Daily Fantasy Hockey Goalie Rankings: December 18th

It is a slightly less busy Thursday evening than usual with just seven games on the schedule. If you are in need of a spot-start, you are not left with many options tonight. Martin Brodeur gets the nod for the Blues and Calvin Pickard, who will start all three games this week, makes for a great addition in all formats.

The Daily Goalie Rankings now has DraftKings salaries as well as my top ‘Good Value’ and ‘Bad Value‘ one-day Fantasy Hockey goalie starts.

Here are my rankings for all of the Likely or Confirmed goalies in the order of who I think will be the best Fantasy starts tonight. Rankings will be based off of matchups, recent performance, injuries etc. and follow standard fantasy stats: Wins, GAA, SV%, SO.

This is a useful tool to help you decide which goalies to play on a given night. If you have three goalies and they are ranked below at 3, 5 and 9 then you play the ones ranked #3 and #5. However, remember to be careful starting goalies who are Likely over ones who are Confirmed. While Likely starter’s usually start, it is not confirmed for a reason!

FOR GOALIE STATS AND FANTASY ANALYSIS FOR ALL OF TONIGHT’S STARTING GOALIES, PLEASE VISIT OUR STARTING GOALIES PAGE! 

If you have any fantasy hockey goalie questions or questions about my rankings leave a comment below or Tweet us @DailyFaceoff or myself directly @Brock_Seguin.

Good Luck!

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1. Antti Niemi – vs. EDM ($8,700)
2. Marc-Andre Fleury – vs. COL ($9,300)
3. Sergei Bobrovksy – vs. WSH ($9,100)
4. Braden Holtby – @ CBJ ($8,100)
5. Carey Price – vs. ANA ($8,900)
6. Steve Mason – vs. FLA ($7,500)
7. Roberto Luongo – @ PHI ($8,200)
8. Jonathan Quick – vs. STL ($8,400) – Likely
9. Calvin Pickard – @ PIT ($7,200)
10. Frederik Andersen – @ MTL ($8,300)
11. Martin Brodeur – @ LAK ($7,400)
12. Cam Ward – vs. TOR ($6,500)
13. Ben Scrivens – @ SJS ($6,300)

Unconfirmed

Toronto Maple Leafs – Jonathan Bernier / James Reimer – The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate so there was no news on their starting goalie. With Friday off, Bernier is expected to get the start, but we will not have confirmation at 6:30 PM ET.