2023 Stanley Cup Playoff Pool Rankings
(These Rankings are based on a combination of expected individual player performance and expected team performance in the playoffs.)
Forwards
- Connor McDavid
- Leon Draisaitl
- David Pastrnak
- Nathan MacKinnon
- Mikko Rantanen
- Jason Robertson
- Jack Hughes
- Auston Matthews
- Nikita Kucherov
- Brad Marchand
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
- Matthew Tkachuk
- Mitchell Marner
- Brayden Point
- William Nylander
- Steven Stamkos
- John Tavares
- Evander Kane
- Nico Hischier
- Zach Hyman
- Sebastian Aho
- Patrice Bergeron
- Kirill Kaprizov
- Roope Hintz
- Timo Meier
- Aleksander Barkov
- Joe Pavelski
- Kyle Connor
- Mika Zibanejad
- Artemi Panarin
- Carter Verhaeghe
- Jesper Bratt
- Jack Eichel
- Anze Kopitar
- Martin Necas
- Mark Scheifele
- Mats Zuccarello
- Sam Reinhart
- Chandler Stephenson
- Matthew Boldy
- Pierre-Luc Dubois
- Patrick Kane
- David Krejci
- Dawson Mercer
- Reilly Smith
- Valeri Nichushkin
- Ryan O'Reilly
- Jamie Benn
- Jake DeBrusk
- Chris Kreider
- Phillip Danault
- Mark Stone (inj. but looks like he could be back in Round 1)
- Vladimir Tarasenko
- Kevin Fiala (inj.)
- Artturi Lehkonen
- Mathew Barzal (inj.)
- Brock Nelson
- Matty Beniers
- Adrian Kempe
- Blake Wheeler
- Tyler Seguin
- Bo Horvat
- Jonathan Marchessault
- Nikolaj Ehlers (inj.)
- Vincent Trocheck
- Brandon Hagel
- Jared McCann
- Tomas Tatar
- Pavel Zacha
- J.T. Compher
- Michael Bunting
- Viktor Arvidsson
- Charlie Coyle
- William Karlsson
- Ivan Barbashev
- Marcus Johansson
- Filip Chytil
- Oliver Bjorkstrand
- Jesperi Kotkaniemi
- Nino Niederreiter
- Wyatt Johnston
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
- Jaden Schwartz
- Calle Jarnkrok
- Seth Jarvis
- Anders Lee
- Teuvo Teravainen
- Taylor Hall
- Kaapo Kakko
- Evan Rodrigues
- Alexis Lafreniere
- Erik Haula
- Sam Bennett (inj.)
- Joel Eriksson Ek (inj.)
- Ryan Hartman
- Alexander Wennberg
- Frederick Gaudreau
- Alex Iafallo
- Phil Kessel
- Yanni Gourde
- Stefan Noesen
- Adam Lowry
- Max Domi
- Brandon Tanev
- Zach Parise
- Jordan Martinook
- Blake Lizotte
- Jordan Staal
- Kyle Palmieri
- Anton Lundell
- Gabriel Vilardi (inj.)
- Jordan Eberle
- Nick Paul
- Alex Kerfoot
- Evgenii Dadonov
- Eeli Tolvanen
- Mason Marchment
- Barclay Goodrow
- Pierre Engvall
- Ross Colton
- Trent Frederic
- Andre Burakovsky (inj.)
- Nicolas Roy
- Daniel Sprong
- Cole Perfetti
- Alex Killorn
- Nick Bjugstad
- Alex Newhook
- Yegor Sharangovich
- Tyler Bertuzzi
- Eric Staal
- Warren Foegele
- Arthur Kaliyev
- Anthony Cirelli
- Sam Steel
- Jesper Fast
- Nick Foligno
- Ty Dellandrea
- Trevor Moore
- Michael Amadio
- Sam Lafferty
- Nick Cousins
- Miles Wood
- Corey Perry
- Logan O'Connor
- David Kampf
- Michael McLeod
- Kailer Yamamoto
- Gustav Nyquist
- Matt Nieto
Defensemen
- Cale Makar
- Charlie McAvoy
- Adam Fox
- Dougie Hamilton
- Miro Heiskanen
- Victor Hedman
- Josh Morrissey
- Brandon Montour
- Hampus Lindholm
- Devon Toews
- Brent Burns
- Mikhail Sergachev
- Alex Pietrangelo
- Darnell Nurse
- Vince Dunn
- Bowen Byram
- Drew Doughty
- Noah Dobson
- Shea Theodore
- Morgan Rielly
- Evan Bouchard
- Dmitry Orlov
- Mattias Ekholm
- Samuel Girard
- Aaron Ekblad
- K'Andre Miller
- Gustav Forsling
- Shayne Gostisbehere
- Brady Skjei
- Sean Durzi
- Damon Severson
- Neal Pionk
- Jared Spurgeon
- Ryan Graves
- Justin Schultz
- Matt Grzelcyk
- Jaccob Slavin
- Luke Hughes
- Erik Gustafsson (inj.)
- John Klingberg
- Adam Larsson
- Brett Pesce
- Jacob Trouba
- Calen Addison
- Dylan DeMelo
- Ryan Suter
- Ryan Pulock
- Jamie Oleksiak
- Matt Roy
- Esa Lindell
- Connor Clifton
- Scott Mayfield
- Mark Giordano
- Jake McCabe
- Sebastian Aho (Islanders)
- Luke Schenn
- Alexander Romanov
- Brenden Dillon
- Colin Miller
- Adam Pelech
- Jonas Siegenthaler
- Mikey Anderson
- Nick Perbix
- Will Borgen
- Brett Kulak
- Nate Schmidt
- Vladislav Gavrikov
- John Marino
- Justin Holl
- Timothy Liljegren
Goalies
- Linus Ullmark
- Alexandar Georgiev
- Stuart Skinner
- Andrei Vasilevskiy
- Jake Oettinger
- Vitek Vanecek
- Igor Shesterkin
- Laurent Brossoit
- Ilya Samsonov (inj.)
- Frederik Andersen
- Connor Hellebuyck
- Ilya Sorokin
- Filip Gustavsson
- Joonas Korpisalo
- Alex Lyon
- Philipp Grubauer
- Jeremy Swayman
- Marc-Andre Fleury
- Pavel Francouz
- Jonathan Quick
- Jack Campbell
- Antti Raanta
- Scott Wedgewood
- Matt Murray (inj.)
- Jaroslav Halak
- Sergei Bobrovsky
- Pheonix Copley
- Mackenzie Blackwood
- Semyon Varlamov
- Brian Elliott
- David Rittich
- Martin Jones (inj.)/Joey Daccord
