Fantasy Hockey 2025-26: Weekly Strength of Schedule and Streaming Targets — Week 7
Finding an edge in fantasy hockey often comes down to maximizing your man games — and targeting players with favourable matchups. Our Fantasy Hockey Strength of Schedule tool helps you do precisely that.
Each week, we evaluate every NHL team’s upcoming slate using three key factors:
- Games Played: More games mean more opportunities for fantasy points.
- Strength of Schedule (SOS): Based on opponent difficulty, the higher the score, the easier the matchups.
- Light Nights: Nights with eight or fewer NHL games, when it’s easier to fit extra players into your active lineup.
By combining these three components, the tool highlights which teams — and streamers — are best positioned for fantasy success this week.
If you’re looking for a full breakdown of every team’s upcoming schedule, check out our Fantasy Hockey Strength of Schedule Tool — updated daily to show which teams have the most games and valuable light-night matchups each week.
Week 7 Strength of Schedule
Week 7 Streaming Targets
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is one of three teams with four Light Night games this week, but they also draw the easiest schedule of the trio, and the second-easiest schedule overall. Combine that with the best streaming options available, and the Hurricanes are the premier target for fantasy managers this week.
Logan Stankoven (C/RW — 28% Rostered)
Nikolaj Ehlers was recently added to the second line with Stankoven and Jackson Blake, and the line has been dominant:
- 3.5 xGF/60
- 35.7 SCF/60
- 15.0 HDCF/60
- 4–0 goal differential
The production hasn’t fully popped for Stankoven yet, but the underlying numbers suggest a breakout week is possible. He enters the week with seven points (4G / 3A) in his last 12 games while averaging 1.8 SOG and 3.7 shot attempts per game.
Jackson Blake (RW — 11% Rostered)
Blake has five points (1G / 4A) in his last six games and 13 points (4G / 9A) in 18 games on the season. His shot volume has dipped a bit after a blazing start, but it’s more about accuracy than opportunity—he’s still averaging 4.3 shot attempts per game in his last 10.
Both he and Stankoven project extremely well this week, but Blake’s shot volume feels slightly more sustainable.
Boston Bruins
Boston has the second-best schedule among teams with four Light Night games this week, but most of their offense comes from already-rostered players. Their depth isn’t particularly strong for streaming, and Viktor Arvidsson, who would have been the best option, was injured on Saturday.
Pavel Zacha (C/LW — 47% Rostered)
Zacha is the top streaming option in Boston, though he’s already rostered in nearly half of Yahoo leagues. He’s off to a solid start with 16 points (5G, 11A) in 20 games, and 56.3% of that production has come on the power play. His PP1 role is the main appeal here, because his peripheral production isn’t ideal—just 1.6 SOG/gm and limited goal-scoring upside.
Marat Khusnutdinov (C — 1% Rostered)
With Elias Lindholm and Casey Mittelstadt sidelined, Khusnutdinov has been centring David Pastrnak on L1 and moved to PP1 after Arvidsson’s injury. The role is elite; the floor is not.
He’s produced five points (3G, 2A) in his last eight games but offers very little in peripherals:
- 1.1 SOG/gm
- 2.1 shot attempts/gm
- 0.6 hits/gm
He’s a viable deep-league streamer purely because of the exposure to Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie, but he’ll need points to return value.
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo is the third team with four Light Night games this week. They offer plenty of streaming options, though most come with some volatility.
Josh Doan (LW/RW — 9% Rostered)
Doan had a nine-game heater in October (9 points — 4G, 5A) before going cold to start November. He rebounded with points in back-to-back games to end last week and enters Week 7 with 12 points (5G / 7A) in his last 15 games.
He’s also offering strong peripherals:
- 2.7 SOG/gm
- 4.3 shot attempts/gm
- 1.2 hits/gm
His ice time isn’t huge (15–16 minutes), but he’s been extremely productive in the role he’s getting.
Ryan McLeod (C — 2% Rostered)
McLeod is an opportunity-based streamer. With all the injuries, he’s currently skating on the top line with Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch, and scored on Saturday while logging 19:20 TOI.
This trio barely played together since the start of 2024, but posted excellent underlying numbers when they have:
- 3.0 xGF/60
- 36.4 SCF/60
- 8.8 HDCF/60
He doesn’t have a huge individual ceiling, but big minutes next to high-end linemates can easily turn into solid production.
Isak Rosen (RW — 1% Rostered)
Injuries have pushed Rosen into a significant role early, and he’s handled it well. After putting up 12 points (5G / 7A) in eight AHL games, he has three goals and two assists in seven NHL games.
He’s skating on a young second line with three former first-round picks (average age 22.3). They’ve outscored opponents 4–1, though a 40% shooting rate suggests regression is coming.
Among the trio, Rosen generates the best shot volume:
- 3.9 shot attempts/gm
- 1.6 SOG/gm
Calgary Flames
With Boston and Buffalo lacking true high-upside streamers, the Flames may actually be the preferable target this week. They have the sixth-easiest opponent rating and three Light Nights, and their entire top line is widely available—with all three also skating together on PP1.
The trio has been excellent so far, posting:
- 2.8 xGF/60
- 30.7 SCF/60
- 11.7 HDCF/60
Jonathan Huberdeau (C/LW — 27% Rostered)
I’ve mentioned this before: the Flames’ offense isn’t elite, but it has been significantly better since Huberdeau returned on October 18th. He has nine points (4G / 5A) in 15 games, while playing 20:35 ATOI with:
- 2.0 SOG/gm
- 3.7 shot attempts/gm
With elite usage and a locked-in PP1 role, Huberdeau offers both a solid floor and a real ceiling this week.
Matt Coronato (RW — 9% Rostered)
I was high on Coronato in the preseason, and he’s starting to show why. After a hot start and a brief healthy scratch, he has rediscovered his game and is producing absurd shot volume.
Last five games:
- 30 SOG
- 43 shot attempts
- (6.0 SOG/gm, 8.6 attempts/gm)
It won’t stay that high, but since returning from the scratch, he’s still averaging:
- 3.6 SOG/gm
- 5.7 shot attempts/gm
That’s an elite baseline for a streamer, and with his role on L1 + PP1, Coronato is as likely as anyone on the wire to score multiple goals this week.
Morgan Frost (C — 4% Rostered)
If Huberdeau and Coronato are gone, Frost is the next man up. He has only three points in his last eight games, but 10 points (3G / 7A) in his last 19 overall. His shot volume is decent—not Coronato-level—and his point production is solid—not Huberdeau-level.
The usage is excellent, but he’s more of a deep-league fallback than a premium streamer.
Others to Consider
Cole Perfetti (WPG — C/LW/RW — 38% Rostered)
Among teams with three Light Nights, the Jets have the easiest opponent rating this week. Perfetti made his season debut on November 9th and has one goal and one assist in four games. Winnipeg’s second line has struggled for most of the season, but Perfetti and Jonathan Toews have formed a strong early pairing, posting a 2.83 xGF/60—a major improvement on Toews’ 1.73 xGF/60 without him.
Perfetti is also skating on PP1, and the Jets enter the week with the 8th-best power-play conversion rate in the NHL. Strong role, strong matchup, strong streamer.
Mats Zuccarello (MIN — RW — 17% Rostered)
Minnesota’s schedule is a bit trickier than Winnipeg or Calgary, but they still have three Light Nights, beginning Wednesday vs. Carolina. Zuccarello may be more of a weekend streamer (PIT on Friday, WPG on Sunday), but the role and production are strong.
He’s collected four assists in 5 games since returning from injury. After being eased in during his first two games, he’s played 20+ minutes in back-to-back outings and enters the week averaging 4.0 shot attempts per game. If that volume holds, and if he starts hitting the net at more than 40%, a goal should be coming soon.
Andre Burakovsky (CHI — LW/RW — 24% Rostered)
Burakovsky returned from a minor injury on Saturday and played 20:06 TOI, though he didn’t record a point. The usage is what matters: L1 with Connor Bedard and PP1 is exactly what we want from a streamer.
His shot volume is erratic—he has four shot attempts in nearly half his games, but also six games with zero SOG—which makes him a tough long-term hold. But for streaming, he’s perfectly viable: he has 14 points (7G / 7A) in 16 games, even if some of that pace is a bit fortunate. With Bedard, points are always in play.