Most Popular NHL Fantasy Players 2025-26
The most researched NHL fantasy players this season, ranked by community interest. Updated automatically as users browse player pages.
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MTL
· D
MTL
· W
FLA
· RW
CBJ
· W
VGK
· G
TBL
· W
CBJ
· C
CBJ
· C
VAN
· W
DAL
· C
CBJ
· W
UTA
· W
PIT
· C
SEA
· D
MTL
· W
LAK
· W
VGK
· W
VAN
· D
NYI
· W
SJS
· D
NYI
· D
TOR
· G
BUF
· G
LAK
· C
TBL
· W
About NHL Fantasy Hockey Popularity Rankings
These are the most viewed NHL fantasy hockey players on Fantasy Team Advice for the 2025-26 season. Our popularity rankings are driven by real user traffic — highlighting the players that DFS and fantasy hockey enthusiasts are researching the most. From top-line forwards to starting goalies, these are the names the community is watching.
How Popularity Rankings Work
Every time a user visits a player's page on Fantasy Team Advice, it counts as a pageview. Players with the most pageviews rise to the top of these rankings, giving you a real-time look at which players the DFS and fantasy community is researching the most.
#1–5
Most Researched
Heavy community interest
#6–15
Trending
Growing attention
#16–25
On the Radar
Worth watching
Seasonal Decay: Keeping Rankings Fresh
At the end of each sport's season, we automatically reduce all player pageview counts by 75%. This ensures that retired, injured, or traded players don't remain artificially popular heading into the next season. The decay gives returning stars a head start based on prior interest while letting breakout rookies and new acquisitions climb the rankings quickly based on current research activity.
Why 75%?
A full reset would erase all signal. Keeping 25% of prior pageviews rewards players with sustained interest while still heavily favoring current-season activity. It's the sweet spot between memory and freshness.
When Does It Happen?
NBA & NHL: August 1st · NFL: March 1st · MLB: November 1st — timed to each sport's offseason so rankings are fresh when the new season begins.
How to Use These Rankings for NHL DFS
Use our NHL DFS Optimizer to build optimal lineups with these popular players, or check today's NHL Starting Lineups to confirm starters.
Popular players often correlate with high ownership in DFS contests. If you're building contrarian GPP lineups, consider fading the most popular names in favor of lesser-owned alternatives. For cash games, these rankings confirm which players the sharp community is targeting.
Data Source & Methodology
Rankings update automatically as users visit player pages throughout the 2025-26 season. At the end of each season, popularity counts are reduced so that the most currently relevant players rise to the top. Players are ranked by total pageviews with fantasy production as a tiebreaker.