Stanley Cup Playoff Pool: Player Rankings

With Jan Levine predicting the Rangers to win the Stanley Cup, a number of blueshirts are high in his playoff rankings.

Updated on April 13, 2015 10:56AM EST

Stanley Cup Playoff Pool: Player Rankings

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Jan Levine

Updated on April 13, 2015 10:56AM EST

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Here are the 2015 playoff rankings, based on a final four of Rangers-Lightning and Blues-Flames, with a final of Rangers-Blues and the Rangers winning the Stanley Cup, which I have previewed here.

Rankings are based on games played and expected points per game, PPP, +/- and PIMs by skaters and wins/shutouts by goalies. If your quarters, semis and finals differ, adjust rankings accordingly.

CENTERS

Rank	Player	Team
1	D.Brassard	NYR
2	S.Stamkos	TB
3	D.Backes	STL
4	T.Johnson	TB
5	D.Stepan	NYR
6	S.Monahan	CGY
7	N.Backstrom	WAS
8	J.Lehtera	STL
9	K.Hayes	NYR
10	J.Toews	CHI
11	S.Crosby	PIT
12	B.Little	WPG
13	E.Malkin	PIT
14	R.Getzlaf	ANA
15	M.Scheifele	WPG
16	M.Backlund	CGY
17	P.Datsyuk	DET
18	E.Fehr	WAS
19	J.Tavares	NYI
20	P.Stastny	STL
21	K.Turris	OTT
22	H.Sedin	VAN
23	P.Berglund	STL
24	A.Shaw	CHI
25	D.Desharnais	MON
26	L.Eller	OTT
27	M.Koivu	MIN
28	R.Kesler	ANA
29	T.Plekanec	MON
30	M.Granlund	CGY
31	M.Zibanejad	OTT
32	V. Filppula	TB
33	J.Colborne	CGY
34	D.Moore	NYR
35	M. Stajan	CGY
36	M.Granlund	MIN
37	M.Ribeiro	NAS
38	B.Boyle	TB
39	B.Richards	CHI
40	S. Bennett	CGY
41	S.Weiss	DET
42	B.Sutter	PIT
43	C.Coyle	MIN
44	M.Fisher	NAS
45	C.Wilson	NAS
46	F.Nielsen	NYI
47	J.Pageau	OTT
48	N.Bonino	VAN
49	R.Rakell	ANA
50	R.Sheahan	DET
51	M.Cullen	NAS
52	D.Legwand	OTT
53	B.Horvat	VAN
54	A.Cogliano	ANA
55	S.Bergenheim	MIN
56	C.Cizikas	NYI
57	O.Jokinen	STL
58	P.Gaustad	NAS
59	N. Thompson	ANA
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WINGS

Rank	Player	Team
1	V.Tarasenko	STL
2	A.Steen	STL
3	J.Schwartz	STL
4	R.Nash	NYR
5	J.Hudler	CGY
6	J.Gaudreau	CGY
7	M.Zuccarello	NYR
8	C.Kreider	NYR
9	O.Palat	TB
10	T.Oshie	STL
11	N.Kucherov	TB
12	A.Ovechkin	WAS
13	M.St Louis	NYR
14	R.Callahan	TB
15	A.Ladd	WPG
16	P.Kane	CHI
17	B.Wheeler	WPG
18	M.Pacioretty	MON
19	M.Hossa	CHI
20	A.Galchenyuk	MON
21	D.Stafford	WPG
22	E.Kuznetsov	WAS
23	B.Saad	CHI
24	P.Sharp	CHI
25	C.Perry	ANA
26	B.Gallagher	MON
27	T.Tatar	DET
28	M.Johansson	WAS
29	K.Okposo	NYI
30	V.Filppula	TB
31	H.Zetterberg	DET
32	M.Stone	OTT
33	D.Sedin	VAN
34	Z.Parise	MIN
35	M.Frolik	WPG
36	J.Drouin	TB
37	J.Neal	NAS
38	F.Forsberg	NAS
39	R.Vrbata	VAN
40	G.Nyquist	DET
41	J.Miller	NYR
42	C.Kunitz	PIT
43	C.Hagelin	NYR
44	K.Versteeg	CHI
45	M.Perreault	WPG
46	A.Burakovsky	WAS
47	T.Brouwer	WAS
48	J.Jooris	CGY
49	D.Jaskin	STL
50	P.Hornqvist	PIT
51	A.Killorn	TB
52	J.Ward	WAS
53	T.Vanek	MIN
54	D.Jones	CGY
55	C.Glencross	WAS
56	A.Vermette	CHI
57	C.Paquette	TB
58	N.Niederreiter	MIN
59	V.Namestnikov	TB
60	B.Bickell	CHI
61	D.Weise	MON
62	A.Lee	NYI
63	B.Ryan	OTT
64	D.Perron	PIT
65	M.Hoffman	OTT
66	J.Pominville	MIN
67	J.Abdelkader	DET
68	B.Laich	WAS
69	J.Tlusty	WPG
70	J.Sheppard	NYR
71	L.Stempniak	WPG
72	M.Raymond	CGY
73	M.Beleskey	ANA
74	L.Bouma	CGY
75	P.Maroon	ANA
76	K.Palmieri	ANA
77	C.MacArthur	OTT
78	J.Zucker	MIN
79	C.Smith	NAS
80	R.Strome	NYI
81	A.Burrows	VAN
82	B.Nelson	NYI
83	J.Bailey	NYI
84	B.Comeau	PIT
85	P.Parenteau	MON
86	B.Flynn	MON
87	J.Beagle	WAS
88	J.Chimera	WAS
89	T.Wilson	WAS
90	A.Lowry	WPG
91	J.Fast	NYR
92	J.Brown	TB
93	S.Ott	STL
94	J.Silfverberg	ANA
95	T.Fleischmann	ANA
96	J.Fontaine	MIN
97	C.Stewart	MIN
98	M.Grabner	NYI
99	M.Michalek	OTT
100	T.Teravainen	CHI
101	C.Lazar	OTT
102	A.Chiasson	OTT
103	E.Condra	OTT
104	S.Downie	PIT
105	C.Higgins	VAN
106	S.Matthias	VAN
107	D.Smith-Pelly	MON
108	B.Prust	MON
109	T.Mitchell	MON
110	M.Kruger	CHI
111	D.Shore	CGY
112	J.Sekac	ANA
113	R.Carter	MIN
114	M.Cooke	MIN
115	N.Thompson	ANA
116	T.Glass	NYR
117	E.Etem	ANA
118	E.Boulton	NYI
119	K.Brodziak	MIN
120	N.Kulemin	NYI
121	R.Reaves	STL
122	T.Kennedy	NYI
123	M.Santorelli	NAS
124	V.Stalberg	NAS
125	L.Ferraro	DET
126	T.Beck	NAS
127	T.Jurco	DET
128	D.Winnik	PIT
129	N.Spaling	PIT
130	B.Bennett	PIT
131	J.Hansen	VAN
132	D.Dorsett	VAN
133	T.Rattie	STL
134	J.Schroeder	MIN
135	M.Grabovski	NYI
136	C.McDonald	NYI
137	C.Clutterbuck	NYI
138	M.Martin	NYI
139	E.Nystrom	NAS
140	J.De La Rose	MTL
141	G.Bourque	NAS
142	D.Carcillo	CHI
143	T.Pulkkinen	DET
144	L.Glendening	DET
145	D.Miller	DET
146	J.Andersson	DET
147	D.Cleary	DET
148	S.Prince	OTT
149	C.Neil	OTT
150	Z.Smith	OTT
151	M.Lapierre	PIT
152	Z.Kassian	VAN
153	R.Kenins	VAN
154	B.Morrow	TB
155	J.Franzen	DET
156	E.Cole	DET
157	P.Dupuis	PIT
158	B.Richardson	VAN
159	S.Baertschi	VAN
160	J.Franzen	DET

DEFENSEMEN

Rank	Player	Team
1	K.Shattenkirk	STL
2	K.Yandle	NYR
3	A.Pietrangelo	STL
4	K.Russell	CGY
5	V.Hedman	TB
6	P.Subban	MON
7	D.Wideman	CGY
8	R.McDonagh	NYR
9	J.Carlson	WAS
10	M.Green	WAS
11	T.J. Brodie	CGY
12	D.Keith	CHI
13	A.Markov	MON
14	D.Boyle	NYR
15	A.Stralman	TB
16	D.Byfuglien	WPG
17	E.Karlsson	OTT
18	T.Myers	WPG
19	B.Seabrook	CHI
20	M.Carle	TB
21	R.Josi	NAS
22	S.Weber	NAS
23	S.Vatanen	ANA
24	H.Lindholm	ANA
25	M.Niskanen	WAS
26	R.Suter	MIN
27	N.Leddy	NYI
28	K.Klein	NYR
29	M.Zidlicky	DET
30	N.Kronwall	DET
31	M.Dumba	MIN
32	T.Enstrom	WPG
33	C.Fowler	ANA
34	J.Boychuk	NYI
35	D.Girardi	NYR
36	J.Garrison	TB
37	J.Trouba	WPG
38	C.Gunnarsson	STL
39	S.Jones	NAS
40	C.Butler	STL
41	B.Coburn	TB
42	S.Gonchar	MON
43	M.Staal	NYR
44	K.Alzner	WAS
45	B.Jackman	STL
46	J.Bouwmeester	STL
47	J.Wisniewski	ANA
48	D.DeKeyser	DET
49	J.Spurgeon	MIN
50	R.Ellis	NAS
51	D.Hamhuis	VAN
52	J.Petry	MON
53	A.Emelin	MON
54	N.Hjalmarsson	CHI
55	T.Hamonic	NYI
56	B.Orpik	WAS
57	M.Stuart	WPG
58	D.Rundblad	CHI
59	A.Sustr	TB
60	F.Beauchemin	ANA
61	S.Despres	ANA
62	M.Scandella	MIN
63	J.Brodin	MIN
64	C.Folin	MIN
65	L.Visnovsky	NYI
66	T.Hickey	NYI
67	C.Franson	NAS
68	V.Bartley	NAS
69	M.Ekholm	NAS
70	J.Kindl	DET
71	K.Quincey	DET
72	C.Ceci	OTT
73	P.Wiercioch	OTT
74	M.Methot	OTT
75	P.Martin	PIT
76	C.Ehrhoff	PIT
77	B.Lovejoy	PIT
78	D.Pouliot	PIT
79	I.Cole	PIT
80	A.Edler	VAN
81	Y.Weber	VAN
82	C.Tanev	VAN
83	T.Gilbert	MON
84	N.Beaulieu	MON
85	C.de Haan	NYI
86	J.Ericsson	DET
87	B.Smith	DET
88	X.Ouellet	DET
89	B.Lashoff	DET
90	M.Borowiecki	OTT
91	J.Cowen	OTT
92	K.Bieksa	VAN
93	L.Sbisa	VAN
94	C.Stoner	ANA
95	D.Engelland	CGY
96	J.Oduya	CHI
97	M.Roszival	CHI
98	K.Timonen	CHI
99	A.Marchenko	DET
100	M.Donovan	NYI
101	M.Hunwick	NYR
102	E.Gryba	OTT
103	Z.Michalek	STL
104	L.Witkowski	TB
105	M.Barberio	TB
106	T.Gleason	WAS
107	K.Letang	PIT
108	M.Giordano	CGY
109	O.Maatta	PIT

GOALTENDERS

Rank	Player	Team
1	H.Lundqvist	NYR
2	J.Allen	STL
3	B.Bishop	TB
4	C.Price	MON
5	B.Holtby	WAS
6	C.Crawford	CHI
7	J.Hiller	CGY
8	O.Pavelec	WPG
9	D.Dubnyk	MIN
10	B.Elliott	STL
11	P.Rinne	NAS
12	F.Andersen	ANA
13	A.Hammond	OTT
14	J.Halak	NYI
15	P.Mrazek	DET
16	M.Fleury	PIT
17	R.Miller	VAN
18	J.Howard	DET
19	K.Ramo	CGY
20	C.Talbot	NYR
21	A.Vasilevskiy	TB
22	C.Anderson	OTT
24	E.Lack	VAN
24	M.Hutchinson	WPG
25	J.Gibson	ANA
26	S.Darling	CHI
27	D.Tokarski	MTL
28	M.Neuvirth	NYI
29	T.Greiss	PIT
30	J.Peters	WAS
31	J.LaBarbera	ANA
32	J.Ortio	CGY
33	D. Kuemper	MIN
34	A.Raanta	CHI
35	C.Hutton	NAS