Position Analysis · 2026-27

Which position covers each fantasy category, per-game category averages by position, and where draft value concentrates. Projected regulars (50+ GP).

Value concentration scored for Points league — G=3, A=2, PPP=1, SOG=0.4, HIT/BLK=0.3, PIM=0.3.

How many players clear a bar in HIT × BLK × PIM × SOG × PPP?

my roster sheet

positions from

A man counts at every slot his league would start him in, so a C/LW clearing the bar is one more centre and one more left wing.

How many clear both bars · HIT across, BLK down · projected season totals

BLK × PPP HIT × BLK SOG+HIT+BLK PPP × SOG+HIT+BLK PPP · HIT · BLK PPP · HIT · SOG FOW × PPP

Defence · 204 projected

BLK ↓ / HIT →	75+	100+	125+	175+
160+	7	6	5	1
140+	15	14	9	1
120+	28	20	11	2
100+	42	30	17	4

Forwards · 396 projected

BLK ↓ / HIT →	100+	150+	200+
60+	8	5	3
50+	28	17	9
40+	62	31	16

Each cell counts the players who clear both bars — down the side and across the top — and opens the list of exactly those men. The top-right corner is what you have to draft early; five or fewer is highlighted. See the players →

Showing42 players clearingHIT 75+BLK 100+Defenceclear ×

#	Player	Tm	Pos	ES	PP	PK	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	HIT × BLK × PIM × SOG × PPP pts
1	Moritz Seider DET · D	DET	D	D1	PP1	PK1	83	9.9	49	58.9	27.7	176	160	182	52	216.3
2	MacKenzie Weegar UTA · D	UTA	D	D1	PP2	PK2	81	6.9	27.4	34.3	9.8	157	182	175	69	200.4
3	Darnell Nurse SJS · D	SJS	D	D1	—	PK1	81	6.7	18.8	25.5	0.9	162	144	157	91	183.3
4	Nikita Zadorov BOS · D	BOS	D	D1	—	PK2	82	4.2	16.1	20.3	0.1	101	199	100	143	173.1
5	Jacob Trouba SJS · D	SJS	D	D2	—	PK1	80	6.2	19.7	25.9	0.9	143	153	165	44	166.7
6	Charlie McAvoy BOS · D	BOS	D	D1	PP2	PK1	73	10.5	46.6	57.1	19.8	118	99	134	66	156.7
7	Radko Gudas FLA · D	FLA	D	D3	—	PK3	69	1.4	7.6	9	0	74	210	122	80	153.2
8	Sean Walker CAR · D	CAR	D	D1	—	PK2	82	8.2	17.2	25.4	0.7	156	124	116	54	151.3
9	Alexander Romanov NYI · D	NYI	D	D2	—	PK2	75	2.9	10.7	13.6	0	102	164	166	27	147.9
10	Neal Pionk WPG · D	WPG	D	D2	PP2	PK2	73	4.9	17.2	22.1	5.4	126	149	106	50	147.3
11	Ben Chiarot DET · D	DET	D	D2	—	PK1	77	2.5	6	8.5	0.1	91	146	143	65	142.7
12	Braden Schneider NYR · D	NYR	D	D3	—	PK2	83	3.5	14.2	17.7	0	103	162	142	25	139.9
13	Simon Benoit PHI · D	PHI	D	D3	—	PK2	77	1.9	6.6	8.5	0	58	209	117	49	135.7
14	Mario Ferraro WPG · D	WPG	D	D3	—	PK1	81	4.1	12.3	16.4	0.1	88	139	147	40	133.1
15	Seth Jones FLA · D	FLA	D	D2	PP1	PK2	71	8.6	30.8	39.4	19.5	127	78	100	26	131.5
16	Jake McCabe TOR · D	TOR	D	D1	—	PK1	77	3.7	17.7	21.4	0.2	73	118	166	56	131.4
17	Adam Larsson SEA · D	SEA	D	D1	—	PK1	80	4.6	15.1	19.7	0	99	112	150	39	129.9
18	Colton Parayko STL · D	STL	D	D2	—	PK2	76	6	13.6	19.6	0.4	109	96	166	20	128.6
19	Nick Seeler PHI · D	PHI	D	D3	—	PK2	77	2.4	6.1	8.5	0	83	120	156	40	128
20	Martin Fehérváry WSH · D	WSH	D	D1	—	PK1	81	4.7	19.3	24	0	74	130	163	35	128
21	Brayden McNabb VGK · D	VGK	D	D1	—	PK1	73	2.9	6.4	9.3	0.1	82	124	157	30	126.2
22	Erik Cernak TBL · D	TBL	D	D2	—	PK1	74	2.1	7.6	9.7	0	61	149	112	73	124.6
23	Tyler Kleven OTT · D	OTT	D	D3	—	PK1	78	3	11.1	14.1	0.2	96	128	102	48	122
24	Matt Roy WSH · D	WSH	D	D1	—	PK2	79	3.4	15.6	19	0.1	93	120	143	19	121.9
25	Mattias Samuelsson BUF · D	BUF	D	D1	—	PK1	72	6.6	20.5	27.1	0.3	89	125	132	28	121.4
26	Jake Middleton CGY · D	CGY	D	D2	—	PK2	77	3.1	10.8	13.9	0	72	99	134	68	119.1
27	Connor Murphy EDM · D	EDM	D	D2	—	PK1	74	2.1	7.3	9.4	0	67	98	136	61	115.3
28	Brandon Carlo STL · D	STL	D	D3	—	PK1	77	1.8	6.7	8.5	0	80	94	137	44	114.5
29	Andrew Peeke UTA · D	UTA	D	D3	—	PK1	78	2.1	6.6	8.7	0	79	112	136	22	112.6
30	Will Borgen BOS · D	BOS	D	D3	—	PK2	80	2.1	6.7	8.8	0	72	125	105	44	111
31	Zach Whitecloud CGY · D	CGY	D	D3	—	PK1	77	2.1	8.7	10.8	0	65	123	127	33	110.9
32	Mikey Anderson LAK · D	LAK	D	D3	—	PK1	80	3.7	14.3	18	0.1	69	118	131	25	109.9
33	Marcus Pettersson NYR · D	NYR	D	D2	—	PK1	81	3.4	15.7	19.1	0	68	84	137	54	109.7
34	Tyler Myers DAL · D	DAL	D	D3	—	PK2	71	2.7	8.2	10.9	0.1	79	83	117	56	108.5
35	Kevin Bahl CGY · D	CGY	D	D1	—	PK1	77	2.4	10.9	13.3	0.7	64	117	104	48	107
36	Dylan DeMelo WPG · D	WPG	D	D1	—	PK2	80	2.4	12.8	15.2	0.1	69	119	107	38	106.9
37	Yan Kuznetsov CGY · D	CGY	D	D3	—	PK2	70	3.1	6.8	9.9	0.2	78	96	117	36	106.1
38	Jamie Oleksiak VAN · D	VAN	D	D2	—	PK1	79	2.3	6.5	8.8	0	71	100	121	36	105.5
39	Vincent Desharnais WSH · D	WSH	D	D3	—	PK1	68	1.1	6.1	7.2	0	40	123	104	71	105.4
40	Joel Edmundson LAK · D	LAK	D	D2	—	PK1	74	2.7	13.4	16.1	1.6	85	91	102	24	100.7
41	Jonas Siegenthaler NJD · D	NJD	D	D2	—	PK2	75	1.4	8.4	9.8	0.1	58	89	123	45	100.4
42	Ilya Lyubushkin NSH · D	NSH	D	D3	—	PK2	73	1.1	7	8.1	0	44	94	123	45	96.2

Projected season totals, with the even-strength line and special-teams unit each projection is built on. Sort any column.

Positional context· per-game averages, category leaders and where value thins out

Category leaders · highest per-game average by position

0.25/gm

0.35/gm

0.6/gm

PPP

0.16/gm

SHP

0.01/gm

SOG

1.92/gm

HIT

1.4/gm

BLK

1.4/gm

5/gm

PIM

0.51/gm

+/-

0.03/gm

Per-game averages by position

Pos	n	G	A	P	PPP	SHP	SOG	HIT	BLK	FW	PIM	+/-
C	177	0.23	0.34	0.57	0.14	0.01	1.73	1.05	0.56	5	0.43	-0.01
LW	97	0.23	0.3	0.53	0.12	0.01	1.83	1.4	0.46	0.31	0.49	0
RW	103	0.25	0.35	0.6	0.16	0.01	1.92	1.15	0.47	0.26	0.44	0
D	196	0.07	0.26	0.33	0.07	0.01	1.31	1.01	1.4	0	0.51	0.03

Value scarcity · position mix among top-100 by multi-cat z

Tier	C	LW	RW	D
top 25	11	7	4	3
26-50	7	4	10	4
51-100	19	9	16	6

Reads: D lead BLK, C lead FW/assists, wingers lead shots/goals — and where value thins out by position tells you which to draft early.