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?

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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 all three · a grid per level of HIT · BLK across, PIM down

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

Defence · 203 projected

HIT 50+

PIM ↓ / BLK →	100+	125+	175+
80+	3	1	0
60+	10	6	1
40+	33	16	2

HIT 100+

PIM ↓ / BLK →	100+	125+	175+
80+	3	1	0
60+	7	3	1
40+	18	8	2

HIT 150+

PIM ↓ / BLK →	100+	125+	175+
80+	2	0	0
60+	3	1	1
40+	6	3	2

Forwards · 396 projected

HIT 75+

PIM ↓ / BLK →	30+	45+	60+
75+	8	6	2
45+	41	17	5
30+	84	33	7

HIT 225+

PIM ↓ / BLK →	30+	45+	60+
75+	3	2	0
45+	8	5	0
30+	10	6	1

Every cell counts the players clearing all three bars at once, and opens the list of exactly those men. Five or fewer is highlighted. See the players →

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#	Player	Tm	Pos	ES	PP	PK	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FOW	HIT × BLK × PIM pts
1	Kiefer Sherwood SJS · L	SJS	R	L4	PP2	PK2	75	17	14.9	31.9	8	152	360	30	46	18	130.8
2	Will Cuylle NYR · L	NYR	L	L3	PP2	PK2	83	22.6	20.6	43.2	7	158	299	59	58	31	124.8
3	Mathieu Olivier CBJ · R	CBJ	R	L3	—	PK3	71	12.5	11.2	23.7	0	96	242	54	109	6	121.5
4	Adam Klapka CGY · R	CGY	R	L4	—	—	73	6.5	9.3	15.8	1.3	78	264	46	89	11	119.7
5	Jack McBain UTA · C	UTA	R	L3	—	PK3	76	12.6	15	27.6	0.7	95	268	44	76	304	116.4
6	Mark Kastelic BOS · C	BOS	R	L4	—	PK1	77	8.7	8.1	16.8	0.5	88	211	54	121	306	115.8
7	Tom Wilson WSH · R	WSH	R	L1	PP1	PK1	77	28.5	32.1	60.6	13.9	155	200	60	115	15	112.5
8	Tanner Jeannot BOS · L	BOS	L	L4	—	PK2	76	7.8	11.5	19.3	0.7	72	240	52	74	10	109.8
9	Keegan Kolesar DET · R	DET	L	L3	—	—	79	6.7	10.1	16.8	0	67	252	42	52	10	103.8
10	Garnet Hathaway FLA · R	FLA	R	L4	—	PK2	62	2.7	2.8	5.5	0	44	229	53	56	12	101.4
11	Michael McCarron MIN · C	MIN	C	L4	—	PK1	75	6.9	6.5	13.4	0	92	178	66	88	484	99.6
12	Vincent Trocheck UTA · C	UTA	C	L1	PP2	PK2	78	22.2	41	63.2	9.9	149	206	61	60	772	98.1
13	Vasily Podkolzin EDM · R	EDM	R	L1	PP1	PK2	79	15.2	16.9	32.1	3.4	127	223	49	54	18	97.8
14	Marcus Foligno MIN · L	MIN	R	L4	—	PK3	64	7.1	6	13.1	1	68	203	47	70	9	96
15	Colton Dach EDM · C	EDM	C	L2	—	—	62	5.7	7.3	13	1.2	65	216	30	47	25	87.9
16	Brandon Duhaime TOR · L	TOR	R	L4	—	PK2	80	4.5	4.3	8.8	0	68	161	54	77	14	87.6
17	Dylan Cozens OTT · C	OTT	C	L2	PP1	—	83	28.1	33.9	62	25	202	200	31	59	494	87
18	Peyton Krebs BUF · C	BUF	L	L3	—	PK3	80	10.8	23.2	34	1	86	170	36	69	243	82.5
19	Brayden Schenn NYI · C	NYI	R	L2	PP1	—	77	17.1	22.5	39.6	8.3	113	168	42	60	472	81
20	Jake Neighbours STL · L	STL	L	L3	PP2	—	78	17.8	23.6	41.4	9.7	110	166	44	47	6	77.1
21	Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L	MTL	L	L2	PP1	—	83	32.2	46.8	79	26.7	187	134	72	51	16	77.1
22	Blake Coleman MIN · L	MIN	L	L2	PP2	PK1	76	20.4	17.6	38	2.1	171	155	53	48	21	76.8
23	Sam Bennett FLA · C	FLA	C	L2	PP2	PK3	78	28.2	31	59.2	13.5	203	132	37	85	508	76.2
24	Nick Cousins OTT · L	OTT	L	L4	—	—	74	7	10.4	17.4	0	76	141	36	73	13	75
25	Frank Vatrano ANA · R	ANA	R	L3	PP2	PK3	74	15.5	12.2	27.7	4.3	155	130	51	63	10	73.2
26	Nic Dowd VGK · C	VGK	C	L4	—	PK1	71	6.5	11.2	17.7	0	62	124	54	59	474	71.1
27	Alex Tuch WSH · R	WSH	L	L1	PP2	PK1	80	27.9	34.3	62.2	10.3	186	78	91	52	53	66.3
28	Adrian Kempe LAK · R	LAK	R	L1	PP1	—	82	31.9	39.3	71.2	15.9	224	119	38	53	39	63
29	Travis Konecny PHI · R	PHI	R	L1	PP2	PK3	81	26.6	46.2	72.8	15.4	181	105	40	60	28	61.5
30	Dmitri Voronkov CBJ · L	CBJ	R	L4	PP2	—	74	19.3	19.6	38.9	10.2	134	105	38	61	41	61.2
31	Erik Haula LAK · C	LAK	C	L3	PP2	PK1	74	13.5	17.9	31.4	8.2	110	103	44	52	446	59.7
32	Sam Carrick BUF · C	BUF	C	L4	—	PK2	68	4.1	4.4	8.5	0.1	65	105	32	58	293	58.5
33	Brett Howden VGK · C	VGK	L	L2	—	PK3	71	12.8	11.9	24.7	1.9	85	115	34	46	276	58.5
34	Jordan Greenway CHI · L	CHI	R	L4	—	PK2	56	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.1	53	101	37	46	11	55.2
35	Gabriel Landeskog COL · L	COL	L	L2	PP1	—	67	19	22.4	41.4	5.7	135	94	35	50	180	53.7
36	Kirby Dach MTL · C	MTL	R	L3	PP2	—	59	10.6	11.7	22.3	4.9	81	89	42	45	86	52.8
37	David Pastrnak BOS · R	BOS	R	L1	PP1	—	82	36.4	74.8	111.2	34	295	80	30	62	3	51.6
38	Mason McTavish STL · C	STL	R	L2	PP1	—	78	23.1	29.4	52.5	13.6	167	90	35	46	424	51.3
39	Jamie Benn DAL · L	DAL	R	L3	PP2	—	66	13.9	24.5	38.4	8.5	89	86	30	52	155	50.4
40	Steven Stamkos NSH · C	NSH	L	L1	PP1	—	76	29	24.5	53.5	23.8	174	75	36	48	326	47.7
41	Easton Cowan TOR · R	TOR	L	L3	PP2	—	71	13.9	23.2	37.1	7.8	116	79	35	45	2	47.7

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

1.41/gm

BLK

1.4/gm

4.99/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	179	0.23	0.34	0.57	0.14	0.01	1.72	1.05	0.56	4.99	0.43	-0.01
LW	97	0.23	0.3	0.53	0.12	0.01	1.83	1.41	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	195	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	8	4	9	4
51-100	18	9	17	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.