Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule and Streaming Targets — Week 15

Identifying the players with four games each week and filling your roster with those players can increase your chances of winning your fantasy hockey matchup. That’s why our Weekly Schedule tool is so helpful!

I took that weekly schedule and combined it with a Team Defense Score I created using key defensive metrics to find which teams/skaters have the best schedule this week.

How it Works:

• Team Defensive Ratings are given on a scale of 0-100, with 0 being the best possible defensive team and 100 being the worst. For context, CBJ currently grades as the worst defensively, with a rating of 92.16. Carolina is the best, with a rating of 12.46.
• SCORE: The sum of all of the Defensive Ratings that the team will face this week.
• AVG Opponent: The Average Defensive Ratings that the team will face this week.
• Strength of Schedule is determined by the sum of defensive ratings, because we want players that play the most games but also have the easiest matchups.
• Light Nights: A night in the NHL with eight or fewer games.

Week 15 – Strength of Schedule

Week 15 Opponent Ratings

Team Ratings are based solely on defensive metrics and goaltending quality in order to identify the best matchups for skaters. They are in no way a reflection of overall team quality. The lower the rating, the better the team is defensively = worse skater matchup.

Week 15 Streaming Targets

• SOS = Strength of Schedule Rank (1 good, 32 bad)
• Light = No. of games on Lighter days (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun)

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New Jersey Devils

Dawson Mercer (C/RW) – 32% Rostered

• L1 with Nico Hischier + Erik Haula
• PP1
• 11 pts (7G / 4A), 26 SOG (1.9 per game), 17:00 ATOI in his last 14 games

Erik Haula (LW) – 10% Rostered

• L1 with Nico Hischier + Dawson Mercer
• PP2
• 7 pts (2G / 5A), 18 SOG (2.3 per game), 18:26 ATOI in his last eight games.

Michael McLeod (C) – 8% Rostered

• L2 with Tyler Toffoli and Jesper Bratt
• 9 pts (5G / 4A), 18 SOG (1.5 per game), 15:55 ATOI in his last 12 games.

Philadelphia Flyers

Joel Farabee (LW) – 35% Rostered

• Line TBD (depending on Couturier’s health)
• PP1
• 18 pts (6G / 12A), 41 SOG (2.3 per game), 3 PPP, 17:03 ATOI in his last 18 games.

Sean Couturier (C) – 35% Rostered

• TBD (Missed last game with an injury, questionable to play Monday)
• 8 pts (3G / 5A), 35 SOG (3.2 per game), 2 PPP, 20:41 ATOI in his last 11 games

Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen (LW) – 34% Rostered

• TBD (Expected to return from injury, only stream if he plays Monday @ MTL)
• 8 pts (3G / 5A), 34 SOG (2.8 per game), 4 PPP, 18:30 ATOI in 12 games this season

Jonathan Drouin (LW) – 33% Rostered

• L1 with Nathan MacKinnon + Mikko Rantanen
• PP1
• 16 pts (7G / 9A), 28 SOG (1.9 per game), 7 PPP, 20:04 ATOI in his last 15 games

Others to consider:

Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA – RW) – 42% Rostered

• L3 with Yanni Gourde + Eeli Tolvanen
• PP1B
• 13 pts (4G / 9A), 33 SOG (2.8 per game), 5 PPP, 14:59 ATOI in his last 12 games

Vladimir Tarasenko (OTT – RW) – 45% Rostered

• L2 with Tim Stützle + Drake Batherson
• PP2
• 8 pts (4G / 4A), 18 SOG (2.0 per game), 15:59 ATOI in his last nine games

Alexis Lafrenière (NYR – LW/RW) – 41% Rostered

• L2 with Artemi Panarin + Vincent Trocheck
• PP2
• 10 pts (3G / 7A), 44 SOG (3.4 per game), 2 PPP, 18:20 ATOI in his last 13 games

Troy Terry (ANA – RW) – 35% Rostered

• L2 with Adam Henrique + Ryan Strome
• PP1
• 12 pts (5G / 7A), 28 SOG (2.2 per game), 3 PPP, 17:00 ATOI in his last 13 games

Jaden Schwartz (SEA – C/LW) – 18% Rostered

• L2 with Alex Wennberg + Brandon Tanev
• PP1A
• 4 pts (1G / 3A), 4 SOG, (1.3 per game), 16:08 ATOI in three games since returning from injury.