Below are the 2017 playoff rankings, based on a final four of Capitals-Rangers and Blackhawks-Oilers with a final of Capitals-Blackhawks and the Capitals as the Stanley Cup champion.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.
CENTER
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM |
1 | N. Backstrom | WSH | 2 | C. McDavid | EDM | 3 | J. Toews | CHI | 4 | S. Crosby | PIT | 5 | E. Malkin | PIT | 6 | A. Anisimov | CHI | 7 | E. Kuznetsov | WSH | 8 | R. Getzlaf | ANA | 9 | D. Stepan | NYR | 10 | M. Zibanejad | NYR | 11 | R. Kesler | ANA | 12 | E. Staal | MIN | 13 | P. Bergeron | BOS | 14 | D. Krejci | BOS | 15 | R. Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | 16 | M. Letestu | EDM | 17 | M. Koivu | MIN | 18 | K. Hayes | NYR | 19 | T. Kero | CHI | 20 | M. Hanzal | MIN | 21 | J. Beagle | WSH | 22 | L. Eller | WSH | 23 | S. Monahan | CGY | 24 | J. Hayden | CHI | 25 | R. Johansen | NSH | 26 | N. Bonino | PIT | 27 | L. Couture | SJS | 28 | J. Pavelski | SJS | 30 | A. Matthews | TOR | 31 | A. Vermette | ANA | 32 | A. Wennberg | CBJ | 33 | M. Backlund | CGY | 34 | M. Kruger | CHI | 35 | V. Hinostroza | CHI | 36 | J. Eriksson Ek | MIN | 37 | K. Turris | OTT | 38 | D. Brassard | OTT | 39 | M. Cullen | PIT | 40 | N. Kadri | TOR | 41 | T. Bozak | TOR | 42 | D. Moore | BOS | 43 | B. Dubinsky | CBJ | 44 | S. Gagner | CBJ | 45 | D. Desharnais | EDM | 45 | P. Danault | MTL | 46 | M. Fisher | NSH | 47 | O. |
Below are the 2017 playoff rankings, based on a final four of Capitals-Rangers and Blackhawks-Oilers with a final of Capitals-Blackhawks and the Capitals as the Stanley Cup champion.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.
CENTER
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM |
1 | N. Backstrom | WSH | 2 | C. McDavid | EDM | 3 | J. Toews | CHI | 4 | S. Crosby | PIT | 5 | E. Malkin | PIT | 6 | A. Anisimov | CHI | 7 | E. Kuznetsov | WSH | 8 | R. Getzlaf | ANA | 9 | D. Stepan | NYR | 10 | M. Zibanejad | NYR | 11 | R. Kesler | ANA | 12 | E. Staal | MIN | 13 | P. Bergeron | BOS | 14 | D. Krejci | BOS | 15 | R. Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | 16 | M. Letestu | EDM | 17 | M. Koivu | MIN | 18 | K. Hayes | NYR | 19 | T. Kero | CHI | 20 | M. Hanzal | MIN | 21 | J. Beagle | WSH | 22 | L. Eller | WSH | 23 | S. Monahan | CGY | 24 | J. Hayden | CHI | 25 | R. Johansen | NSH | 26 | N. Bonino | PIT | 27 | L. Couture | SJS | 28 | J. Pavelski | SJS | 30 | A. Matthews | TOR | 31 | A. Vermette | ANA | 32 | A. Wennberg | CBJ | 33 | M. Backlund | CGY | 34 | M. Kruger | CHI | 35 | V. Hinostroza | CHI | 36 | J. Eriksson Ek | MIN | 37 | K. Turris | OTT | 38 | D. Brassard | OTT | 39 | M. Cullen | PIT | 40 | N. Kadri | TOR | 41 | T. Bozak | TOR | 42 | D. Moore | BOS | 43 | B. Dubinsky | CBJ | 44 | S. Gagner | CBJ | 45 | D. Desharnais | EDM | 45 | P. Danault | MTL | 46 | M. Fisher | NSH | 47 | O. Lindberg | NYR | 48 | P. Marleau | SJS | 49 | T Hertl | SJS | 50 | P. Stastny | STL | 51 | J. Forsbacka-Karlsson | BOS | 52 | S. Bennett | CGY | 53 | J. Schroeder | MIN | 54 | A. Shaw | MTL | 55 | T. Plekanec | MTL | 56 | C. Jarnkrok | NSH | 57 | Z. Smith | OTT | 58 | R. Dzingel | OTT | 59 | C. White | OTT | 60 | J. Thornton | SJS | 61 | P. Berglund | STL | 62 | I. Barbashev | STL | 63 | O. Kase | ANA | 64 | A. Czarnik | BOS | 65 | W. Karlsson | CBJ | 66 | M. Stajan | CGY | 67 | T. Pyatt | OTT | 68 | C. Tierney | SJS | 69 | J. Lehtera | STL | 70 | B. Boyle | TOR | 71 | N. Thompson | ANA | 72 | S. Ott | MTL | 73 | C. Sissons | NSH | 74 | C. Kelly | OTT | 75 | K. Brodziak | STL | 76 | L. Sedlak | CBJ | 77 | C. Lazar | CGY | 78 | M. Ribeiro | NSH | 79 | R. Fabbri | STL | 80 | E. Fehr | TOR |
WING
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM |
1 | P. Kane | CHI | 2 | A. Ovechkin | WSH | 3 | A. Panarin | CHI | 4 | L. Draisaitl | EDM | 5 | T.J. Oshie | WSH | 6 | M. Johansson | WSH | 7 | M. Zuccarello | NYR | 8 | C. Sheary | PIT | 9 | B. Marchand | BOS | 10 | R. Panik | CHI | 11 | J.T. Miller | NYR | 12 | C. Kreider | NYR | 13 | J. Williams | WSH | 14 | D. Pastrnak | BOS | 15 | P. Kessel | PIT | 16 | M. Hossa | CHI | 17 | N. Schmaltz | CHI | 18 | M. Lucic | EDM | 19 | P. Maroon | EDM | 20 | A. Burakovsky | WSH | 21 | R. Nash | NYR | 22 | J. Guentzel | PIT | 23 | J. Silfverberg | ANA | 24 | P. Eaves | ANA | 25 | D. Backes | BOS | 26 | R. Hartman | CHI | 27 | J. Eberle | EDM | 28 | C. Coyle | MIN | 29 | N. Niederreiter | MIN | 30 | M. Granlund | MIN | 31 | C. Perry | ANA | 32 | R. Rakell | ANA | 33 | R. Spooner | BOS | 34 | J. Pominville | MIN | 35 | Z. Parise | MIN | 36 | P. Hornqvist | PIT | 37 | J. Gaudreau | CGY | 38 | D. Caggiula | EDM | 39 | J. Zucker | MIN | 40 | M. Grabner | NYR | 41 | B. Connolly | WSH | 42 | A. Cogliano | ANA | 43 | F. Vatrano | BOS | 44 | A. Radulov | MTL | 45 | M. Pacioretty | MTL | 46 | A. Galchenyuk | MTL | 47 | V. Arvidsson | NSH | 48 | P. Buchnevich | NYR | 49 | M. Hoffman | OTT | 50 | B. Rust | PIT | 51 | V. Tarasenko | STL | 52 | J. Schwartz | STL | 53 | M. Marner | TOR | 54 | W. Nylander | TOR | 55 | N. Ritchie | ANA | 56 | C. Atkinson | CBJ | 57 | B. Saad | CBJ | 58 | N. Foligno | CBJ | 59 | A. Lehkonen | MTL | 60 | C. Wilson | NSH | 61 | M. Stone | OTT | 62 | C. Kunitz | PIT | 63 | C. Hagelin | PIT | 64 | J. van Riemsdyk | TOR | 65 | T. Wilson | WSH | 66 | J. Vrana | WSH | 67 | D. Winnik | WSH | 68 | D. Stafford | BOS | 69 | M. Tkachuk | CGY | 70 | M. Frolik | CGY | 71 | K. Versteeg | CGY | 72 | T. Brouwer | CGY | 73 | Z. Kassian | EDM | 74 | B. Pouliot | EDM | 75 | E. Haula | MIN | 76 | C. Stewart | MIN | 77 | P. Byron | MTL | 78 | F. Forsberg | NSH | 79 | J. Neal | NSH | 80 | J. Vesey | NYR | 81 | J. Fast | NYR | 82 | B. Pirri | NYR | 83 | S. Wilson | PIT | 84 | A. Steen | STL | 85 | D. Perron | STL | 86 | R. Nash | BOS | 87 | S. Hartnell | CBJ | 88 | B. Jenner | CBJ | 89 | J. Anderson | CBJ | 90 | M. Hendricks | EDM | 91 | A. Slepyshev | EDM | 92 | R. White | MIN | 93 | B. Gallagher | MTL | 94 | P.A. Parenteau | NSH | 95 | C. Smith | NSH | 96 | M. Puempel | NYR | 97 | J. G. Pageau | OTT | 98 | A. Burrows | OTT | 99 | B. Ryan | OTT | 100 | T. Kuhnhackl | PIT | 101 | J. Hansen | SJS | 102 | J. Ward | SJS | 103 | K. Leblanc | SJS | 104 | C. Brown | TOR | 105 | L. Komarov | TOR | 106 | Z. Hyman | TOR | 107 | J. Leivo | TOR | 108 | T. Schaller | BOS | 109 | N. Acciardi | BOS | 110 | L. Korpikoski | CBJ | 111 | O. Bjorkstrand | CBJ | 112 | M. Ferland | CGY | 113 | A. Chiasson | CGY | 114 | D. Rasmussen | CHI | 115 | J. Puljujarvi | EDM | 116 | T. Mitchell | MTL | 117 | K. Fiala | NSH | 118 | C. MacArthur | OTT | 119 | M. Boedker | SJS | 120 | M. Karlsson | SJS | 121 | J. Donskoi | SJS | 122 | M. Paajarvi | STL | 123 | C. Wagner | ANA | 124 | L. Shaw | ANA | 125 | M. Beleskey | BOS | 126 | J. Hayes | BOS | 127 | M. Calvert | CBJ | 128 | L. Bouma | CGY | 129 | D. King | MTL | 130 | B. Flynn | MTL | 131 | M. McCarron | MTL | 132 | A. Watson | NSH | 133 | T. Wingels | OTT | 134 | V. Stalberg | OTT | 135 | M. Sorensen | SJS | 136 | S. Upshall | STL | 137 | D. Jaskin | STL | 138 | N. Yakupov | STL | 139 | N. Soshnikov | TOR | 140 | M. Martin | TOR | 141 | S. Milano | CBJ | 142 | A. Martinsen | MTL | 143 | T. Meier | SJS | 144 | K. Agostino | STL |
DEFENSE
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM |
1 | K. Shattenkirk | WSH | 2 | D. Keith | CHI | 3 | R. McDonagh | NYR | 4 | B. Seabrook | CHI | 5 | O. Klefbom | EDM | 6 | B. Skjei | NYR | 7 | M. Niskanen | WSH | 8 | J. Carlson | WSH | 9 | D. Orlov | WSH | 10 | J. Schultz | PIT | 11 | A. Sekera | EDM | 12 | B. Burns | SJS | 13 | C. McAvoy | BOS | 14 | R. Suter | MIN | 15 | E. Karlsson | OTT | 16 | T. Krug | BOS | 17 | Z. Chara | BOS | 18 | D. Hamilton | CGY | 19 | B. Campbell | CHI | 20 | R. Josi | NSH | 21 | A. Clendening | NYR | 22 | M. Streit | PIT | 23 | T. Daley | PIT | 24 | S. Vatanen | ANA | 25 | H. Lindholm | ANA | 26 | Z. Werenski | CBJ | 27 | S. Jones | CBJ | 28 | N. Hjarlmarsson | CHI | 29 | T. van Riemsdyk | CHI | 30 | A. Larsson | EDM | 31 | M. Benning | EDM | 32 | D. Nurse | EDM | 33 | M. Benning | EDM | 34 | M. Dumba | MIN | 35 | J. Brodin | MIN | 36 | S. Weber | MTL | 37 | A. Markov | MTL | 38 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 39 | R. Ellis | NSH | 40 | I. Cole | PIT | 41 | M.E. Vlasic | SJS | 42 | A. Pietrangelo | STL | 43 | J. Gardiner | TOR | 44 | N. Schmidt | WSH | 45 | B. Orpik | WSH | 46 | K. Alzner | WSH | 47 | C. Fowler | ANA | 48 | S. Theodore | ANA | 49 | J. Manson | ANA | 50 | K. Miller | BOS | 51 | B. Carlo | BOS | 52 | M. Giordano | CGY | 53 | T.J. Brodie | CGY | 54 | M. Kempny | CHI | 55 | K. Russell | EDM | 56 | J. Spurgeon | MIN | 57 | N. Beaulieu | MTL | 58 | N. Holden | NYR | 59 | D. Girardi | NYR | 60 | M. Staal | NYR | 61 | B. Smith | NYR | 62 | D. Phaneuf | OTT | 63 | F. Claesson | OTT | 64 | R. Hainsey | PIT | 65 | C. Ruhwedel | PIT | 66 | C. Parayko | STL | 67 | N. Zaitsev | TOR | 68 | M. Rielly | TOR | 69 | K. Holzer | ANA | 70 | B. Montour | ANA | 71 | C. Miller | BOS | 72 | A. McQuaid | BOS | 73 | J. Johnson | CBJ | 74 | D. Savard | CBJ | 75 | K. Quincey | CBJ | 76 | M. Stone | CGY | 77 | M. Scandella | MIN | 78 | J. Petry | MTL | 79 | J. Benn | MTL | 80 | M. Ekholm | NSH | 81 | K. Klein | NYR | 82 | C. Ceci | OTT | 83 | C. Wideman | OTT | 84 | B. Domoulin | PIT | 85 | O. Maatta | PIT | 86 | P. Martin | SJS | 87 | D. Schlemko | SJS | 88 | J. Edmundson | STL | 89 | M. Hunwick | TOR | 90 | K. Bieksa | ANA | 91 | M. Nutivaara | CBJ | 92 | D. Wideman | CGY | 93 | D. Engelland | CGY | 94 | N. Nesterov | MTL | 95 | Z. Redmond | MTL | 96 | A. Emelin | MTL | 97 | M. Irwin | NSH | 98 | D. Demelo | SJS | 99 | J. Braun | SJS | 100 | B. Dillon | SJS | 101 | J. Bouwmeester | STL | 102 | C. Carrick | TOR | 103 | A. Marchenko | TOR | 104 | M. Marincin | TOR | 105 | R. Murray | CBJ | 106 | K. Letang | PIT |
GOALIE
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM |
1 | B. Holtby | WSH | 2 | C. Crawford | CHI | 3 | C. Talbot | EDM | 4 | H. Lundqvist | NYR | 5 | D. Dubnyk | MIN | 6 | M. Murray | PIT | 7 | J. Gibson | ANA | 9 | T. Rask | BOS | 10 | S. Bobrovksy | CBJ | 11 | C. Price | MTL | 12 | C. Anderson | OTT | 13 | F. Andersen | TOR | 14 | B. Elliott | CGY | 15 | M. Jones | SJS | 16 | J. Allen | STL | 17 | P. Rinne | NSH | 18 | A. Raanta | NYR | 19 | J. Bernier | ANA | 20 | S. Darling | CHI | 21 | M.A. Fleury | PIT | 22 | P. Grubauer | WSH | 23 | L. Brossoit | EDM | 24 | A. Stalock | MIN | 25 | D. Kuemper | MIN | 26 | A. Khudobin | BOS | 27 | C. Johnson | CGY | 28 | J. Saros | NSH | 29 | A. Montoya | MTL | 30 | M. Condon | OTT | 31 | A. Delll | SJS | 32 | J. Korpisalo | CBJ | 33 | C. Hutton | STL | 34 | C. McElhinney | TOR |
