Fantasy hockey rankings: Kochetkov rises to fifth, three Oilers lead overall

Pyotr Kochetkov of the Carolina Hurricanes is the fastest riser in the fantasy hockey rankings update. Maddie Crooke/NHLI via Getty Images

On Friday the 13th, the scariest mask in the league belongs to Pyotr Kochetkov. He climbs from No. 36 to No. 5 to become the top goalie in fantasy. Still, nothing is scarier than the Edmonton trio of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard, who hold the top three spots.

These rankings are based on expectations of fantasy points produced from Friday, Nov. 13, until the end of the season. Fantasy points are based on the ESPN.com standard game (for skaters: goals = 2 points, assists = 1 point, shots and hits = 0.1 points, blocked shots and special-teams points = 0.5 points; for goaltenders: wins = 4 points, OT losses = 1 point, shutouts = 3 points, saves = 0.2 points, goals against = -2 points).

Top 250 players for 2026

1. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, C1
2. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, C2
3. Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers, D1
4. Cutter Gauthier, Anaheim Ducks, LW1
5. Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina Hurricanes, G1
6. Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks, C3
7. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, C4
8. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW2
9. Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils, C5
10. Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes, C6
11. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild, LW3
12. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, C7
13. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, C8
14. Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars, G2
15. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, RW1
16. Logan Cooley, Utah Mammoth, C9
17. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, RW2
18. Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets, D2
19. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars, LW4
20. Matthew Schaefer, New York Islanders, D3
21. Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW5
22. Brady Tkachuk, Florida Panthers, LW6
23. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings, D4
24. Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks, C10
25. Jacob Fowler, Montreal Canadiens, G3
26. Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks, C11
27. Mikhail Sergachev, Utah Mammoth, D5
28. Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres, C12
29. Jackson LaCombe, Anaheim Ducks, D6
30. Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars, C13
31. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights, C14
32. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche, D7
33. Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators, D8
34. Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW7
35. Tim Stutzle, Ottawa Senators, C15
36. Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators, G4
37. Roman Josi, Nashville Predators, D9
38. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW8
39. Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, LW9
40. Alex Tuch, Washington Capitals, RW3
41. Adam Fox, New York Rangers, D10
42. Beckett Sennecke, Anaheim Ducks, RW4
43. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings, RW5
44. Quinn Hughes, Minnesota Wild, D11
45. Brandt Clarke, Los Angeles Kings, D12
46. Steven Stamkos, Nashville Predators, C16
47. Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens, D13
48. Jakob Chychrun, Washington Capitals, D14
49. Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets, C17
50. Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders, G5
51. Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars, D15
52. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Mammoth, C18
53. Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars, RW6
54. Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW7
55. Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild, LW10
56. Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche, RW8
57. Connor Hellebuyck, New Jersey Devils, G6
58. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche, LW11
59. Clayton Keller, Utah Mammoth, LW12
60. Logan Stankoven, Carolina Hurricanes, C19
61. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights, RW9
62. Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues, LW13
63. Joel Hofer, St. Louis Blues, G7
64. Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C20
65. Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins, D16
66. Mackenzie Blackwood, Colorado Avalanche, G8
67. Seth Jones, Florida Panthers, D17
68. Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes, RW10
69. Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW11
70. Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G9
71. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW12
72. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D18
73. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators, G10
74. Alexis Lafreniere, New York Rangers, LW14
75. Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes, LW15
76. Mitch Marner, Vegas Golden Knights, RW13
77. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning, G11
78. Adam Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets, C21
79. Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers, D19
80. Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils, C22
81. Jesper Wallstedt, Minnesota Wild, G12
82. Filip Hronek, Vancouver Canucks, D20
83. Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers, RW14
84. Ryan O'Reilly, Nashville Predators, C23
85. Jimmy Snuggerud, St. Louis Blues, RW15
86. Cole Hutson, Washington Capitals, D21
87. Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens, LW16
88. Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins, D22
89. Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators, D23
90. MacKenzie Weegar, Utah Mammoth, D24
91. Alex Laferriere, Los Angeles Kings, RW16
92. Bo Horvat, New York Islanders, C24
93. Shane Pinto, Ottawa Senators, C25
94. Mikael Granlund, Anaheim Ducks, C26
95. Artemi Panarin, Los Angeles Kings, LW17
96. Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, C27
97. Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars, C28
98. Victor Eklund, New York Islanders, LW18
99. Shayne Gostisbehere, Carolina Hurricanes, D25
100. Jack Roslovic, Toronto Maple Leafs, C29
101. Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, G13
102. Pavel Zacha, Boston Bruins, C30
103. Joel Farabee, Calgary Flames, LW19
104. Ryan Leonard, Washington Capitals, RW17
105. Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild, D26
106. Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings, LW20
107. Martin Fehervary, Washington Capitals, D27
108. Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights, G14
109. Alex DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings, LW21
110. Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, G15
111. Carter Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers, LW22
112. Jack Quinn, Buffalo Sabres, RW18
113. Michael DiPietro, Boston Bruins, G16
114. John Carlson, Tampa Bay Lightning, D28
115. Vasily Podkolzin, Edmonton Oilers, RW19
116. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers, C31
117. Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues, C32
118. Philip Broberg, St. Louis Blues, D29
119. Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars, D30
120. Jackson Blake, Carolina Hurricanes, RW20
121. James Hagens, Boston Bruins, C33
122. Dylan Strome, Washington Capitals, C34
123. Joonas Korpisalo, New York Rangers, G17
124. Kirill Marchenko, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW23
125. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW21
126. Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens, D31
127. Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins, C35
128. Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers, LW24
129. Sean Walker, Carolina Hurricanes, D32
130. Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders, C36
131. Brandon Montour, Seattle Kraken, D33
132. Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche, D34
133. Cam Talbot, Columbus Blue Jackets, G18
134. Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators, RW22
135. Jacob Trouba, San Jose Sharks, D35
136. Darren Raddysh, Toronto Maple Leafs, D36
137. Mattias Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabres, D37
138. Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Tampa Bay Lightning, D38
139. Jacob Markstrom, Florida Panthers, G19
140. Viktor Arvidsson, Detroit Red Wings, RW23
141. Anton Frondell, Chicago Blackhawks, C37
142. Cole Perfetti, Winnipeg Jets, LW25
143. Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild, C38
144. Nick Seeler, Philadelphia Flyers, D39
145. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, C39
146. Vince Dunn, Seattle Kraken, D40
147. Devon Levi, Edmonton Oilers, G20
148. Quinton Byfield, Los Angeles Kings, C40
149. Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes, LW26
150. Tye Kartye, New York Rangers, LW27
151. Tristan Jarry, Edmonton Oilers, G21
152. Ivan Demidov, Montreal Canadiens, RW24
153. Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning, C41
154. Justin Faulk, Detroit Red Wings, D41
155. Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets, D42
156. Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights, C42
157. Matvei Michkov, Philadelphia Flyers, RW25
158. Kent Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW28
159. Tristan Luneau, Anaheim Ducks, D43
160. Brayden Schenn, New York Islanders, C43
161. Arseniy Gritsyuk, New Jersey Devils, RW26
162. Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth, RW27
163. Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils, RW28
164. Jordan Eberle, Seattle Kraken, RW29
165. Easton Cowan, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW30
166. Morgan Geekie, Boston Bruins, RW31
167. Charlie Coyle, Columbus Blue Jackets, C44
168. Mikey Anderson, Los Angeles Kings, D44
169. Dylan Garand, New York Rangers, G22
170. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW32
171. Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues, D45
172. Noah Dobson, Montreal Canadiens, D46
173. Zach Benson, Buffalo Sabres, LW29
174. Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers, C45
175. Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, D47
176. Neal Pionk, Winnipeg Jets, D48
177. Trevor Connelly, Vegas Golden Knights, LW30
178. Dylan Cozens, Ottawa Senators, C46
179. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, RW33
180. J.T. Miller, New York Rangers, C47
181. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C48
182. Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks, RW34
183. Trevor Zegras, Philadelphia Flyers, C49
184. Nazem Kadri, Colorado Avalanche, C50
185. John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs, C51
186. Matvei Gridin, Calgary Flames, RW35
187. Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild, D49
188. Carter Hart, Vegas Golden Knights, G23
189. Ben Kindel, Pittsburgh Penguins, C52
190. Roman Kantserov, Chicago Blackhawks, RW36
191. Zayne Parekh, Calgary Flames, D50
192. Stuart Skinner, Winnipeg Jets, G24
193. Rasmus Andersson, Vegas Golden Knights, D51
194. Ivar Stenberg, San Jose Sharks, LW31
195. Gabe Perreault, New York Rangers, RW37
196. Boone Jenner, Washington Capitals, C53
197. Dawson Mercer, Winnipeg Jets, RW38
198. Frank Nazar, Chicago Blackhawks, C54
199. Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings, LW32
200. Jamie Drysdale, Philadelphia Flyers, D52
201. Pavel Dorofeyev, New York Rangers, RW39
202. Jakub Dobes, Montreal Canadiens, G25
203. Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals, RW40
204. Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars, D53
205. Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers, C55
206. Mike Matheson, Montreal Canadiens, D54
207. Alexander Nikishin, Carolina Hurricanes, D55
208. Denton Mateychuk, Columbus Blue Jackets, D56
209. Brandon Bussi, Carolina Hurricanes, G26
210. Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers, RW41
211. Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey Devils, D57
212. Owen Power, Buffalo Sabres, D58
213. Vincent Trocheck, Utah Mammoth, C56
214. Mats Zuccarello, Los Angeles Kings, RW42
215. Mario Ferraro, Winnipeg Jets, D59
216. Mason McTavish, St. Louis Blues, C57
217. Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs, G27
218. Adam Edstrom, Nashville Predators, LW33
219. Judd Caulfield, Anaheim Ducks, RW43
220. Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes, D60
221. Ivan Barbashev, Vegas Golden Knights, LW34
222. Matt Coronato, Calgary Flames, RW44
223. Martin Pospisil, Calgary Flames, LW35
224. Troy Terry, Anaheim Ducks, LW36
225. Tyler Kleven, Ottawa Senators, D61
226. Karel Vejmelka, Utah Mammoth, G28
227. Ryan Pulock, New York Islanders, D62
228. Tyson Foerster, Philadelphia Flyers, RW45
229. Matty Beniers, Seattle Kraken, C58
230. Scott Wedgewood, Colorado Avalanche, G29
231. Emmitt Finnie, Detroit Red Wings, LW37
232. Casey DeSmith, Dallas Stars, G30
233. Matthew Knies, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW38
234. Morgan Frost, Calgary Flames, C59
235. Erik Gudbranson, Columbus Blue Jackets, D63
236. Will Smith, San Jose Sharks, RW46
237. Olli Maatta, Minnesota Wild, D64
238. Owen Tippett, Philadelphia Flyers, RW47
239. Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche, LW39
240. Jake McCabe, Toronto Maple Leafs, D65
241. Aliaksei Protas, Washington Capitals, LW40
242. Shane Wright, Nashville Predators, C60
243. Bobby McMann, Seattle Kraken, LW41
244. Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, C61
245. Gavin McKenna, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW42
246. Devin Cooley, Calgary Flames, G31
247. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D66
248. Mackie Samoskevich, Seattle Kraken, LW43
249. Justin Barron, St. Louis Blues, D67
250. Semyon Varlamov, New York Islanders, G32