Washington Capitals fantasy preview 2026-27.
16 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Alex Tuch leads at 2.25 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 1st in the league in hits and 18th in power-play points. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Washington 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.
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| 37of 400 | Alex TuchNEW · BUF | RW | 30 | 2.23 | 2.34 | 2.25 | +0.21 | 33-33-66 in 79 | 9 | 195 | 82 | 90 | 65% | 81 | +44 | |
| 47of 400 | Tom Wilson | RW | 32 | 2.19 | 2.25 | 2.17 | -0.70 | 30-32-62 in 72 | 12 | 153 | 179 | 53 | 60% | 83 | +36 | |
| 50of 400 | Jakob Chychrun | D | 28 | 2.25 | 1.92 | 2.13 | +0.03 | 26-34-60 in 80 | 18 | 221 | 58 | 114 | 54% | 61 | +11 | |
| 56of 400 | Alex Ovechkin | LW | 41 | 1.85 | 2.60 | 2.10 | -0.04 | 32-32-64 in 82 | 19 | 244 | 134 | 16 | 55% | 75 | +19 | |
| 122of 400 | Dylan Strome | C | 29 | 1.62 | 2.10 | 1.79 | -0.18 | 19-39-58 in 80 | 21 | 143 | 11 | 53 | 50% | 120 | -2 | |
| 125of 400 | Boone JennerNEW · CBJ | C | 33 | 1.69 | 1.84 | 1.78 | -0.38 | 13-25-38 in 67 | 3 | 132 | 147 | 66 | 43% | — | n/r | |
| 159of 400 | Jordan KyrouNEW · STL | RW | 28 | 1.44 | 1.97 | 1.64 | +0.24 | 18-28-46 in 72 | 14 | 173 | 14 | 28 | 53% | 105 | -54 | |
| 160of 400 | Martin Fehérváry | D | 26 | 1.71 | 1.56 | 1.64 | +0.18 | 5-22-27 in 81 | 0 | 73 | 110 | 176 | 26% | — | n/r | |
| 200of 400 | Aliaksei Protas | LW | 25 | 1.55 | 1.70 | 1.54 | -0.51 | 25-27-52 in 76 | 1 | 159 | 33 | 42 | 53% | 188 | -12 | |
| 207of 400 | Matt Roy | D | 31 | 1.46 | 1.50 | 1.52 | -0.38 | 2-17-19 in 79 | 0 | 94 | 117 | 146 | 20% | — | n/r | |
| 208of 400 | Rasmus Sandin | D | 26 | 1.59 | 1.40 | 1.52 | +0.15 | 5-24-29 in 73 | 1 | 90 | 88 | 127 | 29% | — | n/r | |
| 217of 400 | Ryan Leonard | RW | 21 | 1.50 | 0.83 | 1.50 | -0.10 | 20-25-45 in 75 | 14 | 153 | 124 | 25 | 48% | 176 | -41 | |
| 226of 400 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | 28 | 1.38 | 1.76 | 1.48 | — | 5-14-19 in 29 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 13 | — | — | n/r | |
| 234of 400 | Timothy Liljegren | D | 27 | 1.40 | 1.43 | 1.46 | -0.26 | 1-10-11 in 47 | 2 | 40 | 38 | 90 | 19% | — | n/r | |
| 373of 400 | Justin Sourdif | C | 24 | 1.18 | 2.20 | 1.18 | +0.22 | 15-20-35 in 78 | 3 | 108 | 98 | 40 | — | — | n/r | |
| 387of 400 | Vincent DesharnaisNEW · SJS | D | 30 | 1.19 | 1.10 | 1.16 | +0.09 | 1-6-7 in 53 | 0 | 34 | 103 | 83 | — | — | n/r |
- 37 Alex Tuch RW · age 30 · mkt 81 2.25blend 2.2325-26 2.3424-25 +0.21H2−H1 9PPP 195SOG 82HIT 90BLK 65%PG% 33-33-66 in 79+44
- 47 Tom Wilson RW · age 32 · mkt 83 2.17blend 2.1925-26 2.2524-25 -0.70H2−H1 12PPP 153SOG 179HIT 53BLK 60%PG% 30-32-62 in 72+36
- 50 Jakob Chychrun D · age 28 · mkt 61 2.13blend 2.2525-26 1.9224-25 +0.03H2−H1 18PPP 221SOG 58HIT 114BLK 54%PG% 26-34-60 in 80+11
- 56 Alex Ovechkin LW · age 41 · mkt 75 2.10blend 1.8525-26 2.6024-25 -0.04H2−H1 19PPP 244SOG 134HIT 16BLK 55%PG% 32-32-64 in 82+19
- 122 Dylan Strome C · age 29 · mkt 120 1.79blend 1.6225-26 2.1024-25 -0.18H2−H1 21PPP 143SOG 11HIT 53BLK 50%PG% 19-39-58 in 80-2
- 125 Boone Jenner C · age 33 · mkt n/r 1.78blend 1.6925-26 1.8424-25 -0.38H2−H1 3PPP 132SOG 147HIT 66BLK 43%PG% 13-25-38 in 67n/r
- 159 Jordan Kyrou RW · age 28 · mkt 105 1.64blend 1.4425-26 1.9724-25 +0.24H2−H1 14PPP 173SOG 14HIT 28BLK 53%PG% 18-28-46 in 72-54
- 160 Martin Fehérváry D · age 26 · mkt n/r 1.64blend 1.7125-26 1.5624-25 +0.18H2−H1 0PPP 73SOG 110HIT 176BLK 26%PG% 5-22-27 in 81n/r
- 200 Aliaksei Protas LW · age 25 · mkt 188 1.54blend 1.5525-26 1.7024-25 -0.51H2−H1 1PPP 159SOG 33HIT 42BLK 53%PG% 25-27-52 in 76-12
- 207 Matt Roy D · age 31 · mkt n/r 1.52blend 1.4625-26 1.5024-25 -0.38H2−H1 0PPP 94SOG 117HIT 146BLK 20%PG% 2-17-19 in 79n/r
- 208 Rasmus Sandin D · age 26 · mkt n/r 1.52blend 1.5925-26 1.4024-25 +0.15H2−H1 1PPP 90SOG 88HIT 127BLK 29%PG% 5-24-29 in 73n/r
- 217 Ryan Leonard RW · age 21 · mkt 176 1.50blend 1.5025-26 0.8324-25 -0.10H2−H1 14PPP 153SOG 124HIT 25BLK 48%PG% 20-25-45 in 75-41
- 226 Pierre-Luc Dubois C · age 28 · mkt n/r 1.48blend 1.3825-26 1.7624-25 —H2−H1 6PPP 42SOG 23HIT 13BLK —PG% 5-14-19 in 29n/r
- 234 Timothy Liljegren D · age 27 · mkt n/r 1.46blend 1.4025-26 1.4324-25 -0.26H2−H1 2PPP 40SOG 38HIT 90BLK 19%PG% 1-10-11 in 47n/r
- 373 Justin Sourdif C · age 24 · mkt n/r 1.18blend 1.1825-26 2.2024-25 +0.22H2−H1 3PPP 108SOG 98HIT 40BLK —PG% 15-20-35 in 78n/r
- 387 Vincent Desharnais D · age 30 · mkt n/r 1.16blend 1.1925-26 1.1024-25 +0.09H2−H1 0PPP 34SOG 103HIT 83BLK —PG% 1-6-7 in 53n/r
Washington are 1st in hits
Six categories, summed across every Washington 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. Rare shape: it scores and it fills the peripheral columns.
- G 250 lg avg 194 4th
- A 388 lg avg 329 5th
- PPP 123 lg avg 130 18th
- SOG 2054 lg avg 1644 3rd
- HIT 1359 lg avg 909 1st
- BLK 1162 lg avg 789 1st
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.
Defence 6
6 deep · 2nd of 32
Chychrun2.13 +11 Fehérváry1.64 Roy1.52 Sandin1.52 Liljegren1.46 Desharnais1.16Crease 2
Washington against the other 31
Draftable stock
4 Washington skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 16th 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
47.2% held by the top three — 28th-most concentrated
Below the league median of 55.2%. Power-play value here is not locked behind three players.
Thompson is a workhorse
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 14 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. Thompson sits at 74.4%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompsonage 29 · mkt 33 | 58 | 31 | 4 | 2.44 | 0.912 | 2.77 | Starter |
| Charlie Lindgrenage 32 · mkt n/r | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3.52 | 0.879 | 0.74 | Depth |
Power-play points are normally split in Washington
- 1 Dylan Strome C 21 PPP · 17.1% · 36.2% of his own points
- 2 Alex Ovechkin LW 19 PPP · 15.4% · 29.7% of his own points
- 3 Jakob Chychrun D 18 PPP · 14.6% · 30.0% of his own points
47.2% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
3 in, 1 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
- Jordan Kyrou bounce-back buy-low after 18-goal down year
- Boone Jenner probably not a fantasy factor
- Alex Tuch 2.3 FPPG last season; top-line fit alongside Wilson
Departures
- John Carlson TB PP upside per ESPN offseason piece; ESPN ranks list showed CAR vs NHL.com/CBS/DFO TBL - VERIFY
The Washington 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 2026-10-02. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Alex Ovechkin owns the 1st-best LW season in the ten-year file: 2018-19, 81 games, 51-38-89, 2.85 ESPN points per game.
3 Washington 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.
- Ryan Leonard Washington Capitals NHL 84 GP · 46 P 84 NHL games
- Oliver Suvanto LIIGA 48 GP · 11 P · 0.23 P/GP no NHL games yet
- Terik Parascak Prince George Cougars WHL 61 GP · 79 P · 1.30 P/GP no NHL games yet
Reading the Washington board
3 inside the desk top 50, 4 inside the top 100. Alex Tuch is the ceiling at 2.25, 37th overall. Tom Wilson (2.17) sits 0.08 back. A shared top, not an anchor.
Shape: 1st in hits, 18th in power-play points. Rare shape: it scores and it fills the peripheral columns.
Alex Tuch is the widest gap: desk 37, market 81. 44 slots in your favour. Jordan Kyrou runs the other way, 159 here against 105. You pay 54 slots over. 2 names carry a 20-slot edge.
Three players hold 47.2% of the club's 123 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
38 off-nights of 84, 3rd in the league. 14 back-to-backs, 27th-fewest. Stream from here.
Logan Thompson started 58 at 2.44 and 0.912. Workhorse volume, and volume is most of what a fantasy goalie is.
3 in, 1 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Jordan Kyrou. Average pool age 28.7. 6 trending up, 6 down. Next in line: Ryan Leonard.
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.