NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey

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2020-2021 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks

#	Player Name	Pos.	Team	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	HIT	Avg Rnk
7	Darnell Nurse	D	EDM	16	20	27	7	154	117	73.42
12	Kris Letang	D	PIT	7	38	19	15	132	92	88.75
14	Jeff Petry	D	MTL	12	30	6	15	128	97	90.08
17	Dougie Hamilton	D	CAR	10	32	20	18	180	52	91.17
40	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	9	36	5	24	136	51	125.08
43	Cale Makar	D	COL	8	36	17	22	104	49	128.67
50	MacKenzie Weegar	D	FLA	6	30	29	3	101	118	138.75
53	Justin Faulk	D	STL	7	18	11	5	117	127	144.67
57	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	8	34	28	15	161	22	149.75
62	Devon Toews	D	COL	9	22	29	6	121	44	156.92
65	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	5	30	11	12	101	63	159.00
66	Neal Pionk	D	WIN	3	29	6	10	100	137	160.33
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	5	25	22	8	92	65	166.92
78	Alec Martinez	D	VGK	9	23	26	9	85	44	169.50
80	Tyson Barrie	D	EDM	8	40	4	23	146	26	170.25
86	Jakob Chychrun	D	ARI	18	23	-6	14	176	59	176.42
87	Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	7	19	4	10	126	56	176.75
90	Jake Muzzin	D	TOR	4	23	21	2	103	101	178.92
98	Adam Fox	D	NYR	5	42	19	23	102	23	186.83
101	Mikhail Sergachev	D	TBL	4	26	5	8	108	66	188.83
105	Torey Krug	D	STL	2	30	11	13	111	51	191.17
109	John Carlson	D	WSH	10	34	-5	15	128	52	195.08
111	Mark Giordano	D	CGY	9	16	2	8	129	47	195.58
112	Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	8	14	16	2	83	87	196.83
126	Esa Lindell	D	DAL	5	11	11	2	100	114	212.58
132	Alex Pietrangelo	D	VGK	7	16	20	4	126	28	218.67
135	Samuel Girard	D	COL	5	27	15	9	79	31	221.08
138	Drew Doughty	D	LAK	8	26	-14	18	101	91	222.92
139	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	2	15	15	1	121	97	223.17
140	Josh Morrissey	D	WIN	4	17	-1	9	116	78	224.50
151	Matt Dumba	D	MIN	6	15	1	5	89	74	231.42
158	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	11	11	5	11	101	24	238.83
165	Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	7	18	-2	9	94	52	244.58
166	Seth Jones	D	CBJ	5	23	-18	8	141	102	245.17
167	Alex Goligoski	D	ARI	3	19	2	7	72	76	245.50
172	Shea Weber	D	MTL	6	13	-4	11	104	70	252.75
173	Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	6	17	19	2	110	23	253.58
185	John Klingberg	D	DAL	7	29	-15	17	108	49	257.50
186	Mike Reilly	D	BOS	0	27	5	4	98	70	258.33
188	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	8	19	-9	11	121	47	259.42
194	Ryan Suter	D	MIN	3	16	9	6	86	38	263.08
195	Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	5	12	17	4	94	30	264.92
196	Brenden Dillon	D	WSH	2	17	15	1	51	143	265.08
197	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	6	25	-15	7	120	68	265.33
202	Justin Schultz	D	WSH	3	24	12	8	67	28	269.17
204	Brett Pesce	D	CAR	4	21	14	5	89	17	270.17
207	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	5	18	-36	11	115	80	271.67
210	Roman Josi	D	NSH	8	25	-11	14	141	27	273.92
211	Erik Cernak	D	TBL	5	13	8	0	85	98	274.33
214	Nicolas Hague	D	VGK	5	12	14	0	78	94	275.50
216	Matt Grzelcyk	D	BOS	5	15	11	7	80	19	276.08
218	Nick Leddy	D	NYI	2	29	-3	11	79	58	277.75
222	Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	9	14	2	2	79	35	283.08
232	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	3	12	22	1	101	35	287.67
235	Connor Murphy	D	CHI	3	12	1	1	78	102	289.75
237	Ryan Graves	D	COL	2	13	15	0	101	77	290.83
238	Joel Edmundson	D	MTL	3	10	28	0	77	98	291.00
239	Mike Matheson	D	PIT	5	11	9	1	86	41	291.17
243	K'Andre Miller	D	NYR	5	7	9	1	62	93	293.75
248	Filip Hronek	D	DET	2	24	-18	11	114	67	298.25
250	Brent Burns	D	SJS	7	22	-12	6	138	31	300.42
252	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	ARI	3	21	-17	14	83	72	301.50
255	Jacob Trouba	D	NYR	2	10	3	1	70	111	302.58
262	Adam Pelech	D	NYI	4	10	15	0	82	66	306.25
264	Michael Del Zotto	D	CBJ	4	9	5	0	77	125	309.00
268	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	BUF	4	14	-18	7	73	193	310.00
269	Cody Ceci	D	PIT	4	13	18	0	58	74	310.25
271	Justin Holl	D	TOR	2	18	16	0	57	82	311.08
272	Ryan Lindgren	D	NYR	1	15	20	0	65	98	311.75
274	Radko Gudas	D	FLA	2	9	6	0	84	250	314.00
278	Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	4	8	13	0	85	69	316.08
280	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	PHI	9	11	-2	9	85	18	317.08
282	Rasmus Andersson	D	CGY	5	16	-9	6	89	49	318.00
283	Tyler Myers	D	VAN	5	13	-8	3	105	61	318.33
290	John Marino	D	PIT	3	10	5	4	56	48	322.92
292	Keith Yandle	D	FLA	3	24	-8	18	113	18	323.25
296	Damon Severson	D	NJD	3	18	-8	4	91	57	326.83
298	Noah Dobson	D	NYI	3	11	1	5	69	40	327.83
301	Brandon Montour	D	FLA	7	11	-5	1	94	54	329.67
309	Ryan Ellis	D	NSH	5	13	1	4	75	21	333.92
312	Brady Skjei	D	CAR	3	7	6	0	104	66	334.83
320	Mario Ferraro	D	SJS	1	16	-6	4	58	155	340.83
321	Scott Mayfield	D	NYI	2	13	2	0	79	76	341.08
322	Brian Dumoulin	D	PIT	4	10	18	0	50	63	341.17
323	Jamie Oleksiak	D	DAL	6	8	-3	0	84	148	341.33
325	Vince Dunn	D	STL	6	14	-8	7	73	36	343.00
326	TJ Brodie	D	TOR	1	13	23	3	48	34	343.33
329	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	2	13	-8	5	93	57	347.33
331	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	5	18	-4	4	75	27	347.75
333	Erik Karlsson	D	SJS	8	14	-18	8	110	20	348.08
334	P.K. Subban	D	NJD	5	14	-16	5	99	41	348.58
335	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	3	34	-24	17	96	17	349.50
340	Carson Soucy	D	MIN	1	16	22	0	47	62	351.17
342	Zach Whitecloud	D	VGK	2	10	9	0	54	85	352.17
348	Alexander Romanov	D	MTL	1	5	1	1	71	138	354.92
350	Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	4	11	-2	3	89	28	357.58
352	Zdeno Chara	D	WSH	2	8	5	0	67	88	358.42
356	Artem Zub	D	OTT	3	11	4	0	39	89	363.50
358	Adam Larsson	D	EDM	4	6	2	0	52	166	364.83
361	Duncan Keith	D	CHI	4	11	-13	6	110	33	366.75
362	Patrik Nemeth	D	COL	3	7	5	0	53	87	369.83
363	Derek Forbort	D	WIN	2	10	1	0	67	80	369.83
364	Brendan Smith	D	NYR	5	5	3	0	58	84	370.17
366	Nick Jensen	D	WSH	2	12	5	0	60	56	371.75
367	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	7	13	-9	5	79	21	373.58
371	Ty Smith	D	NJD	2	21	-9	7	69	32	375.58
374	Marco Scandella	D	STL	3	6	14	0	55	60	377.58
377	Sean Walker	D	LAK	5	13	-13	1	92	43	378.42
378	Colin Miller	D	BUF	4	8	-20	4	64	91	380.67
379	Matt Roy	D	LAK	2	8	0	1	57	61	382.58
381	Connor Clifton	D	BOS	1	6	10	0	48	108	385.00
382	Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	2	6	10	0	39	98	385.58
384	Jeremy Lauzon	D	BOS	1	7	8	0	48	98	387.33
387	Nikita Zaitsev	D	OTT	4	13	-13	0	70	114	390.00
393	Erik Brannstrom	D	OTT	2	11	3	3	42	26	393.58
398	Christopher Tanev	D	CGY	2	9	11	0	65	33	397.00
399	Nikita Zadorov	D	CHI	1	7	1	0	52	190	397.75
401	Jani Hakanpaa	D	CAR	2	2	4	0	54	215	398.33
410	Dylan DeMelo	D	WIN	0	9	10	0	44	76	403.50
412	Dante Fabbro	D	NSH	2	10	-1	2	59	32	405.08
420	Marcus Pettersson	D	PIT	2	7	8	0	46	51	410.50
425	Danny DeKeyser	D	DET	4	8	3	0	43	44	412.50
434	Jakub Zboril	D	BOS	0	9	0	2	35	63	418.67
438	Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	1	10	0	0	52	66	419.75
441	Adam Boqvist	D	CHI	2	14	-7	8	39	29	421.67
444	Jacob MacDonald	D	COL	1	8	14	0	49	38	423.00
447	Logan Stanley	D	WIN	1	3	13	0	63	49	424.33
451	Calvin de Haan	D	CHI	1	9	-16	1	58	99	430.42
453	Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	3	12	-22	0	100	48	431.83
454	Jake Bean	D	CAR	1	11	-2	5	55	17	431.92
455	Luke Schenn	D	TBL	2	2	2	0	43	99	432.00
459	Justin Braun	D	PHI	1	5	0	0	59	78	434.92
462	Ben Chiarot	D	MTL	1	6	-16	1	81	77	437.00
466	Erik Gustafsson	D	MTL	1	11	-1	5	33	21	440.75
467	Ian Cole	D	MIN	1	7	21	0	30	38	441.92
468	Andrej Sekera	D	DAL	3	2	12	0	33	47	442.50
472	Philippe Myers	D	PHI	1	10	-10	0	77	69	448.25
479	Andy Greene	D	NYI	1	4	9	0	50	41	451.42
482	Colton Parayko	D	STL	2	10	-2	0	60	35	453.17
489	Jordan Oesterle	D	ARI	1	10	-10	4	38	45	456.67
490	Nate Schmidt	D	VAN	5	10	-4	0	73	15	456.75
492	Alexander Edler	D	VAN	0	7	-9	0	97	79	457.17
493	Ryan Murray	D	NJD	0	14	3	0	29	38	457.50
494	Zach Bogosian	D	TOR	0	4	7	0	36	67	457.75
495	Brett Kulak	D	MTL	2	6	3	0	57	28	458.08
497	Marc Staal	D	DET	3	7	-5	0	53	58	458.25
500	Jan Rutta	D	TBL	0	8	12	0	46	30	459.25
502	Mark Pysyk	D	DAL	3	1	6	0	51	36	461.92
506	Nikolai Knyzhov	D	SJS	2	8	-10	0	51	84	463.83
508	Jordie Benn	D	WIN	1	9	7	0	45	19	464.42
517	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	CBJ	2	10	-13	0	48	69	472.58
518	Sami Vatanen	D	DAL	2	4	3	0	55	27	473.58
519	Joel Hanley	D	DAL	0	8	6	0	27	40	474.33
520	Markus Nutivaara	D	FLA	0	10	1	0	45	35	475.08
521	Jacob Bryson	D	BUF	1	8	-1	1	24	32	475.50
522	David Savard	D	TBL	1	5	-27	0	69	132	475.58
524	Robert Hagg	D	PHI	2	3	-3	0	29	100	476.50
526	Travis Hamonic	D	VAN	1	6	-4	0	71	46	476.67
529	Cal Foote	D	TBL	1	2	9	0	40	39	479.00
531	Anton Stralman	D	FLA	3	6	-1	0	38	37	480.50
533	Dmitry Kulikov	D	EDM	0	4	-3	0	51	93	482.83
538	Kris Russell	D	EDM	0	9	0	0	41	41	484.17
541	Ethan Bear	D	EDM	2	6	-1	0	53	31	485.00
542	Ben Harpur	D	NSH	0	7	2	0	33	44	485.58
543	Robert Bortuzzo	D	STL	1	4	-3	0	31	85	488.50
546	Brandon Carlo	D	BOS	3	1	1	0	43	38	490.75
550	Matt Benning	D	NSH	1	3	-1	0	43	55	494.00
551	Travis Dermott	D	TOR	2	4	-1	0	36	44	494.75
552	Erik Gudbranson	D	NSH	1	3	-12	0	58	111	494.83
558	Juuso Valimaki	D	CGY	2	7	-6	0	70	27	498.83
562	Kevan Miller	D	BOS	1	3	-1	0	27	64	500.50
563	Riley Stillman	D	CHI	1	0	5	0	29	51	500.75
565	Will Butcher	D	NJD	1	10	-3	2	37	7	501.08
569	Jake Gardiner	D	CAR	0	8	-1	3	23	15	507.33
570	Josh Manson	D	ANA	1	6	-3	0	19	61	508.50
572	Mikko Lehtonen	D	CBJ	0	6	-2	1	33	30	509.33
573	Troy Stecher	D	DET	3	8	-13	0	55	33	509.42
575	Henri Jokiharju	D	BUF	3	5	-11	0	50	47	510.17
576	Haydn Fleury	D	ANA	3	1	-12	0	62	63	510.58
580	Christian Djoos	D	DET	2	9	-13	4	39	10	511.67
582	Jason Demers	D	ARI	0	4	-4	0	44	69	513.00
585	Conor Timmins	D	COL	0	7	6	0	31	18	513.25
586	Tucker Poolman	D	WIN	0	1	-2	0	50	69	514.25
587	Libor Hajek	D	NYR	2	2	2	0	33	26	516.83
588	Radim Simek	D	SJS	2	4	-9	0	26	76	516.92
589	Nicolas Beaudin	D	CHI	2	4	1	1	7	14	517.00
594	Victor Mete	D	OTT	1	4	8	0	20	19	520.42
596	Hampus Lindholm	D	ANA	2	4	-1	1	29	9	522.42
597	Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	2	3	-2	1	38	11	524.00
606	Alexandre Carrier	D	NSH	1	2	3	0	31	22	532.92
607	Dylan Coghlan	D	VGK	3	3	-3	0	31	29	533.08
610	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	ARI	1	1	-13	0	36	103	538.08
612	Olli Juolevi	D	VAN	2	1	2	0	23	22	542.00
614	Dean Kukan	D	CBJ	1	4	-3	0	29	36	542.25
616	Wyatt Kalynuk	D	CHI	4	5	-6	0	26	25	543.17
617	Ben Hutton	D	TOR	1	4	-13	0	54	44	544.67
618	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	SJS	1	5	-7	0	37	40	544.75
619	Josh Brown	D	OTT	0	1	-1	0	8	71	544.83
621	Jacob Larsson	D	ANA	1	6	-9	0	42	37	546.25
623	Chad Ruhwedel	D	PIT	0	2	3	0	16	32	548.00
624	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	WSH	1	2	-1	1	23	13	548.67
625	Tobias Bjornfot	D	LAK	1	5	-3	0	30	28	548.92
626	Nick Holden	D	VGK	0	2	3	0	23	28	549.92
627	Matt Tennyson	D	NJD	1	2	0	0	14	32	551.83
629	Jake McCabe	D	BUF	1	2	2	0	15	22	553.33
630	Bowen Byram	D	COL	0	2	1	0	21	33	554.17
634	Mark Borowiecki	D	NSH	0	1	-2	0	18	54	560.50
638	Olli Maatta	D	LAK	0	4	-8	0	43	41	564.00
639	Rasmus Sandin	D	TOR	0	4	6	0	9	11	564.25
640	Michael Stone	D	CGY	2	1	-3	0	36	21	569.67
642	Nikita Nesterov	D	CGY	0	4	-7	0	33	41	570.00
646	Jarred Tinordi	D	BOS	0	1	-6	0	30	56	572.67
647	Mark Friedman	D	PIT	2	1	1	0	9	14	573.00
648	Jon Merrill	D	MTL	0	5	-9	0	41	34	575.50
650	Anthony Bitetto	D	NYR	1	3	-8	1	12	21	577.67
651	Zac Jones	D	NYR	0	4	-2	1	12	8	578.58
652	Niko Mikkola	D	STL	1	2	-11	0	22	49	580.67
653	Kurtis MacDermid	D	LAK	2	2	-14	0	16	46	581.42
657	Matt Irwin	D	BUF	0	2	-10	0	27	56	582.92
659	Gabriel Carlsson	D	CBJ	1	3	-6	1	14	11	585.08
661	Jake Walman	D	STL	1	1	-7	0	47	26	585.83
664	Ian Mitchell	D	CHI	3	4	-10	0	23	18	587.92
666	Jeremy Davies	D	NSH	0	1	3	0	19	11	589.75
667	Gustav Lindstrom	D	DET	0	3	1	0	8	14	589.92
671	Andy Welinski	D	ANA	0	0	4	0	16	14	593.08
672	Dan Renouf	D	COL	0	3	-1	0	12	20	593.25
674	Nathan Beaulieu	D	WIN	0	1	-5	0	26	39	593.92
675	Thomas Hickey	D	NYI	0	2	5	0	2	10	594.42
677	Jack Rathbone	D	VAN	1	1	1	0	14	7	596.25
680	Kevin Connauton	D	FLA	0	1	4	0	5	12	597.67
682	Andrew Peeke	D	CBJ	0	3	-4	0	5	35	599.17
683	Alex Biega	D	DET	0	3	-1	0	4	22	599.92
684	Braydon Coburn	D	NYI	0	2	-3	0	18	27	600.00
685	William Lagesson	D	EDM	0	2	0	0	11	15	600.25
687	John Moore	D	BOS	0	2	-3	1	8	9	601.42
690	Caleb Jones	D	EDM	0	4	-7	0	23	27	604.25
695	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	ARI	0	5	-6	0	29	15	606.92
696	Steven Santini	D	STL	0	1	1	0	9	12	607.50
699	Dennis Cholowski	D	DET	1	2	-1	0	10	5	610.08
703	Tyler Lewington	D	NSH	0	1	4	0	4	1	617.33
704	Erik Johnson	D	COL	0	1	2	0	5	7	617.58
705	Connor Carrick	D	NJD	1	1	-2	0	8	11	617.67
708	Kyle Burroughs	D	COL	0	1	1	0	3	10	620.42
709	Scott Harrington	D	CBJ	1	2	-3	0	8	9	620.50
715	William Borgen	D	BUF	0	0	-4	0	7	30	630.75
717	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	OTT	0	0	2	0	6	3	631.33
718	Sebastian Aho	D	NYI	1	1	-1	0	4	1	632.67
719	David Farrance	D	NSH	0	0	3	0	3	1	633.67
721	Carl Gunnarsson	D	STL	0	2	-2	0	6	9	634.08
724	Jordan Gross	D	ARI	0	3	-3	0	10	6	634.92
725	Madison Bowey	D	VAN	0	1	1	0	0	4	635.58
728	Fredrik Claesson	D	TBL	0	0	0	0	4	10	637.17
731	Dakota Mermis	D	MIN	0	0	0	0	2	10	640.92
734	Ben Thomas	D	TBL	0	0	1	0	3	4	640.92
737	Oliver Kylington	D	CGY	0	1	-1	0	7	3	643.42
741	Simon Benoit	D	ANA	0	0	-3	0	3	20	646.50
742	Jalen Chatfield	D	VAN	0	1	-4	0	11	10	649.00
745	Juuso Riikola	D	PIT	0	0	0	0	1	5	651.17
749	Slater Koekkoek	D	EDM	1	0	-7	0	17	10	651.92
750	Christian Wolanin	D	LAK	0	3	-6	0	16	3	652.08
754	Luca Sbisa	D	NSH	0	0	0	0	0	3	655.83
755	Dennis Gilbert	D	COL	0	0	0	0	0	2	657.25
757	Brandon Davidson	D	BUF	0	0	-4	0	7	14	657.33
760	Brady Keeper	D	FLA	0	0	0	0	0	1	658.58
765	Noah Juulsen	D	FLA	0	0	-3	0	5	9	661.83
766	Christian Jaros	D	SJS	0	1	-4	0	3	9	662.17
768	Alec Regula	D	CHI	0	0	-1	0	1	3	663.17
771	Joakim Ryan	D	CAR	0	0	-1	0	2	1	664.50
772	Brad Hunt	D	MIN	1	0	-8	0	14	4	668.00
773	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	NJD	0	0	-9	0	7	20	670.42
777	Jack Ahcan	D	BOS	0	0	-3	0	5	2	673.08
780	Yannick Weber	D	PIT	0	0	-3	0	1	4	676.50
781	Matt Kiersted	D	FLA	0	0	-4	0	6	1	680.25
782	Sami Niku	D	WIN	0	0	-3	0	2	0	680.67

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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: Sun May 16 04:05 2021 Pacific