Top 100 Roto Rankings – April 2021
Ian Gooding
2021-04-15
Because there's only one month left of the entire NHL season, fantasy teams in competition for a league title need to focus on shortening their benches. So because of injuries, plenty of top 100 regulars will fall out of this month's rankings. That also means some additions that might be long overdue or perhaps even not expected.
Keep in mind that these are single-season rankings for a head-to-head or rotisserie league using the following settings: G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT, W, GAA, SV%. These rankings are for what's left of the 2020-21 season (playoffs not included) and are different from keeper rankings.
Are there any players that you believe are ranked too high or too low? Did we miss anyone in the top 100, or is there a player there that probably shouldn't be? Let us know in the comments below, and we will consider your feedback when compiling next month's rankings.
| Rank | Name | Mar-21 | Change | Comments |
| 1 | Connor McDavid | 1 | 0 | 3/21 – Scoring leader again, and by a significant margin |
| 2 | Leon Draisaitl | 2 | 0 | 3/21 – Following McDavid again |
| 3 | Auston Matthews | 3 | 0 | 4/21 – Runaway leader for Rocket Richard |
| 4 | Nathan MacKinnon | 9 | 5 | 4/21 – Leading a dominant Avalanche team |
| 5 | Patrick Kane | 4 | -1 | 3/21 – Shortlist challenger for scoring title |
| 6 | Artemi Panarin | 5 | -1 | 3/21 – Back from leave of absence |
| 7 | Brad Marchand | 7 | 0 | 2/21 – No time missed after surgery |
| 8 | Mitchell Marner | 8 | 0 | 2/21 – Piling up the points in the Canadian division |
| 9 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 10 | 1 | 3/21 – Easily fantasy hockey’s top goalie |
| 10 | Victor Hedman | 11 | 1 | 2/21 – No dropoff even with absences of star scorers |
| 11 | David Pastrnak | 6 | -5 | 4/21 – Cooling off in April |
| 12 | Alex Ovechkin | 12 | 0 | 3/21 – Well off his usual goal pace |
| 13 | Mikko Rantanen | 35 | 22 | 4/21 – Scoring at a crazy rate |
| 14 | Sidney Crosby | 16 | 2 | 3/21 – At a point-per-game pace |
| 15 | Aleksander Barkov | 22 | 7 | 4/21 – Even stronger in real life than fantasy |
| 16 | Mark Scheifele | 13 | -3 | 3/21 – Top-10 scorer into March |
| 17 | Sebastian Aho | 15 | -2 | 2/21 – Good but not spectacular start |
| 18 | Jonathan Huberdeau | 14 | -4 | 4/21 – On a cold streak to start April |
| 19 | Brayden Point | 18 | -1 | 3/21 – Near point per game as expected |
| 20 | Jake Guentzel | 19 | -1 | 2/21 – Heating up on Crosby line |
| 21 | Dougie Hamilton | 25 | 4 | 4/21 – Continuing to fill roto categories |
| 22 | Matthew Tkachuk | 23 | 1 | 2/21 – In a real brother competition for bangers value |
| 23 | Brady Tkachuk | 24 | 1 | 2/21 – Shots and hits are the reason that he’s this high |
| 24 | Gabriel Landeskog | 54 | 30 | 4/21 – One of league’s hottest scorers with Avs flying high |
| 25 | Patrice Bergeron | 26 | 1 | 2/21 – Was just fine without Pasta, now he’s back |
| 26 | Max Pacioretty | 28 | 2 | 3/21 – Fills roto in league’s most productive ES line |
| 27 | John Tavares | 20 | -7 | 4/21 – A bit off usual point pace |
| 28 | John Carlson | 21 | -7 | 2/21 – Still producing at a near point per game |
| 29 | Connor Hellebuyck | 32 | 3 | 3/21 – High-scoring North taking a toll? |
| 30 | Kris Letang | 45 | 15 | 3/21 – Picked up game, value showing in multicat leagues |
| 31 | Mark Stone | 29 | -2 | 4/21 – Production very assist-heavy |
| 32 | Steven Stamkos | 30 | -2 | 4/21 – Day-to-day with undisclosed injury |
| 33 | Andrei Svechnikov | 17 | -16 | 4/21 – Offense down a bit, still strong roto-wise |
| 34 | Kyle Connor | 38 | 4 | 2/21 – 38 goals in 2019-20 and entering 4th season |
| 35 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 40 | 5 | 4/21 – Now sharing time with Lehner |
| 36 | Anze Kopitar | 41 | 5 | 3/21 – Over a point-per-game, among assist leaders |
| 37 | Morgan Rielly | 43 | 6 | 4/21 – Having a bounce-back season |
| 38 | Cale Makar | 58 | 20 | 4/21 – Point-per-game player over entire season |
| 39 | Philipp Grubauer | 36 | -3 | 4/21 – Top-notch goalie option, but now on COVID list |
| 40 | Evander Kane | 46 | 6 | 3/21 – Much higher in multicategory than pure scoring |
| 41 | Sean Couturier | 47 | 6 | 3/21 – Back from injury |
| 42 | Jeff Petry | 50 | 8 | 3/21 – Still hot – at a near point-per-game pace |
| 43 | Alex DeBrincat | 51 | 8 | 3/21 – Continuing at a point-per-game pace |
| 44 | Adam Fox | NR | #VALUE! | 4/21 – Value skyrocketing with point streak |
| 45 | Shea Theodore | 52 | 7 | 2/21 – Point-per-game to start season |
| 46 | Quinn Hughes | 39 | -7 | 4/21 – Will COVID shutdown slow him down? |
| 47 | Johnny Gaudreau | 27 | -20 | 4/21 – Separating from Monahan might help rebound |
| 48 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 53 | 5 | 2/21 – Light peripherals, but lots of scoring |
| 49 | Mika Zibanejad | 55 | 6 | 3/21 – Recovering somewhat after ice-cold start |
| 50 | J.T. Miller | 37 | -13 | 4/21 – Will COVID shutdown slow him down? |
| 51 | Tom Wilson | 59 | 8 | 3/21 – Uh oh, a seven-game suspension |
| 52 | Elias Lindholm | 61 | 9 | 2/21 – Strong all-around numbers again |
| 53 | Ryan O’Reilly | 63 | 10 | 3/21 – Near point per game numbers |
| 54 | Semyon Varlamov | 65 | 11 | 3/21 – Vezina-caliber season, but injury history |
| 55 | Nikolaj Ehlers | 66 | 11 | 3/21 – Now just needs power-play time |
| 56 | Torey Krug | 48 | -8 | 4/21 – Just one goal as of 4/13, PTS/GP also down |
| 57 | Igor Shesterkin | 68 | 11 | 3/21 – Day-to-day at the time this is released |
| 58 | Jordan Binnington | 57 | -1 | 3/21 – Can new contract help him rebound? |
| 59 | Tuukka Rask | 56 | -3 | 4/21 – Injury concerns, should be close to a return |
| 60 | Claude Giroux | 70 | 10 | 2/21 – Only one goal before Flyers shut down |
| 61 | Kirill Kaprizov | 78 | 17 | 3/21 – Kirill is the real deal as a Calder contender |
| 62 | Neal Pionk | 71 | 9 | 3/21 – Losing PP1 role hasn’t slowed him |
| 63 | Joe Pavelski | 75 | 12 | 2/21 – Potential comeback player of the year |
| 64 | Brock Boeser | 62 | -2 | 4/21 – Will COVID shutdown slow him down? |
| 65 | Anton Khudobin | 67 | 2 | 4/21 – Oettinger cutting into starts |
| 66 | Brent Burns | 72 | 6 | 3/21 – Declining numbers, plus poor plus/minus |
| 67 | David Perron | 74 | 7 | 3/21 – Under the radar, just keeps on scoring |
| 68 | Tyson Barrie | 77 | 9 | 3/21 – Great add for Edmonton power play |
| 69 | John Klingberg | 76 | 7 | 3/21 – The Stars dman to own, lots of games left |
| 70 | Drew Doughty | 79 | 9 | 3/21 – Nice bounce-back season |
| 71 | Blake Wheeler | 34 | -37 | 4/21 – Out with possible concussion |
| 72 | Darnell Nurse | 81 | 9 | 3/21 – Scoring and roto dominance difficult to ignore |
| 73 | Mathew Barzal | 83 | 10 | 2/21 – Continues to bring the offense |
| 74 | Ondrej Palat | 84 | 10 | 3/21 – Point per game, plus great PPP production |
| 75 | Patrik Laine | 42 | -33 | 4/21 – Almost playing his way out of the Roto Rankings |
| 76 | Brayden Schenn | 73 | -3 | 4/21 – In a point slump to end March |
| 77 | Robin Lehner | 86 | 9 | 3/21 – Once he returns, could push Fleury to timeshare |
| 78 | Jonathan Marchessault | 82 | 4 | 3/21 – Shot total a major part of his value |
| 79 | Kevin Fiala | 90 | 11 | 2/21 – No assists before Wild shut down |
| 80 | Tyler Toffoli | 80 | 0 | 3/21 – Continuing to score goals |
| 81 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 95 | 14 | 3/21 – Keep an eye on now that he’s back |
| 82 | Jacob Markstrom | 64 | -18 | 4/21 – Struggles as the Flames have |
| 83 | Bryan Rust | NR | 4/21 – Top-line option for Pens finally makes top 100 | |
| 84 | Jack Campbell | NR | 4/21 – The win streak, that’s all that needs to be said | |
| 85 | Juuse Saros | NR | 4/21 – Biggest reason that Nashvill is back in the playoff race | |
| 86 | Seth Jones | 100 | 14 | 3/21 – Affected by CBJ slump |
| 87 | Taylor Hall | 87 | 0 | 4/21 – Keeping him on here for potential value in Boston |
| 88 | Mikhail Sergachev | 99 | 11 | 3/21 – Highest PTS/GP production of career |
| 89 | Dominik Kubalik | 98 | 9 | 3/21 – Proving rookie season was no fluke |
| 90 | Logan Couture | 96 | 6 | 3/21 – Mainly for scoring – peripherals not great |
| 91 | Vincent Trocheck | NR | 4/21 – Demonstrating ability to return from injury | |
| 92 | Jakob Chychrun | NR | 4/21 – Goal scoring hard to ignore | |
| 93 | Martin Necas | NR | 4/21 – The breakout has arrived | |
| 94 | Zach Hyman | NR | 4/21 – Point-per-game player since mid-March | |
| 95 | Travis Konecny | 89 | -6 | 3/21 – Slowed by COVID protocol |
| 96 | Petr Mrazek | NR | 4/21 – Spectacular numbers in spite of injury | |
| 97 | Alex Nedeljkovic | NR | 4/21 – Deserves to be a starting goalie | |
| 98 | Jason Robertson | NR | 4/21 – Point-per-game player since mid-March | |
| 99 | Devon Toews | NR | 4/21 – Value has jumped with move to Colorado | |
| 100 | Jakub Voracek | 97 | -3 | 3/21 – Mainly for scoring, and numbers assist-heavy |
| Out | Evgeni Malkin | 31 | 4/21 – Still week-to-week, but skating again | |
| Elias Pettersson | 33 | 4/21 – Injured and COVID shutdown | ||
| Jack Eichel | 44 | 4/21 – Season-ending surgery on herniated disc in neck | ||
| Filip Forsberg | 49 | 4/21 – Now on IR | ||
| Frederik Andersen | 60 | 4/21 – Injured, may not even be starter when he returns | ||
| Mike Hoffman | 69 | 4/21 – Not getting the crucial power-play minutes | ||
| Carter Hart | 85 | 4/21 – Needed a reset as of late March | ||
| Brendan Gallagher | 88 | 4/21 – Broken thumb, out several weeks | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 91 | 4/21 – First season in Vegas hasn’t been as productive | ||
| Tristan Jarry | 92 | 4/21 – Okay numbers, but other goalies on list have been better | ||
| Carey Price | 93 | 4/21 – Now day-to-day with lower-body injury | ||
| Keith Yandle | 94 | 4/21 – Peripherals aside from PPP hasn’t been strong |
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