The 2021-22 NHL season gets underway on October 12.  With the expansion Seattle Kraken joining the Pacific Division, NHL Fantasy poolies are starting to look into whom the top point producers are going to be and which players might be strong dark-horse picks in those later rounds.

Based on multiple sources, average rankings over the past few seasons as well as expected number of games played, The Hockey Fanatic has assembled a list of the top 220 NHL forwards based on point projections. Data is based on overall point projections for a sense of where we expect players to net out after the 82 game regular season.

Who is at the top of our list? None other than the games’ greatest player in Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. Our point projection is higher than most of the other sources that you might be using. We think he is that good and even more motivated to push the Oilers on a deep playoff run.

To see our list of top NHL defensemen, visit The Hockey Fanatic’s Fantasy Hockey Predictions for the Top 55 NHL Defensemen for 2021-22.

Player	Team	Pos.	Est. Points
Connor McDavid	EDM	C	136
Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C/LW	112
Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	108
Nikita Kucherov	TB	RW	105
Artemi Panarin	NYR	LW	98
Mitchell Marner	TOR	RW	94
Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	LW	92
Patrick Kane	CHI	RW	90
Aleksander Barkov	FLA	C	90
Auston Matthews	TOR	C	90
Brad Marchand	BOS	LW	89
Mikko Rantanen	COL	RW	89
David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	88
Brayden Point	TB	C/RW	88
Sidney Crosby	PIT	C	84
Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	83
Mika Zibanejad	NYR	C	82
Sebastian Aho	CAR	C	80
Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW/RW	80
John Tavares	TOR	C	78
Steven Stamkos	TB	C/RW	76
Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG	LW/RW	75
Alex DeBrincat	CHI	LW/RW	74
Mark Stone	VGK	RW	74
Elias Pettersson	VAN	C	72
Tyler Seguin	DAL	C/RW	71
Sean Couturier	PHI	C	71
Patrice Bergeron	BOS	C	70
Elias Lindholm	CGY	C/RW	70
Mathew Barzal	NYI	C	70
Jake Guentzel	PIT	LW/RW	70
Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	70
Alex Ovechkin	WSH	LW	70
Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	LW/RW	69
Anze Kopitar	LAK	C	68
J.T. Miller	VAN	C/LW	68
Evgeny Kuznetsov	WSH	C	68
Dylan Larkin	DET	C	67
Ryan O’Reilly	STL	C	67
Blake Wheeler	WPG	C/RW	67
Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	C	67
Gabriel Landeskog	COL	C/LW	66
Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	66
Brock Boeser	VAN	RW	66
Jack Eichel	BUF	C	65
Johnny Gaudreau	CGY	LW/RW	65
Roope Hintz	DAL	C/LW	65
Sam Reinhart	FLA	C/RW	65
Max Pacioretty	VGK	LW	65
Taylor Hall	BOS	LW	64
Jack Hughes	NJD	C/LW	64
Matthew Tkachuk	CGY	LW/RW	63
Teuvo Teravainen	CAR	LW/RW	62
Kirby Dach	CHI	C	62
Nick Suzuki	MTL	C/RW	62
Claude Giroux	PHI	C/LW	61
Bryan Rust	PIT	LW/RW	61
William Nylander	TOR	LW/RW	61
Pierre-Luc Dubois	WPG	C	61
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	C/LW	60
Zach Hyman	EDM	LW/RW	60
Tyler Toffoli	MTL	LW/RW	60
Brady Tkachuk	OTT	LW	60
Jonathan Marchessault	VGK	C/LW	60
Martin Necas	CAR	C/RW	59
Viktor Arvidsson	LAK	LW/RW	59
David Perron	STL	LW/RW	59
Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	LW/RW	58
Cole Caufield	MTL	RW	58
Bo Horvat	VAN	C	58
Sean Monahan	CGY	C	57
Joe Pavelski	DAL	C/RW	57
Tim Stutzle	OTT	LW	57
Brayden Schenn	STL	C/RW	57
Patrik Laine	CBJ	LW/RW	56
Sam Bennett	FLA	C/LW	56
Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	56
Ryan Strome	NYR	C/RW	56
Joel Farabee	PHI	LW/RW	56
Tomas Hertl	SJS	C/LW	56
Trevor Zegras	ANA	C/LW	55
Kevin Fiala	MIN	LW/RW	55
Evander Kane	SJS	C	55
Vladimir Tarasenko	STL	RW	55
Clayton Keller	ARI	LW/RW	54
Alexis Lafreniere	NYR	LW	54
Travis Konecny	PHI	RW	54
Pavel Buchnevich	STL	RW	54
William Karlsson	VGK	C	54
Max Comtois	ANA	LW/RW	53
Phil Kessel	ARI	RW	53
Vincent Trocheck	CAR	C	53
Jakub Voracek	CBJ	LW/RW	53
Andre Burakovsky	COL	LW/RW	53
T.J. Oshie	WSH	C/RW	53
Gustav Nyquist	CBJ	LW	52
Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	LW/RW	52
Brock Nelson	NYI	C	52
Josh Norris	OTT	C	52
Jordan Eberle	SEA	RW	52
Logan Couture	SJS	C	52
Conor Garland	VAN	LW/RW	52
Jonathan Toews	CHI	C	51
Dominik Kubalik	CHI	LW/RW	51
Alexander Radulov	DAL	LW/RW	51
Brendan Gallagher	MTL	RW	51
Mikael Granlund	NSH	C/RW	51
Cam Atkinson	PHI	RW	51
Alex Killorn	TB	LW/RW	51
Anthony Mantha	WSH	LW/RW	51
Nick Schmaltz	ARI	C/RW	50
Jamie Benn	DAL	C/LW	50
Nico Hischier	NJD	C	50
Anders Lee	NYI	LW	50
Drake Batherson	OTT	RW	50
Jaden Schwartz	SEA	LW	50
Reilly Smith	VGK	RW	50
Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	C/LW	49
Mike Hoffman	MTL	LW/RW	49
Christian Dvorak	MTL	C/LW	49
Chris Kreider	NYR	LW	49
Ondrej Palat	TB	LW	49
Nazem Kadri	COL	C	48
Eeli Tolvanen	NSH	LW/RW	48
Josh Bailey	NYI	LW/RW	48
James van Riemsdyk	PHI	LW	48
Timo Meier	SJS	LW/RW	48
Alexander Barabanov	SJS	RW	48
Brandon Saad	STL	LW/RW	48
Casey Mittelstadt	BUF	C/RW	47
Victor Olofsson	BUF	LW/RW	47
Jacob Vrana	DET	LW	47
Mats Zuccarello	MIN	RW	47
Anthony Beauvillier	NYI	LW	47
Evgeni Malkin	PIT	C	47
Joonas Donskoi	SEA	LW/RW	47
Chandler Stephenson	VGK	C/LW	47
Craig Smith	BOS	RW	46
Kaapo Kakko	NYR	RW	46
Rickard Rakell	ANA	LW/RW	45
Jordan Staal	CAR	C	45
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	CAR	C/LW	45
Alex Iafallo	LAK	LW	45
Ryan Johansen	NSH	C	45
Matt Duchene	NSH	C/RW	45
Connor Brown	OTT	RW	45
Jeff Carter	PIT	C/RW	45
Jared McCann	SEA	C/LW	45
Jordan Kyrou	STL	C/RW	45
Tom Wilson	WSH	RW	45
Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM	RW	44
Patric Hornqvist	FLA	RW	44
Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	C	44
Jonathan Drouin	MTL	C/LW	44
Josh Anderson	MTL	RW	44
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	NYI	C	44
Alexander Kerfoot	TOR	C/RW	44
Paul Stastny	WPG	C	44
Anthony Duclair	FLA	LW/RW	43
Marco Rossi	MIN	C	43
Pavel Zacha	NJD	C/LW	43
Kyle Palmieri	NYI	LW/RW	43
Kasperi Kapanen	PIT	LW/RW	43
Robert Thomas	STL	C/RW	43
Vasily Podkolzin	VAN	RW	43
Charlie Coyle	BOS	C/RW	42
Jeff Skinner	BUF	LW	42
Mikael Backlund	CGY	C/RW	42
Phillip Danault	LAK	C	42
Adrian Kempe	LAK	LW	42
Tomas Tatar	NJD	LW/RW	42
Oliver Wahlstrom	NYI	RW	42
Anthony Cirelli	TB	C/RW	42
Dylan Cozens	BUF	C/RW	41
Jack Roslovic	CBJ	C/RW	41
Dustin Brown	LAK	RW	41
Andrew Copp	WPG	LW/RW	41
Ryan Dzingel	ARI	LW	40
Jake DeBrusk	BOS	LW	40
Blake Coleman	CGY	LW/RW	40
Dillon Dube	CGY	LW	40
Kailer Yamamoto	EDM	RW	40
Yegor Sharangovich	NJD	LW/RW	40
Nils Hoglander	VAN	LW/RW	40
Lars Eller	WSH	C	40
Nino Niederreiter	CAR	LW/RW	39
Jordan Greenway	MIN	LW/RW	39
Jesper Bratt	NJD	LW/RW	39
Jason Zucker	PIT	LW/RW	39
Yanni Gourde	SEA	C/RW	39
Kevin Lebanc	SJS	RW	39
Nick Ritchie	TOR	LW	39
Sam Steel	ANA	C	38
Dmitrij Jaskin	ARI	RW	38
Denis Gurianov	DAL	LW/RW	38
Owen Tippett	FLA	RW	38
Andreas Anthanasiou	LAK	RW	38
Zach Parise	NYI	LW	38
Michael Bunting	TOR	LW	38
Adam Henrique	ANA	LW	37
Tyler Johnson	CHI	C/RW	37
Calle Jarnkrok	SEA	LW/RW	37
Tanner Pearson	VAN	LW	37
Evgenii Dadonov	VGK	LW/RW	37
Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	C	36
Barrett Hayton	ARI	C/LW	36
Alex Newhook	COL	C	36
Frank Vatrano	FLA	LW/RW	36
Danton Heinen	PIT	LW/RW	36
Corey Perry	TB	RW	36
Connor McMichael	WSH	C	36
Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	LW/RW	35
Filip Zadina	DET	LW/RW	35
Janne Kuokkanen	NJD	RW	35
Alex Wennberg	SEA	C/LW	35
Ross Colton	TB	C/LW	35
Vitali Kravtsov	NYR	RW	34
Alex Barre-Boulet	TB	C/RW	34
Warren Foegele	EDM	LW	33
Sammy Blais	NYR	LW/RW	33

Be sure to check out our NHL Fantasy Hockey projections for the top 55 NHL Defensemen as well.