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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.

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