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NHL Playoff Pool Cheat Sheet

Forward, defensemen and goalie rankings for 2022 NHL Playoff Pools.
Updated on April 28, 2022 8:25PM EST
NHL Playoff Pool Cheat Sheet
Updated on April 28, 2022 8:25PM EST
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2022 Playoff Pool Rankings

(These rankings are based on a combination of individual player performance and expected team performance in the playoffs.)

Forwards

  1. Auston Matthews
  2. Nathan MacKinnon 
  3. Connor McDavid 
  4. Johnny Gaudreau 
  5. Jonathan Huberdeau 
  6. Kirill Kaprizov 
  7. Leon Draisaitl 
  8. Matthew Tkachuk 
  9. Mitch Marner 
  10. Mikko Rantanen 
  11. Nikita Kucherov 
  12. Alex Ovechkin 
  13. Steven Stamkos 
  14. Artemi Panarin 
  15. Aleksander Barkov 
  16. Sidney Crosby 
  17. Nazem Kadri 
  18. Elias Lindholm 
  19. Kevin Fiala 
  20. Jake Guentzel 
  21. Vladimir Tarasenko 
  22. Mika Zibanejad 
  23. Sebastian Aho 
  24. Sam Reinhart 
  25. Joe Pavelski 
  26. William Nylander 
  27. Brad Marchand 
  28. Mats Zuccarello 
  29. Chris Kreider 
  30. Gabriel Landeskog
  31. Pavel Buchnevich
  32. David Pastrnak
  33. Filip Forsberg
  34. Matt Duchene
  35. Evgeny Kuznetsov 
  36. Andrei Svechnikov
  37. Robert Thomas 
  38. John Tavares 
  39. Evgeni Malkin 
  40. Claude Giroux 
  41. Ryan Hartman 
  42. Michael Bunting 
  43. Jason Robertson 
  44. Jordan Kyrou 
  45. Evander Kane 
  46. Teuvo Teravainen 
  47. Patrice Bergeron 
  48. Andre Burakovsky 
  49. Roope Hintz 
  50. Anze Kopitar 
  51. Ivan Barbashev 
  52. Taylor Hall 
  53. Brayden Point 
  54. Bryan Rust 
  55. Matthew Boldy 
  56. Anthony Duclair 
  57. Andrew Mangiapane 
  58. Nicklas Backstrom 
  59. David Perron 
  60. Ryan Johansen 
  61. Mikael Granlund 
  62. Alex Killorn 
  63. Brayden Schenn 
  64. Carter Verhaeghe 
  65. Ryan O'Reilly 
  66. Adrian Kempe 
  67. Andrew Copp 
  68. Zach Hyman 
  69. Valeri Nichushkin 
  70. Tom Wilson 
  71. Ryan Strome 
  72. Tyler Toffoli 
  73. Phillip Danault 
  74. Alex Kerfoot 
  75. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 
  76. Joel Eriksson Ek 
  77. Brandon Saad 
  78. Viktor Arvidsson

2022 Playoff Pool Rankings

(These rankings are based on a combination of individual player performance and expected team performance in the playoffs.)

Forwards

  1. Auston Matthews
  2. Nathan MacKinnon 
  3. Connor McDavid 
  4. Johnny Gaudreau 
  5. Jonathan Huberdeau 
  6. Kirill Kaprizov 
  7. Leon Draisaitl 
  8. Matthew Tkachuk 
  9. Mitch Marner 
  10. Mikko Rantanen 
  11. Nikita Kucherov 
  12. Alex Ovechkin 
  13. Steven Stamkos 
  14. Artemi Panarin 
  15. Aleksander Barkov 
  16. Sidney Crosby 
  17. Nazem Kadri 
  18. Elias Lindholm 
  19. Kevin Fiala 
  20. Jake Guentzel 
  21. Vladimir Tarasenko 
  22. Mika Zibanejad 
  23. Sebastian Aho 
  24. Sam Reinhart 
  25. Joe Pavelski 
  26. William Nylander 
  27. Brad Marchand 
  28. Mats Zuccarello 
  29. Chris Kreider 
  30. Gabriel Landeskog
  31. Pavel Buchnevich
  32. David Pastrnak
  33. Filip Forsberg
  34. Matt Duchene
  35. Evgeny Kuznetsov 
  36. Andrei Svechnikov
  37. Robert Thomas 
  38. John Tavares 
  39. Evgeni Malkin 
  40. Claude Giroux 
  41. Ryan Hartman 
  42. Michael Bunting 
  43. Jason Robertson 
  44. Jordan Kyrou 
  45. Evander Kane 
  46. Teuvo Teravainen 
  47. Patrice Bergeron 
  48. Andre Burakovsky 
  49. Roope Hintz 
  50. Anze Kopitar 
  51. Ivan Barbashev 
  52. Taylor Hall 
  53. Brayden Point 
  54. Bryan Rust 
  55. Matthew Boldy 
  56. Anthony Duclair 
  57. Andrew Mangiapane 
  58. Nicklas Backstrom 
  59. David Perron 
  60. Ryan Johansen 
  61. Mikael Granlund 
  62. Alex Killorn 
  63. Brayden Schenn 
  64. Carter Verhaeghe 
  65. Ryan O'Reilly 
  66. Adrian Kempe 
  67. Andrew Copp 
  68. Zach Hyman 
  69. Valeri Nichushkin 
  70. Tom Wilson 
  71. Ryan Strome 
  72. Tyler Toffoli 
  73. Phillip Danault 
  74. Alex Kerfoot 
  75. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 
  76. Joel Eriksson Ek 
  77. Brandon Saad 
  78. Viktor Arvidsson 
  79. Sam Bennett 
  80. Mason Marchment 
  81. Trevor Moore 
  82. Tyler Seguin 
  83. Nino Niederreiter 
  84. Anton Lundell 
  85. Ondrej Palat 
  86. Jamie Benn 
  87. Brandon Hagel 
  88. Jeff Carter 
  89. Conor Sheary 
  90. Erik Haula 
  91. Charlie Coyle 
  92. Evan Rodrigues 
  93. Anthony Cirelli 
  94. Frederick Gaudreau 
  95. Tanner Jeannot 
  96. Marcus Foligno 
  97. Rickard Rakell 
  98. Jake DeBrusk 
  99. Ross Colton 
  100. Seth Jarvis 
  101. Mikael Backlund 
  102. Max Domi 
  103. Artturi Lehkonen 
  104. Kailer Yamamoto 
  105. Martin Necas 
  106. Corey Perry 
  107. Alex Iafallo 
  108. Alex Newhook 
  109. Jordan Staal 
  110. Jesse Puljujarvi 
  111. Craig Smith 
  112. T.J. Oshie 
  113. Jesper Fast 
  114. Blake Coleman 
  115. Pierre Engvall 
  116. Dillon Dube 
  117. J.T. Compher 
  118. Ilya Mikheyev 
  119. Nick Paul 
  120. Frank Vatrano 
  121. Danton Heinen 
  122. Kasperi Kapanen 
  123. Barclay Goodrow 
  124. Ondrej Kase 
  125. Lars Eller 
  126. Alexis Lafreniere 
  127. Calle Jarnkrok 
  128. Patric Hornqvist 
  129. Dustin Brown 
  130. Philip Tomasino 
  131. Denis Gurianov 
  132. Arthur Kaliyev 
  133. Marcus Johansson 
  134. Vladislav Namestnikov 
  135. Colton Sissons 
  136. Warren Foegele 
  137. David Kampf 
  138. Jesperi Kotkaniemi 
  139. Jordan Greenway 
  140. Garnet Hathaway 
  141. Logan O'Connor 
  142. Patrick Maroon 
  143. Jason Spezza 
  144. Eetu Luostarinen 
  145. Teddy Blueger 
  146. Nic Dowd 
  147. Nicolas Aube-Kubel 
  148. Blake Lizotte 
  149. Luke Kunin 
  150. Eeli Tolvanen 

Defensemen

  1. Cale Makar 
  2. Victor Hedman 
  3. Adam Fox 
  4. Roman Josi 
  5. Devon Toews
  6. Aaron Ekblad
  7. Morgan Rielly 
  8. John Carlson 
  9. Tony DeAngelo 
  10. Kris Letang 
  11. Charlie McAvoy 
  12. Rasmus Andersson 
  13. Noah Hanifin 
  14. MacKenzie Weegar 
  15. Evan Bouchard 
  16. Jaccob Slavin 
  17. Justin Faulk 
  18. John Klingberg 
  19. Torey Krug 
  20. Jared Spurgeon 
  21. Jacob Trouba 
  22. Tyson Barrie 
  23. Brady Skjei 
  24. Brandon Montour 
  25. Mikhail Sergachev 
  26. Gustav Forsling 
  27. Darnell Nurse 
  28. Mark Giordano 
  29. Dmitry Orlov 
  30. Colton Parayko 
  31. Miro Heiskanen 
  32. Ryan Suter 
  33. Oliver Kylington 
  34. Alex Goligoski 
  35. Mike Matheson 
  36. Jonas Brodin 
  37. Mattias Ekholm 
  38. Brett Pesce 
  39. Samuel Girard 
  40. Chris Tanev 
  41. Cody Ceci 
  42. T.J. Brodie 
  43. Matt Dumba 
  44. Alexandre Carrier 
  45. Erik Johnson 
  46. Hampus Lindholm 
  47. Ben Chiarot 
  48. Sean Durzi 
  49. John Marino 
  50. Matt Grzelcyk 
  51. Dmitry Kulikovv 
  52. Esa Lindell 
  53. Ryan McDonagh 
  54. Nick Leddy 
  55. Timothy Liljegren 
  56. Dante Fabbro 
  57. Justin Holl 
  58. Justin Schultz 
  59. Duncan Keith 
  60. Nikita Zadorov 
  61. Nick Jensen 
  62. K'Andre Miller 
  63. Matt Roy 
  64. Brett Kulak 
  65. Alexander Edler 

Goalies

  1. Sergei Bobrovsky 
  2. Darcy Kuemper 
  3. Jacob Markstrom 
  4. Andrei Vasilevskiy 
  5. Jack Campbell 
  6. Mike Smith 
  7. Vitek Vanecek 
  8. Marc-Andre Fleury 
  9. Linus Ullmark 
  10. Igor Shesterkin 
  11. Jordan Binnington
  12. Casey DeSmith
  13. Jonathan Quick 
  14. Jake Oettinger 
  15. Antti Raanta
  16. Juuse Saros 
  17. Cam Talbot 
  18. Jeremy Swayman 
  19. Frederik Andersen
  20. Ville Husso 
  21. Ilya Samsonov 
  22. Tristan Jarry
  23. Pavel Francouz 
  24. Spencer Knight 
  25. David Rittich 
  26. Dan Vladar 
  27. Brian Elliott 
  28. Erik Kallgren 
  29. Mikko Koskinen 
  30. Cal Petersen 
  31. Alexandar Georgiev 
  32. Scott Wedgewood 

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