Top skater, goalie lists for leagues counting 2025 best-on-best tournament
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NHL.com ranks the top skaters and goalies for fantasy hockey pools counting the 4 Nations Face-Off, a best-on-best tournament from Feb. 12-20, 2025. For more fantasy coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.
NOTES: Basic fantasy pools have the following scoring system: goals and assists count for skaters with a potential bonus for a hat trick; wins count for goalies with a potential bonus for a shutout. Ideal 4 Nations Face-Off fantasy pool roster format would consist of an 8-10 team league with 6 skaters per roster (including 1-2 defensemen per team) and 1 individual goalie per team. These rankings are a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen, Chris Meaney and Troy Perlowitz. Team tricodes indicate participating countries (Canada, Finland, Sweden, United States); each player’s current NHL team is also noted.
On top of each skater’s potential for goals, assists and a hat trick bonus, value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season, Stanley Cup Playoffs and/or international tournaments, projected line combinations, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, age, contract status and overall upside for the 4 Nations Face-Off.
1. Connor McDavid, F, CAN (EDM)
2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, CAN (COL)
3. Cale Makar, D, CAN (COL)
4. Auston Matthews, F, USA (TOR)
5. Sidney Crosby, F, CAN (PIT)
6. Jack Hughes, F, USA (NJD)
7. Quinn Hughes, D, USA (VAN)
8. Jack Eichel, F, USA (VGK)
9. William Nylander, F, SWE (TOR)
10. Mikko Rantanen, F, FIN (CAR)
11. Matthew Tkachuk, F, USA (FLA)
12. Sam Reinhart, F, CAN (FLA)
13. Kyle Connor, F, USA (WPG)
14. Mitch Marner, F, CAN (TOR)
15. Victor Hedman, D, SWE (TBL)
16. Brady Tkachuk, F, USA (OTT)
17. Filip Forsberg, F, SWE (NSH)
18. Brayden Point, F, CAN (TBL)
19. Zach Werenski, D, USA (CBJ)
20. Aleksander Barkov, F, FIN (FLA)
21. Sebastian Aho, F, FIN (CAR)
22. J.T. Miller, F, USA (NYR)
23. Rasmus Dahlin, D, SWE (BUF)
24. Erik Karlsson, D, SWE (PIT)
25. Mark Stone, F, CAN (VGK)
26. Adam Fox, D, USA (NYR)
27. Matt Boldy, F, USA (MIN)
28. Brad Marchand, F, CAN (BOS)
29. Jake Guentzel, F, USA (TBL)
30. Josh Morrissey, D, CAN (WPG)
31. Lucas Raymond, F, SWE (DET)
32. Dylan Larkin, F, USA (DET)
33. Jesper Bratt, F, SWE (NJD)
34. Elias Pettersson, F, SWE (VAN)
35. Sam Bennett, F, CAN (FLA)
36. Brandon Hagel, F, CAN (TBL)
37. Vincent Trocheck, F, USA (NYR)
38. Mikael Granlund, F, FIN (DAL)
39. Adrian Kempe, F, SWE (LAK)
40. Roope Hintz, F, FIN (DAL)
41. Charlie McAvoy, D, USA (BOS)
42. Rickard Rakell, F, SWE (PIT)
43. Mika Zibanejad, F, SWE (NYR)
44. Shea Theodore, D, CAN (VGK)
45. Patrik Laine, F, FIN (MTL)
46. Travis Konecny, F, CAN (PHI)
47. Artturi Lehkonen, F, FIN (COL)
48. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, SWE (MIN)
49. Devon Toews, D, CAN (COL)
50. Seth Jarvis, F, CAN (CAR)
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Other skaters to consider in deeper pools:
51. Mattias Ekholm, D, SWE (EDM)
52. Anton Lundell, F, FIN (FLA)
53. Leo Carlsson, F, SWE (ANA)
54. Rasmus Andersson, D, SWE (CGY)
55. Colton Parayko, D, CAN (STL)
56. Anthony Cirelli, F, CAN (TBL)
57. Teuvo Teravainen, F, FIN (CHI)
58. Travis Sanheim, D, CAN (PHI)
59. Gustav Forsling, D, SWE (FLA)
60. Kaapo Kakko, F, FIN (SEA)
On top of each goalie’s potential for wins and a shutout bonus, value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in regular season, playoffs and/or international tournaments, team defense and goalie situations, projected start volume and goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, age, contract status and likelihood of each country winning this best-on-best tournament
1. Connor Hellebuyck, G, USA (WPG)
2. Filip Gustavsson, G, SWE (MIN)
3. Linus Ullmark, G, SWE (OTT)
4. Adin Hill, G, CAN (VGK)
5. Juuse Saros, G, FIN (NSH)
6. Jake Oettinger, G, USA (DAL)
7. Jeremy Swayman, G, USA (BOS)
8. Jordan Binnington, G, CAN (STL)
9. Kevin Lankinen, G, FIN (VAN)
10. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, FIN (BUF)
11. Sam Montembeault, G, CAN (MTL)
12. Samuel Ersson, G, SWE (PHI)
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Key injuries:
Jacob Markstrom, G, SWE (NJD)
Miro Heiskanen, D, FIN (DAL)
William Karlsson, F, SWE (VGK)
