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	Mathieu Olivier CBJ · R	CBJ	R	L3	—	PK3	71	12.5	11.2	23.7	0	96	242	54	109	6	88.8
4	Tanner Jeannot BOS · L	BOS	L	L4	—	PK2	76	7.8	11.5	19.3	0.7	72	240	52	74	10	87.6
5	Garnet Hathaway FLA · R	FLA	R	L4	—	PK2	62	2.7	2.8	5.5	0	44	229	53	56	12	84.6
6	Eeli Tolvanen NYR · R	NYR	R	L3	PP2	—	79	15.9	20.9	36.8	11	136	198	74	28	2	81.6
7	Vincent Trocheck UTA · C	UTA	C	L1	PP2	PK2	78	22.2	41	63.2	9.9	149	206	61	60	772	80.1
8	Mark Kastelic BOS · C	BOS	R	L4	—	PK1	77	8.7	8.1	16.8	0.5	88	211	54	121	306	79.5
9	Tom Wilson WSH · R	WSH	R	L1	PP1	PK1	77	28.5	32.1	60.6	13.9	155	200	60	115	15	78
10	Lawson Crouse UTA · L	UTA	L	L3	—	PK1	82	19.9	16.6	36.5	1.9	135	205	51	43	26	76.8
11	Michael McCarron MIN · C	MIN	C	L4	—	PK1	75	6.9	6.5	13.4	0	92	178	66	88	484	73.2
12	Parker Kelly COL · C	COL	L	L4	—	PK1	79	11.9	11.4	23.3	0	95	169	58	30	116	68.1
13	Brandon Duhaime TOR · L	TOR	R	L4	—	PK2	80	4.5	4.3	8.8	0	68	161	54	77	14	64.5
14	Blake Coleman MIN · L	MIN	L	L2	PP2	PK1	76	20.4	17.6	38	2.1	171	155	53	48	21	62.4
15	Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L	MTL	L	L2	PP1	—	83	32.2	46.8	79	26.7	187	134	72	51	16	61.8
16	Casey Cizikas NYI · C	NYI	C	L4	—	PK3	75	6.3	5.7	12	0.2	73	150	54	26	329	61.2
17	Adam Lowry WPG · C	WPG	C	L3	—	PK1	75	10.6	16.3	26.9	0.2	81	152	52	34	581	61.2
18	Owen Tippett PHI · R	PHI	R	L2	PP2	—	80	26.4	23.7	50.1	7.6	210	151	53	27	10	61.2
19	Eetu Luostarinen FLA · C	FLA	L	L3	—	PK2	80	13.1	20.4	33.5	1.2	105	141	60	32	99	60.3
20	Timo Meier NJD · R	NJD	L	L2	PP2	—	81	31	23.5	54.5	12.3	255	137	56	35	45	57.9
21	Boone Jenner WSH · C	WSH	C	L4	PP2	PK2	62	15.5	21.7	37.2	4	124	127	58	36	254	55.5
22	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
23	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
24	Nic Dowd VGK · C	VGK	C	L4	—	PK1	71	6.5	11.2	17.7	0	62	124	54	59	474	53.4
25	Ondrej Palat NYI · L	NYI	L	L4	—	—	73	7.5	8.7	16.2	2	76	115	57	14	5	51.6
26	Noel Acciari PHI · C	PHI	R	L4	—	PK1	68	8.3	7.5	15.8	0	77	100	69	21	307	50.7
27	Colton Sissons TOR · C	TOR	R	L3	—	PK1	73	7.2	7	14.2	1.6	80	104	54	28	397	47.4
28	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

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.