Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!

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As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 ratings points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of your team needs and/or personal preference. Click on any player name to be taken to his customized fantasy player page, which includes game logs that matter to YOU, as well as recent and historical line combos, his “best linemates” for this year, expected goals, salary information and so much more… Check them out!

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	175.4	14	15	1
2	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	142.4	28	58	30
3	Adam Fox	NYR	135.9	36	31	-5
4	Roman Josi	NSH	124.8	43	37	-6
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	120.3	51	48	-3
6	Erik Karlsson	SJS	110.3	59	95	36
7	Josh Morrissey	WPG	102.1	74	103	29
8	Morgan Rielly	TOR	90.0	91	67	-24
9	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	89.4	92	94	2
10	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	87.4	94	114	20
11	Victor Hedman	TBL	86.1	96	97	1
12	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	85.2	98	104	6
13	Shea Theodore	VGK	82.1	104	100	-4
14	John Carlson	WAS	81.6	105	88	-17
15	Thomas Chabot	OTT	77.8	112	128	16
16	Devon Toews	COL	77.4	113	115	2
17	Filip Hronek	DET	75.9	115	118	3
18	Tony DeAngelo	PHI	72.9	118	134	16
19	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	72.5	120	122	2
20	Tyson Barrie	EDM	69.2	130	169	39
21	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	66.8	133	168	35
22	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	64.4	141	226	85
23	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	63.9	144	143	-1
24	Noah Dobson	NYI	63.3	145	145	0
25	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	62.7	146	165	19
26	Evan Bouchard	EDM	61.4	150	155	5
27	Moritz Seider	DET	60.3	152	126	-26
28	Brandon Montour	FLA	59.8	155	206	51
29	Drew Doughty	LAK	59.7	156	160	4
30	Brent Burns	CAR	53.5	172	192	20
31	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	49.7	185	208	23
32	Torey Krug	STL	45.8	200	179	-21
33	Gustav Forsling	FLA	44.4	204	198	-6
34	Darnell Nurse	EDM	43.4	205	197	-8
35	Calen Addison	MIN	41.9	208	221	13
36	Seth Jones	CHI	41.3	209	201	-8
37	Zach Werenski	CBJ	41.2	210	214	4
38	Justin Faulk	STL	38.3	216	204	-12
39	Hampus Lindholm	BOS	36.2	222	259	37
40	Noah Hanifin	CGY	35.3	225	215	-10
41	Bowen Byram	COL	33.7	232	219	-13
42	Kris Letang	PIT	33.6	233	266	33
43	Sean Durzi	LAK	33.4	235	257	22
44	Vince Dunn	SEA	31.0	249	247	-2
45	Erik Gustafsson	WAS	29.3	257	468	211
46	Neal Pionk	WPG	29.1	258	244	-14
47	Ivan Provorov	PHI	27.7	265	217	-48
48	Samuel Girard	COL	26.3	276	272	-4
49	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	26.1	277	289	12
50	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	25.2	280	287	7
51	Scott Perunovich	STL	22.3	297	310	13
52	John Klingberg	ANA	22.2	298	234	-64
53	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	21.5	305	337	32
54	Janis Moser	ARI	19.9	316	271	-45
55	Owen Power	BUF	19.6	319	277	-42
56	Simon Nemec	NJD	19.5	320	319	-1
57	Jacob Trouba	NYR	19.5	321	320	-1
58	Ty Smith	PIT	19.1	328	328	0
59	Justin Schultz	SEA	17.5	346	345	-1
60	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	17.4	349	347	-2
61	Cam Fowler	ANA	16.4	358	329	-29
62	Ryan Pulock	NYI	16.2	363	344	-19
63	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	16.1	367	364	-3
64	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	15.3	377	377	0
65	Kaiden Guhle	MON	15.2	378	378	0

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)

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K’Andre Miller	NYR	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	VAN
Olen Zellweger	ANA	Juuso Valimaki	ARI
Brady Skjei	CAR	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Jake Bean	CBJ
Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	Brandt Clarke	LAK
Jordan Spence	LAK	Matt Dumba	MIN
Mike Matheson	MON	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Damon Severson	NJD	Cam York	PHI
Dante Fabbro	NSH	Jeff Petry	PIT
Jake Sanderson	OTT	Ryan Merkley	SJS
Erik Brannstrom	OTT	Colton Parayko	STL
Travis Sanheim	PHI	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT

Vets who can chip in, injury risks, prospects with varying degrees of upside and wait time, other defensemen with lower upside and expectations but can chip in at times

Nicolas Hague	VGK	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS
Henri Jokiharju	BUF	Scott Morrow	CAR
Jacob Bryson	BUF	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Brett Pesce	CAR	Vladislav Gavrikov	CBJ
David Jiricek	CBJ	Ian Mitchell	CHI
Esa Lindell	DAL	Thomas Harley	DAL
Sean Walker	LAK	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Luke Hughes	NJD	Jonas Brodin	MIN
Mattias Ekholm	NSH	Mattias Norlinder	MON
Robin Salo	NYI	Justin Barron	MON
Zac Jones	NYR	Ryan Graves	NJD
Braden Schneider	NYR	Yegor Zamula	PHI
Erik Cernak	TBL	Matt Benning	SJS
Cal Foote	TBL	Conor Timmins	TOR
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Dmitry Orlov	WAS

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	JACKSON LACOMBE	ANA
	LANE HUTSON	MTL
	PATRIK LAINE	MTL
	SHANE PINTO	OTT
	JONATHAN HUBERDEAU	CGY

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD	COL
	SPENCER KNIGHT	FLA
	DAVID RITTICH	L.A
	LUKAS DOSTAL	ANA
	JACOB MARKSTROM	N.J

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	ANA Players
	21.4	MASON MCTAVISH CUTTER GAUTHIER ROBBY FABBRI
	19.5	FRANK VATRANO TROY TERRY RYAN STROME
	13.4	BROCK MCGINN ALEX KILLORN LEO CARLSSON

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