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 SOG × HIT? — shot volume with physicality

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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 · SOG across, HIT 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

HIT ↓ / SOG →	100+	125+	150+	175+
175+	2	1	1	0
125+	9	5	3	1
100+	14	6	4	1
75+	22	10	7	4

Forwards · 396 projected

HIT ↓ / SOG →	150+	200+	250+
200+	6	3	1
150+	14	4	1
100+	30	10	2

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 →

Showing22 players clearingSOG 100+HIT 75+Defenceclear ×

#	Player	Tm	Pos	ES	PP	PK	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FOW	SOG × HIT pts
1	Moritz Seider DET · D	DET	D	D1	PP1	PK1	83	9.9	49	58.9	27.7	176	160	182	52	0	118.4
2	MacKenzie Weegar UTA · D	UTA	D	D1	PP2	PK2	81	6.9	27.4	34.3	9.8	157	182	175	69	0	117.4
3	Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D	BUF	D	D1	PP1	PK3	80	18.5	59.1	77.6	24.7	209	91	96	73	0	110.9
4	Darnell Nurse SJS · D	SJS	D	D1	—	PK1	81	6.7	18.8	25.5	0.9	162	144	157	91	0	108
5	Brandon Montour SEA · D	SEA	D	D2	PP2	PK3	77	12.6	25	37.6	11.2	198	88	91	58	0	105.6
6	Jacob Trouba SJS · D	SJS	D	D2	—	PK1	80	6.2	19.7	25.9	0.9	143	153	165	44	0	103.1
7	Nikita Zadorov BOS · D	BOS	D	D1	—	PK2	82	4.2	16.1	20.3	0.1	101	199	100	143	0	100.1
8	Sean Walker CAR · D	CAR	D	D1	—	PK2	82	8.2	17.2	25.4	0.7	156	124	116	54	0	99.6
9	Dougie Hamilton NJD · D	NJD	D	D2	PP2	PK2	72	10.6	27.4	38	14.1	182	78	76	43	0	96.2
10	Neal Pionk WPG · D	WPG	D	D2	PP2	PK2	73	4.9	17.2	22.1	5.4	126	149	106	50	0	95.1
11	Alexander Romanov NYI · D	NYI	D	D2	—	PK2	75	2.9	10.7	13.6	0	102	164	166	27	0	90
12	Braden Schneider NYR · D	NYR	D	D3	—	PK2	83	3.5	14.3	17.8	0	103	162	142	25	0	89.8
13	Alexander Nikishin CAR · D	CAR	D	—	—	—	81	8.5	22.5	31	8.2	123	130	98	36	0	88.2
14	K'Andre Miller CAR · D	CAR	D	D1	PP2	PK2	79	7.3	28.5	35.8	3.1	123	117	98	50	0	84.3
15	Filip Hronek VAN · D	VAN	D	D1	PP1	PK1	77	7.1	37.8	44.9	17.1	120	120	93	36	1	84
16	Cole Hutson WSH · D	WSH	D	D2	PP2	PK3	85	9.6	21.1	30.7	7.1	123	103	79	45	0	80.1
17	Charlie McAvoy BOS · D	BOS	D	D1	PP2	PK1	73	10.5	46.6	57.1	19.8	118	99	134	66	0	76.9
18	Artyom Levshunov CHI · D	CHI	D	D2	PP2	PK3	75	5.6	28.5	34.1	9.2	108	106	88	46	0	75
19	Seth Jones FLA · D	FLA	D	D2	PP1	PK2	71	8.6	30.8	39.4	19.5	127	78	100	26	0	74.2
20	Colton Parayko STL · D	STL	D	D2	—	PK2	76	6	13.6	19.6	0.4	109	96	166	20	0	72.4
21	Aaron Ekblad FLA · D	FLA	D	D1	PP2	PK1	72	5.5	23.5	29	6.9	105	91	95	58	0	69.3
22	Kris Letang PIT · D	PIT	D	D2	PP2	PK2	67	5	23.3	28.3	8.3	102	94	87	38	0	69

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.