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 →

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#	Player	Tm	Pos	ES	PP	PK	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FOW	SOG × HIT pts
1	Brady Tkachuk FLA · L	FLA	L	L1	PP1	—	76	36.1	43.3	79.4	26.4	298	222	27	102	216	185.8
2	Kiefer Sherwood SJS · L	SJS	R	L4	PP2	PK2	75	17	14.9	31.9	8	152	360	30	46	18	168.8
3	Will Cuylle NYR · L	NYR	L	L3	PP2	PK2	83	22.6	20.6	43.2	7	158	299	59	58	31	152.9
4	Alex Laferriere LAK · R	LAK	R	L2	PP2	PK3	82	24.4	24.2	48.6	5.3	206	213	46	23	145	146.3
5	Timo Meier NJD · R	NJD	L	L2	PP2	—	81	31	23.5	54.5	12.3	255	137	56	35	45	143.1
6	Dylan Cozens OTT · C	OTT	C	L2	PP1	—	83	28.1	33.9	62	25	202	200	31	59	494	140.8
7	Filip Forsberg NSH · L	NSH	L	L2	PP1	—	81	32.5	39	71.5	26.8	247	129	38	36	8	137.5
8	Owen Tippett PHI · R	PHI	R	L2	PP2	—	80	26.4	23.7	50.1	7.6	210	151	53	27	10	129.3
9	Adrian Kempe LAK · R	LAK	R	L1	PP1	—	82	31.9	39.3	71.2	15.9	224	119	38	53	39	125.3
10	Andrei Svechnikov CAR · R	CAR	R	L1	PP1	—	78	30.1	39.6	69.7	27.6	199	152	20	65	7	125.2
11	Adam Fantilli CBJ · C	CBJ	C	L1	PP1	—	83	29.1	35.9	65	13.1	218	126	49	32	514	125
12	Tom Wilson WSH · R	WSH	R	L1	PP1	PK1	77	28.5	32.1	60.6	13.9	155	200	60	115	15	122
13	Porter Martone PHI · R	PHI	R	L3	PP1	—	83	23.4	23.4	46.8	16.4	182	161	27	62	12	121.1
14	Sam Bennett FLA · C	FLA	C	L2	PP2	PK3	78	28.2	31	59.2	13.5	203	132	37	85	508	120.8
15	Dylan Holloway STL · L	STL	L	L1	PP2	PK3	72	24.4	36.4	60.8	10.6	184	156	46	23	44	120.4
16	Tim Stützle OTT · C	OTT	C	L1	PP1	PK1	81	32.7	58.9	91.6	33.7	202	126	45	41	295	118.6
17	Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L	MTL	L	L2	PP1	—	83	32.2	46.8	79	26.7	187	134	72	51	16	115
18	Blake Coleman MIN · L	MIN	L	L2	PP2	PK1	76	20.4	17.6	38	2.1	171	155	53	48	21	114.9
19	Joel Eriksson Ek MIN · C	MIN	C	L2	PP1	PK2	72	23.2	31.6	54.8	17.2	198	116	40	35	692	114
20	Bobby McMann SEA · L	SEA	L	L2	PP2	PK3	77	20	15.5	35.5	5.6	166	154	27	39	6	112.6
21	Matthew Knies CBJ · L	CBJ	L	L1	PP1	PK3	81	26.2	42.8	69	21	150	164	35	35	1	109.2
22	Drake Batherson OTT · R	OTT	R	L1	PP1	—	81	28.2	41.2	69.4	31	174	128	26	34	16	108
23	Ryan Leonard WSH · R	WSH	R	L2	PP2	—	76	23.2	29.4	52.6	14.8	175	126	29	47	6	107.8
24	Alex Ovechkin WSH · L	WSH	L	L2	PP1	—	65	25	24.8	49.8	16.4	183	108	14	19	1	105.6
25	J.T. Miller NYR · C	NYR	C	L2	PP1	PK1	75	23	45.4	68.4	23.6	150	150	42	43	622	105
26	Travis Konecny PHI · R	PHI	R	L1	PP2	PK3	81	26.6	46.2	72.8	15.4	181	105	40	60	28	103.9
27	Mackie Samoskevich SEA · R	SEA	L	L4	PP2	—	76	18.2	20.3	38.5	10.4	156	135	34	26	4	102.9
28	Tomas Hertl VGK · C	VGK	C	L3	PP1	—	78	29.7	32.9	62.6	23.9	179	103	47	33	670	102.5
29	Frank Vatrano ANA · R	ANA	R	L3	PP2	PK3	74	15.5	12.2	27.7	4.3	155	130	51	63	10	101
30	Morgan Geekie BOS · C	BOS	L	L2	PP1	—	80	27.4	27.6	55	19.2	159	111	35	24	125	96.9

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.