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POWER-PLAY RANKINGS FOR 2020 STANLEY CUP

NOTES : Basic playoff pools count goals and assists for skaters with a potential bonus for a hat trick. Power-play points (PPP) are also a popular fantasy category that has implications for various pools. These power-play rankings take into account quality of each team's first unit, power-play depth, stability or fluctuation, past production, injuries during the regular season, contract status, age, overall upside for the Stanley Cup Qualifiers and likelihood of a deep postseason run. Projected five-man power-play units below include first forward, second forward, third forward, first defenseman and either fourth forward or second defenseman.

It's worth noting that some teams in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers will play a best-of-5 series (*) but must win their series to advance to the playoffs. The top four teams in each conference will play a maximum of three round-robin games but already have guaranteed spots in the postseason field.

1. BOS: Pastrnak -- Marchand -- Bergeron -- Krug -- DeBrusk

Others in contention: Krejci, Kase

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 2nd (25.2)

2. TBL: Kucherov -- Stamkos -- Point -- Hedman -- Killorn

Others in contention: Sergachev, Palat

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: T-5th (23.1)

3. EDM*: McDavid -- Draisaitl -- Nugent-Hopkins -- Klefbom -- Neal

Others in contention: Nurse, Yamamoto

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 1st (29.5)

4. TOR*: Matthews -- Marner -- Tavares -- Rielly -- Nylander

Others in contention: Barrie

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: T-5th (23.1)

5. COL: MacKinnon -- Rantanen -- Landeskog -- Makar -- Kadri

Others in contention: Burakovsky

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 19th (19.1)

6. VGK: Stone -- Pacioretty -- Stastny -- Theodore -- Tuch

Others in contention: Marchessault, W. Karlsson, R. Smith

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 9th (22.0)

7. NYR*: Panarin -- Zibanejad -- Kreider -- DeAngelo -- R. Strome

Others in contention: Fox, Kakko, Buchnevich

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 7th (22.9)

8. VAN*: Pettersson -- Miller -- Horvat -- Hughes -- Toffoli

Others in contention: Boeser, Edler

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 4th (24.2)

9. PIT*: Crosby -- Malkin -- Guentzel -- Letang -- Hornqvist

Others in contention: Rust, Zucker

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 16th (19.9)

10. STL: Tarasenko -- O'Reilly -- Schenn -- Pietrangelo -- Perron

Others in contention: Schwartz, Dunn

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 3rd (24.3)

11. WSH: Ovechkin -- Backstrom -- Kuznetsov -- Carlson -- Oshie

Others in contention: Vrana

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 17th (19.4)

12. CAR*: Aho -- Teravainen -- Svechnikov -- Hamilton -- J. Williams

Others in contention: Niederreiter, Trocheck

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 8th (22.3)

13. FLA*: Barkov -- Huberdeau -- Hoffman -- Yandle -- Dadonov

Others in contention: Ekblad

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: T-10th (21.3)

14. WPG*: Scheifele -- Wheeler -- Laine -- Pionk -- Connor

Others in contention: Ehlers, Morrissey

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 15th (20.5)

15. DAL: Seguin -- Benn -- Hintz -- Klingberg -- Pavelski

Others in contention: Radulov, Heiskanen, Gurianov

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 13th (21.1)

16. PHI: Giroux -- Couturier -- Voracek -- Provorov -- Konecny

Others in contention: van Riemsdyk, Niskanen

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 14th (20.8)

17. CGY*: Gaudreau -- Monahan -- M. Tkachuk -- Giordano -- Lindholm

Others in contention: Backlund

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 12th (21.2)

18. MIN*: Fiala -- Parise -- E. Staal -- Suter -- Spurgeon

Others in contention: Dumba, Zuccarello

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: T-10th (21.3)

19. CHI*: P. Kane -- J. Toews -- DeBrincat -- Keith -- D. Strome

Others in contention: Kubalik, Dach

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 24th (15.2)

20. MTL*: Tatar -- Gallagher -- Drouin -- Weber -- Petry

Others in contention: Domi, Suzuki, Armia

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 20th (17.7)

21. ARI*: Hall -- Kessel -- Keller -- Ekman-Larsson -- Chychrun

Others in contention: Garland, Dvorak

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 18th (19.2)

22. NSH*: Forsberg -- Johansen -- Duchene -- Josi -- Granlund

Others in contention: Ellis, Arvidsson

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: T-21st (17.3)

23. NYI*: Barzal -- Eberle -- Lee -- Pulock -- Bailey

Others in contention: Nelson, D. Toews, Pageau

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: T-21st (17.3)

24. CBJ*: Atkinson -- Dubois -- N. Foligno -- Werenski -- S. Jones

Others in contention: Bjorkstrand, Nyquist, Texier

Regular-season PP rank & percentage: 23rd (16.4)

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