Top 9 NHL players

Every NHL team's starters, from ESPN's depth charts. Pick your top 9 NHL players, numbered 1 to 9.
Fill all 9 squares to submit your top 9 (9 left).

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Leo Carlsson#91
C · ANA
Alex Killorn#17
LW · ANA
Judd Caulfield#28
RW · ANA
Lukas Dostal#1
G · ANA
Pavel Zacha#18
C · BOS
JJ Peterka#10
RW · BOS
David Pastrnak#88
RW · BOS
Jeremy Swayman#1
G · BOS
Peyton Krebs#19
C · BUF
Zach Benson#6
LW · BUF
Tage Thompson#72
C · BUF
Ukko-​Pekka Luukkonen#1
G · BUF
Sebastian Aho#20
C · CAR
William Carrier#28
LW · CAR
Andrei Svechnikov#37
LW · CAR
Pyotr Kochetkov#52
G · CAR
Sean Monahan#23
C · CBJ
Matthew Knies#89
LW · CBJ
Kent Johnson#91
C · CBJ
Jet Greaves#73
G · CBJ
Mikael Backlund#11
C · CGY
Joel Farabee#86
LW · CGY
Matt Coronato#27
RW · CGY
Dustin Wolf#32
G · CGY
Connor Bedard#98
C · CHI
Roman Kantserov#80
RW · CHI
Tyler Bertuzzi#59
LW · CHI
Spencer Knight#30
G · CHI
Nathan MacKinnon#29
C · COL
Artturi Lehkonen#62
LW · COL
Martin Necas#88
C · COL
Mackenzie Blackwood#39
G · COL
Roope Hintz#24
C · DAL
Jason Robertson#21
LW · DAL
Arttu Hyry#25
RW · DAL
Jake Oettinger#29
G · DAL
Emmitt Finnie#58
C · DET
Alex DeBrincat#93
RW · DET
Viktor Arvidsson#33
LW · DET
John Gibson#36
G · DET
Connor McDavid#97
C · EDM
Vasily Podkolzin#92
RW · EDM
Leon Draisaitl#29
C · EDM
Devon Levi#27
G · EDM
Sam Bennett#9
C · FLA
Brady Tkachuk#8
LW · FLA
Matthew Tkachuk#19
LW · FLA
Jacob Markstrom#25
G · FLA
Alex Laferriere#14
RW · LA
Artemi Panarin#10
LW · LA
Adrian Kempe#9
RW · LA
Darcy Kuemper#35
G · LA
Joel Eriksson Ek#14
C · MIN
Kirill Kaprizov#97
LW · MIN
Matt Boldy#12
LW · MIN
Jesper Wallstedt#30
G · MIN
Nick Suzuki#14
C · MTL
Cole Caufield#13
RW · MTL
Juraj Slafkovsky#20
LW · MTL
Jacob Fowler#32
G · MTL
Nico Hischier#13
C · NJ
Timo Meier#28
RW · NJ
Luke Evangelista#77
RW · NJ
Connor Hellebuyck#37
G · NJ
Ryan O'Reilly#90
C · NSH
Steven Stamkos#91
C · NSH
Mavrik Bourque#22
C · NSH
Juuse Saros#74
G · NSH
Bo Horvat#14
C · NYI
Simon Holmstrom#92
RW · NYI
Kyle Palmieri#21
C · NYI
Ilya Sorokin#30
G · NYI
Mika Zibanejad#93
C · NYR
Gabe Perreault#94
RW · NYR
Alexis Lafreniere#13
LW · NYR
Dylan Garand#33
G · NYR
Tim Stutzle#18
C · OTT
Fabian Zetterlund#20
LW · OTT
Dylan Cozens#24
C · OTT
Linus Ullmark#35
G · OTT
Christian Dvorak#22
C · PHI
Michael Bunting#58
LW · PHI
Owen Tippett#74
RW · PHI
Dan Vladar#80
G · PHI
Sidney Crosby#87
C · PIT
Evgeni Malkin#71
C · PIT
Rickard Rakell#67
RW · PIT
Arturs Silovs#37
G · PIT
Matty Beniers#10
C · SEA
Bobby McMann#74
C · SEA
Jordan Eberle#7
RW · SEA
Philipp Grubauer#31
G · SEA
Macklin Celebrini#71
C · SJ
Michael Misa#77
C · SJ
Will Smith#2
C · SJ
Yaroslav Askarov#30
G · SJ
Robert Thomas#18
C · STL
Dylan Holloway#81
LW · STL
Jimmy Snuggerud#21
RW · STL
Joel Hofer#30
G · STL
Anthony Cirelli#71
C · TB
Jake Guentzel#59
C · TB
Nikita Kucherov#86
RW · TB
Andrei Vasilevskiy#88
G · TB
Auston Matthews#34
C · TOR
Easton Cowan#53
RW · TOR
Jack Roslovic#96
C · TOR
Sergei Bobrovsky#72
G · TOR
Barrett Hayton#27
C · UTAH
Anders Lee#72
LW · UTAH
Clayton Keller#9
RW · UTAH
Karel Vejmelka#70
G · UTAH
Elias Pettersson#40
C · VAN
Jonathan Lekkerimaki#88
RW · VAN
Brock Boeser#6
RW · VAN
Leevi Merilainen#31
G · VAN
Jack Eichel#9
C · VGK
Trevor Connelly#24
LW · VGK
Mark Stone#61
RW · VGK
Carter Hart#79
G · VGK
Mark Scheifele#55
C · WPG
Kyle Connor#81
LW · WPG
Gabriel Vilardi#13
C · WPG
Stuart Skinner#74
G · WPG
Justin Sourdif#34
RW · WSH
Alex Ovechkin#8
LW · WSH
Anthony Beauvillier#72
LW · WSH
Logan Thompson#48
G · WSH

Top NHL players — November 2026

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Every NHL team's starters, from ESPN's depth charts.

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