It’s the deepest position in fantasy, and it’s not hard to imagine pivots owning seven of the top 10 spots on the scoring list by season’s end. Ideally you land one of the top five, then a second from the six–20 range. Much like in the NHL, fantasy teams win with strength down the middle.
Positional rankings: Goalies | Defencemen | Left-Wingers | Right-Wingers
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | |
| 01 | Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh | |
| 02 | Steven Stamkos | Tampa Bay | |
| 03 | John Tavares | Long Island | |
| 04 | Tyler Seguin | Dallas | |
| 05 | Ryan Getzlaf | Anaheim | |
| 06 | Nicklas Backstrom | Washington | |
| 07 | Claude Giroux | Philadelphia | |
| 08 | Anze Kopitar | Los Angeles | |
| 09 | Joe Pavelski | San Jose | |
| 10 | Eric Staal | Carolina | |
| 11 | Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh | |
| 12 | Matt Duchene | Colorado | |
| 13 | Kyle Turris | Ottawa | |
| 14 | Henrik Sedin | Vancouver | |
| 15 | Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado | |
| 16 | Logan Couture | San Jose | |
| 17 | David Backes | St. Louis | |
| 18 | Jonathan Toews | Chicago | |
| 19 | David Krejci | Boston | |
| 20 | Joe Thornton | San Jose | |
| 21 | Bryan Little | Winnipeg | |
| 22 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Edmonton | |
| 23 | Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit | |
| 24 | Paul Stastny | St. Louis | |
| 25 | Ryan O’Reilly | Colorado | |
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