Fantasy: UPDATED Banger League (hits + blocks) Rankings - Top 250
Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Here are the top 250 skaters and goalies ranking in descending order based on their value in 10- or 12-team "banger leagues." A typical banger league consists of the following categories:
| Skaters | Goalies |
|---|---|
| Goals | Wins |
| Assists | Goals-against average |
| Plus/minus | Save percentage |
| Penalty minutes | Shutouts |
| Power-play points | |
| Shots on goal | |
| Hits | |
| Blocked shots |
The key difference between a banger league and a standard league is the addition of hits and blocked shots. Though two additional categories may seem like a minor difference, it can have a major affect on the value of players.
Top 250
| Rk. | Player | Team | Pos. | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Ovechkin | WAS | LW | |
| 2 | Connor McDavid | EDM | C | |
| 3 | Brent Burns | SJ | D | |
| 4 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | |
| 5 | Victor Hedman | TB | D | |
| 6 | Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | |
| 7 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | D | |
| 8 | Tyler Seguin | DAL | C/RW | |
| 9 | Steven Stamkos | TB | C | |
| 10 | Carey Price | MTL | G | |
| 11 | Patrick Kane | CHI | RW | |
| 12 | Patrik Laine | WPG | RW | ▲ |
| 13 | Blake Wheeler | WPG | RW | ▼ |
| 14 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | |
| 15 | Wayne Simmonds | PHI | RW | |
| 16 | Vladimir Tarasenko | STL | RW | |
| 17 | Auston Matthews | TOR | C | |
| 18 | Matt Murray | PIT | G | |
| 19 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | D | ▼ |
| 20 | Nikita Kucherov | TB | RW | |
| 21 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | D | |
| 22 | Sergei Bobrovsky | CLB | G | |
| 23 | Braden Holtby | WAS | G | |
| 24 | Jack Eichel | BUF | C | |
| 25 | Brad Marchand | BOS | LW | |
| 26 | Joe Pavelski | SJ | C/RW | |
| 27 | Cam Talbot | EDM | G | |
| 28 | Roman Josi | NAS | D | ▼ |
| 29 | P.K. Subban | NAS | D | |
| 30 | Devan Dubnyk | MIN | G | |
| 31 | Ryan Getzlaf | ANA | C | ▲ |
| 32 | Nicklas Backstrom | WAS | C | |
| 33 | Evander Kane | BUF | LW | |
| 34 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | D | |
| 35 | Filip Forsberg | NAS | LW | |
| 36 | Leon Draisaitl | EDM | C/RW | |
| 37 | Shea Weber | MTL | D | |
| 38 | John Tavares | NYI | C | |
| 39 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | D | ▲ |
| 40 | Tuukka Rask | BOS | G | |
| 41 | Mark Giordano | CGY | D | |
| 42 | David Pastrnak | BOS | RW | |
| 43 | Corey Perry | ANA | RW | ▲ |
| 44 | Patric Hornqvist | PIT | RW | |
| 45 | Nazem Kadri | TOR | C | |
| 46 | Kris Letang | PIT | D | |
| 47 | Max Pacioretty | MTL | LW | |
| 48 | Drew Doughty | LA | D | |
| 49 | Jake Allen | STL | G | |
| 50 | Anders Lee | NYI | LW | |
| 51 | William Nylander | TOR | C/RW | |
| 52 | Colton Parayko | STL | D | |
| 53 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | TB | G | |
| 54 | Mark Scheifele | WPG | C | |
| 55 | Artemi Panarin | CLB | LW | |
| 56 | Jonathan Quick | LA | G | |
| 57 | Chris Kreider | NYR | LW | |
| 58 | Mitch Marner | TOR | C/RW | |
| 59 | John Klingberg | DAL | D | |
| 60 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | D | ▲ |
| 61 | Alexander Radulov | DAL | RW | |
| 62 | Nino Niederreiter | MIN | LW/RW | |
| 63 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | D | |
| 64 | Corey Crawford | CHI | G | |
| 65 | Jonathan Huberdeau | FLA | LW | |
| 66 | Jeff Carter | LA | C | |
| 67 | Nikolaj Ehlers | WPG | LW | |
| 68 | Ryan Johansen | NAS | C | |
| 69 | Aleksander Barkov | FLA | C | |
| 70 | Jon Gibson | ANA | G | |
| 71 | Duncan Keith | CHI | D | |
| 72 | Milan Lucic | EDM | LW | |
| 73 | T.J. Oshie | WAS | RW | |
| 74 | Pekka Rinne | NAS | G | |
| 75 | Nick Foligno | CLB | LW/RW | |
| 76 | Mike Hoffman | OTT | LW | |
| 77 | Cam Atkinson | CLB | RW | |
| 78 | Ben Bishop | DAL | G | |
| 79 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | D | |
| 80 | Seth Jones | CLB | D | |
| 81 | Patrice Bergeron | BOS | C | |
| 82 | Anze Kopitar | LA | C | |
| 83 | Johnny Gaudreau | CGY | LW | |
| 84 | Jeff Skinner | CAR | LW | |
| 85 | John Carlson | WAS | D | |
| 86 | Torey Krug | BOS | D | |
| 87 | Frederik Andersen | TOR | G | |
| 88 | Phil Kessel | PIT | RW | |
| 89 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | D | |
| 90 | Jonathan Drouin | MTL | C/LW/RW | ▲ |
| 91 | Claude Giroux | PHI | C | |
| 92 | Zach Werenski | CLB | D | |
| 93 | Brayden Schenn | STL | C/LW | |
| 94 | Taylor Hall | NJ | LW | |
| 95 | Sebastian Aho | CAR | LW/RW | |
| 96 | Justin Schultz | PIT | D | |
| 97 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | D | |
| 98 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | WAS | C | |
| 99 | Mikael Granlund | MIN | C/RW | |
| 100 | Martin Jones | SJ | G | |
| 101 | Boone Jenner | CLB | C/LW | |
| 102 | Cam Fowler | ANA | D | ▲ |
| 103 | Brandon Dubinsky | CLB | C | |
| 104 | Patrick Maroon | EDM | LW | |
| 105 | Charlie Coyle | MIN | C/RW | |
| 106 | Sean Monahan | CGY | C | |
| 107 | Tanner Pearson | LA | LW | |
| 108 | Scott Darling | CAR | G | |
| 109 | Nathan MacKinnon | COL | C | |
| 110 | James van Riemsdyk | TOR | LW | |
| 111 | Mike Smith | CGY | G | |
| 112 | Kyle Palmieri | NJ | RW | |
| 113 | Logan Couture | SJ | C | |
| 114 | Justin Faulk | CAR | D | |
| 115 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | D | |
| 116 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | D | |
| 117 | Jonathan Toews | CHI | C | |
| 118 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | D | |
| 119 | Brandon Saad | CHI | LW | |
| 120 | Viktor Arvidsson | NAS | RW | |
| 121 | Vincent Trocheck | FLA | C | |
| 122 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | D | |
| 123 | Henrik Lundqvist | NYR | G | |
| 124 | Craig Anderson | OTT | G | |
| 125 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | D | |
| 126 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | D | |
| 127 | Jakub Voracek | PHI | RW | |
| 128 | Anthony Mantha | DET | LW/RW | |
| 129 | Alex Galchenyuk | MTL | C/LW | |
| 130 | Gabriel Landeskog | COL | LW | |
| 131 | Robin Lehner | BUF | G | |
| 132 | J.T. Miller | NYR | LW/RW | |
| 133 | Matthew Tkachuk | CGY | LW | |
| 134 | Ryan Kesler | ANA | C | ▼ |
| 135 | Eric Staal | MIN | C | |
| 136 | Martin Hanzal | MIN | C | |
| 137 | Cory Schneider | NJ | G | |
| 138 | David Backes | BOS | RW | |
| 139 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | D | |
| 140 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | D | |
| 141 | Mark Stone | OTT | RW | |
| 142 | Nick Ritchie | ANA | LW | ▲ |
| 143 | Mats Zuccarello | NYR | RW | |
| 144 | Alexander Wennberg | CLB | C | |
| 145 | Adam Larsson | EDM | D | |
| 146 | Ryan Suter | MIN | D | |
| 147 | Rickard Rakell | ANA | C/LW | |
| 148 | Radko Gudas | PHI | D | |
| 149 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | D | |
| 150 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | D | ▲ |
| 151 | Connor Hellebuyck | WPG | G | ▲ |
| 152 | Frank Vatrano | BOS | C/LW | ▲ |
| 153 | Brian Elliott | PHI | G | |
| 154 | Thomas Greiss | NYI | G | |
| 155 | Jordan Staal | CAR | C | |
| 156 | Jason Spezza | DAL | C/RW | |
| 157 | Henrik Zetterberg | DET | C/LW | |
| 158 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJ | D | |
| 159 | Tom Wilson | WAS | RW | |
| 160 | Jake Muzzin | LA | D | |
| 161 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | D | |
| 162 | Ondrej Palat | TB | LW | |
| 163 | Jake Guentzel | PIT | C/LW | |
| 164 | Matt Duchene | COL | C/RW | |
| 165 | Elias Lindholm | CAR | C/RW | |
| 166 | Patrick Marleau | TOR | C/LW | |
| 167 | Dustin Brown | LA | RW | |
| 168 | Travis Konecny | PHI | C/LW | |
| 169 | Jaden Schwartz | STL | LW | |
| 170 | Keith Yandle | FLA | D | |
| 171 | Leo Komarov | TOR | C/LW | |
| 172 | James Neal | VGK | LW/RW | |
| 173 | Bryan Little | WPG | C | |
| 174 | Tyler Toffoli | LA | C/RW | |
| 175 | Tyson Barrie | COL | D | |
| 176 | Zach Parise | MIN | LW | |
| 177 | Evgeny Dadonov | FLA | RW | |
| 178 | Roberto Luongo | FLA | G | |
| 179 | James Reimer | FLA | G | |
| 180 | Nico Hischier | NJ | C | |
| 181 | Andre Burakovsky | WAS | LW/RW | |
| 182 | Ryan Strome | EDM | C/RW | |
| 183 | Marcus Johansson | NJ | LW | |
| 184 | Conor Sheary | PIT | LW/RW | |
| 185 | Steve Mason | WPG | G | |
| 186 | Tomas Hertl | SJ | C/LW | |
| 187 | Nolan Patrick | PHI | C | |
| 188 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | D | |
| 189 | Jonathan Marchessault | VGK | C/LW | |
| 190 | Jordan Eberle | NYI | RW | |
| 191 | Marcus Foligno | MIN | LW | |
| 192 | Jimmy Howard | DET | G | |
| 193 | Matt Dumba | MIN | D | |
| 194 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | D | |
| 195 | Alec Martinez | LA | D | |
| 196 | Kyle Okposo | BUF | RW | |
| 197 | Antti Raanta | ARI | G | |
| 198 | Vadim Shipachyov | VGK | C/LW | |
| 199 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | D | ▼ |
| 200 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | D | ▼ |
| 201 | Jakob Markstrom | VAN | G | |
| 202 | Semyon Varlamov | COL | G | |
| 203 | Ryan Ellis | NAS | D | ▼ |
| 204 | Josh Manson | ANA | D | |
| 205 | Tyler Johnson | TB | C | |
| 206 | Ryan O'Reilly | BUF | C | |
| 207 | Jakob Silfverberg | ANA | RW | |
| 208 | Kyle Turris | OTT | C | |
| 209 | Mika Zibanejad | NYR | C | |
| 210 | Miko Rantanen | COL | LW/RW | |
| 211 | Adam Lowry | WPG | C | |
| 212 | Marc-Andre Fleury | VGK | G | |
| 213 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | D | |
| 214 | Mark Borowiecki | OTT | D | |
| 215 | Zdeno Chara | BOS | D | |
| 216 | Brendan Gallagher | MTL | RW | |
| 217 | Josh Anderson | CLB | RW | |
| 218 | Bobby Ryan | OTT | RW | |
| 219 | Patrick Eaves | ANA | RW | |
| 220 | Dylan Larkin | DET | C/RW | |
| 221 | Viktor Rask | CAR | C | |
| 222 | Antoine Roussel | DAL | LW | |
| 223 | Bo Horvat | VAN | C | |
| 224 | Julius Honka | DAL | D | |
| 225 | Paul Stastny | STL | C | |
| 226 | Daniel Sedin | VAN | LW | |
| 227 | Henrik Sedin | VAN | C | |
| 228 | Robby Fabbri | STL | C/LW | |
| 229 | Brock Boeser | VAN | RW | ▲ |
| 230 | Derek Stepan | ARI | C | |
| 231 | Joe Thornton | SJ | C | |
| 232 | Shea Theodore | VGK | D | |
| 233 | Brandon Montour | ANA | D | |
| 234 | Matt Martin | TOR | LW | |
| 235 | Ryan Reaves | PIT | RW | |
| 236 | Andrew Shaw | MTL | C/RW | |
| 237 | Sam Reinhart | BUF | C/RW | |
| 238 | Alexander Steen | STL | C/LW | ▼ |
| 239 | Jesse Puljujarvi | EDM | RW | |
| 240 | Richard Panik | CHI | LW/RW | |
| 241 | Kevin Fiala | NAS | LW | |
| 242 | Nick Schmaltz | CHI | C/LW | |
| 243 | Andrew Ladd | NYI | LW | |
| 244 | Dylan Strome | ARI | C | |
| 245 | Matthew Barzal | NYI | C | |
| 246 | David Krejci | BOS | C | |
| 247 | Patrick Sharp | CHI | LW/RW | |
| 248 | Jason Zucker | MIN | LW/RW | |
| 249 | Kris Russell | EDM | D | |
| 250 | Calvin de Haan | NYI | D |
These rankings will be updated throughout the lead-up to the season.