You know the end is near when teams start clinching the postseason, as the Washington Capitals did on Thursday. We are halfway through the first head-to-head playoff round and heading into the final three scoring periods for season-long formats. At most you have 15 more games from your fantasy players, but that number could also be 12 (or lower if your star forwards are among the banged up Edmonton Oilers). Keep pushing and look for help from the rankings below.

These rankings are based on expectations of fantasy points produced from Friday, March 21, until the end of the season. Fantasy points are based on the ESPN Fantasy standard game (for skaters: goals = 2 points, assists = 1 point, shots and hits = 0.1 points, blocked shots and special-teams points = 0.5 points; for goaltenders: wins = 4 points, OT losses = 1 point, shutouts = 3 points, saves = 0.2 points, goals against = -2 points).

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1. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, C1
2. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, RW1
3. MacKenzie Weegar, Calgary Flames, D1
4. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, C2
5. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, C3
6. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D2
7. Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets, D3
8. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche, D4
9. Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres, C4
10. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights, C5
11. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars, LW1
12. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings, D5
13. Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators, LW2
14. Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars, C6
15. Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators, D6
16. Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets, G1
17. Noah Dobson, New York Islanders, D7
18. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, C7
19. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D8
20. Alex Tuch, Buffalo Sabres, RW2
21. Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars, C8
22. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, LW3
23. Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, C9
24. Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW3
25. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, RW4
26. Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW4
27. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW5
28. Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning, LW5
29. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings, D9
30. Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks, D10
31. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW6
32. John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs, C10
33. Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars, RW6
34. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, C11
35. Tim Stutzle, Ottawa Senators, C12
36. Alex DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings, LW7
37. Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, LW8
38. Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights, C13
39. Patrik Laine, Montreal Canadiens, RW7
40. Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks, C14
41. Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals, RW8
42. Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders, G2
43. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW9
44. Mikhail Sergachev, Utah Hockey Club, D11
45. Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs, RW9
46. Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, C15
47. Jake Walman, Edmonton Oilers, D12
48. Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes, C16
49. Alexander Romanov, New York Islanders, D13
50. Clayton Keller, Utah Hockey Club, LW10
51. Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings, C17
52. Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C18
53. Patrick Kane, Detroit Red Wings, RW10
54. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, C19
55. Matt Duchene, Dallas Stars, C20
56. Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars, G3
57. Darcy Kuemper, Los Angeles Kings, G4
58. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C21
59. Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames, D14
60. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings, RW11
61. Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens, LW11
62. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers, G5
63. Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars, D15
64. Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche, RW12
65. Steven Stamkos, Nashville Predators, C22
66. Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators, G6
67. Nazem Kadri, Calgary Flames, C23
68. J.T. Miller, New York Rangers, C24
69. Alex Pietrangelo, Vegas Golden Knights, D16
70. Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes, RW13
71. Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers, D17
72. Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers, G7
73. Jonathan Huberdeau, Calgary Flames, LW12
74. Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils, RW14
75. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers, LW13
76. Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators, D18
77. Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens, D19
78. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights, RW15
79. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning, G8
80. Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings, LW14
81. Mackenzie Blackwood, Colorado Avalanche, G9
82. Dylan Guenther, Utah Hockey Club, RW16
83. Darnell Nurse, Edmonton Oilers, D20
84. Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild, LW15
85. Adam Fox, New York Rangers, D21
86. Jackson LaCombe, Anaheim Ducks, D22
87. Jakob Chychrun, Washington Capitals, D23
88. Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings, LW16
89. Bo Horvat, New York Islanders, C25
90. JJ Peterka, Buffalo Sabres, RW17
91. Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets, C26
92. Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils, C27
93. Adam Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets, C28
94. Seth Jones, Florida Panthers, D24
95. Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, G10
96. Jacob Trouba, Anaheim Ducks, D25
97. John Carlson, Washington Capitals, D26
98. Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina Hurricanes, G11
99. Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators, RW18
100. Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, G12
101. Dylan Strome, Washington Capitals, C29
102. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Washington Capitals, C30
103. Mike Matheson, Montreal Canadiens, D27
104. Noah Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights, D28
105. Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets, D29
106. Shayne Gostisbehere, Carolina Hurricanes, D30
107. Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers, C31
108. Boone Jenner, Columbus Blue Jackets, C32
109. Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota Wild, D31
110. Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights, G13
111. Frank Vatrano, Anaheim Ducks, RW19
112. Pavel Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights, RW20
113. Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers, C33
114. Timo Meier, New Jersey Devils, LW17
115. Ryan Pulock, New York Islanders, D32
116. Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins, D33
117. Kirill Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW18
118. Jordan Kyrou, St. Louis Blues, RW21
119. Mikael Granlund, Dallas Stars, LW19
120. Brandon Montour, Seattle Kraken, D34
121. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW22
122. Connor Murphy, Chicago Blackhawks, D35
123. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Hockey Club, RW23
124. Jason Zucker, Buffalo Sabres, LW20
125. Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues, C34
126. Ivan Barbashev, Vegas Golden Knights, LW21
127. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, RW24
128. Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues, C35
129. Owen Power, Buffalo Sabres, D36
130. Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning, C36
131. Alexandre Carrier, Montreal Canadiens, D37
132. Dylan Cozens, Ottawa Senators, C37
133. Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks, RW25
134. Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes, G14
135. Mikey Anderson, Los Angeles Kings, D38
136. Ryan O’Reilly, Nashville Predators, C38
137. Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G15
138. Radko Gudas, Anaheim Ducks, D39
139. Jake McCabe, Toronto Maple Leafs, D40
140. Nikolaj Ehlers, Winnipeg Jets, LW22
141. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins, RW26
142. Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, D41
143. Kyle Palmieri, New York Islanders, RW27
144. Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins, D42
145. Mathieu Olivier, Columbus Blue Jackets, C39
146. Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes, D43
147. Brayden McNabb, Vegas Golden Knights, D44
148. Jake Middleton, Minnesota Wild, D45
149. Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers, D46
150. Matthew Knies, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW23
151. Trevor Moore, Los Angeles Kings, LW24
152. Filip Hronek, Vancouver Canucks, D47
153. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators, G16
154. Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW28
155. Brock Nelson, Colorado Avalanche, C40
156. Martin Fehervary, Washington Capitals, D48
157. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers, C41
158. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers, C42
159. Quinton Byfield, Los Angeles Kings, C43
160. Simon Edvinsson, Detroit Red Wings, D49
161. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, New York Islanders, C44
162. Ivan Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets, D50
163. Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche, RW29
164. William Eklund, San Jose Sharks, LW25
165. Sean Monahan, Columbus Blue Jackets, C45
166. Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers, D51
167. Mason McTavish, Anaheim Ducks, C46
168. Chris Tanev, Toronto Maple Leafs, D52
169. Brayden Schenn, St. Louis Blues, C47
170. Joel Edmundson, Los Angeles Kings, D53
171. David Savard, Montreal Canadiens, D54
172. Jonathan Marchessault, Nashville Predators, RW30
173. Mats Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild, RW31
174. Anders Lee, New York Islanders, LW26
175. Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars, LW27
176. Aliaksei Protas, Washington Capitals, C48
177. Tony DeAngelo, New York Islanders, D55
178. Shane Pinto, Ottawa Senators, C49
179. Claude Giroux, Ottawa Senators, RW32
180. Matt Roy, Washington Capitals, D56
181. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, C50
182. Gabriel Vilardi, Winnipeg Jets, C51
183. Dante Fabbro, Columbus Blue Jackets, D57
184. Phillip Danault, Los Angeles Kings, C52
185. Owen Tippett, Philadelphia Flyers, RW33
186. Justin Faulk, St. Louis Blues, D58
187. Dustin Wolf, Calgary Flames, G17
188. Fabian Zetterlund, Ottawa Senators, RW34
189. Josh Norris, Buffalo Sabres, C53
190. Troy Terry, Anaheim Ducks, C54
191. Vladislav Gavrikov, Los Angeles Kings, D59
192. Artem Zub, Ottawa Senators, D60
193. Tyler Myers, Vancouver Canucks, D61
194. Kent Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets, C55
195. Nick Seeler, Philadelphia Flyers, D62
196. Marcus Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, D63
197. Ben Chiarot, Detroit Red Wings, D64
198. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche, LW28
199. Erik Cernak, Tampa Bay Lightning, D65
200. Alex Vlasic, Chicago Blackhawks, D66
201. Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars, D67
202. Ryan Donato, Chicago Blackhawks, RW35
203. Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks, C56
204. Cody Ceci, Dallas Stars, D68
205. Mason Marchment, Dallas Stars, LW29
206. Warren Foegele, Los Angeles Kings, LW30
207. Dylan Samberg, Winnipeg Jets, D69
208. William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights, C57
209. Dmitri Voronkov, Columbus Blue Jackets, LW31
210. Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild, C58
211. Vince Dunn, Seattle Kraken, D70
212. Pavel Buchnevich, St. Louis Blues, RW36
213. Shakir Mukhamadullin, San Jose Sharks, D71
214. Barrett Hayton, Utah Hockey Club, C59
215. Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs, G18
216. Conor Garland, Vancouver Canucks, RW37
217. Sean Durzi, Utah Hockey Club, D72
218. Bowen Byram, Buffalo Sabres, D73
219. Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild, D74
220. Chris Kreider, New York Rangers, LW32
221. Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks, RW38
222. Jake Neighbours, St. Louis Blues, LW33
223. Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues, G19
224. Adam Pelech, New York Islanders, D75
225. Logan Cooley, Utah Hockey Club, C60
226. Blake Coleman, Calgary Flames, RW39
227. Ross Colton, Colorado Avalanche, LW34
228. Jake DeBrusk, Vancouver Canucks, RW40
229. Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers, RW41
230. Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks, C61
231. Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins, RW42
232. Brett Howden, Vegas Golden Knights, LW35
233. Eeli Tolvanen, Seattle Kraken, LW36
234. Kiefer Sherwood, Vancouver Canucks, LW37
235. Simon Holmstrom, New York Islanders, RW43
236. Mackie Samoskevich, Florida Panthers, LW38
237. Ryan Hartman, Minnesota Wild, C62
238. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres, G20
239. Connor McMichael, Washington Capitals, C63
240. Carter Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers, LW39
241. Matvei Michkov, Philadelphia Flyers, RW44
242. Morgan Geekie, Boston Bruins, C64
243. Marco Kasper, Detroit Red Wings, C65
244. Yanni Gourde, Tampa Bay Lightning, C66
245. Ryan McLeod, Buffalo Sabres, C67
246. Will Smith, San Jose Sharks, C68
247. Stuart Skinner, Edmonton Oilers, G21
248. Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs, G22
249. Charlie Lindgren, Washington Capitals, G23
250. Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils, G24