Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule and Streaming Targets — Week 26
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.
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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 26 – Strength of Schedule
Week 26 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.
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Week 26 Streaming Targets
Calgary Flames
The Flames have an absolutely gorgeous schedule to finish the season. Three of their six games are against San Jose (x2) and Anaheim (x1), the two easiest matchups. They close the season vs. the Sharks on the final day of the season, they could be what you need to win a Championship.
Streaming Targets:
- Andrei Kuzmenko (LW/RW)) – 40% Rostered
- Jonathan Huberdeau (C/LW) – 37% Rostered
- Yegor Sharangovich (C/LW/RW) – 34% Rostered
- Mikael Backlund (C) – 26% Rostered
- Martin Pospisil (C/RW) – 5% Rostered
Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers have the second-easiest schedule this week, but their scoring is very concentrated to their superstars, so their streaming targets aren’t the strongest. None of them will see PP1 time unless the Oilers decide to rest players down the stretch.
Streaming Targets:
- Evander Kane (LW) – 64% Rostered
- Adam Henrique (C/LW) – 26% Rostered
- Warren Foegele (LW/RW) – 6% Rostered
- Ryan McLeod (C) – 1% Rostered
Seattle Kraken
The Kraken have the third-best schedule among teams with six games remaining. Almost their entire roster is available on the waiver wire in 70-plus percent of leagues, so they should be a streaming target this “week.”
Streaming Targets:
- Jordan Eberle (RW) – 30% Rostered
- Matty Beniers (C) – 28% Rostered
- Oliver Bjorkstand (RW) – 27% Rostered
- Eeli Tolvanen (LW/RW) – 25% Rostered
- Jaden Schwartz (C/LW) – 5% Rostered
- Shane Wright (C) – 3% Rostered
- Andre Burakovsky (LW/RW) – 2% Rostered
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs have the fourth-best schedule among teams with six games remaining. They have been rolling with a balanced attack with their forward lines, which provides more streaming options for Fantasy players.
Streaming Targets:
- Max Domi (C/LW) – 26% Rostered
- Tyler Bertuzzi (LW) – 23% Rostered
- Matthew Knies (LW) – 10% Rostered
- Bobby McMann (C/LW) – 8% Rostered
Vegas Golden Knights
Overall, the Golden Knights’ schedule ranks as the 10th-easiest. What makes them a target is all six of their games are on “Light Nights,” so you won’t have to plan ahead to get them into your lineup this week.
Streaming Targets:
- William Karlsson (C) – 57% Rostered
- Tomas Hertl (C) – 39% Rostered
- Ivan Barbashev (C/LW) – 38% Rostered
- Chandler Stephenson (C/LW) – 24% Rostered
- Anthony Mantha (RW) – 9% Rostered
- Pavel Dorofeyev (LW) – 0% Rostered