NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey

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2022-2023 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks

#	Player Name	Pos.	Team	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	HIT	Avg Rnk
14	Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	22	52	23	28	275	64	96.92
17	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	15	58	12	32	204	105	102.67
22	Brandon Montour	D	FLA	16	57	9	33	242	92	109.58
31	Vince Dunn	D	SEA	14	50	28	15	149	115	120.83
36	Mikhail Sergachev	D	TBL	10	54	13	27	156	128	125.08
39	Cale Makar	D	COL	17	49	16	30	176	65	128.33
54	Brent Burns	D	CAR	18	43	19	23	255	40	145.25
61	Drew Doughty	D	LAK	9	43	12	27	145	115	150.08
63	Josh Morrissey	D	WIN	16	60	2	28	172	89	152.17
64	Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	10	43	49	17	158	78	154.67
70	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	11	62	12	34	206	49	160.92
73	Roman Josi	D	NSH	18	41	5	24	269	51	163.08
74	Darnell Nurse	D	EDM	12	31	26	1	203	146	165.17
83	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	9	40	10	14	185	95	171.58
89	Alex Pietrangelo	D	VGK	11	43	13	14	170	65	178.50
90	Devon Toews	D	COL	7	43	39	7	165	93	178.67
91	Adam Fox	D	NYR	12	60	28	29	159	25	179.83
101	Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	13	28	19	5	209	69	187.42
111	Noah Dobson	D	NYI	13	36	4	19	206	60	193.00
112	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	7	45	29	19	105	84	193.08
113	Jacob Trouba	D	NYR	8	22	7	5	199	218	195.42
120	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	7	69	15	34	154	29	205.17
124	Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	8	32	6	13	156	95	208.17
126	Dmitry Orlov	D	BOS	7	29	12	8	124	137	209.67
127	K'Andre Miller	D	NYR	9	34	12	3	113	162	209.67
129	Filip Hronek	D	VAN	9	30	7	16	124	102	210.08
131	MacKenzie Weegar	D	CGY	4	27	15	3	160	186	211.25
132	Justin Faulk	D	STL	11	39	-4	10	196	112	211.67
134	Brady Skjei	D	CAR	18	20	7	7	188	71	213.50
136	Rasmus Andersson	D	CGY	11	38	5	21	159	50	215.58
144	Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	9	23	28	4	135	91	221.50
146	Kris Letang	D	PIT	12	29	-13	21	161	162	222.00
147	Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	11	23	32	4	149	66	223.17
154	Adam Larsson	D	SEA	8	25	27	0	143	222	230.08
159	Tyson Barrie	D	NSH	13	42	-7	31	163	55	235.17
173	Erik Karlsson	D	SJS	25	76	-26	27	209	33	244.33
174	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	5	21	10	5	126	140	246.75
183	Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	7	31	2	8	176	76	250.00
184	Jeff Petry	D	PIT	5	26	2	9	113	190	250.75
186	Moritz Seider	D	DET	5	37	-11	15	140	207	252.75
187	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	14	24	-14	19	216	77	252.92
189	Erik Gustafsson	D	TOR	7	35	9	14	122	52	254.92
193	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	11	30	-11	20	165	79	256.75
196	Rasmus Sandin	D	WSH	7	28	3	11	81	136	261.67
201	Jakob Chychrun	D	OTT	9	24	7	8	144	55	263.58
202	Nikita Zadorov	D	CGY	14	7	10	1	130	174	263.83
213	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	8	33	16	9	136	16	271.25
217	Mike Matheson	D	MTL	8	26	7	9	126	53	273.25
220	Seth Jones	D	CHI	12	25	-38	12	178	106	277.08
221	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	13	28	-5	15	155	46	277.33
234	Neal Pionk	D	WIN	10	23	-12	3	142	169	285.75
238	Ryan Graves	D	NJD	8	18	34	0	141	83	288.17
240	Colin Miller	D	DAL	6	15	23	1	106	108	289.58
242	Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	5	15	20	1	90	162	290.33
248	Matt Roy	D	LAK	9	17	8	0	135	119	296.67
251	Tony DeAngelo	D	PHI	11	31	-27	19	174	52	299.42
253	Connor Clifton	D	BOS	5	18	20	0	93	208	300.17
257	Brett Pesce	D	CAR	5	25	11	4	144	37	302.25
265	Owen Power	D	BUF	4	31	10	8	130	27	306.67
270	Esa Lindell	D	DAL	8	16	29	0	116	87	308.83
271	Jake McCabe	D	TOR	3	22	19	0	96	163	309.67
273	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	4	37	-9	17	126	70	309.83
277	Sean Durzi	D	LAK	9	29	-12	16	110	68	313.08
278	Damon Severson	D	NJD	7	26	9	4	102	44	313.25
279	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	NJD	4	17	27	1	84	101	313.42
282	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	PIT	5	16	8	3	108	88	315.42
284	Justin Schultz	D	SEA	7	27	4	13	98	30	317.33
285	Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	6	12	24	1	84	107	317.42
287	Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	2	20	13	0	100	198	321.92
288	Dylan DeMelo	D	WIN	6	21	10	0	93	120	322.42
291	Bowen Byram	D	COL	10	14	7	6	65	82	323.17
292	Radko Gudas	D	FLA	2	15	14	0	110	312	325.00
293	Jamie Oleksiak	D	SEA	9	16	13	0	76	126	325.33
295	Scott Mayfield	D	NYI	6	18	8	0	119	107	327.58
301	Jani Hakanpää	D	DAL	6	10	18	0	86	224	331.08
306	Nate Schmidt	D	WIN	7	12	15	5	101	45	334.42
309	Jake Walman	D	DET	9	9	10	2	140	47	336.17
310	Luke Schenn	D	TOR	4	18	8	0	81	318	336.17
311	Samuel Girard	D	COL	6	31	-10	8	119	67	336.58
312	Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	4	28	-6	17	132	43	336.58
313	Brandon Carlo	D	BOS	3	13	44	0	94	128	337.67
323	J.J. Moser	D	ARI	7	24	-12	11	93	80	343.58
327	Travis Hamonic	D	OTT	6	15	-5	1	136	109	344.17
328	Brett Kulak	D	EDM	3	17	11	0	114	105	345.25
330	Will Borgen	D	SEA	3	17	11	0	76	203	345.42
331	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	7	20	18	0	131	36	345.75
332	John Carlson	D	WSH	9	20	-7	12	124	42	345.75
334	Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	1	16	17	0	89	201	346.42
336	Ian Cole	D	TBL	3	14	13	0	109	117	347.08
337	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	3	17	-4	5	86	162	347.42
338	Mark Giordano	D	TOR	4	20	27	0	107	60	349.33
340	Ryan Suter	D	DAL	3	22	0	4	92	81	349.67
343	Carson Soucy	D	SEA	3	13	18	0	87	143	350.92
347	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	10	38	-23	14	130	18	351.92
348	Matt Grzelcyk	D	BOS	4	22	46	0	102	51	353.17
350	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	4	23	-20	8	145	79	353.83
352	Adam Pelech	D	NYI	6	15	15	0	97	77	354.50
353	Nick Jensen	D	WSH	5	24	-1	0	109	107	355.83
354	Colton Parayko	D	STL	4	23	-19	2	133	115	355.92
358	John Klingberg	D	MIN	10	23	-25	10	112	55	358.00
362	Braden Schneider	D	NYR	5	13	9	0	79	147	360.42
367	Nick Perbix	D	TBL	5	15	11	0	111	73	362.17
368	Erik Cernak	D	TBL	2	14	8	0	87	209	365.08
371	Marcus Pettersson	D	PIT	1	23	4	0	96	133	366.33
374	Nicolas Hague	D	VGK	3	14	7	0	103	117	367.50
376	Brenden Dillon	D	WIN	2	21	2	0	83	198	368.17
378	Torey Krug	D	STL	7	25	-26	14	126	40	369.17
379	Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	6	21	-17	2	115	97	369.25
380	Juuso Valimaki	D	ARI	4	30	-10	12	93	53	369.33
383	Sebastian Aho	D	NYI	5	18	9	2	89	38	370.75
384	Justin Holl	D	TOR	2	16	15	0	60	151	371.25
388	Josh Mahura	D	FLA	4	12	17	0	78	101	373.50
389	Jake Middleton	D	MIN	3	12	15	0	79	115	374.58
391	Jalen Chatfield	D	CAR	6	8	23	0	93	78	375.50
394	Cody Ceci	D	EDM	1	14	11	0	88	139	377.17
397	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	WSH	7	16	10	1	97	21	377.50
410	Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	7	16	-5	1	111	61	385.42
416	Marc Staal	D	FLA	3	12	10	0	55	152	390.67
422	Ryan Lindgren	D	NYR	1	17	29	0	75	68	398.75
423	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	LAK	6	13	4	0	89	74	400.25
426	Ryan McDonagh	D	NSH	2	18	12	0	78	63	404.75
427	Arber Xhekaj	D	MTL	5	8	-9	3	75	159	404.92
431	Nick Seeler	D	PHI	4	10	1	0	84	126	406.92
432	Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	2	8	14	0	76	107	406.92
438	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	MTL	3	12	3	0	92	93	409.92
440	Dante Fabbro	D	NSH	2	9	-4	1	101	113	410.67
445	Brian Dumoulin	D	PIT	1	24	-4	0	82	123	413.17
448	Caleb Jones	D	CHI	4	12	-19	4	86	116	413.58
452	Martin Fehervary	D	WSH	6	10	-11	0	91	217	416.50
453	Erik Johnson	D	COL	0	8	8	0	98	121	416.50
454	Michael Stone	D	CGY	6	5	2	2	92	54	416.75
458	Zach Whitecloud	D	VGK	5	7	10	0	64	90	418.17
460	Derek Forbort	D	BOS	5	7	12	0	38	106	419.17
461	Erik Brannstrom	D	OTT	2	16	5	1	74	49	419.83
462	Sean Walker	D	LAK	3	10	-3	1	94	77	420.17
463	John Marino	D	NJD	4	14	21	0	67	44	420.42
468	Alec Martinez	D	VGK	3	11	30	0	76	48	422.92
469	Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	3	11	13	0	90	50	423.08
474	Nils Lundkvist	D	DAL	6	10	-5	3	94	49	426.00
478	Ben Chiarot	D	DET	5	14	-31	0	110	147	427.42
484	Calen Addison	D	MIN	3	26	-17	18	77	19	431.75
485	Chris Tanev	D	CGY	1	12	7	1	75	51	433.50
490	Connor Murphy	D	CHI	7	6	-10	0	85	165	438.25
496	Jordan Harris	D	MTL	4	13	-3	1	70	53	442.42
497	Nick Leddy	D	STL	2	21	4	0	79	43	442.83
498	Calle Rosen	D	STL	8	10	19	0	62	16	443.17
500	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	VAN	2	20	-24	4	90	58	443.67
501	Matt Dumba	D	MIN	4	10	-8	0	99	104	444.00
505	Niko Mikkola	D	NYR	1	5	6	0	62	151	445.58
507	Nick Holden	D	OTT	2	14	0	0	73	79	447.75
508	Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	5	19	-12	9	68	23	447.83
509	Matt Benning	D	SJS	1	23	-18	1	58	102	448.67
510	Cam York	D	PHI	2	18	-1	3	42	44	449.33
511	Jeremy Lauzon	D	NSH	3	9	-11	0	77	250	450.00
512	Artem Zub	D	OTT	3	7	2	0	41	131	450.00
514	Calvin de Haan	D	CAR	2	10	7	0	51	84	450.42
520	Dylan Samberg	D	WIN	2	6	10	0	49	91	454.92
522	Olli Maatta	D	DET	6	17	-9	0	62	78	456.50
525	Andrew Peeke	D	CBJ	6	7	-41	0	90	180	457.75
526	Ethan Bear	D	VAN	3	13	6	0	75	39	459.25
528	Josh Manson	D	COL	2	8	13	0	41	64	462.17
532	Justin Barron	D	MTL	4	11	-2	2	40	49	463.92
533	Jaycob Megna	D	SEA	1	11	3	0	56	86	464.42
534	TJ Brodie	D	TOR	2	12	10	0	58	47	464.58
538	Alexander Edler	D	LAK	2	9	-1	0	56	106	466.50
539	Mario Ferraro	D	SJS	4	7	-31	1	66	129	466.58
541	Dmitry Kulikov	D	PIT	3	13	-13	0	84	96	469.75
543	Tyler Myers	D	VAN	1	16	-16	0	100	93	470.08
544	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	BUF	2	12	-2	0	41	99	471.00
547	Jan Rutta	D	PIT	3	6	3	0	64	71	472.75
548	Troy Stecher	D	CGY	3	11	-6	0	88	70	473.42
551	Erik Gudbranson	D	CBJ	1	12	-24	0	102	119	475.83
553	Simon Benoit	D	ANA	3	7	-29	0	82	216	476.83
555	Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	4	10	-16	4	50	61	481.08
560	Brendan Smith	D	NJD	0	5	3	0	58	102	487.75
562	Kyle Burroughs	D	VAN	2	3	-4	0	47	165	489.08
563	Jack Johnson	D	COL	2	6	-15	0	92	117	490.17
568	Conor Timmins	D	TOR	2	12	-1	4	19	23	495.67
570	Matt Irwin	D	WSH	2	3	-8	0	79	117	497.25
572	Josh Brown	D	ARI	4	3	-18	0	68	152	498.00
573	David Savard	D	MTL	3	17	-14	0	63	61	499.83
574	Robert Bortuzzo	D	STL	2	3	9	0	30	64	500.17
575	Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	4	14	-19	0	48	84	500.92
576	Cal Foote	D	NSH	2	5	6	0	39	58	502.42
578	Joel Edmundson	D	MTL	2	11	-29	0	69	112	503.67
582	Kevin Bahl	D	NJD	2	6	4	0	27	64	505.08
584	Andreas Englund	D	CHI	0	4	-1	0	31	133	506.17
585	Henri Jokiharju	D	BUF	3	10	-12	0	79	63	507.00
586	Zach Bogosian	D	TBL	1	4	-4	0	54	114	507.08
587	Jacob MacDonald	D	SJS	1	7	-14	1	75	69	507.33
589	Robert Hagg	D	DET	2	5	-5	0	40	111	508.75
591	Gavin Bayreuther	D	CBJ	2	12	-18	1	61	54	509.33
593	Alexandre Carrier	D	NSH	2	7	0	0	48	57	510.50
594	Ben Hutton	D	VGK	3	5	1	1	52	18	513.00
600	Patrik Nemeth	D	ARI	0	5	-7	0	62	116	519.08
602	Jon Merrill	D	MIN	2	10	-2	0	43	47	522.67
603	Vincent Desharnais	D	EDM	0	5	15	0	17	45	523.17
604	Kurtis MacDermid	D	COL	1	5	-1	0	20	86	523.17
606	Jarred Tinordi	D	CHI	2	6	-17	0	32	139	525.75
607	Brad Hunt	D	COL	4	6	4	0	46	16	527.75
608	Ben Harpur	D	NYR	1	5	0	0	34	63	530.00
609	Chad Ruhwedel	D	PIT	1	4	-4	0	36	90	530.33
611	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	SJS	1	17	-14	0	67	45	532.75
616	Philip Broberg	D	EDM	1	7	6	0	32	28	535.33
618	Scott Harrington	D	ANA	4	7	-6	0	33	51	536.83
621	Connor Mackey	D	ARI	3	4	-4	0	31	61	538.08
622	Victor Soderstrom	D	ARI	0	9	-3	3	31	17	540.08
623	Nikita Zaitsev	D	CHI	1	7	-9	0	20	95	540.92
625	Alex Goligoski	D	MIN	2	4	-9	1	63	33	545.17
627	Tim Berni	D	CBJ	1	2	-26	0	58	122	550.83
628	Riley Stillman	D	BUF	1	7	-13	0	37	81	552.25
630	Dennis Gilbert	D	CGY	1	3	0	0	13	55	555.50
631	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	3	5	-6	2	41	5	555.75
632	Jordan Oesterle	D	DET	2	9	-9	0	54	41	555.83
635	Samuel Bolduc	D	NYI	2	1	5	0	20	26	561.75
637	Chris Wideman	D	MTL	0	6	-6	2	31	25	564.08
639	Radim Simek	D	SJS	1	2	-13	0	39	89	566.67
640	Jake Bean	D	CBJ	1	5	-2	1	16	13	567.00
646	Justin Braun	D	PHI	0	2	-1	0	42	47	570.42
651	Ian Mitchell	D	CHI	1	7	-8	1	25	16	575.83
655	Logan Stanley	D	WIN	1	2	-1	0	11	44	580.08
657	Joel Hanley	D	DAL	0	2	5	0	14	24	582.42
658	Alexander Alexeyev	D	WSH	0	5	-2	0	28	33	583.08
659	Marco Scandella	D	STL	1	1	2	0	17	27	583.17
661	Jakub Zboril	D	BOS	1	3	-1	0	13	31	585.67
662	Akito Hirose	D	VAN	0	3	-1	2	4	6	586.33
663	Brayden Pachal	D	VGK	0	2	2	0	18	27	587.58
673	Casey Fitzgerald	D	FLA	0	3	-2	0	13	35	596.17
675	Kyle Capobianco	D	WIN	2	0	1	0	14	12	598.83
676	Libor Hajek	D	NYR	1	0	2	0	13	17	600.42
677	Kale Clague	D	BUF	0	4	-3	0	24	24	601.00
678	Cale Fleury	D	SEA	0	1	0	0	10	28	602.67
679	Darren Raddysh	D	TBL	1	2	-4	0	25	25	603.25
681	Parker Wotherspoon	D	NYI	0	1	5	0	10	8	605.33
683	Gustav Lindstrom	D	DET	1	7	-16	0	18	39	606.25
686	Dylan Coghlan	D	CAR	0	3	-1	0	29	11	607.58
688	Thomas Harley	D	DAL	0	2	5	0	8	1	608.08
691	Jacob Bryson	D	BUF	1	8	-24	0	27	34	610.42
692	Kaedan Korczak	D	VGK	0	2	-3	0	16	25	611.67
693	Guillaume Brisebois	D	VAN	1	2	-2	0	15	11	613.67
694	Victor Mete	D	TOR	0	2	3	0	7	3	615.00
695	Tobias Bjornfot	D	LAK	0	1	1	0	10	12	615.67
696	Michael Kesselring	D	ARI	0	3	-1	0	8	12	617.42
698	Nathan Beaulieu	D	ANA	0	4	-23	0	33	49	618.08
701	Colton White	D	ANA	0	6	-17	0	30	34	620.83
702	Jake Muzzin	D	TOR	0	1	0	0	8	11	622.33
704	Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	0	2	-1	0	11	9	623.00
705	Cole McWard	D	VAN	1	0	0	0	6	5	623.75
706	Luke Hughes	D	NJD	1	1	0	0	2	1	624.17
712	Haydn Fleury	D	TBL	0	1	-10	0	33	30	628.33
713	Tucker Poolman	D	VAN	0	1	1	0	3	2	628.42
718	Ryan Murray	D	EDM	0	3	-4	0	8	11	632.50
719	Brock Faber	D	MIN	0	0	2	0	1	0	632.67
721	Wyatt Kaiser	D	CHI	0	3	-4	0	14	5	633.17
724	Mark Borowiecki	D	NSH	0	0	0	0	1	5	635.83
728	Travis Dermott	D	VAN	1	0	-4	0	7	10	638.00
729	Henry Thrun	D	SJS	0	2	-3	0	7	4	638.33
730	Jake Livingstone	D	NSH	0	1	-2	0	3	6	638.50
733	Simon Edvinsson	D	DET	2	0	-7	0	5	11	640.83
734	Anton Stralman	D	BOS	0	0	-3	0	3	12	641.50
735	Jamie Drysdale	D	ANA	0	0	-3	0	8	7	643.42
736	Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	0	0	-1	0	1	1	643.75
739	Urho Vaakanainen	D	ANA	0	2	-16	0	27	18	650.83
741	Nikolai Knyzhov	D	SJS	1	0	-13	0	10	11	663.00

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Player Data Last Updated: Wed Apr 19 04:05 2023 Pacific