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? — the banger core: who hits and blocks

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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 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 · 203 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 →

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#	Player	Tm	Pos	ES	PP	PK	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FOW	HIT × BLK pts
1	Will Cuylle NYR · L	NYR	L	L3	PP2	PK2	83	22.6	20.6	43.2	7	158	299	59	58	31	107.4
2	Beck Malenstyn BUF · L	BUF	R	L4	—	PK1	80	4.2	4.6	8.8	0	71	254	71	35	13	97.5
3	Jack McBain UTA · C	UTA	R	L3	—	PK3	76	12.6	15	27.6	0.7	95	268	44	76	304	93.6
4	Adam Klapka CGY · R	CGY	R	L4	—	—	73	6.5	9.3	15.8	1.3	78	264	46	89	11	93
5	Mathieu Olivier CBJ · R	CBJ	R	L3	—	PK3	71	12.5	11.2	23.7	0	96	242	54	109	6	88.8
6	Keegan Kolesar DET · R	DET	L	L3	—	—	79	6.7	10.1	16.8	0	67	252	42	52	10	88.2
7	Tanner Jeannot BOS · L	BOS	L	L4	—	PK2	76	7.8	11.5	19.3	0.7	72	240	52	74	10	87.6
8	Garnet Hathaway FLA · R	FLA	R	L4	—	PK2	62	2.7	2.8	5.5	0	44	229	53	56	12	84.6
9	Eeli Tolvanen NYR · R	NYR	R	L3	PP2	—	79	15.9	20.9	36.8	11	136	198	74	28	2	81.6
10	Vasily Podkolzin EDM · R	EDM	R	L1	PP1	PK2	79	15.2	16.9	32.1	3.4	127	223	49	54	18	81.6
11	Emil Heineman NYI · L	NYI	R	L1	—	PK3	77	17.9	9.4	27.3	3.8	147	225	45	21	5	81
12	Vincent Trocheck UTA · C	UTA	C	L1	PP2	PK2	78	22.2	41	63.2	9.9	149	206	61	60	772	80.1
13	Mark Kastelic BOS · C	BOS	R	L4	—	PK1	77	8.7	8.1	16.8	0.5	88	211	54	121	306	79.5
14	Tom Wilson WSH · R	WSH	R	L1	PP1	PK1	77	28.5	32.1	60.6	13.9	155	200	60	115	15	78
15	Alex Laferriere LAK · R	LAK	R	L2	PP2	PK3	82	24.4	24.2	48.6	5.3	206	213	46	23	145	77.7
16	Lawson Crouse UTA · L	UTA	L	L3	—	PK1	82	19.9	16.6	36.5	1.9	135	205	51	43	26	76.8
17	Marcus Foligno MIN · L	MIN	R	L4	—	PK3	64	7.1	6	13.1	1	68	203	47	70	9	75
18	Michael McCarron MIN · C	MIN	C	L4	—	PK1	75	6.9	6.5	13.4	0	92	178	66	88	484	73.2
19	Parker Kelly COL · C	COL	L	L4	—	PK1	79	11.9	11.4	23.3	0	95	169	58	30	116	68.1
20	Zemgus Girgensons TBL · C	TBL	L	L3	—	PK2	76	6.6	6.3	12.9	0.1	83	179	44	33	91	66.9
21	Marco Kasper DET · C	DET	C	L3	PP2	PK3	79	15.4	13.4	28.8	2.5	144	175	48	34	243	66.9
22	Brandon Duhaime TOR · L	TOR	R	L4	—	PK2	80	4.5	4.3	8.8	0	68	161	54	77	14	64.5
23	Brayden Schenn NYI · C	NYI	R	L2	PP1	—	77	17.1	22.5	39.6	8.3	113	168	42	60	472	63
24	Jake Neighbours STL · L	STL	L	L3	PP2	—	78	17.8	23.6	41.4	9.7	110	166	44	47	6	63
25	Blake Coleman MIN · L	MIN	L	L2	PP2	PK1	76	20.4	17.6	38	2.1	171	155	53	48	21	62.4
26	Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L	MTL	L	L2	PP1	—	83	32.2	46.8	79	26.7	187	134	72	51	16	61.8
27	Casey Cizikas NYI · C	NYI	C	L4	—	PK3	75	6.3	5.7	12	0.2	73	150	54	26	329	61.2
28	Adam Lowry WPG · C	WPG	C	L3	—	PK1	75	10.6	16.3	26.9	0.2	81	152	52	34	581	61.2
29	Owen Tippett PHI · R	PHI	R	L2	PP2	—	80	26.4	23.7	50.1	7.6	210	151	53	27	10	61.2
30	Dylan Holloway STL · L	STL	L	L1	PP2	PK3	72	24.4	36.4	60.8	10.6	184	156	46	23	44	60.6
31	Eetu Luostarinen FLA · C	FLA	L	L3	—	PK2	80	13.1	20.4	33.5	1.2	105	141	60	32	99	60.3
32	Fabian Zetterlund OTT · L	OTT	R	L2	PP2	—	83	17.7	18.2	35.9	8.3	147	149	47	18	12	58.8
33	Ty Dellandrea SJS · C	SJS	C	L4	—	PK1	61	3.9	7	10.9	0	60	153	43	37	282	58.8
34	Timo Meier NJD · R	NJD	L	L2	PP2	—	81	31	23.5	54.5	12.3	255	137	56	35	45	57.9
35	J.T. Miller NYR · C	NYR	C	L2	PP1	PK1	75	23	45.4	68.4	23.6	150	150	42	43	622	57.6
36	Scott Laughton LAK · C	LAK	C	L3	PP2	PK1	74	11.4	11.2	22.6	2	110	144	48	36	426	57.6
37	Zachary Bolduc MTL · R	MTL	R	L4	PP2	—	76	14.7	18.8	33.5	7.8	112	149	41	31	15	57
38	Connor Dewar PIT · C	PIT	C	L4	—	PK1	73	12.1	12.5	24.6	0	94	142	44	21	75	55.8
39	Boone Jenner WSH · C	WSH	C	L4	PP2	PK2	62	15.5	21.7	37.2	4	124	127	58	36	254	55.5
40	Jordan Staal CAR · C	CAR	C	L3	PP2	PK1	70	14.5	15.1	29.6	2.4	92	141	41	25	747	54.6
41	Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI · C	NYI	C	L3	—	PK1	76	13.5	19.7	33.2	2.1	86	127	54	10	644	54.3
42	Frank Vatrano ANA · R	ANA	R	L3	PP2	PK3	74	15.5	12.2	27.7	4.3	155	130	51	63	10	54.3
43	Nic Dowd VGK · C	VGK	C	L4	—	PK1	71	6.5	11.2	17.7	0	62	124	54	59	474	53.4
44	Morgan Barron WPG · C	WPG	L	L3	—	PK1	73	9.8	9.8	19.6	0.2	96	136	42	29	212	53.4
45	Adam Fantilli CBJ · C	CBJ	C	L1	PP1	—	83	29.1	35.9	65	13.1	218	126	49	32	514	52.5
46	Mathieu Joseph EDM · R	EDM	R	L3	—	PK2	65	5.2	9.8	15	0.2	59	133	41	22	15	52.2
47	Ondrej Palat NYI · L	NYI	L	L4	—	—	73	7.5	8.7	16.2	2	76	115	57	14	5	51.6
48	Tim Stützle OTT · C	OTT	C	L1	PP1	PK1	81	32.7	58.9	91.6	33.7	202	126	45	41	295	51.3
49	Noel Acciari PHI · C	PHI	R	L4	—	PK1	68	8.3	7.5	15.8	0	77	100	69	21	307	50.7
50	Emmitt Finnie DET · L	DET	L	L2	PP2	PK3	80	19.5	20.7	40.2	9.3	137	128	40	13	47	50.4
51	Fraser Minten BOS · C	BOS	C	L3	—	PK2	70	15.6	17.2	32.8	2.7	112	124	41	19	348	49.5
52	Justin Hryckowian DAL · C	DAL	L	L1	PP2	PK3	81	12.9	16.4	29.3	5.4	85	119	42	41	187	48.3
53	Colton Sissons TOR · C	TOR	R	L3	—	PK1	73	7.2	7	14.2	1.6	80	104	54	28	397	47.4
54	Charlie Coyle CBJ · C	CBJ	C	L3	PP1	PK1	80	18.2	30.5	48.7	10.4	121	104	53	18	556	47.1
55	Joel Eriksson Ek MIN · C	MIN	C	L2	PP1	PK2	72	23.2	31.6	54.8	17.2	198	116	40	35	692	46.8
56	Noah Laba NYR · C	NYR	C	L3	—	PK3	75	12.4	17.7	30.1	4.5	87	111	42	32	338	45.9
57	Cole Sillinger CBJ · C	CBJ	L	L3	—	—	78	14.8	26.1	40.9	1.7	145	106	45	38	155	45.3
58	Sean Kuraly BOS · C	BOS	C	L4	—	PK1	77	6.5	10.9	17.4	0	91	108	42	39	324	45
59	Tomas Hertl VGK · C	VGK	C	L3	PP1	—	78	29.7	32.9	62.6	23.9	179	103	47	33	670	45
60	Erik Haula LAK · C	LAK	C	L3	PP2	PK1	74	13.5	17.9	31.4	8.2	110	103	44	52	446	44.1
61	Travis Konecny PHI · R	PHI	R	L1	PP2	PK3	81	26.6	46.2	72.8	15.4	181	105	40	60	28	43.5
62	Anthony Beauvillier WSH · R	WSH	R	L4	—	PK3	81	15.8	12	27.8	1.3	144	101	44	25	35	43.5

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.