NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey

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2019-2020 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks

#	Player Name	Pos.	Team	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	HIT	Avg Rnk
11	Roman Josi	D	NSH	16	49	22	23	260	52	90.33
20	Neal Pionk	D	WIN	6	39	10	25	177	165	101.08
22	John Carlson	D	WSH	15	60	12	26	189	55	102.42
23	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	11	44	27	22	155	73	102.75
30	Alex Pietrangelo	D	STL	16	36	11	22	225	47	116.08
40	Shea Weber	D	MTL	15	21	8	8	185	112	132.33
42	Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	13	23	11	16	150	84	134.67
44	Tony DeAngelo	D	NYR	15	38	12	19	149	48	137.25
46	Dougie Hamilton	D	CAR	14	26	30	12	170	52	139.25
50	Kris Letang	D	PIT	15	29	0	15	177	101	141.17
52	Matt Niskanen	D	PHI	8	25	15	13	126	124	141.50
53	Mikhail Sergachev	D	TBL	10	24	15	13	118	106	143.08
54	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	10	25	8	8	163	110	145.75
66	Cale Makar	D	COL	12	38	12	19	121	45	161.58
72	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	20	21	9	13	187	36	164.50
78	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	13	33	12	16	219	20	169.17
99	Colton Parayko	D	STL	10	18	8	5	162	87	186.83
100	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	TBL	8	26	22	7	131	62	187.08
102	Alexander Edler	D	VAN	5	28	13	7	118	108	187.75
108	Jeff Petry	D	MTL	11	29	-10	12	158	177	191.50
109	Adam Fox	D	NYR	8	34	22	13	125	35	193.08
120	Ryan Ellis	D	NSH	8	30	16	9	114	48	200.83
121	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	8	27	14	7	163	40	201.83
127	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	5	27	24	2	101	131	205.25
134	Alex Goligoski	D	ARI	4	28	8	11	101	91	209.83
136	Seth Jones	D	CBJ	6	24	10	9	126	62	210.83
137	Jakob Chychrun	D	ARI	12	14	4	8	149	75	211.00
138	Brent Burns	D	SJS	12	33	-22	17	225	72	211.08
140	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	BUF	6	27	-2	9	128	203	211.67
145	Vince Dunn	D	STL	9	14	15	10	138	50	215.25
147	Darnell Nurse	D	EDM	5	28	-2	5	170	172	216.00
154	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	6	30	30	3	145	43	220.33
156	Ryan Graves	D	COL	9	17	40	0	134	112	222.08
160	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	ARI	9	21	-3	7	135	129	223.00
164	Torey Krug	D	BOS	9	40	-4	28	144	36	231.00
168	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	5	36	12	6	147	34	234.50
169	Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	12	20	-1	13	112	61	236.17
174	Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	4	23	5	5	105	106	241.00
175	Drew Doughty	D	LAK	7	28	-16	14	141	106	241.17
178	Mark Giordano	D	CGY	5	26	2	11	157	42	244.33
179	Jacob Trouba	D	NYR	7	20	-12	8	168	173	244.58
187	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	6	33	-18	11	186	79	248.50
190	Matt Roy	D	LAK	4	14	16	1	112	132	250.83
196	Ryan Suter	D	MIN	8	40	-6	18	111	48	255.83
202	Matt Grzelcyk	D	BOS	4	17	15	7	112	56	258.00
205	Matt Dumba	D	MIN	6	18	-7	8	167	98	259.75
208	Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	8	25	-1	5	154	49	260.92
209	Ben Chiarot	D	MTL	9	12	5	0	130	152	263.17
210	Esa Lindell	D	DAL	3	20	5	7	98	89	263.58
211	Filip Hronek	D	DET	9	22	-38	10	125	105	264.08
212	Nate Schmidt	D	VGK	7	24	11	7	112	25	264.17
218	John Marino	D	PIT	6	20	17	4	61	72	267.50
220	Tyson Barrie	D	TOR	5	34	-7	12	169	47	267.67
223	Keith Yandle	D	FLA	5	40	0	21	129	18	270.75
224	Devon Toews	D	NYI	6	22	1	6	122	55	270.83
234	Samuel Girard	D	COL	4	30	1	13	96	46	276.00
235	Jake Muzzin	D	TOR	6	17	12	0	99	109	276.33
237	Josh Morrissey	D	WIN	5	26	1	12	120	34	277.00
239	Brandon Carlo	D	BOS	4	15	16	0	111	126	278.83
240	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	4	36	-7	19	90	72	279.33
243	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	3	24	6	7	123	38	280.83
244	Marcus Pettersson	D	PIT	2	20	9	2	79	106	282.17
248	Damon Severson	D	NJD	8	23	-20	10	114	81	284.42
253	Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	8	17	4	4	110	41	287.92
254	Oscar Klefbom	D	EDM	5	29	-17	18	159	45	288.25
256	Ian Cole	D	COL	4	22	21	0	92	83	288.33
258	Tyler Myers	D	VAN	6	15	-7	7	134	99	288.50
263	Erik Gustafsson	D	CGY	6	23	-9	9	103	86	289.83
269	Joel Edmundson	D	CAR	7	13	7	0	97	118	294.83
271	Erik Cernak	D	TBL	5	7	11	0	125	172	295.83
272	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	9	20	0	8	117	25	296.08
278	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	8	45	-10	25	126	7	301.17
279	Brandon Montour	D	BUF	5	13	13	2	86	60	301.33
281	Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	2	26	15	1	103	41	303.08
287	Connor Murphy	D	CHI	5	14	2	0	117	128	307.17
291	Radko Gudas	D	WSH	2	13	15	0	90	164	309.75
297	Duncan Keith	D	CHI	3	24	1	11	111	26	311.75
299	Justin Faulk	D	STL	5	11	-3	3	147	82	314.08
307	John Klingberg	D	DAL	6	26	-10	17	120	29	317.67
311	Sean Walker	D	LAK	5	19	-12	5	127	81	320.50
314	Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	5	17	-12	5	132	82	321.67
315	P.K. Subban	D	NJD	7	11	-21	6	151	88	322.00
317	Erik Johnson	D	COL	3	13	9	0	99	97	323.83
318	Nick Holden	D	VGK	6	8	-1	1	101	129	324.33
320	Erik Karlsson	D	SJS	6	34	-15	13	120	26	325.67
321	Justin Holl	D	TOR	2	16	13	0	89	89	325.92
325	Robert Hagg	D	PHI	3	10	14	1	38	136	330.08
327	Zdeno Chara	D	BOS	5	9	26	0	86	78	330.75
330	Scott Mayfield	D	NYI	5	8	8	0	98	93	333.83
331	Philippe Myers	D	PHI	4	12	17	0	78	80	334.50
332	Brady Skjei	D	CAR	8	16	-10	0	139	103	334.92
340	Troy Stecher	D	VAN	5	12	10	0	86	69	340.58
341	Mark Borowiecki	D	OTT	7	11	1	0	63	199	340.67
342	MacKenzie Weegar	D	FLA	7	11	6	0	77	76	342.25
343	Mike Matheson	D	FLA	8	12	-1	2	104	44	342.58
346	Rasmus Andersson	D	CGY	5	17	-7	4	124	51	344.75
347	Nikita Zadorov	D	COL	4	9	6	0	65	175	345.75
350	Michael Del Zotto	D	ANA	2	13	5	1	57	101	346.33
356	Ethan Bear	D	EDM	5	16	-4	2	99	59	351.00
357	Nick Leddy	D	NYI	3	18	-1	4	72	62	351.42
360	Marco Scandella	D	STL	4	9	14	0	77	78	352.33
362	Sami Vatanen	D	CAR	5	18	-12	10	95	50	352.67
367	Carson Soucy	D	MIN	7	7	16	0	61	69	357.50
371	Olli Maatta	D	CHI	4	13	0	0	80	119	359.67
374	Ben Hutton	D	LAK	4	12	5	0	114	51	360.58
376	Justin Braun	D	PHI	3	16	-2	1	70	91	361.58
381	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	CBJ	5	13	1	0	81	79	366.50
382	David Savard	D	CBJ	0	11	-3	2	97	129	368.17
385	Ryan Lindgren	D	NYR	1	13	16	0	47	94	369.58
389	Michal Kempny	D	WSH	3	15	19	0	73	42	371.42
391	Travis Dermott	D	TOR	4	7	14	0	65	76	371.58
396	Jake Gardiner	D	CAR	4	20	-24	11	87	43	374.50
404	Brad Hunt	D	MIN	8	11	-7	10	106	12	382.83
406	Mark Pysyk	D	FLA	9	9	4	0	64	47	382.83
408	Hampus Lindholm	D	ANA	2	20	-10	8	109	34	383.83
413	Henri Jokiharju	D	BUF	4	11	-6	2	78	74	386.33
414	Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	2	7	1	0	73	201	386.58
418	TJ Brodie	D	CGY	4	15	7	1	65	20	388.42
419	Brett Pesce	D	CAR	4	14	7	0	104	22	389.42
423	Johnny Boychuk	D	NYI	2	9	-11	1	96	135	392.75
425	Dylan DeMelo	D	WIN	0	10	4	0	74	105	394.58
429	Jack Johnson	D	PIT	3	8	-1	0	63	183	395.58
431	Mike Reilly	D	OTT	1	15	-6	9	85	39	399.58
433	Anton Stralman	D	FLA	5	14	-6	0	89	68	402.08
438	Brenden Dillon	D	WSH	1	13	-2	0	58	194	403.25
439	Christopher Tanev	D	VAN	2	18	4	1	45	32	403.42
443	Alec Martinez	D	VGK	3	13	-4	4	75	43	404.58
446	Deryk Engelland	D	VGK	1	5	6	0	59	114	408.42
450	Anthony Bitetto	D	WIN	0	8	3	0	54	145	409.83
451	Colin Miller	D	BUF	1	10	-9	3	79	87	410.25
452	Erik Gudbranson	D	ANA	4	5	0	0	78	89	410.83
454	Cody Ceci	D	TOR	1	7	7	0	48	92	412.00
460	Juuso Riikola	D	PIT	1	6	3	2	38	74	417.25
463	Jamie Oleksiak	D	DAL	3	7	-6	0	76	153	417.75
464	Marc Staal	D	NYR	2	9	5	0	46	69	418.75
465	Brian Dumoulin	D	PIT	1	7	17	1	35	44	418.83
466	Calvin de Haan	D	CHI	1	5	10	0	42	93	419.42
467	Jason Demers	D	ARI	0	11	5	0	53	76	420.25
468	Tucker Poolman	D	WIN	4	12	-1	0	64	58	421.00
469	Luca Sbisa	D	WIN	2	8	1	0	49	91	422.83
470	Dante Fabbro	D	NSH	5	6	-7	1	92	54	424.33
472	Adam Pelech	D	NYI	1	8	4	0	49	81	424.92
475	Ron Hainsey	D	OTT	1	11	10	0	43	51	427.00
476	Nathan Beaulieu	D	WIN	1	7	15	0	38	62	427.08
477	Matt Benning	D	EDM	1	7	8	0	38	78	427.83
479	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	WSH	2	7	11	0	49	51	428.42
480	Nick Jensen	D	WSH	0	8	1	1	61	59	429.75
482	Andy Greene	D	NYI	2	12	1	1	60	30	430.58
489	Victor Mete	D	MTL	4	7	5	1	57	20	435.42
491	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	ARI	0	4	4	0	41	151	435.75
494	Robert Bortuzzo	D	STL	2	4	12	0	36	66	436.58
495	Adam Larsson	D	EDM	1	5	0	0	61	112	436.75
498	Mike Green	D	EDM	3	8	-34	4	76	61	438.17
499	Slater Koekkoek	D	CHI	1	9	3	0	47	64	439.33
500	Will Butcher	D	NJD	4	17	-8	1	62	31	440.00
501	Madison Bowey	D	DET	3	14	-16	1	70	53	440.58
502	Justin Schultz	D	PIT	3	9	-13	6	86	36	441.00
503	Jordan Oesterle	D	ARI	3	10	-9	2	69	48	441.33
504	Jake McCabe	D	BUF	3	10	-11	0	75	91	441.83
505	Dmitry Kulikov	D	WIN	2	8	-4	0	54	104	443.00
506	Josh Brown	D	FLA	3	5	1	0	48	77	443.50
507	Dan Hamhuis	D	NSH	0	8	6	0	44	64	443.58
509	Nikita Zaitsev	D	OTT	1	11	-8	0	64	108	445.42
511	Haydn Fleury	D	CAR	4	10	-2	0	65	48	445.58
512	Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	1	11	7	0	50	36	446.17
514	Chad Ruhwedel	D	PIT	2	4	4	0	44	74	446.50
515	Adam Boqvist	D	CHI	4	9	-3	2	50	33	448.08
516	Brett Kulak	D	MTL	0	7	-1	0	101	59	448.33
517	Andrej Sekera	D	DAL	2	6	9	0	63	34	448.42
519	Markus Nutivaara	D	CBJ	3	6	2	1	47	35	448.58
521	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	PHI	5	7	-4	5	73	14	450.25
522	Jay Bouwmeester	D	STL	1	8	6	0	53	42	452.00
524	Jon Merrill	D	VGK	2	5	9	0	37	51	452.58
526	Mario Ferraro	D	SJS	2	9	-15	0	63	120	455.67
532	Travis Hamonic	D	CGY	3	9	-3	0	83	39	459.67
536	Josh Manson	D	ANA	1	8	-10	0	64	113	461.42
537	Patrik Nemeth	D	DET	1	8	-10	0	89	80	461.42
538	Brent Seabrook	D	CHI	3	1	1	1	40	52	462.00
539	Kris Russell	D	EDM	0	9	0	0	45	71	463.33
543	Connor Clifton	D	BOS	2	0	4	0	20	90	467.25
545	Braydon Coburn	D	TBL	1	3	5	0	44	59	469.67
550	Caleb Jones	D	EDM	4	5	-1	1	38	33	475.00
552	Kurtis MacDermid	D	LAK	3	5	-9	0	51	95	475.75
553	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	SJS	5	10	-10	0	74	37	476.83
560	Korbinian Holzer	D	NSH	1	3	-2	0	39	97	484.00
562	Carl Gunnarsson	D	STL	2	5	8	0	31	27	487.67
570	Brendan Smith	D	NYR	3	5	-12	0	45	90	491.83
571	Oscar Fantenberg	D	VAN	1	5	-10	1	45	67	492.58
572	Radim Simek	D	SJS	2	7	-13	0	40	91	493.17
580	Michael Stone	D	CGY	2	5	-5	0	57	52	500.33
581	Jarred Tinordi	D	NSH	1	4	-1	0	20	71	501.42
584	Jan Rutta	D	TBL	1	6	6	0	43	19	502.42
585	Alex Biega	D	DET	0	3	-9	0	55	115	503.42
586	Mirco Mueller	D	NJD	2	5	-13	1	29	63	504.08
587	Taylor Fedun	D	DAL	2	7	3	0	40	16	504.50
588	Noah Dobson	D	NYI	1	6	-1	1	37	25	506.08
589	Stephen Johns	D	DAL	2	3	0	0	30	50	506.67
590	Roman Polak	D	DAL	0	4	-6	0	34	104	506.75
596	Scott Harrington	D	CBJ	1	7	-3	0	37	46	513.67
599	Jacob Larsson	D	ANA	2	9	-9	0	58	34	516.67
600	Riley Stillman	D	FLA	0	5	-3	0	39	59	516.83
601	Rasmus Sandin	D	TOR	1	7	-7	2	22	33	517.17
604	Jordie Benn	D	VAN	1	6	-7	0	58	45	520.67
605	Zach Bogosian	D	TBL	1	6	0	0	29	30	525.00
606	Jeremy Lauzon	D	BOS	1	1	5	0	20	32	525.67
610	Luke Schenn	D	TBL	1	2	-8	0	31	83	528.17
611	Dakota Mermis	D	NJD	1	3	7	0	17	20	528.25
613	Dennis Cholowski	D	DET	2	6	-26	5	51	15	529.33
615	Yannick Weber	D	NSH	1	2	-1	0	45	37	531.67
616	Matt Irwin	D	ANA	0	3	-15	0	58	80	531.67
618	Christian Djoos	D	ANA	1	2	3	1	13	2	536.00
619	Ryan Murray	D	CBJ	2	7	-9	2	32	12	536.08
621	Oliver Kylington	D	CGY	2	5	-6	0	37	36	539.17
623	Dean Kukan	D	CBJ	1	4	-9	1	51	24	541.25
624	John Moore	D	BOS	2	1	-2	0	33	36	544.00
627	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	CAR	1	7	-7	0	58	21	546.42
632	Andrew Peeke	D	CBJ	1	2	1	0	23	25	548.67
637	Christian Folin	D	MTL	1	1	-1	0	13	38	553.25
640	Cody Goloubef	D	DET	1	1	-3	0	18	45	554.42
641	Greg Pateryn	D	MIN	0	3	1	0	22	25	554.83
645	Tim Heed	D	SJS	1	4	-10	1	44	16	560.50
646	Mark Barberio	D	COL	0	2	3	0	29	13	560.50
648	Martin Marincin	D	TOR	1	3	-1	0	28	22	560.58
651	Andreas Englund	D	OTT	0	3	-8	0	10	58	565.33
652	Connor Carrick	D	NJD	1	5	-6	0	25	27	566.25
654	Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	1	0	4	0	9	10	566.83
655	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	ARI	1	4	-2	0	18	20	568.75
656	Trevor Daley	D	DET	0	7	-22	2	37	9	570.92
657	Joakim Ryan	D	LAK	1	4	-10	0	54	24	572.00
659	Sami Niku	D	WIN	0	5	-2	0	27	16	574.67
660	Xavier Ouellet	D	MTL	0	2	0	0	8	24	576.17
661	Zach Whitecloud	D	VGK	0	1	3	0	9	10	577.42
664	Lucas Carlsson	D	CHI	0	1	3	0	3	11	579.67
665	Danny DeKeyser	D	DET	0	4	0	0	12	6	581.08
666	Derek Forbort	D	CGY	0	1	-5	0	22	35	583.83
667	Fredrik Claesson	D	NJD	1	1	1	0	1	5	584.00
669	Calle Rosen	D	TOR	0	3	0	0	14	3	586.42
671	Gustav Lindstrom	D	DET	0	1	-6	1	9	19	587.42
676	Jacob Middleton	D	SJS	0	2	-2	0	9	18	597.00
677	Brandon Davidson	D	SJS	0	0	-3	0	17	24	597.25
678	Nicolas Beaudin	D	CHI	0	0	1	0	2	2	598.92
679	Alexander Yelesin	D	CGY	0	0	0	0	2	13	599.00
680	Christian Wolanin	D	OTT	0	0	1	0	4	0	599.17
687	Dalton Prout	D	SJS	0	0	0	0	2	3	605.00
691	Gabriel Carlsson	D	CBJ	0	0	-1	0	3	5	610.75
692	Karl Alzner	D	MTL	0	0	-1	0	4	1	612.25
693	Samuel Morin	D	PHI	0	0	-1	0	0	2	613.08
694	Kevin Connauton	D	COL	0	0	-2	0	4	6	616.33
695	Carl Dahlstrom	D	WIN	0	1	-4	0	9	5	620.00
696	Lawrence Pilut	D	BUF	0	0	-4	0	6	10	622.33
697	Nick Seeler	D	CHI	0	1	-8	0	5	19	625.58
698	Jonathan Ericsson	D	DET	0	0	-12	0	16	24	628.17

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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 20 04:05 2020 Pacific