NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey
This webpage presents an objective, empircal analysis of NHL player performance based on rankings of fantasy hockey scoring statistics. No consensus lists, multiple sources or projected stats used here, just the facts. Find the best players to draft, trade or start for your fantasy hockey teams. Check here daily during the regular season for cumulative stat updates. Yahoo Fantasy Points are displayed, but not ranked.
2026-2027 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks
| # | Player Name | Pos. | Team | G | A | +/- | PPP | SOG | BLK | FanPts^ | Avg Rnk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 40.40 | 9.50 |
| 3 | Filip Hronek | D | VAN | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18.80 | 49.42 |
| 7 | Kaedan Korczak | D | PIT | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18.70 | 66.08 |
| 8 | Erik Karlsson | D | PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11.70 | 66.33 |
| 9 | Alexandre Carrier | D | MTL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15.70 | 66.58 |
| 12 | Shea Theodore | D | VGK | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15.90 | 74.08 |
| 15 | Noah Hanifin | D | VGK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12.70 | 78.58 |
| 18 | Mike Matheson | D | MTL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10.70 | 79.50 |
| 21 | Gustav Forsling | D | FLA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11.80 | 86.00 |
| 22 | Mikey Anderson | D | LAK | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.80 | 86.92 |
| 28 | Cale Makar | D | COL | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11.90 | 93.75 |
| 31 | Morgan Rielly | D | TOR | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10.80 | 95.25 |
| 34 | Jeremy Lauzon | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.70 | 96.58 |
| 35 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.70 | 96.58 |
| 38 | Cody Ceci | D | LAK | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.90 | 99.42 |
| 40 | Samuel Girard | D | PIT | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15.80 | 100.67 |
| 43 | Kris Letang | D | PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9.60 | 102.50 |
| 44 | Sam Malinski | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6.80 | 104.00 |
| 56 | Alexander Romanov | D | NYI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.80 | 108.00 |
| 58 | Devon Toews | D | COL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.00 | 108.92 |
| 59 | Niko Mikkola | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5.60 | 109.58 |
| 61 | Wyatt Kaiser | D | CHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.00 | 111.25 |
| 63 | Brian Dumoulin | D | LAK | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.80 | 112.75 |
| 66 | Declan Carlile | D | PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.80 | 114.08 |
| 68 | Hampus Lindholm | D | BOS | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 114.33 |
| 69 | Brayden McNabb | D | VGK | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.90 | 114.42 |
| 71 | Jake McCabe | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6.80 | 115.17 |
| 72 | Elias Pettersson | D | VAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6.80 | 115.17 |
| 80 | Josh Manson | D | COL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.90 | 120.75 |
| 82 | Connor Clifton | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.80 | 121.17 |
| 83 | Zeev Buium | D | VAN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.90 | 122.67 |
| 84 | William Borgen | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.90 | 122.67 |
| 87 | Matthew Schaefer | D | NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.70 | 122.83 |
| 93 | Darren Raddysh | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3.30 | 125.50 |
| 97 | Chris Tanev | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.90 | 126.50 |
| 98 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | PIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 126.75 |
| 104 | Sean Walker | D | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 128.75 |
| 105 | Jake Walman | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 128.75 |
| 106 | Jaccob Slavin | D | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 128.75 |
| 107 | Connor Murphy | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.80 | 129.17 |
| 108 | Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.80 | 129.17 |
| 114 | Drew Doughty | D | LAK | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 132.00 |
| 116 | Brandt Clarke | D | LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 132.75 |
| 117 | Noah Dobson | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 132.75 |
| 119 | Marcus Pettersson | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 132.75 |
| 123 | Brent Burns | D | COL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 133.50 |
| 126 | Sam Rinzel | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.80 | 134.75 |
| 128 | Luke Schenn | D | VAN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.80 | 135.17 |
| 133 | Mason Lohrei | D | BOS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 138.42 |
| 138 | Brett Kulak | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 141.42 |
| 139 | Jonathan Aspirot | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 141.42 |
| 140 | Noah Juulsen | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 141.42 |
| 143 | Artyom Levshunov | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 141.83 |
| 146 | Sean Durzi | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 141.83 |
| 147 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 141.83 |
| 149 | Charles Alexis Legault | D | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 141.83 |
| 151 | Nikita Zadorov | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 141.83 |
| 153 | Rasmus Andersson | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.80 | 143.83 |
| 154 | Braden Schneider | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.80 | 143.83 |
| 156 | Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 145.50 |
| 157 | Dmitry Kulikov | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 145.50 |
| 158 | Vladislav Gavrikov | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.90 | 146.33 |
| 162 | Jamieson Oleksiak | D | VAN | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 147.17 |
| 173 | Troy Stecher | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 153.50 |
| 177 | Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 178 | Ian Cole | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 180 | Lane Hutson | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 183 | Jalen Chatfield | D | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 184 | Logan Stanley | D | NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 186 | Adam Pelech | D | NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 187 | Nick Seeler | D | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 154.58 |
| 190 | K'Andre Miller | D | CAR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 155.08 |
| 192 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | PHI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 159.08 |
| 203 | Joel Edmundson | D | LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 159.92 |
| 211 | Seth Jones | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 159.92 |
| 213 | Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.30 | 161.25 |
| 225 | Cam York | D | PHI | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.10 | 162.17 |
| 227 | Ryan Shea | D | EDM | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 165.17 |
| 228 | Bowen Byram | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2.00 | 165.83 |
| 229 | Alberts Smits | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | 168.17 |
| 231 | Alex Vlasic | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | 168.17 |
| 232 | Tony DeAngelo | D | NYI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | 168.17 |
| 234 | Tom Willander | D | VAN | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | 168.17 |
| 238 | Jayden Struble | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 172.67 |
| 245 | Radko Gudas | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 172.67 |
| 249 | Aaron Ekblad | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 172.67 |
| 258 | Parker Wotherspoon | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.10 | 173.50 |
| 259 | Adam Fox | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3.00 | 174.92 |
| 260 | Jamie Drysdale | D | PHI | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5.00 | 177.33 |
| 269 | Simon Benoit | D | PHI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.00 | 186.25 |
| 271 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.00 | 193.00 |
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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