Fantasy hockey is becoming an increasingly popular pastime, and with the help of streaming services like FanDuel, DraftKings and Yahoo! fantasy sports it has never been easier to play. Our Fantasy Hockey Streaming Guide will provide you with a simple framework for how to draft your team that maximizes value while maintaining long-term strategy.
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First and foremost, congrats if you’re still in a head-to-head playoff matchup! To date, you’ve clearly made a succession of smart fantasy-related judgments. But today, more than ever, the significance of timing cannot be overstated. It’s critical to optimize your lineup every night with the top players available, or those who are really playing. Fourteen NHL games are scheduled on Saturday, April 16, giving most managers a wide range of possibilities to choose from, leaving those who aren’t selected on the bench. What about Friday’s schedule, which only has two games? Or how about Sunday, the last day of many fantasy playoff series, when there are six games on the schedule? With fewer games, there are fewer active players, which implies fewer lineup spaces filled with valuable fantasy goods.
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At this point, it’s best to predict who won’t be in your lineup on Saturday – your more mediocre assets – and send them out for people active on the Friday and Sunday sandwiching them, in order to maximize games played. Even if Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau only scores 1.1 fantasy points on Friday and Sunday, that’s 2.2 more than a Saturday benched player. Of course, this technique is limited to the waiver rules and acquisition restrictions of each league, and it does not apply to fantasy teams who are currently dominating their opponents.
But if every point matters this weekend, and there’s no next round to look forward to if it’s not completed in the next three days, know that the Florida Panthers and New York Islanders are the only two teams playing both Friday and Sunday, while the rest of the league is idle on Saturday. If you’re in a close race, here’s a list of free agents from those teams to pursue if you want to increase your chances of winning.
Anthony Duclair is your No. 1 free agent acquisition target up front, assuming he becomes available (rostered in 54.3 percent of ESPN.com leagues). In Tuesday’s 3-2 victory against Anaheim, Duclair scored two goals on eight shots, including one with the extra skater, while playing on a top line alongside Aleksander Barkov. Even more amazing given how brilliantly Ducks goaltender John Gibson played in the tense overtime defeat, saving 52 of 55 shots. With nine games remaining, only Barkov (34) has scored more goals than the underappreciated winger (30). A few fantasy points from Duclair on Friday and Sunday, when most other NHL players aren’t playing, may be the difference between continuing the fantasy season or calling it a day on Monday.
Anton Lundell, a third-line center, is another fantasy free agent who is still available. The 20-year-old rookie is back on a line with Sam Reinhart and Mason Marchment after missing 11 games due to sickness. With 41 points in 58 games, he’ll be looking to finish the regular season strong, starting this weekend against the Winnipeg Jets and Detroit Red Wings. And there’s a decent possibility he’ll join your league in return for five seconds of keyboard and mouse tapping.
In fantasy leagues that award hits and blocked shots, the Panthers’ blue line has a couple of appealing possibly rogue alternatives. Ben Chiarot has averaged 2.2 fantasy points per game since leaving Montreal for Florida ahead of the trade deadline, contributing to various categories, both scoring and otherwise. Only 26.4 percent of ESPN.com leagues have the top-pair defender on their squad. Radko Gudas, a teammate, is an under-appreciated gem in fantasy leagues that reward harder performance. The powerful defender has 79(!) hits and 25 blocked shots in his last 13 games (plus three points as bonus). Gudas, who leads the league in hits with 334 – and it’s not even close – is still freely accessible.
If thrown out against the Red Wings on Sunday, Spencer Knight (51.3 percent) in Florida’s net needs to be considered as a streaming possibility. The rookie goalkeeper has won four consecutive games, allowing just six goals in total. I’m not looking forward to Friday’s game against a Jets team that is still vying for a postseason spot. In their previous three games, Winnipeg has scored four goals in two regulation victories and one OT defeat against the Avalanche. However, veteran Sergei Bobrovsky, who looked well against the Ducks on Tuesday, could easily receive the start in that Friday game, making the matter moot. Keep an eye out for updates.
New York Islanders: Facing the Canadiens on Friday before hosting the Maple Leafs on Sunday – a prolific Toronto squad that has also allowed an average of 3.6 goals per game since Mar. 29 – the Islanders should make a lot of fantasy hay while the rest of the league is off. Zach Parise (1.2%), playing on a line with Mathew Barzal, scored twice against the Penguins on Tuesday, including a power-play goal (assisted by Barzal) and a shorty. Even though he is beyond his prime, the veteran still has some spark in him. Earlier this season, he scored against Toronto and had three assists in two previous games versus Montreal.
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Friend and fellow vet Kyle Palmieri, who has three goals and three assists in his last seven games, is another feast/famine player. Palmieri, who plays on a line alongside Pageau and Justin Bailey and sees time with the man advantage, has the ability to produce a high fantasy total on occasion, as he did last Friday in Carolina (3.3) and earlier that week in New Jersey (4.8). He’s abundantly accessible across the ESPN.com fantasy world, just like Parise. Managers in need of points should think about him.
Adam Pelech has five assists, including one shorthanded, and 10 shots blocked in his last seven games on the Islanders’ blue line. In regular competition, it equates to 1.8 fantasy points each game, which is 1.8 points more than a vacant defensive place can ever provide. Pelech may be found in virtually all of ESPN.com’s leagues.
Aside from the Panthers, Isles, Leafs, and Wings, eight other NHL clubs will play on Sunday to complete the week’s H2H series. Peruse those current lineups for any viable plug if you’re behind the fantasy eight ball and have little/nothing to lose. If you’re still alive on Monday, you may start rebuilding your roster.
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