Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper league – October edition.

 

This month factors in much of the training camp news, cuts, injuries and surprise prospects.

 

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As always, players within plus/minus 5.0 ratings should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal bias and/or team needs. Look for the Top D list tomorrow. 

 

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Oct Player Team DEF? Rating Sep Aug Change
1 Connor McDavid EDM   255.3 1 1 0
2 Nikita Kucherov TBL   186.0 2 2 0
3 Sidney Crosby PIT   165.8 3 4 0
4 Nathan MacKinnon COL   165.1 4 5 0
5 John Tavares TOR   162.0 5 3 0
6 Brad Marchand BOS   153.0 6 6 0
7 Johnny Gaudreau CGY   151.1 7 7 0
8 Blake Wheeler WPG   147.2 8 8 0
9 Alex Ovechkin WAS   145.8 9 9 0
10 Claude Giroux PHI   144.9 10 10 0
11 Mark Scheifele WPG   144.7 11 11 0
12 Steven Stamkos TBL   144.4 12 12 0
13 Evgeni Malkin PIT   144.2 13 13 0
14 Jack Eichel BUF   143.2 14 14 0
15 Taylor Hall NJD   142.7 15 15 0
16 Phil Kessel PIT   142.0 16 16 0
17 Patrick Kane CHI   137.6 17 17 0
18 Auston Matthews TOR   137.0 18 18 0
19 Anze Kopitar LAK   136.9 19 19 0
20 Artemi Panarin CBJ   135.1 20 20 0
21 Tyler Seguin DAL   132.0 21 21 0
22 Nicklas Backstrom WAS   131.7 22 22 0
23 David Pastrnak BOS   130.6 23 23 0
24 Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS   130.1 24 24 0
25 Patrik Laine WPG   129.8 25 25 0
26 Mathew Barzal NYI   128.7 26 27 0
27 Mitchell Marner TOR   128.2 27 26 0
28 Mikko Rantanen COL   125.9 28 28 0
29 Leon Draisaitl EDM   123.0 29 29 0
30 Jakub Voracek PHI   121.9 30 30 0
31 Jamie Benn DAL   119.7 31 31 0
32 Aleksander Barkov FLA   119.3 32 32 0
33 Jonathan Marchessault VGK   115.8 33 33 0
34 Filip Forsberg NSH   114.9 34 34 0
35 Erik Karlsson SJS y 114.8 36 36 1
36 Vladimir Tarasenko STL   114.2 35 35 -1
37 Vincent Trocheck FLA   112.9 37 37 0
38 Brayden Schenn STL   109.2 38 38 0
39 Jonathan Huberdeau FLA   107.6 39 39 0
40 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG   107.0 40 40 0
41 Mikael Granlund MIN   106.0 41 41 0
42 Rickard Rakell ANA   105.0 42 42 0
43 Ryan Getzlaf ANA   105.0 43 43 0
44 Victor Hedman TBL y 104.9 44 44 0
45 Sean Monahan CGY   104.9 45 45 0
46 William Karlsson VGK   104.8 46 46 0
47 J.T. Miller TBL   103.7 47 47 0
48 Brent Burns SJS y 102.5 48 48 0
49 Sebastian Aho CAR   101.2 49 49 0
50 Clayton Keller ARI   100.8 50 50 0
51 Mark Stone OTT   99.1 51 51 0
52 Sean Couturier PHI   99.0 52 52 0
53 Alexander Radulov DAL   97.5 53 53 0
54 Brock Boeser VAN   95.4 54 54 0
55 William Nylander TOR   94.2 55 55 0
56 Viktor Arvidsson NSH   93.6 56 56 0
57 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI y 93.2 57 57 0
58 Jake Guentzel PIT   92.7 58 58 0
59 Teuvo Teravainen CAR   91.4 59 59 0
60 Ryan Johansen NSH   90.2 60 60 0
61 Jaden Schwartz STL   90.0 61 61 0
62 Brayden Point TBL   89.8 62 62 0
63 John Klingberg DAL y 89.7 63 63 0
64 Eric Staal MIN   89.0 64 64 0
65 Ryan O'Reilly STL   88.5 65 65 0
66 Kyle Connor WPG   87.6 66 66 0
67 Alex DeBrincat CHI   84.0 67 67 0
68 Sam Reinhart BUF   83.9 68 68 0
69 Nico Hischier NJD   83.8 69 69 0
70 Alex Galchenyuk ARI   82.6 70 70 0
71 Bo Horvat VAN   81.5 71 71 0
72 Max Pacioretty VGK   81.5 120 119 48
73 Patrice Bergeron BOS   81.3 72 72 -1
74 Joe Pavelski SJS   81.3 73 73 -1
75 Josh Bailey NYI   81.1 74 74 -1
76 Jeff Skinner BUF   80.7 75 75 -1
77 Cam Atkinson CBJ   80.5 76 76 -1
78 Dylan Larkin DET   79.3 77 77 -1
79 Logan Couture SJS   78.7 78 78 -1
80 P.K. Subban NSH y 78.3 79 79 -1
81 Elias Lindholm CGY   77.5 81 81 0
82 Evgenii Dadonov FLA   76.2 82 82 0
83 Jonathan Drouin MON   75.1 83 83 0
84 Jason Zucker MIN   74.5 84 84 0
85 John Carlson WAS y 73.9 85 85 0
86 Torey Krug BOS y 73.6 86 86 0
87 Matt Duchene OTT   72.3 87 87 0
88 Gabriel Landeskog COL   72.2 88 88 0
89 Matthew Tkachuk CGY   72.1 89 89 0
90 Reilly Smith VGK   71.8 90 90 0
91 Pierre-Luc Dubois CBJ   71.5 91 91 0
92 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM   71.5 92 92 0
93 Nick Schmaltz CHI   70.5 93 93 0
94 Mike Hoffman FLA   70.4 94 94 0
95 James van Riemsdyk PHI   70.0 95 95 0
96 Travis Konecny PHI   69.2 96 96 0
97 Ilya Kovalchuk LAK   69.2 97 97 0
98 Dougie Hamilton CAR y 69.2 98 99 0
99 Max Domi MON   68.8 99 98 0
100 Seth Jones CBJ y 67.8 80 80 -20
101 Pavel Buchnevich NYR   67.2 115 114 14
102 Drew Doughty LAK y 67.0 100 100 -2
103 Roman Josi NSH y 66.5 101 101 -2
104 Yanni Gourde TBL   66.4 102 102 -2
105 Jordan Eberle NYI   66.1 103 103 -2
106 Kevin Fiala NSH   65.9 119 117 13
107 Morgan Rielly TOR y 65.4 104 104 -3
108 Jonathan Toews CHI   64.9 105 105 -3
109 Jeff Carter LAK   64.3 106 108 -3
110 Nazem Kadri TOR   64.1 107 106 -3
111 Tyler Toffoli LAK   63.8 109 107 -2
112 Anders Lee NYI   63.7 110 109 -2
113 Derek Stepan ARI   63.3 111 110 -2
114 David Perron STL   63.3 112 111 -2
115 Anthony Mantha DET   63.1 113 112 -2
116 Kevin Labanc SJS   63.0 123 121 7
117 Nino Niederreiter MIN   62.9 114 113 -3
118 Tyson Barrie COL y 62.3 116 115 -2
119 Elias Pettersson VAN   62.1 117 124 -2
120 Evander Kane SJS   61.6 118 116 -2
121 Tyler Johnson TBL   60.9 121 118 0
122 Christian Dvorak ARI   60.8 122 120 0
123 Mika Zibanejad NYR   59.7 124 122 1
124 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI y 59.3 125 123 1
125 Erik Haula VGK   58.9 126 126 1
126 Ryan Ellis NSH y 58.1 127 141 1
127 Chris Kreider NYR   57.9 128 127 1
128 Kevin Hayes NYR   57.8 129 128 1
129 Matt Dumba MIN y 57.5 130 144 1
130 Kyle Palmieri NJD   57.2 131 129 1
131 Danton Heinen BOS   56.9 132 130 1
132 Zach Werenski CBJ y 56.0 133 131 1
133 Charlie Coyle MIN   55.7 134 132 1
134 Jakob Silfverberg ANA   55.7 136 134 2
135 Tomas Hertl SJS   55.5 135 133 0
136 Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ   54.7 137 135 1
137 Alex Pietrangelo STL y 54.7 138 136 1
138 Wayne Simmonds PHI   54.7 139 137 1
139 Alexander Wennberg CBJ   54.4 140 138 1
140 Kyle Turris NSH   54.3 141 139 1
141 Keith Yandle FLA y 53.9 142 142 1
142 Ondrej Palat TBL   53.0 143 140 1
143 Kris Letang PIT y 52.7 144 143 1
144 Ryan Spooner NYR   51.5 145 145 1
145 Casey Mittelstadt BUF   51.2 108 125 -37
146 Conor Sheary BUF   51.1 146 146 0
147 Brendan Gallagher MON   50.4 147 147 0
148 Rasmus Dahlin BUF y 49.5 148 148 0
149 Nolan Patrick PHI   49.4 149 149 0
150 Anthony Beauvillier NYI   49.3 163 163 13
151 Mats Zuccarello NYR   49.1 150 150 -1
152 Dustin Byfuglien WPG y 48.9 151 151 -1
153 Andrei Svechnikov CAR   48.8 152 162 -1
154 Jake Gardiner TOR y 48.6 153 153 -1
155 Robby Fabbri STL   47.3 154 152 -1
156 Henrik Borgstrom FLA   47.1 155 160 -1
157 Brandon Saad CHI   47.0 156 154 -1
158 Alex Tuch VGK   45.6 157 155 -1
159 Tomas Tatar VGK   45.3 158 156 -1
160 Alexander Kerfoot COL   45.3 159 157 -1
161 Nick Foligno CBJ   45.2 160 158 -1
162 Timo Meier SJS   45.1 164 164 2
163 David Krejci BOS   44.2 161 159 -2
164 Mikael Backlund CGY   43.9 162 161 -2
165 Artturi Lehkonen MON   42.6 178 178 13
166 Tanner Pearson LAK   42.2 165 165 -1
167 Andre Burakovsky WAS   42.1 166 166 -1
168 Andreas Athanasiou DET   41.8 174 174 6
169 Ryan Donato BOS   41.7 167 168 -2
170 Patric Hornqvist PIT   41.5 168 169 -2
171 Gustav Nyquist DET   41.4 169 170 -2
172 Ivan Provorov PHI y 41.3 170 171 -2
173 Ryan Strome EDM   40.9 171 167 -2
174 Marcus Johansson NJD   40.6 172 172 -2
175 Joe Thornton SJS   40.5 173 173 -2
176 Christian Fischer ARI   40.4 175 175 -1
177 Vinnie Hinostroza ARI   40.0 176 176 -1
178 James Neal CGY   39.9 177 177 -1
179 Jesse Puljujarvi EDM   37.5 179 179 0
180 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF y 36.1 181 181 1
181 Shea Theodore VGK y 36.0 182 182 1
182 Jack Roslovic WPG   35.6 183 183 1
183 Bryan Little WPG   35.3 184 184 1
184 Adrian Kempe LAK   35.2 185 185 1
185 Nick Bjugstad FLA   34.9 186 187 1
186 Sven Baertschi VAN   34.8 187 188 1
187 Aaron Ekblad FLA y 34.5 188 189 1
188 Vladislav Namestnikov NYR   34.4 189 190 1
189 Alex Killorn TBL   34.4 190 191 1
190 Derick Brassard PIT   34.4 191 192 1
191 Craig Smith NSH   34.2 192 194 1
192 Kevin Shattenkirk NYR y 34.1 193 186 1
193 Adam Henrique ANA   34.0 194 195 1
194 Ryan Dzingel OTT   33.9 195 196 1
195 Brandon Montour ANA y 33.4 197 198 2
196 Paul Stastny VGK   33.3 198 199 2
197 Charlie McAvoy BOS y 33.1 199 200 2
198 Brendan Perlini ARI   33.1 200 201 2
199 Jacob Trouba WPG y 33.0 201 202 2
200 Pavel Zacha NJD   32.8 202 203 2
201 Ryan Pulock NYI y 32.6 203 204 2
202 Dustin Brown LAK   32.4 204 205 2
203 Jake DeBrusk BOS   32.2 205 206 2
204 Kyle Okposo BUF   31.8 206 207 2
205 Eeli Tolvanen NSH   31.6 207 208 2
206 Jesper Bratt NJD   31.5 208 209 2
207 Devin Shore DAL   31.3 209 210 2
208 Noah Hanifin CGY y 31.2 210 211 2
209 Jakub Vrana WAS   30.8 211 212 2
210 T.J. Oshie WAS   30.6 212 213 2
211 Patrick Maroon STL   30.6 213 239 2
212 Martin Necas CAR   30.5 214 214 2
213 Mikhail Sergachev TBL y 30.4 215 215 2
214 Jordan Staal CAR   30.4 216 216 2
215 Joel Eriksson Ek MIN   30.4 218 218 3
216 Valeri Nichushkin DAL   30.3 219 219 3
217 Thomas Vanek DET   30.3 220 220 3
218 Nick Ritchie ANA   30.0 221 221 3
219 Chris Tierney OTT   29.9 256 257 37
220 Sam Bennett CGY   29.4 222 222 2
221 Colton Parayko STL y 29.4 223 223 2
222 Dylan Strome ARI   29.4 224 224 2
223 Ondrej Kase ANA   29.1 225 225 2
224 Connor Brown TOR   28.3 196 197 -28
225 Zach Hyman TOR   28.0 226 226 1
226 Charles Hudon MON   27.9 227 227 1
227 Sam Steel ANA   27.9 228 228 1
228 Alexander Steen STL   27.2 232 232 4
229 Tyson Jost COL   27.2 233 233 4
230 Brady Tkachuk OTT   27.1 263 263 33
231 Anthony Cirelli TBL   27.0 234 234 3
232 Kailer Yamamoto EDM   26.9 244 246 12
233 Austin Czarnik CGY   26.9 253 253 20
234 Calle Jarnkrok NSH   26.9 235 235 1
235 Valentin Zykov CAR   26.8 237 237 2
236 Richard Panik ARI   26.8 236 236 0
237 Jimmy Vesey NYR   26.7 238 238 1
238 Mathieu Perreault WPG   26.3 239 240 1
239 Tom Wilson WAS   26.2 217 217 -22
240 Justin Schultz PIT y 26.2 240 241 0
241 Josh Morrissey WPG y 26.1 241 242 0
242 Thomas Chabot OTT y 25.9 264 264 22
243 Will Butcher NJD y 25.9 242 243 -1
244 Daniel Sprong PIT   25.8 243 244 -1
245 Mark Jankowski CGY   25.8 231 231 -14
246 Mikko Koivu MIN   25.3 246 248 0
247 Nick Leddy NYI y 25.1 247 249 0
248 Tage Thompson BUF   25.0 248 250 0
249 Joshua Ho-Sang NYI   24.7 250 277 1
250 J.T. Compher COL   24.6 251 251 1
251 Ryan Suter MIN y 24.6 252 252 1
252 Ty Rattie EDM   24.5 435 428 183
253 Brock Nelson NYI   23.9 254 254 1
254 Bryan Rust PIT   23.9 255 255 1
255 Adam Lowry WPG   23.4 257 258 2
256 Phillip Danault MON   23.3 258 259 2
257 Mike Matheson FLA y 23.3 259 260 2
258 Milan Lucic EDM   23.0 260 256 2
259 Nikolay Goldobin VAN   22.3 261 261 2
260 Colin Miller VGK y 22.2 262 262 2
261 Mikkel Boedker OTT   21.9 265 265 4
262 Tyler Bertuzzi DET   21.8 266 266 4
263 Joonas Donskoi SJS   21.7 267 267 4
264 Dylan Sikura CHI   21.6 180 180 -84
265 Jesperi Kotkaniemi MON   21.6 274 274 9
266 Tyler Myers WPG y 21.6 268 268 2
267 Troy Terry ANA   21.5 276 276 9
268 Lars Eller WAS   21.3 299 299 31
269 Brendan Leipsic VAN   21.2 327 327 58
270 Jordan Weal PHI   21.2 270 270 0
271 Jake Muzzin LAK y 21.1 271 271 0
272 Robert Thomas STL   21.1 303 303 31
273 Jordan Kyrou STL   21.0 285 286 12
274 Jared McCann FLA   20.9 272 272 -2
275 Alex Formenton OTT   20.6 NR NR NEW
276 Colin White OTT   20.6 275 275 -1
277 Denis Malgin FLA   20.1 277 278 0
278 Nick Merkley ARI   19.9 273 273 -5
279 Filip Zadina DET   19.7 278 279 -1
280 Vitali Abramov CBJ   19.5 281 282 1
281 Jan Kovar NYI   19.5 282 283 1
282 Drake Batherson OTT   19.5 245 247 -37
283 Kirill Kaprizov MIN   19.4 283 284 0
284 Andreas Johnsson TOR   18.9 286 287 2
285 David Backes BOS   18.9 287 288 2
286 Logan Brown OTT   18.9 288 289 2
287 Gabriel Vilardi LAK   18.8 289 322 2
288 Oscar Klefbom EDM y 18.7 290 290 2
289 Evan Bouchard EDM y 18.7 371 369 82
290 Andrew Mangiapane CGY   18.7 291 291 1
291 Mattias Janmark DAL   18.6 292 292 1
292 Boris Katchouk TBL   18.4 279 280 -13
293 Boone Jenner CBJ   18.3 293 293 0
294 Justin Williams CAR   18.0 295 295 1
295 Adam Gaudette VAN   17.9 294 294 -1
296 Ryan Hartman NSH   17.9 296 296 0
297 Warren Foegele CAR   17.4 449 442 152
298 Cam Fowler ANA y 17.1 301 301 3
299 Antti Suomela SJS   17.0 316 318 17
300 TJ Brodie CGY y 17.0 302 302 2
               
               
Oct Player Team DEF? Rating Sep Aug Change
252 Ty Rattie EDM   24.5 435 428 183
297 Warren Foegele CAR   17.4 449 442 152
385 Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS y 11.0 488 479 103
289 Evan Bouchard EDM y 18.7 371 369 82
398 Cale Makar COL y 10.1 461 454 63
269 Brendan Leipsic VAN   21.2 327 327 58
423 Kale Clague LAK y 8.2 476 468 53
72 Max Pacioretty VGK   81.5 120 119 48
344 Martin Kaut COL   13.6 388 385 44
               
Oct Player Team DEF? Rating Sep Aug Change
517 Sam Gagner VAN   3.5 336 337 -181
397 Corey Perry ANA   10.1 229 229 -168
388 Jean-Gabriel Pageau OTT   10.8 249 245 -139
404 Brett Ritchie DAL   9.4 280 281 -124
496 Connor Carrick DAL y 4.7 381 378 -115
328 Victor Rask CAR   15.3 230 230 -98
443 Nate Schmidt VGK y 7.4 351 351 -92
264 Dylan Sikura CHI   21.6 180 180 -84
               
Oct Player Team DEF? Rating Sep Aug Change
350 Max Comtois ANA   13.3 NR NR NEW
275 Alex Formenton OTT   20.6 NR NR NEW
334 Sammy Blais STL   14.7 NR NR NEW
361 Mikhail Vorobyov PHI   12.7 NR NR NEW
382 Dillon Dube CGY   11.3 NR NR NEW
405 Dennis Cholowski DET y 9.4 NR NR NEW
481 Mathieu Joseph TBL   5.2 NR NR NEW
503 Roope Hintz DAL   4.4 NR NR NEW
520 Rourke Chartier SJS   3.4 NR NR NEW