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 PPP × SOG × 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 both bars · PPP across, SOG 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

SOG ↓ / PPP →	5+	10+	20+	25+
175+	12	12	9	5
150+	22	21	11	5
125+	37	31	16	9
100+	53	34	16	9

Forwards · 396 projected

SOG ↓ / PPP →	10+	15+	20+	25+	30+
250+	17	16	15	12	8
200+	51	45	36	28	15
150+	117	92	66	42	22

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	PPP × SOG × HIT × BLK × PIM pts
1	Moritz Seider DET · D	DET	D	D1	PP1	PK1	83	9.9	49	58.9	27.7	176	160	182	52	0	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	0	200.4
3	Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D	BUF	D	D1	PP1	PK3	80	18.5	59.1	77.6	24.7	209	91	96	73	0	186.3
4	Matthew Schaefer NYI · D	NYI	D	D1	PP1	PK3	81	22.8	45.6	68.4	24.4	259	42	111	40	0	185.9
5	Cale Makar COL · D	COL	D	D1	PP1	PK2	80	22.5	67.6	90.1	35	222	43	127	23	0	181.7
6	Zach Werenski CBJ · D	CBJ	D	D1	PP1	PK2	80	20.3	63.5	83.8	23.4	273	28	112	23	0	181.5
7	Evan Bouchard EDM · D	EDM	D	D1	PP1	PK2	83	19	73.4	92.4	33.8	227	36	104	32	0	176.2
8	Jakob Chychrun WSH · D	WSH	D	D1	PP1	PK3	79	19	32.1	51.1	17.5	199	61	111	58	0	166.1
9	Brandon Montour SEA · D	SEA	D	D2	PP2	PK3	77	12.6	25	37.6	11.2	198	88	91	58	0	161.5
10	Noah Dobson MTL · D	MTL	D	D2	PP2	PK2	80	10.8	37.5	48.3	10.6	170	64	171	34	0	159.3
11	Jake Sanderson OTT · D	OTT	D	D1	PP1	—	79	13.7	48.9	62.6	26.6	180	38	150	14	1	159.2
12	Rasmus Andersson VGK · D	VGK	D	D2	PP2	PK2	83	12.6	28	40.6	11.9	166	39	164	65	0	158.7
13	Quinn Hughes MIN · D	MIN	D	D1	PP1	PK3	78	13.4	77.9	91.3	38	202	12	85	34	0	158.1
14	Charlie McAvoy BOS · D	BOS	D	D1	PP2	PK1	73	10.5	46.6	57.1	19.8	118	99	134	66	0	156.7
15	Brandt Clarke LAK · D	LAK	D	D2	PP1	PK3	81	8.5	33	41.5	14.2	156	29	161	57	0	150.7
16	Darren Raddysh TOR · D	TOR	D	D2	PP1	PK2	79	13.5	44.3	57.8	21.5	175	64	78	55	0	150.6
17	Mikhail Sergachev UTA · D	UTA	D	D1	PP1	PK1	78	9.5	47	56.5	25.4	144	50	130	41	0	149.3
18	Neal Pionk WPG · D	WPG	D	D2	PP2	PK2	73	4.9	17.2	22.1	5.4	126	149	106	50	0	147.3
19	Dougie Hamilton NJD · D	NJD	D	D2	PP2	PK2	72	10.6	27.4	38	14.1	182	78	76	43	0	146
20	Roman Josi NSH · D	NSH	D	D1	PP1	PK3	66	12.8	40.4	53.2	23.1	173	31	103	28	0	140.9
21	Jackson LaCombe ANA · D	ANA	D	D1	PP1	PK1	81	11.5	43	54.5	15.5	143	72	129	24	0	140.2
22	Filip Hronek VAN · D	VAN	D	D1	PP1	PK1	77	7.1	37.8	44.9	17.1	120	120	93	36	1	139.8
23	Josh Morrissey WPG · D	WPG	D	D1	PP1	PK3	81	11.4	46.6	58	19.1	152	47	118	31	0	138.7
24	Alexander Nikishin CAR · D	CAR	D	—	—	—	81	8.5	22.5	31	8.2	123	130	98	36	0	136.6
25	Miro Heiskanen DAL · D	DAL	D	D1	PP1	PK1	74	9.8	50.5	60.3	25.1	146	26	122	28	0	136.3
26	Lane Hutson MTL · D	MTL	D	D1	PP1	PK2	81	12	74.5	86.5	25.7	128	34	129	35	0	136.3
27	Thomas Harley DAL · D	DAL	D	D1	PP2	PK2	79	10	35.8	45.8	10.4	143	44	146	26	0	132.4
28	Vince Dunn SEA · D	SEA	D	D1	PP1	PK3	77	9.7	32.9	42.6	18.5	157	33	84	52	0	132
29	Adam Fox NYR · D	NYR	D	D1	PP1	PK2	75	10.8	59.9	70.7	29.6	127	36	106	30	0	132
30	Brock Faber MIN · D	MIN	D	—	—	—	76	10	32.3	42.3	10.5	153	36	131	33	0	131.7
31	Seth Jones FLA · D	FLA	D	D2	PP1	PK2	71	8.6	30.8	39.4	19.5	127	78	100	26	0	131.5
32	Mike Matheson MTL · D	MTL	D	D2	PP2	PK1	79	7.9	29.8	37.7	5.6	122	59	152	40	0	129.7
33	Justin Faulk DET · D	DET	D	D1	PP2	PK2	76	8.7	23.5	32.2	8.7	129	73	120	37	0	129.3
34	Thomas Chabot OTT · D	OTT	D	D2	PP2	PK1	72	8.1	30.2	38.3	9.1	133	50	133	28	0	125.6
35	Artyom Levshunov CHI · D	CHI	D	D2	PP2	PK3	75	5.6	28.5	34.1	9.2	108	106	88	46	0	124.4
36	Cole Hutson WSH · D	WSH	D	D3	PP2	PK3	85	9.6	21.1	30.7	7.1	123	103	79	45	0	124.4
37	John Carlson TBL · D	TBL	D	D1	PP1	PK2	71	11.1	43	54.1	14.2	142	34	112	28	0	123.2
38	Aaron Ekblad FLA · D	FLA	D	D1	PP2	PK1	72	5.5	23.5	29	6.9	105	91	95	58	0	122.1
39	Erik Karlsson PIT · D	PIT	D	D1	PP1	PK1	74	11.7	47.1	58.8	21.6	163	23	70	23	0	121.6
40	Noah Hanifin VGK · D	VGK	D	D3	PP2	PK3	80	6.5	28	34.5	8.5	143	44	122	17	0	120.6
41	Shayne Gostisbehere CAR · D	CAR	D	D3	PP1	PK3	72	11.4	43.5	54.9	24.2	131	37	76	33	0	120.4
42	Luke Hughes NJD · D	NJD	D	D1	PP1	PK3	76	10.2	38.7	48.9	18.6	164	22	64	31	0	119.3
43	Morgan Rielly TOR · D	TOR	D	D2	PP2	PK3	80	8.5	29.4	37.9	9.3	134	38	119	27	0	118.1
44	Bowen Byram CHI · D	CHI	D	D1	PP1	PK2	80	10.5	30.8	41.3	14.2	103	62	99	48	0	118.1
45	Tristan Luneau ANA · D	ANA	D	D1	PP2	—	88	5.8	17.8	23.6	5.3	119	73	110	34	0	118
46	Carter Yakemchuk OTT · D	OTT	D	D3	PP2	PK3	86	8.4	25.1	33.5	7.2	115	73	97	36	0	115
47	Kris Letang PIT · D	PIT	D	D2	PP2	PK2	67	5	23.3	28.3	8.3	102	94	87	38	0	114.8
48	Brady Skjei NSH · D	NSH	D	D2	PP2	PK1	82	6.6	21.9	28.5	5.1	122	65	85	40	0	110.9
49	Victor Hedman TBL · D	TBL	D	D3	PP2	PK3	66	8.2	37.5	45.7	9.2	118	40	96	28	0	105.6
50	Hampus Lindholm BOS · D	BOS	D	D2	PP1	PK1	75	5.6	21.9	27.5	5.1	108	21	107	59	0	104.4
51	Shea Theodore VGK · D	VGK	D	D1	PP1	PK3	74	9.4	37.9	47.3	10.4	132	5	93	25	0	100.1
52	Simon Nemec CGY · D	CGY	D	D1	PP2	PK3	68	7.4	14.4	21.8	9.2	103	22	100	29	0	95.7
53	Tony DeAngelo NYI · D	NYI	D	D3	PP2	PK3	67	5.6	24.6	30.2	6.6	124	30	64	37	0	95.5

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.