Draft board
Build a fantasy hockey draft plan around your league
Rank players using your selected projection source, identify likely round targets, compare alternatives, and track picks without losing your league context.
2026–27 schedule leaders: off-nights and fantasy playoffs
Every team plays 84 games, but not every game is easy to use. These teams play the most games on off-nights (8 or fewer NHL games), with their games in the default fantasy playoffs (Mar 22–Apr 10):
| Team | Off-night games | Fantasy playoff games | Playoff off-nights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 40 | 11 | 4 |
| Rangers | 39 | 8 | 1 |
| Avalanche | 38 | 10 | 3 |
| Mammoth | 37 | 9 | 4 |
| Blackhawks | 36 | 10 | 2 |
| Ducks | 36 | 9 | 2 |
| Oilers | 36 | 9 | 4 |
| Sharks | 36 | 9 | 6 |
| Red Wings | 35 | 10 | 5 |
| Stars | 34 | 10 | 4 |
The draft board adds this schedule value to each player's projection under your league's scoring.
How the draft board ranks players
Rankings start from projected points per game under your league's scoring, not a generic points total, so a hits-and-blocks league and a goals-and-assists league produce different boards.
Each player is then valued over a replacement at his position, and adjusted for how many of his team's games are likely to fit your lineup: off-night games and fantasy playoff games count for more than games on packed nights.
You can swap in your own projection files or a consensus of several, and the board rescores them with your league settings.
Compare two draft targets or read the four draft strategies we tested.