Here we are, almost at the end of it all. The penultimate scoring period in season-long scoring formats and final head-to-head matchup is upon us. The names on the rankings are starting to show just how little fantasy hockey is left to play, as every missed game becomes magnified when it represents 10 percent of the remaining season. Keep looking for value, find players with hot sticks and get your team across the finish line!
These rankings are based on expectations of fantasy points produced from Friday, March 28, until the end of the season. Fantasy points are based on the ESPN Fantasy standard game (for skaters: goals = 2 points, assists = 1 point, shots and hits = 0.1 points, blocked shots and special-teams points = 0.5 points; for goaltenders: wins = 4 points, OT losses = 1 point, shutouts = 3 points, saves = 0.2 points, goals against = -2 points).
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1. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, C1
2. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights, C2
3. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, RW1
4. MacKenzie Weegar, Calgary Flames, D1
5. Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets, D2
6. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, C3
7. Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW2
8. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche, D3
9. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, C4
10. Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets, G1
11. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW3
12. Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators, LW1
13. Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, C5
14. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D4
15. John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs, C6
16. Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks, C7
17. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW2
18. Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars, C8
19. Noah Dobson, New York Islanders, D5
20. Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators, D6
21. Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW3
22. Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres, C9
23. Alex Tuch, Buffalo Sabres, RW4
24. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, C10
25. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars, LW4
26. Nazem Kadri, Calgary Flames, C11
27. Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW5
28. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings, D7
29. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D8
30. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights, RW6
31. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers, G2
32. Alexander Romanov, New York Islanders, D9
33. Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers, G3
34. J.T. Miller, New York Rangers, C12
35. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW5
36. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, LW6
37. Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, LW7
38. Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames, D10
39. Jonathan Huberdeau, Calgary Flames, LW8
40. Mikhail Sergachev, Utah Hockey Club, D11
41. Boone Jenner, Columbus Blue Jackets, C13
42. Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights, D12
43. Tim Stutzle, Ottawa Senators, C14
44. Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks, D13
45. Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars, RW7
46. Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars, C15
47. Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals, RW8
48. Jake Walman, Edmonton Oilers, D14
49. Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, C16
50. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers, LW9
51. Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes, RW9
52. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, RW10
53. Jacob Trouba, Anaheim Ducks, D15
54. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings, D16
55. Jackson LaCombe, Anaheim Ducks, D17
56. Adam Fox, New York Rangers, D18
57. Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators, D19
58. Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes, C17
59. Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers, D20
60. Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars, D21
61. Patrik Laine, Montreal Canadiens, RW11
62. Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW10
63. Seth Jones, Florida Panthers, D22
64. Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens, LW11
65. Alex DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings, LW12
66. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, C18
67. Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets, C19
68. Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens, D23
69. Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks, RW12
70. Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders, G4
71. Adam Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets, C20
72. Clayton Keller, Utah Hockey Club, LW13
73. Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers, C21
74. Noah Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights, D24
75. Darnell Nurse, Edmonton Oilers, D25
76. Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets, D26
77. Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche, RW13
78. Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators, G5
79. Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers, C22
80. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings, RW14
81. Bo Horvat, New York Islanders, C23
82. Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens, D27
83. William Eklund, San Jose Sharks, LW14
84. Patrick Kane, Detroit Red Wings, RW15
85. Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators, RW16
86. Frank Vatrano, Anaheim Ducks, RW17
87. Mackenzie Blackwood, Colorado Avalanche, G6
88. Steven Stamkos, Nashville Predators, C24
89. Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils, C25
90. Dylan Guenther, Utah Hockey Club, RW18
91. Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings, LW15
92. Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils, RW19
93. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, RW20
94. Darcy Kuemper, Los Angeles Kings, G7
95. Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars, G8
96. Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings, C26
97. Nikolaj Ehlers, Winnipeg Jets, LW16
98. John Carlson, Washington Capitals, D28
99. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C27
100. Kirill Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW17
101. Matt Duchene, Dallas Stars, C28
102. Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche, RW21
103. Shayne Gostisbehere, Carolina Hurricanes, D29
104. Timo Meier, New Jersey Devils, LW18
105. Sean Monahan, Columbus Blue Jackets, C29
106. Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, G9
107. Pavel Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights, RW22
108. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Hockey Club, RW23
109. Radko Gudas, Anaheim Ducks, D30
110. Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights, G10
111. Mason McTavish, Anaheim Ducks, C30
112. Matthew Knies, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW19
113. Mike Matheson, Montreal Canadiens, D31
114. Ryan Pulock, New York Islanders, D32
115. Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild, LW20
116. Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina Hurricanes, G11
117. Mathieu Olivier, Columbus Blue Jackets, C31
118. JJ Peterka, Buffalo Sabres, RW24
119. Ivan Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets, D33
120. Dante Fabbro, Columbus Blue Jackets, D34
121. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Washington Capitals, C32
122. Connor Murphy, Chicago Blackhawks, D35
123. Brandon Montour, Seattle Kraken, D36
124. Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings, LW21
125. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning, G12
126. Dylan Samberg, Winnipeg Jets, D37
127. Jakob Chychrun, Washington Capitals, D38
128. Alexandre Carrier, Montreal Canadiens, D39
129. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers, C33
130. Ivan Barbashev, Vegas Golden Knights, LW22
131. Dylan Cozens, Ottawa Senators, C34
132. Dylan Strome, Washington Capitals, C35
133. Anders Lee, New York Islanders, LW23
134. Kyle Palmieri, New York Islanders, RW25
135. Shakir Mukhamadullin, San Jose Sharks, D40
136. Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes, G13
137. Mikael Granlund, Dallas Stars, LW24
138. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers, C36
139. Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C37
140. Tony DeAngelo, New York Islanders, D41
141. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW26
142. Taylor Hall, Carolina Hurricanes, LW25
143. Ryan Donato, Chicago Blackhawks, RW27
144. Timothy Liljegren, San Jose Sharks, D42
145. Brayden McNabb, Vegas Golden Knights, D43
146. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, New York Islanders, C38
147. Claude Giroux, Ottawa Senators, RW28
148. Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW29
149. Troy Terry, Anaheim Ducks, C39
150. Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning, C40
151. Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers, D44
152. Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues, C41
153. Filip Hronek, Vancouver Canucks, D45
154. Kent Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets, C42
155. Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota Wild, D46
156. Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks, C43
157. Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks, C44
158. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, C45
159. Brock Nelson, Colorado Avalanche, C46
160. David Savard, Montreal Canadiens, D47
161. David Perron, Ottawa Senators, RW30
162. Marcus Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, D48
163. Mario Ferraro, San Jose Sharks, D49
164. Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, G14
165. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW31
166. Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes, D50
167. Jake McCabe, Toronto Maple Leafs, D51
168. Chris Tanev, Toronto Maple Leafs, D52
169. Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild, D53
170. Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes, LW26
171. William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights, C47
172. Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights, C48
173. Fabian Zetterlund, Ottawa Senators, RW32
174. Vince Dunn, Seattle Kraken, D54
175. Ryan McDonagh, Tampa Bay Lightning, D55
176. Mackie Samoskevich, Florida Panthers, LW27
177. Dmitri Voronkov, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW28
178. Alex Vlasic, Chicago Blackhawks, D56
179. Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, D57
180. Quinton Byfield, Los Angeles Kings, C49
181. Logan Cooley, Utah Hockey Club, C50
182. Jordan Kyrou, St. Louis Blues, RW33
183. Matt Roy, Washington Capitals, D58
184. Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues, C51
185. Owen Power, Buffalo Sabres, D59
186. Trevor Moore, Los Angeles Kings, LW29
187. Phillip Danault, Los Angeles Kings, C52
188. Carter Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers, LW30
189. Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks, G15
190. Conor Garland, Vancouver Canucks, RW34
191. Martin Fehervary, Washington Capitals, D60
192. Ryan O'Reilly, Nashville Predators, C53
193. Mason Marchment, Dallas Stars, LW31
194. Yegor Chinakhov, Columbus Blue Jackets, RW35
195. Artem Zub, Ottawa Senators, D61
196. Kiefer Sherwood, Vancouver Canucks, LW32
197. Shane Pinto, Ottawa Senators, C54
198. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators, G16
199. Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G17
200. Aliaksei Protas, Washington Capitals, C55
201. Bowen Byram, Buffalo Sabres, D62
202. Cutter Gauthier, Anaheim Ducks, LW33
203. Will Smith, San Jose Sharks, C56
204. Mikey Anderson, Los Angeles Kings, D63
205. Tyler Myers, Vancouver Canucks, D64
206. Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins, D65
207. Mats Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild, RW36
208. Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks, RW37
209. Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars, D66
210. Justin Danforth, Columbus Blue Jackets, RW38
211. Jonathan Drouin, Colorado Avalanche, LW34
212. Adam Pelech, New York Islanders, D67
213. Warren Foegele, Los Angeles Kings, LW35
214. Vladislav Gavrikov, Los Angeles Kings, D68
215. Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers, D69
216. Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers, LW36
217. Dustin Wolf, Calgary Flames, G18
218. Luke Hughes, New Jersey Devils, D70
219. Matt Coronato, Calgary Flames, RW39
220. Brent Burns, Carolina Hurricanes, D71
221. Simon Edvinsson, Detroit Red Wings, D72
222. Jake Middleton, Minnesota Wild, D73
223. Jared McCann, Seattle Kraken, RW40
224. Joseph LaBate, Columbus Blue Jackets, C57
225. Joel Edmundson, Los Angeles Kings, D74
226. Sean Durzi, Utah Hockey Club, D75
227. Pius Suter, Vancouver Canucks, C58
228. Jake DeBrusk, Vancouver Canucks, RW41
229. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche, LW37
230. Blake Coleman, Calgary Flames, RW42
231. Alex Killorn, Anaheim Ducks, RW43
232. Christian Dvorak, Montreal Canadiens, LW38
233. Simon Holmstrom, New York Islanders, RW44
234. Tyler Bertuzzi, Chicago Blackhawks, LW39
235. Ross Colton, Colorado Avalanche, LW40
236. Ridly Greig, Ottawa Senators, C59
237. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, C60
238. Eeli Tolvanen, Seattle Kraken, LW41
239. Will Cuylle, New York Rangers, LW42
240. Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins, RW45
241. Nicolas Roy, Vegas Golden Knights, C61
242. Brett Howden, Vegas Golden Knights, LW43
243. Jonathan Marchessault, Nashville Predators, RW46
244. Alex Wennberg, San Jose Sharks, C62
245. Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs, G19
246. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres, G20
247. Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues, G21
248. Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs, G22
249. Charlie Lindgren, Washington Capitals, G23
250. Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils, G24