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Fantasy hockey rankings: Shesterkin rises into top five

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Stat Stories: Thursday's standout NHL fantasy performances (1:22)

Check out some of the top performers in fantasy NHL from Thursday, including Martin Necas, Leon Draisaitl and Sidney Crosby. (1:22)

Injuries, definitely the most impactful of which is to Connor McDavid, have started to have increasing influence on the rankings. What started as a lot of day-to-day tags in the beginning of the campaign are becoming more often week-to-week. A longer-term injury projection will have a significant effect on a players rankings, since these are based on rest-of-season points.

These rankings are based on expectations of fantasy points produced from Friday, Oct. 25, 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. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, C1
2. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, C2
3. Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets, G1
4. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, RW1
5. Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers, G2
6. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche, D1
7. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild, LW1
8. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, C3
9. Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche, RW2
10. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, C4
11. Roman Josi, Nashville Predators, D2
12. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, RW3
13. Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW4
14. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers, LW2
15. Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, G3
16. J.T. Miller, Vancouver Canucks, C5
17. Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators, LW3
18. Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils, G4
19. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW4
20. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights, C6
21. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings, D3
22. Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars, G5
23. Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders, G6
24. Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW5
25. Adam Fox, New York Rangers, D4
26. John Carlson, Washington Capitals, D5
27. Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina Hurricanes, G7
28. Noah Dobson, New York Islanders, D6
29. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW6
30. Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers, RW5
31. Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils, C7
32. Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, C8
33. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D7
34. Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, C9
35. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW6
36. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C10
37. Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C11
38. MacKenzie Weegar, Calgary Flames, D8
39. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers, G8
40. Tim Stutzle, Ottawa Senators, C12
41. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D9
42. Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW7
43. Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets, D10
44. Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes, C13
45. Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks, C14
46. Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers, C15
47. Joey Daccord, Seattle Kraken, G9
48. Steven Stamkos, Nashville Predators, C16
49. Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets, D11
50. Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres, C17
51. Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames, D12
52. Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks, D13
53. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, LW7
54. Mike Matheson, Montreal Canadiens, D14
55. Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G10
56. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars, LW8
57. Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild, C18
58. Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils, C19
59. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, C20
60. Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers, D15
61. Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators, D16
62. Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets, C21
63. John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs, C22
64. Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes, LW9
65. Chris Kreider, New York Rangers, LW10
66. Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild, LW11
67. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers, C23
68. Clayton Keller, Utah Hockey Club, LW12
69. Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings, C24
70. Alex Tuch, Buffalo Sabres, RW8
71. Jacob Trouba, New York Rangers, D17
72. Timo Meier, New Jersey Devils, LW13
73. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights, RW9
74. Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, D18
75. Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins, D19
76. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings, RW10
77. Alex Pietrangelo, Vegas Golden Knights, D20
78. Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey Devils, D21
79. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators, G11
80. Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights, G12
81. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, C25
82. Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW11
83. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning, G13
84. Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers, RW12
85. Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators, RW13
86. Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators, D22
87. Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, LW14
88. Mats Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild, RW14
89. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, RW15
90. Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars, C26
91. Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks, C27
92. Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights, C28
93. Brock Nelson, New York Islanders, C29
94. Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders, C30
95. Alex DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings, LW15
96. Seth Jones, Chicago Blackhawks, D23
97. Mikhail Sergachev, Utah Hockey Club, D24
98. Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues, D25
99. Darnell Nurse, Edmonton Oilers, D26
100. Bo Horvat, New York Islanders, C31
101. Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils, RW16
102. Jakob Chychrun, Washington Capitals, D27
103. Matt Duchene, Dallas Stars, C32
104. Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes, RW17
105. Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings, LW16
106. Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens, D28
107. Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals, RW18
108. Nazem Kadri, Calgary Flames, C33
109. Dylan Strome, Washington Capitals, C34
110. Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild, D29
111. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, C35
112. Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars, D30
113. Jonathan Marchessault, Nashville Predators, RW19
114. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW20
115. Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins, LW17
116. Jared McCann, Seattle Kraken, RW21
117. Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers, C36
118. Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins, D31
119. Martin Necas, Carolina Hurricanes, RW22
120. William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights, C37
121. Frank Vatrano, Anaheim Ducks, RW23
122. Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins, RW24
123. Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW18
124. Neal Pionk, Winnipeg Jets, D32
125. Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights, D33
126. Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs, G14
127. Jordan Kyrou, St. Louis Blues, RW25
128. Carter Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers, LW19
129. Erik Haula, New Jersey Devils, LW20
130. Dylan Guenther, Utah Hockey Club, RW26
131. Josh Norris, Ottawa Senators, C38
132. Claude Giroux, Ottawa Senators, RW27
133. Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens, LW21
134. Brandon Montour, Seattle Kraken, D34
135. Patrick Kane, Detroit Red Wings, RW28
136. Vince Dunn, Seattle Kraken, D35
137. Cole Perfetti, Winnipeg Jets, LW22
138. Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins, D36
139. Mikael Granlund, San Jose Sharks, LW23
140. Shayne Gostisbehere, Carolina Hurricanes, D37
141. Noah Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights, D38
142. Radko Gudas, Anaheim Ducks, D39
143. Jake Middleton, Minnesota Wild, D40
144. Viktor Arvidsson, Edmonton Oilers, RW29
145. Justin Faulk, St. Louis Blues, D41
146. David Savard, Montreal Canadiens, D42
147. Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers, D43
148. Nikolaj Ehlers, Winnipeg Jets, LW24
149. Connor McMichael, Washington Capitals, C39
150. Brayden McNabb, Vegas Golden Knights, D44
151. Pavel Buchnevich, St. Louis Blues, RW30
152. Ryan O'Reilly, Nashville Predators, C40
153. Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild, D45
154. Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens, D46
155. Alec Martinez, Chicago Blackhawks, D47
156. Dawson Mercer, New Jersey Devils, RW31
157. Brenden Dillon, New Jersey Devils, D48
158. Ian Cole, Utah Hockey Club, D49
159. Matthew Knies, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW25
160. Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars, C41
161. Joel Edmundson, Los Angeles Kings, D50
162. Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche, RW32
163. Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers, LW26
164. Matvei Michkov, Philadelphia Flyers, RW33
165. Darcy Kuemper, Los Angeles Kings, G15
166. Ryan Pulock, New York Islanders, D51
167. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers, C42
168. Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars, LW27
169. Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings, LW28
170. Trevor van Riemsdyk, Washington Capitals, D52
171. Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars, RW34
172. Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers, D53
173. Owen Tippett, Philadelphia Flyers, RW35
174. Nick Seeler, Philadelphia Flyers, D54
175. Ben Chiarot, Detroit Red Wings, D55
176. Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks, G16
177. Jake McCabe, Toronto Maple Leafs, D56
178. Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota Wild, D57
179. Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers, D58
180. Mario Ferraro, San Jose Sharks, D59
181. Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche, D60
182. Jonathan Huberdeau, Calgary Flames, LW29
183. Alexander Romanov, New York Islanders, D61
184. Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks, RW36
185. Ryan Hartman, Minnesota Wild, C43
186. Chris Tanev, Toronto Maple Leafs, D62
187. Troy Terry, Anaheim Ducks, C44
188. Gabriel Vilardi, Winnipeg Jets, C45
189. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Hockey Club, RW37
190. Adam Larsson, Seattle Kraken, D63
191. Jake Walman, San Jose Sharks, D64
192. Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues, G17
193. Ivan Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets, D65
194. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW38
195. Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning, C46
196. Ryker Evans, Seattle Kraken, D66
197. Brandt Clarke, Los Angeles Kings, D67
198. Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars, D68
199. Brayden Schenn, St. Louis Blues, C47
200. Ivan Barbashev, Vegas Golden Knights, LW30
201. Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars, D69
202. Blake Coleman, Calgary Flames, RW39
203. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche, LW31
204. Casey Mittelstadt, Colorado Avalanche, C48
205. Lukas Dostal, Anaheim Ducks, G18
206. Owen Power, Buffalo Sabres, D70
207. Jake Neighbours, St. Louis Blues, LW32
208. Connor Murphy, Chicago Blackhawks, D71
209. Alex Laferriere, Los Angeles Kings, RW40
210. Lawson Crouse, Utah Hockey Club, RW41
211. Alexis Lafreniere, New York Rangers, LW33
212. Gustav Nyquist, Nashville Predators, RW42
213. Brady Skjei, Nashville Predators, D72
214. Brent Burns, Carolina Hurricanes, D73
215. Logan Stankoven, Dallas Stars, C49
216. Stuart Skinner, Edmonton Oilers, G19
217. Pavel Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights, RW43
218. Mark Kastelic, Boston Bruins, C50
219. Luke Kunin, San Jose Sharks, C51
220. Stefan Noesen, New Jersey Devils, LW34
221. Ryan McDonagh, Tampa Bay Lightning, D74
222. Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers, D75
223. Mason Marchment, Dallas Stars, LW35
224. Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks, RW44
225. Vladimir Tarasenko, Detroit Red Wings, RW45
226. Kirill Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW36
227. Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks, C52
228. Kyle Palmieri, New York Islanders, RW46
229. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Washington Capitals, C53
230. J.T. Compher, Detroit Red Wings, RW47
231. Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks, C54
232. Sean Monahan, Columbus Blue Jackets, C55
233. Eeli Tolvanen, Seattle Kraken, LW37
234. Anders Lee, New York Islanders, LW38
235. Adam Henrique, Edmonton Oilers, LW39
236. Adam Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets, C56
237. Charlie Coyle, Boston Bruins, C57
238. Mathieu Olivier, Columbus Blue Jackets, C58
239. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Seattle Kraken, RW48
240. Nino Niederreiter, Winnipeg Jets, RW49
241. Phillip Danault, Los Angeles Kings, C59
242. Paul Cotter, New Jersey Devils, C60
243. William Eklund, San Jose Sharks, LW40
244. Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes, G20
245. Charlie Lindgren, Washington Capitals, G21
246. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres, G22
247. Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators, G23
248. Cam Talbot, Detroit Red Wings, G24
249. Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, G25
250. Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks, G26