NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey

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2018-2019 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks

#	Player Name	Pos.	Team	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	HIT	Avg Rnk
9	Brent Burns	D	SJS	16	67	13	28	300	90	85.67
14	Kris Letang	D	PIT	16	40	13	19	206	116	98.25
22	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	20	52	24	21	223	61	104.83
25	Mark Giordano	D	CGY	17	57	39	21	221	58	108.67
42	John Carlson	D	WSH	13	57	21	33	185	54	132.25
46	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	9	28	21	9	180	143	138.75
47	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	12	42	24	25	182	59	139.58
49	Justin Faulk	D	CAR	11	24	9	10	217	156	140.50
60	Jacob Trouba	D	WIN	8	42	8	18	162	112	151.58
62	Roman Josi	D	NSH	15	41	9	12	274	53	155.58
67	Dougie Hamilton	D	CAR	18	21	0	7	259	160	161.92
71	Jake Muzzin	D	TOR	9	28	21	5	141	172	165.50
72	Shea Weber	D	MTL	14	19	15	6	166	129	170.00
75	Colton Parayko	D	STL	10	18	20	8	176	127	172.58
87	Esa Lindell	D	DAL	11	21	14	7	132	143	182.25
92	Seth Jones	D	CBJ	9	37	1	10	184	106	184.67
94	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	13	24	1	10	180	114	185.50
97	Jeff Petry	D	MTL	13	33	-5	11	172	190	185.75
99	Erik Gustafsson	D	CHI	17	43	-6	18	160	100	187.08
100	Alexander Edler	D	VAN	10	24	3	17	128	127	189.75
105	Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	9	37	38	3	128	98	191.92
110	Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	8	36	27	7	146	68	196.33
115	Darnell Nurse	D	EDM	10	31	-5	9	196	162	197.67
117	Tyson Barrie	D	COL	14	45	-3	25	218	48	198.42
120	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	ARI	14	30	-16	19	176	162	202.17
121	Alex Pietrangelo	D	STL	13	28	2	15	168	62	202.42
122	Tyler Myers	D	WIN	9	22	11	7	156	97	202.75
125	Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	14	29	-1	11	152	91	204.00
129	Ryan Ellis	D	NSH	7	34	21	5	149	71	212.67
130	John Klingberg	D	DAL	10	35	6	20	153	42	213.25
138	Vince Dunn	D	STL	12	23	14	8	150	48	224.17
140	Mikhail Sergachev	D	TBL	6	26	12	6	128	97	224.42
151	Drew Doughty	D	LAK	8	37	-34	24	154	168	229.75
153	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	14	41	-12	16	185	71	230.33
160	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	9	35	-13	20	177	97	235.08
162	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	BUF	5	38	-41	17	182	235	235.58
163	Erik Karlsson	D	SJS	3	42	6	20	169	44	237.00
164	Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	5	28	18	5	116	87	237.33
165	P.K. Subban	D	NSH	9	22	5	10	168	56	237.67
169	Torey Krug	D	BOS	6	47	-2	30	151	53	240.58
176	Colin Miller	D	VGK	3	26	0	13	131	122	245.33
187	Johnny Boychuk	D	NYI	3	16	10	3	157	144	250.67
188	Dustin Byfuglien	D	WIN	4	27	4	16	115	77	250.83
195	Keith Yandle	D	FLA	9	53	-17	39	199	47	256.83
198	Brent Seabrook	D	CHI	5	23	-6	10	165	124	260.75
202	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	11	33	-12	15	168	67	261.25
205	Ryan Suter	D	MIN	7	40	-8	15	136	78	263.42
206	Nate Schmidt	D	VGK	9	21	22	8	112	37	263.67
208	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	8	23	0	7	146	70	264.67
215	Duncan Keith	D	CHI	6	34	13	3	141	42	266.67
219	Erik Cernak	D	TBL	5	11	25	1	107	198	271.75
221	Samuel Girard	D	COL	4	23	8	9	116	65	272.33
228	Josh Morrissey	D	WIN	6	25	9	10	95	55	274.75
229	David Savard	D	CBJ	8	16	19	0	124	122	275.75
231	Matt Niskanen	D	WSH	8	17	-3	2	143	167	276.00
238	Erik Johnson	D	COL	7	18	8	0	144	124	280.17
239	Damon Severson	D	NJD	11	28	-27	12	146	83	281.25
243	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	7	21	14	2	79	92	282.08
244	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	12	25	-4	9	202	27	282.42
245	Tony DeAngelo	D	NYR	4	26	6	10	111	54	282.83
246	Marcus Pettersson	D	PIT	2	23	17	5	87	101	283.58
250	Brandon Montour	D	BUF	8	27	-20	6	181	99	285.58
257	Adam Pelech	D	NYI	5	16	22	0	110	149	288.17
259	Neal Pionk	D	NYR	6	20	-16	13	132	138	289.42
261	TJ Brodie	D	CGY	9	25	29	4	102	21	289.83
264	Nick Leddy	D	NYI	4	22	0	10	116	77	291.00
265	Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	3	26	3	1	101	137	292.17
269	Radko Gudas	D	PHI	4	16	6	0	136	255	294.25
274	Brian Dumoulin	D	PIT	3	20	31	0	99	141	296.92
278	Jake Gardiner	D	TOR	3	27	19	5	78	61	301.00
280	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	PHI	9	28	-20	14	180	46	301.83
282	Michal Kempny	D	WSH	6	19	24	0	111	84	303.33
291	Troy Stecher	D	VAN	2	21	9	2	105	91	308.00
295	Hampus Lindholm	D	ANA	6	22	-5	6	125	81	310.83
298	Dylan DeMelo	D	OTT	4	18	-1	3	109	121	313.50
299	Ben Chiarot	D	WIN	5	15	6	0	111	171	314.08
300	Nikita Zadorov	D	COL	7	7	19	0	100	228	314.17
302	Jordie Benn	D	MTL	5	17	15	0	93	124	315.25
304	Zdeno Chara	D	BOS	5	9	22	3	99	81	315.83
305	Matt Benning	D	EDM	5	12	11	1	94	109	316.50
308	Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	9	26	-4	5	121	45	319.67
309	Scott Mayfield	D	NYI	4	15	18	0	104	118	319.92
313	Brady Skjei	D	NYR	8	17	-4	0	126	178	324.50
314	Brett Pesce	D	CAR	7	22	35	0	98	53	324.67
316	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	12	21	-14	8	182	34	325.83
317	Ron Hainsey	D	TOR	5	18	30	0	81	91	326.08
318	Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	7	19	-16	2	145	123	326.92
325	Brenden Dillon	D	SJS	1	21	19	0	71	202	329.67
328	Oscar Klefbom	D	EDM	5	23	-11	11	167	44	332.75
330	Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	4	12	11	0	84	200	334.75
331	Brett Kulak	D	MTL	6	11	12	0	102	107	335.08
334	Rasmus Andersson	D	CGY	2	17	17	2	115	52	335.75
341	Braydon Coburn	D	TBL	4	19	4	0	113	96	339.83
342	Brandon Carlo	D	BOS	2	8	22	0	116	134	341.83
346	Alex Goligoski	D	ARI	3	24	-7	7	102	79	346.67
347	Matt Dumba	D	MIN	12	10	-5	12	93	60	346.75
348	Cody Ceci	D	OTT	7	19	-22	1	132	120	347.42
353	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	NYR	2	26	-15	7	148	73	349.50
355	Travis Hamonic	D	CGY	7	12	21	0	128	44	350.08
356	Matt Grzelcyk	D	BOS	3	15	9	6	90	46	351.08
358	Mike Green	D	DET	5	21	-1	3	92	60	352.17
359	Olli Maatta	D	PIT	1	13	9	4	74	97	352.25
361	Niklas Kronwall	D	DET	3	24	-5	8	71	84	353.00
368	Mike Matheson	D	FLA	8	19	-24	6	129	63	358.83
370	Dan Girardi	D	TBL	4	12	6	0	75	151	359.75
374	Connor Murphy	D	CHI	5	8	12	0	84	119	361.33
375	Jakob Chychrun	D	ARI	5	15	-12	8	117	74	362.17
384	Robert Hagg	D	PHI	5	15	-3	0	86	258	364.75
390	Markus Nutivaara	D	CBJ	5	16	3	0	99	80	367.92
392	Joel Edmundson	D	STL	2	9	8	0	102	128	370.58
395	Alex Biega	D	VAN	2	14	0	1	91	101	373.33
397	Will Butcher	D	NJD	4	26	-17	14	108	38	374.08
398	Jordan Oesterle	D	ARI	6	14	-3	7	77	58	375.17
400	Calvin de Haan	D	CAR	1	13	1	0	102	187	375.67
402	John Moore	D	BOS	4	9	0	3	97	77	375.92
404	Ryan Murray	D	CBJ	1	28	20	1	71	27	377.25
407	Jack Johnson	D	PIT	1	12	-4	2	86	233	378.00
408	MacKenzie Weegar	D	FLA	4	11	-3	1	79	127	379.00
412	Andy Greene	D	NJD	5	20	-9	2	104	67	381.83
413	Nick Jensen	D	WSH	2	18	4	0	94	82	384.17
414	Alec Martinez	D	LAK	4	14	-2	2	78	78	385.08
417	Devon Toews	D	NYI	5	13	7	4	81	24	385.83
418	Anton Stralman	D	TBL	2	15	12	1	57	59	387.08
420	Nick Holden	D	VGK	3	12	5	0	77	104	389.25
422	Nikita Zaitsev	D	TOR	3	11	2	0	71	139	390.92
427	Roman Polak	D	DAL	1	8	6	0	77	191	394.83
428	Jon Merrill	D	VGK	3	12	16	0	72	71	394.92
429	Jamie Oleksiak	D	DAL	4	8	5	0	55	135	395.33
430	Zach Bogosian	D	BUF	3	16	-5	1	93	83	395.75
431	Ben Hutton	D	VAN	5	15	-23	8	114	55	395.83
433	Adam Larsson	D	EDM	3	17	-28	0	117	256	397.50
437	Deryk Engelland	D	VGK	2	10	-3	0	105	165	400.08
440	Danny DeKeyser	D	DET	5	15	2	0	59	79	401.42
442	Kris Russell	D	EDM	3	13	5	0	63	93	401.83
443	Filip Hronek	D	DET	5	18	-10	5	73	66	401.92
449	Josh Manson	D	ANA	3	13	-8	0	96	184	406.50
452	Justin Braun	D	SJS	2	14	-14	1	105	121	408.17
453	Robert Bortuzzo	D	STL	2	8	9	0	75	95	408.92
458	Sami Vatanen	D	NJD	4	13	-17	5	107	68	411.83
459	Nathan Beaulieu	D	WIN	3	9	6	1	60	60	412.00
460	Travis Dermott	D	TOR	4	13	-5	0	98	100	412.00
461	Ian Cole	D	COL	2	13	-1	0	82	107	413.50
462	Brooks Orpik	D	WSH	2	7	8	0	43	131	413.92
463	Patrik Nemeth	D	COL	1	9	5	0	57	137	414.67
466	Scott Harrington	D	CBJ	2	15	6	0	54	73	418.92
471	Mike Reilly	D	MTL	3	8	0	1	101	48	424.83
480	Derrick Pouliot	D	VAN	3	9	-1	1	58	76	428.08
482	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	5	18	-14	6	88	32	428.50
483	Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	4	14	-15	1	111	61	428.92
485	Mark Pysyk	D	FLA	1	10	-1	0	64	133	433.83
487	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	SJS	3	22	-6	1	100	23	434.42
490	Jake McCabe	D	BUF	4	10	-4	0	64	103	438.25
491	Brad Hunt	D	MIN	5	7	-2	8	75	18	439.33
493	Taylor Fedun	D	DAL	4	7	2	2	86	19	442.33
496	Christian Folin	D	MTL	0	6	6	0	47	125	443.00
498	Tim Heed	D	SJS	2	11	9	3	41	16	445.25
500	Justin Schultz	D	PIT	2	13	0	6	47	25	446.25
501	Jay Bouwmeester	D	STL	3	14	-3	0	82	61	446.42
503	Jason Demers	D	ARI	2	6	9	1	39	50	447.25
508	Ben Lovejoy	D	DAL	2	7	-1	0	95	76	451.08
510	Adam McQuaid	D	CBJ	3	4	2	0	28	122	451.33
511	Yannick Weber	D	NSH	2	6	7	0	67	64	451.67
514	Michael Del Zotto	D	STL	1	9	-2	0	45	129	453.67
516	Brendan Smith	D	NYR	4	9	-7	0	66	100	455.58
517	Kevin Connauton	D	ARI	1	7	-2	0	75	108	456.42
519	Oscar Fantenberg	D	CGY	2	2	3	0	70	91	458.75
520	Marc Staal	D	NYR	3	10	-9	0	84	94	459.08
523	Christian Jaros	D	OTT	1	9	-14	2	65	110	460.25
524	Erik Gudbranson	D	PIT	2	8	-20	0	94	184	460.33
525	Matt Irwin	D	NSH	1	6	5	0	50	80	461.92
527	Greg Pateryn	D	MIN	1	6	-11	0	100	144	463.58
528	Radim Simek	D	SJS	1	8	7	0	41	67	464.25
529	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	CAR	3	11	-4	0	102	42	468.17
530	Victor Mete	D	MTL	0	13	17	0	65	21	468.92
531	Derek Forbort	D	LAK	2	12	-13	0	75	105	470.50
536	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	ARI	0	10	8	0	57	45	474.17
537	Dmitry Kulikov	D	WIN	0	6	4	0	40	88	474.58
539	Kevan Miller	D	BOS	0	7	8	0	32	73	474.75
540	Fredrik Claesson	D	NYR	2	4	3	0	44	76	475.67
545	Madison Bowey	D	DET	2	8	-1	0	48	72	478.00
558	Christopher Tanev	D	VAN	2	10	3	0	51	29	491.42
559	Nick Seeler	D	MIN	2	5	-4	0	67	78	491.58
560	Mark Borowiecki	D	OTT	1	4	-12	0	59	212	492.33
563	Mirco Mueller	D	NJD	1	10	-3	0	39	75	493.25
569	Igor Ozhiganov	D	TOR	3	4	0	0	43	57	496.50
570	Marco Scandella	D	BUF	6	7	-13	0	83	53	496.75
572	Slater Koekkoek	D	CHI	2	4	4	0	36	54	496.83
576	Sean Walker	D	LAK	3	7	-8	1	55	43	501.42
577	Dion Phaneuf	D	LAK	1	5	-21	0	80	128	501.83
580	Christian Djoos	D	WSH	1	9	9	0	33	18	506.58
582	Carl Dahlstrom	D	CHI	0	6	9	0	42	33	508.50
584	Korbinian Holzer	D	ANA	1	3	5	0	15	61	510.33
586	Steven Kampfer	D	BOS	3	3	-6	2	40	44	511.67
589	Jonathan Ericsson	D	DET	3	2	-10	0	48	98	513.83
591	Jan Rutta	D	TBL	2	6	4	0	42	24	515.33
595	Thomas Hickey	D	NYI	0	4	5	0	47	40	519.58
596	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	ARI	0	4	-9	0	27	150	519.58
600	Casey Nelson	D	BUF	1	5	1	0	37	44	521.58
603	Paul LaDue	D	LAK	2	3	0	0	33	51	523.42
604	Ryan Graves	D	COL	3	2	4	0	26	32	523.67
605	Carl Gunnarsson	D	STL	3	4	8	0	21	11	524.83
607	Joe Morrow	D	WIN	1	6	0	0	40	37	528.25
608	Andrej Sekera	D	EDM	0	4	3	1	28	17	529.92
609	Josh Brown	D	FLA	1	1	-3	0	28	80	531.17
610	Steven Santini	D	NJD	1	3	-6	0	41	80	531.33
615	Ben Harpur	D	OTT	1	4	-13	0	50	89	535.42
616	Joakim Ryan	D	SJS	0	7	-1	0	35	43	535.58
618	Oliver Kylington	D	CGY	3	5	3	0	21	11	536.00
620	Matt Roy	D	LAK	2	4	-1	0	34	38	536.92
625	Zach Trotman	D	PIT	0	1	4	1	16	20	541.25
626	Connor Carrick	D	NJD	2	9	-13	1	42	25	541.75
628	Gustav Forsling	D	CHI	3	6	-9	0	57	38	542.33
631	Alexander Petrovic	D	EDM	0	2	-15	0	47	116	543.17
632	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	WSH	0	4	6	0	12	31	544.25
634	Connor Clifton	D	BOS	0	1	5	0	22	40	545.00
635	Luke Schenn	D	VAN	0	2	-10	0	30	105	547.17
637	Bogdan Kiselevich	D	WIN	0	8	-3	0	14	49	548.08
640	Anthony Bitetto	D	MIN	0	3	-7	0	30	80	550.33
641	Dean Kukan	D	CBJ	0	5	6	0	16	16	550.42
642	Trevor Daley	D	DET	2	6	-3	0	47	14	553.25
643	Dan Hamhuis	D	NSH	0	5	-2	0	39	38	553.33
648	Dalton Prout	D	CGY	1	1	1	0	14	36	558.00
649	Andrew MacDonald	D	PHI	0	9	-5	0	41	30	558.75
651	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	0	3	0	2	6	1	561.83
652	Kevin Gravel	D	EDM	0	3	-2	0	44	31	565.08
653	Haydn Fleury	D	CAR	0	1	4	0	17	25	565.33
656	Michael Stone	D	CGY	0	5	0	0	12	27	567.25
659	Ian McCoshen	D	FLA	1	1	-2	0	15	41	568.58
664	Sami Niku	D	WIN	1	3	0	0	19	10	576.75
666	Juuso Valimaki	D	CGY	1	2	-2	0	28	21	578.08
667	Martin Marincin	D	TOR	1	4	-4	0	34	21	578.33
670	Julius Honka	D	DAL	0	4	-2	0	38	16	579.25
672	Egor Yakovlev	D	NJD	2	5	-6	0	24	12	587.00
673	Dylan McIlrath	D	DET	0	0	2	0	6	19	587.50
674	Lawrence Pilut	D	BUF	1	5	-8	0	37	20	588.92
675	Libor Hajek	D	NYR	1	0	1	0	10	5	590.42
676	Ashton Sautner	D	VAN	0	1	-2	0	21	25	592.00
677	Kurtis MacDermid	D	LAK	0	1	-1	0	5	26	593.50
678	Luca Sbisa	D	NYI	0	1	0	0	5	17	594.92
679	Cameron Gaunce	D	TBL	0	0	3	0	2	4	596.58
680	Chad Ruhwedel	D	PIT	1	1	-9	0	22	40	597.25
684	Dante Fabbro	D	NSH	1	0	-1	0	5	3	605.50
685	Brady Keeper	D	FLA	0	0	1	0	1	2	606.75
687	Jake Chelios	D	DET	0	0	0	0	5	7	607.00
689	Brendan Guhle	D	ANA	0	1	-2	0	15	9	608.25
692	Jake Bean	D	CAR	0	0	0	0	1	1	612.83
697	Jimmy Schuldt	D	VGK	0	1	-1	0	1	0	615.25
698	Josh Teves	D	VAN	0	0	-1	0	0	4	616.67
699	Brogan Rafferty	D	VAN	0	0	-1	0	3	0	618.42
700	Marc Methot	D	DAL	0	0	-3	0	3	15	618.92
703	Mark Barberio	D	COL	1	0	-6	0	11	13	621.83
704	Kyle Capobianco	D	ARI	0	0	-2	0	1	2	623.42
705	Samuel Morin	D	PHI	0	0	-3	0	5	9	623.42
706	John Gilmour	D	NYR	0	0	-3	0	9	3	624.00
709	Justin Holl	D	TOR	0	1	-5	0	6	9	628.25
711	Matt Hunwick	D	BUF	0	2	-7	0	10	6	631.58
712	Ryan Lindgren	D	NYR	0	0	-6	0	8	11	634.50
713	Joe Hicketts	D	DET	0	0	-9	0	16	17	635.42

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Notes: Official player data is provided daily by The National Hockey League (nhl.com). For highest data quality, we average ties (draws) when calculating ranks. Goalie Starts^ data is shown for reference only, not ranked. This ranking analysis is particularly relevant to popular Yahoo Fantasy Hockey Rotisserie or Head-to-Head League default scoring.

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Player Data Last Updated: Mon Apr 8 04:05 Pacific