2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Draft Board TOP 25 OVERALL FORWARDS 1 Nikita Kucherov 1 Nikita Kucherov 2 Steven Stamkos 2 Steven Stamkos 3 Brayden Point 3 Brayden Point 4 Sean Monahan 4 Sean Monahan 5 Sidney Crosby 5 Sidney Crosby 6 Alex Ovechkin 6 Alex Ovechkin 7 Brad Marchand 7 Brad Marchand 8 Andrei Vasilevskiy 8 Nathan MacKinnon 2019 FDH Stanley Cup Playoffs Cheat Sheet 9 Nathan MacKinnon 9 Johnny Gaudreau 2018-19 Team UQB Rankings 10 Johnny Gaudreau 10 David Pastrnak Our rankings are a mashup of the following measures: our final FDH power rankings for 11 David Pastrnak 11 Blake Wheeler 2018-19, a metric that is 1/2 power rankings and 1/2 strength of schedule, power play 12 Victor Hedman 12 David Krejci percentage, penalty kill percentage, Corsi, shooting percentage, save percentage, even 13 Blake Wheeler 13 Evgeni Malkin strength goals and even strength goals against. 14 Ryan McDonagh 14 David Perron Teams Power Power/Sked PP% PK% CorsiShoot %Save % ESG ESGA Total 15 David Krejci 15 Elias Lindholm 1 Tampa Bay 1 8 1 1 9 1 3 2 10 36 16 Evgeni Malkin 16 John Tavares 2 Boston 2 11 3 16 6 12 7 19 2 78 17 Mark Giordano 17 Mark Scheifele 3 St. Louis 7 2 10 9 10 15 13 16 7 89 18 David Perron 18 Nicklas Backstrom 4 Toronto 9 8 8 19 8 6 10 1 21 90 19 Matt Murray 19 Patrice Bergeron 5 Nashville 6 1 31 6 7 22 4 13 4 94 20 John Carlson 20 Elias Lindholm 6 Pittsburgh 12 12 5 18 15 10 5 9 9 95 21 Elias Lindholm 21 Auston Matthews 7 Winnipeg 10 3 4 23 19 5 8 10 14 96 22 John Tavares 22 Ryan O’Reilly 8 Calgary 3 16 18 21 5 3 21 5 5 97 23 Mark Scheifele 23 Mitchell Marner 9 Washington 4 4 12 24 18 2 17 4 17 102 24 Erik Karlsson 24 Phil Kessel 10 Carolina 8 7 20 8 2 25 14 15 6 105 25 Pekka Rinne 25 Vladimir Tarasenko 11 San Jose 14 21 6 14 1 4 31 3 23 117 DEFENSEMEN 26 Matthew Tkachuk 12T Dallas 15 6 11 5 22 29 2 27 3 120 1 Victor Hedman 27 Filip Forsberg 12T New York Islanders 5 5 29 17 26 16 1 20 1 120 2 Ryan McDonagh 28 Mikko Rantanen 14 Columbus 13 14 28 2 12 9 18 6 20 122 3 Mark Giordano 29 Logan Couture 15 Colorado 17 8 7 25 14 13 11 18 11 124 4 John Carlson 30 Jake Guentzel 16 Montreal 11 17 30 12 4 23 12 8 16 133 5 Erik Karlsson 31 Evgeny Kuznetsov 17 Vegas 16 23 25 13 3 24 16 12 12 144 6 Torey Krug 32 Artemi Panarin 18 Florida 18 19 2 10 16 11 30 17 26 149 7 Alex Pietrangelo 33 Patrik Laine 19 Minnesota 21 14 14 7 11 30 20 29 15 161 8 Jacob Trouba 34 Ryan Johansen 20T Chicago 20 12 15 31 17 8 25 7 30 165 9 Mattias Ekholm 35 Viktor Arvidsson 20T Arizona 19 24 26 3 20 28 6 31 8 165 10 Roman Josi 36 Kyle Connor 22 Vancouver 23 28 22 11 25 20 15 25 19 188 11 Kris Letang 37 Sebastian Aho 23 Philadelphia 24 18 23 26 21 18 28 11 28 197 12 Brett Burns 38 Matt Duchene 24 Anaheim 22 27 24 20 27 26 9 30 13 198 13 P.K. Subban 39 Teuvo Teravainen 25 Buffalo 27 25 16 15 13 31 23 22 27 199 14 Morgan Rielly 40 T.J. Oshie 26T Edmonton 25 30 9 30 24 14 27 23 22 204 15 Dustin Byfuglien 41 Joe Pavelski 26T Ottawa 31 29 13 22 31 7 26 14 31 204 16 Shea Theodore 42 William Karlsson 28 New York Rangers 26 19 17 27 30 19 19 24 24 205 17 TJ Brodie 43 Tomas Hertl 29 New Jersey 30 22 21 4 29 21 29 26 29 211 18 Tyson Barrie 44 Tyler Seguin 30 Detroit 28 26 19 28 28 17 22 21 25 214 19 Nate Schmidt 45 Gabriel Landeskog 31 Los Angeles 29 31 27 29 23 27 24 28 18 236 20 Ryan Ellis 46 Timo Meier STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS 21 Tyler Myers 47 Evander Kane CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS 22 John Klingberg 48 Alexander Radulov Tampa Bay over Columbus in 5 Tampa Bay over Boston in 7 23 Jake Gardiner 49 Gustav Nyquist Boston over Toronto in 6 Pittsburgh over Washington in 7 24 Colin Miller 50 Nikolaj Ehlers Washington over Carolina in 6 Calgary over San Jose in 6 GOALIES GOALIES Pittsburgh over New York Islanders in 6 Nashville over St. Louis in 7 1 Andrei Vasilevskiy 9 Ben Bishop Calgary over Colorado in 5 CONFERENCE FINALS 2 Matt Murray 10 Marc-Andre Fleury San Jose over Vegas in 6 Tampa Bay over Pittsburgh in 6 3 Pekka Rinne 11 Philipp Grubauer Nashville over Dallas in 5 Calgary over Nashville in 6 4 Frederik Anderson 12 Semyon Varlamov St. Louis over Winnipeg in 7 STANLEY CUP FINALS 5 Jordan Binnington 13 Thomas Greiss Tampa Bay over Calgary in 6 6 Braden Holtby 14 Robin Lehner CONN SMYTHE TROPHY 7 Connor Hellebuyck 15 Sergei Bobrovsky Nikita Kucherov 8 Tuukka Rask