 16-7 record thus far, helping the Penguins sit amongst the best in the Metropolitan division.

Max Pacioretty

After a down year with the Vegas Golden Knights last year, Max Pacioretty’s age was figured to be catching up to him. However, even with the satisfactory play of Vegas, Pacioretty has bounced back and is among some of the most productive forwards this year. Pacioretty has already surpassed his point total from last season, and his high shot volume is best for third in the league behind only Alexander Ovechkin and Nathan MacKinnon.

2019-2020 Fantasy Hockey Power Rankings

Rankings are based on the following categories for skaters: Goals, Assists, Plus/Minus, Shots on Goal, Power Play Points, Hits, Blocks. Categories considered for goalies: Wins, Goals Against Average, Save Percentage, Shutouts. The left column shows each player’s current ranking and the two far-right columns show their preseason ranking and the change in ranks.

**Notable injuries: Vladamir Tarasenko, Dougie Hamilton, Jake Guentzel, Morgan Rielly, Joonas Korpisalo

Rnk	Player	Pos.	Team	Preseason	Change
1	David Pastrnak	RW	BOS	14	13
2	Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	4	2
3	Connor McDavid	C	EDM	3	0
4	Leon Draisaitl	C,LW	EDM	8	4
5	Artemi Panarin	LW	NYR	42	37
6	Jack Eichel	C	BUF	12	6
7	Brad Marchand	LW	BOS	9	2
8	Jonathan Huberdeau	LW	FLA	35	27
9	Patrick Kane	RW	CHI	6	-3
10	John Carlson	D	WSH	20	10
11	Auston Matthews	C	TOR	19	8
12	Andrei Vasilevskiy	G	TBL	10	-2
13	Evgeni Malkin	C	PITT	38	25
14	Alex Ovechkin	LW	WSH	2	-12
15	Ben Bishop	G	DAL	27	12
16	Roman Josi	D	NSH	23	7
17	Max Pacioretty	LW	VGK	119	102
18	Nikita Kucherov	RW	TBL	1	-17
19	Darcy Kuemper	G	ARI	153	134
20	Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	31	11
21	Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	17	-4
22	David Perron	LW,RW	STL	NR	NR
23	Kyle Connor	LW	WPG	129	106
24	Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	5	-19
25	Steven Stamkos	C,LW,RW	TBL	11	-14
26	Tuukka Rask	G	BOS	83	57
27	Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	46	19
28	Mitchell Marner	RW	TOR	25	-3
29	Patrice Bergeron	C	BOS	40	11
30	Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	84	54
31	William Nylander	C,RW	TOR	155	124
32	Ilya Samsonov	G	WSH	NR	NR
33	Alex Pietrangelo	D	STL	66	33
34	Patrik Laine	LW,RW	WPG	65	31
35	Andrei Svechnikov	LW,RW	CAR	149	114
36	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	18	-18
37	Elvis Merzlikins	G	CBJ	NR	NR
38	Bryan Rust	LW,RW	PIT	NR	NR
39	Mark Stone	RW	VGK	64	25
40	J.T. Miller	LW,RW	VAN	178	138
41	Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	87	46
42	Tristan Jarry	G	PIT	NR	NR
43	John Tavares	C	TOR	21	-22
44	Anze Kopitar	C	LAK	115	71
45	Brayden Point	C	TBL	39	-6
46	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	WSH	72	26
47	Ryan Strome	C,RW	NYR	NR	NR
48	Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	MTL	NR	NR
49	Connor Hellebuyck	G	WPG	103	54
50	Jordan Binnington	G	STL	55	5
51	Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	33	-18
52	Mikko Rantanen	RW	COL	13	-39
53	Taylor Hall	LW	NJD/ARI	29	-24
54	Oscar Klefbom	D	EDM	148	94
55	Travis Konecny	RW	PHI	NR	NR
56	Shea Weber	D	MON	75	19
57	Blake Wheeler	C,RW	WPG	41	-16
58	Ryan O'Reilly	C	STL	91	33
59	Bo Horvat	C	VAN	159	100
60	Brent Burns	D	SJS	7	-53
61	Brayden Schenn	C	STL	97	36
62	Sam Reinhart	C,RW	BUF	164	102
63	Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	67	4
64	Kris Letang	D	PIT	47	-17
65	Jaden Schwartz	LW	STL	186	121
66	Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	125	59
67	Keith Yandle	D	FLA	68	1
68	Neal Pionk	D	WPG	187	119
69	Frederik Andersen	G	TOR	44	-25
70	Jakub Vrana	LW	WSH	NR	NR
71	Johnny Gaudreau	LW,RW	CGY	22	-49
72	Matthew Tkachuk	LW,RW	CGY	49	-23
73	Carey Price	G	MTL	32	-41
74	Semyon Varlamov	G	NYI	136	62
75	Cale Makar	D	COL	126	51
76	Tyler Seguin	C	DAL	15	-61
77	Evgenii Dadonov	LW,RW	FLA	112	35
78	Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	FLA	114	36
79	Sean Couturier	C	PHI	93	14
80	Tony DeAngelo	D	NYR	NR	NR
81	Erik Karlsson	D	SJS	16	-65
82	Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	86	4
83	Brock Nelson	C	NYI	NR	NR
84	Jonathan Marchessault	C,LW	VGK	81	-3
85	Nikolaj Ehlers	LW,RW	WPG	161	76
86	Claude Giroux	C,LW,RW	PHI	26	-60
87	Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TBL	NR	NR
88	Drew Doughty	D	LAK	94	6
89	Evander Kane	LW	SJS	61	-28
90	Torey Krug	D	BOS	56	-34
91	Seth Jones	D	CBJ	37	-54
92	Jakub Voracek	RW	PHI	62	-2
93	Elias Lindholm	C,RW	CGY	111	18
94	Jeff Petry	D	MON	135	41
95	Petr Mrazek	G	CAR	NR	NR
96	Jonathan Toews	C	CHI	85	-11
97	Alex DeBrincat	LW,RW	CHI	81	-16
98	Reilly Smith	RW	VGK	NR	NR
99	Tanner Pearson	LW	VAN	NR	NR
100	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	169	69
101	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	BUF	69	-32
102	David Rittich	G	CGY	125	23
103	Tyson Barrie	D	TOR	88	-15
104	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	110	6
105	Sean Monahan	C	CGY	71	-34
106	Anthony Duclair	LW,RW	OTT	NR	NR
107	Clayton Keller	LW,RW	ARI	113	6
108	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C,LW	EDM	108	0
109	Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	150	41
110	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	CBJ	111	1
111	Max Domi	C,LW	MTL	117	6
112	Filip Forsberg	LW	NSH	57	-55
113	Jacob Markstrom	G	VAN	131	18
114	Marc-Andre Fleury	G	VGK	36	-78
115	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	48	-67
116	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	121	5
117	Zach Parise	LW	MIN	195	78
118	Brady Tkachuk	LW	OTT	70	-48
119	Eric Staal	C	MIN	NR	NR
120	Logan Couture	C	SJS	98	-22
121	Mark Giordano	D	CGY	30	-91
122	Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	CHI	NR	NR
123	James Neal	LW,RW	EDM	NR	NR
124	Phil Kessel	RW	ARI	80	-44
125	Ryan Suter	D	MIN	173	48
126	Filip Hronek	D	Det	NR	NR
127	Chris Kreider	LW	NYR	122	-5
128	Nazem Kadri	C	COL	194	66
129	Tomas Hertl	C,LW	SJS	100	-29
130	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	183	53
131	Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	DET	NR	NR
132	Timo Meier	LW,RW	SJS	60	-72
133	Kyle Palmieri	RW	NJD	179	46
134	Jacob Trouba	D	NYR	82	-52
135	John Klingberg	D	DAL	51	-84
136	T.J. Oshie	RW	WSH	163	27
137	Anders Lee	LW	NYI	133	-4
138	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	124	-14
139	Blake Coleman	LW,RW	NJD	NR	NR
140	Jeff Carter	C,LW,RW	LAK	NR	NR
141	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	ARI	63	-78
142	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	45	-97
143	Philip Danault	C	MTL	NR	NR
144	Oliver Bjorkstrand	LW,RW	CBJ	NR	NR
145	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	OTT	NR	NR
146	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	199	53
147	Mikhail Sergachev	D	TBL	192	45
148	Conor Garland	LW,RW	ARI	NR	NR
149	James Van-Reimsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	184	35
150	Philipp Grubauer	G	COL	78	-72
151	Thomas Greiss	G	NYI	165	14
152	Tom Wilson	RW	WSH	127	-25
153	Ryan Getzlaf	C	ANA	142	-11
154	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	147	-7
155	Andre Burakovsky	LW,RW	COL	NR	NR
156	Jake DeBrusk	LW,RW	BOS	NR	NR
157	Rickard Rakell	LW,RW	ANA	104	-53
158	Kevin Hayes	C	PHI	NR	NR
159	Cam Atkinson	RW	CBJ	101	-58
160	Matt Duchene	C,RW	NSH	106	-54
161	Tyler Toffoli	LW,RW	LAK	NR	NR
162	Connor Brown	LW,RW	OTT	NR	NR
163	Linus Ullmark	G	BUF	181	18
164	Robin Lehner	G	CHI	132	-32
165	Mark Borowiecki	D	OTT	NR	NR
166	Matt Dumba	D	MIN	156	-10
167	Adam Fox	D	NYR	NR	NR
168	Alexander Radulov	LW,RW	DAL	77	-91
168	Christian Dvorak	C,LW	ARI	NR	NR
170	Jakob Silfverberg	RW	ANA	NR	NR
171	Alex Goligoski	D	ARI	NR	NR
172	Kevin Labanc	LW,RW	SJS	NR	NR
173	Nico Hischier	C	NJD	166	-7
174	Adam Henrique	C,LW	ANA	NR	NR
175	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	120	-55
176	Erik Gustafsson	D	CHI	141	-35
177	Ondrej Palat	LW	TBL	NR	NR
178	Alexander Edler	D	VAN	145	-33
179	Sami Vatanen	D	NJD	NR	NR
180	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	NR	NR
181	Jake Virtanen	RW	VAN	NR	NR
182	Calle Jarnkrok	LW,RW	NSH	NR	NR
183	Jared McCann	C,LW	PIT	NR	NR
184	Jamie Benn	C,LW	DAL	54	-130
185	Anthony Beauvilliar	C,LW	NYI	NR	NR
186	Hampus Lindholm	D	ANA	109	-77
187	Ethan Bear	D	EDM	NR	NR
188	Braden Holtby	G	WSH	53	-135
189	Sergei Bobrovsky	G	FLA	34	-155
190	Anthony Cirelli	C	TBL	NR	NR
191	Jake Gardiner	D	CAR	NR	NR
192	Henri Jokiharju	D	BUF	NR	NR
193	Brett Connolly	LW,RW	FLA	NR	NR
194	P.K. Subban	D	NJD	50	-144
195	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	TBL	NR	NR
196	Nick Schmaltz	C,LW,RW	ARI	188	-8
197	Nikita Gusev	LW,RW	NJD	NR	NR
198	James Reimer	G	CAR	NR	NR
199	Pavel Francouz	G	COL	NR	NR
200	Paul Stastny	C	VGK	157	-43

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