Columbus Blue Jackets fantasy preview 2026-27.
15 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Zach Werenski leads at 2.54 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 4th in the league in shots and 21st in power-play points. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Columbus name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10of 400 | Zach Werenski | D | 29 | 2.53 | 2.65 | 2.54 | -0.69 | 22-59-81 in 75 | 21 | 260 | 30 | 94 | 64% | 12 | +2 | |
| 81of 400 | Kirill Marchenko | RW | 26 | 2.02 | 2.02 | 1.97 | -0.26 | 27-40-67 in 76 | 23 | 218 | 61 | 40 | 67% | 58 | -23 | |
| 131of 400 | Adam Fantilli | C | 21 | 1.83 | 1.77 | 1.77 | +0.36 | 24-35-59 in 82 | 13 | 214 | 139 | 51 | 54% | 74 | -57 | |
| 145of 400 | Valeri NichushkinNEW · COL | RW | 31 | 1.43 | 2.02 | 1.70 | -0.37 | 17-32-49 in 72 | 4 | 160 | 55 | 27 | 50% | 158 | +13 | |
| 187of 400 | Charlie Coyle | C | 34 | 1.66 | 1.30 | 1.57 | +0.55 | 20-38-58 in 82 | 13 | 144 | 111 | 53 | 43% | 194 | +7 | |
| 202of 400 | Ivan Provorov | D | 29 | 1.56 | 1.44 | 1.53 | -0.10 | 9-22-31 in 82 | 5 | 158 | 28 | 134 | 34% | 200 | -2 | |
| 222of 400 | Sean Monahan | C | 31 | 1.14 | 2.14 | 1.49 | -0.18 | 13-23-36 in 78 | 10 | 131 | 46 | 34 | 39% | 250 | +28 | |
| 224of 400 | Mathieu Olivier | RW | 29 | 1.51 | 1.61 | 1.49 | +0.18 | 15-11-26 in 61 | 0 | 93 | 209 | 42 | 25% | — | n/r | |
| 227of 400 | Dmitri Voronkov | LW | 26 | 1.40 | 1.66 | 1.48 | -0.74 | 17-15-32 in 63 | 9 | 110 | 105 | 27 | 40% | — | n/r | |
| 254of 400 | Dante Fabbro | D | 28 | 1.21 | 1.80 | 1.39 | -0.23 | 5-6-11 in 74 | 0 | 68 | 65 | 120 | 15% | — | n/r | |
| 260of 400 | Damon Severson | D | 32 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | +0.40 | 8-24-32 in 71 | 4 | 93 | 39 | 86 | 37% | — | n/r | |
| 291of 400 | Conor Garland | RW | 30 | 1.19 | 1.58 | 1.32 | -0.71 | 12-21-33 in 71 | 10 | 137 | 45 | 32 | — | — | n/r | |
| 298of 400 | Denton Mateychuk | D | 22 | 1.37 | 1.23 | 1.32 | -0.63 | 13-18-31 in 75 | 3 | 88 | 26 | 92 | — | — | n/r | |
| 318of 400 | Erik Gudbranson | D | 34 | 1.19 | 1.08 | 1.27 | — | 1-2-3 in 37 | 0 | 34 | 45 | 64 | — | — | n/r | |
| 374of 400 | Cole Sillinger | C | 23 | 1.09 | 1.27 | 1.18 | -0.23 | 8-25-33 in 81 | 1 | 136 | 112 | 44 | — | — | n/r |
- 10 Zach Werenski D · age 29 · mkt 12 2.54blend 2.5325-26 2.6524-25 -0.69H2−H1 21PPP 260SOG 30HIT 94BLK 64%PG% 22-59-81 in 75+2
- 81 Kirill Marchenko RW · age 26 · mkt 58 1.97blend 2.0225-26 2.0224-25 -0.26H2−H1 23PPP 218SOG 61HIT 40BLK 67%PG% 27-40-67 in 76-23
- 131 Adam Fantilli C · age 21 · mkt 74 1.77blend 1.8325-26 1.7724-25 +0.36H2−H1 13PPP 214SOG 139HIT 51BLK 54%PG% 24-35-59 in 82-57
- 145 Valeri Nichushkin RW · age 31 · mkt 158 1.70blend 1.4325-26 2.0224-25 -0.37H2−H1 4PPP 160SOG 55HIT 27BLK 50%PG% 17-32-49 in 72+13
- 187 Charlie Coyle C · age 34 · mkt 194 1.57blend 1.6625-26 1.3024-25 +0.55H2−H1 13PPP 144SOG 111HIT 53BLK 43%PG% 20-38-58 in 82+7
- 202 Ivan Provorov D · age 29 · mkt 200 1.53blend 1.5625-26 1.4424-25 -0.10H2−H1 5PPP 158SOG 28HIT 134BLK 34%PG% 9-22-31 in 82-2
- 222 Sean Monahan C · age 31 · mkt 250 1.49blend 1.1425-26 2.1424-25 -0.18H2−H1 10PPP 131SOG 46HIT 34BLK 39%PG% 13-23-36 in 78+28
- 224 Mathieu Olivier RW · age 29 · mkt n/r 1.49blend 1.5125-26 1.6124-25 +0.18H2−H1 0PPP 93SOG 209HIT 42BLK 25%PG% 15-11-26 in 61n/r
- 227 Dmitri Voronkov LW · age 26 · mkt n/r 1.48blend 1.4025-26 1.6624-25 -0.74H2−H1 9PPP 110SOG 105HIT 27BLK 40%PG% 17-15-32 in 63n/r
- 254 Dante Fabbro D · age 28 · mkt n/r 1.39blend 1.2125-26 1.8024-25 -0.23H2−H1 0PPP 68SOG 65HIT 120BLK 15%PG% 5-6-11 in 74n/r
- 260 Damon Severson D · age 32 · mkt n/r 1.38blend 1.3825-26 1.3824-25 +0.40H2−H1 4PPP 93SOG 39HIT 86BLK 37%PG% 8-24-32 in 71n/r
- 291 Conor Garland RW · age 30 · mkt n/r 1.32blend 1.1925-26 1.5824-25 -0.71H2−H1 10PPP 137SOG 45HIT 32BLK —PG% 12-21-33 in 71n/r
- 298 Denton Mateychuk D · age 22 · mkt n/r 1.32blend 1.3725-26 1.2324-25 -0.63H2−H1 3PPP 88SOG 26HIT 92BLK —PG% 13-18-31 in 75n/r
- 318 Erik Gudbranson D · age 34 · mkt n/r 1.27blend 1.1925-26 1.0824-25 —H2−H1 0PPP 34SOG 45HIT 64BLK —PG% 1-2-3 in 37n/r
- 374 Cole Sillinger C · age 23 · mkt n/r 1.18blend 1.0925-26 1.2724-25 -0.23H2−H1 1PPP 136SOG 112HIT 44BLK —PG% 8-25-33 in 81n/r
Columbus are 4th in shots
Six categories, summed across every Columbus skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. The value is in the peripheral columns, not the scoring ones.
- G 211 lg avg 194 7th
- A 371 lg avg 329 8th
- PPP 116 lg avg 130 21st
- SOG 2044 lg avg 1644 4th
- HIT 1116 lg avg 909 7th
- BLK 940 lg avg 789 5th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at defence, barren at left wing
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Right wing 4
4 deep · most in the league
Marchenko1.97 -23 Nichushkin1.70 +13 Olivier1.49 Garland1.32Defence 6
6 deep · 2nd of 32
Werenski2.54 +2 Provorov1.53 -2 Fabbro1.39 Severson1.38 Mateychuk1.32 Gudbranson1.27Crease 2
Columbus against the other 31
Draftable stock
2 Columbus skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 24th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
49.1% held by the top three — 26th-most concentrated
Below the league median of 55.2%. Power-play value here is not locked behind three players.
Greaves is a workhorse
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 13 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Greaves sits at 64.6%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greavesage 25 · mkt 172 | 53 | 26 | 2 | 2.60 | 0.908 | 2.08 | Starter |
| Elvis Merzlikinsage 32 · mkt n/r | 29 | 14 | 1 | 3.40 | 0.883 | 0.69 | Tandem |
Power-play points are normally split in Columbus
- 1 Kirill Marchenko RW 23 PPP · 19.8% · 34.3% of his own points
- 2 Zach Werenski D 21 PPP · 18.1% · 25.9% of his own points
- 3 Adam Fantilli C 13 PPP · 11.2% · 22.0% of his own points
49.1% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
1 in, 2 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- Valeri Nichushkin mid-late round gamble; availability risk
Departures
- Boone Jenner probably not a fantasy factor
- Mason Marchment possible top-line role with Misa; late-round value
The Columbus schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-10-01. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Zach Werenski put up 2-3-5 with 8 shots on 2024-11-21 for CBJ, worth 9.3 ESPN points. It is the 31st-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Zach Werenski owns the 10th-best D season in the ten-year file: 2024-25, 81 games, 23-59-82, 2.65 ESPN points per game.
4 Columbus names to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Cayden Lindstrom Michigan State Univ. NCAA 31 GP · 10 P · 0.32 P/GP no NHL games yet
- Jackson Smith Penn State Univ. NCAA 35 GP · 26 P · 0.74 P/GP no NHL games yet
- Oscar Hemming Boston College NCAA 19 GP · 8 P · 0.42 P/GP no NHL games yet
- Pyotr Andreyanov MHL 26 GP · 0 P no NHL games yet
Reading the Columbus board
1 inside the desk top 50, 2 inside the top 100. Zach Werenski is the ceiling at 2.54, 10th overall. The drop to Kirill Marchenko (1.97) is 0.57. One draft-defining name, then a queue.
Shape: 4th in shots, 21st in power-play points. The value is in the peripheral columns, not the scoring ones.
Sean Monahan is the widest gap: desk 222, market 250. 28 slots in your favour. Adam Fantilli runs the other way, 131 here against 74. You pay 57 slots over. 2 names are priced above the model. Be patient here.
Three players hold 49.1% of the club's 116 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
26 off-nights of 84, 26th in the league. 13 back-to-backs, 20th-fewest. Hold the last bench spot for somebody else.
Jet Greaves started 53 at 2.60 and 0.908. Workhorse volume, and volume is most of what a fantasy goalie is.
1 in, 2 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Valeri Nichushkin. Average pool age 28.3. 5 trending up, 5 down. Next in line: Cayden Lindstrom.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.