Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule and Streaming Targets — Week 9

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 easiest schedule this week.

Week 9 – Strength of Schedule

Week 9 Streaming Targets

The NHL schedule is completely balanced this week. There is not a day with less than five games or more than 10, so the typical “light days” that we use to target players don’t really exist. Instead, you should have a couple of roster spots open every day and you can maximize your weekly pickups and fill your roster with the best matchups.

Instead of writing about each individual player, I’ve broken this week’s streamers down by day and listed the teams with the top-5 easiest matchups. Used it as a guide to target players from those teams for those specific days.

Monday

1. Calgary Flames (vs. ARI) – Mangiapane (34%), Backlund (8%), Dube (2%)
2. Colorado Avalanche (@ PHI) – Compher (8%), Newhook (3%), Foudy (0%)
3. Vancouver Canucks (vs. MTL) – Kuzmenko (41%), Mikheyev (6%), Hoglander (1%)
4. New York Rangers (vs. STL) – Lafreniere (22%), Vesey, (1%), Kravtsov (1%)
5. Montreal Canadiens (@ VAN) – Dach (27%), Slafkovsky (15%), Monahan (6%), Anderson (4%)

Tuesday

1. Carolina Hurricanes (@ ANA) – Jarvis (28%)
2. Seattle Kraken (vs. MTL) – Eberle (19%), McCann (14%), Schwartz (8%), Wennberg (1%)
3. Pittsburgh Penguins (vs. CBJ) – Zucker (25%), Carter (7%), Kapanen (2%)
4. New York Islanders (vs. STL) – Pageau (26%), Parise (14%), Wahlstrom (11%), Beauvillier (2%)
5. New Jersey Devils (vs. CHI) – Mercer (17%), Tatar (14%), Haula (13%)

Wednesday

1. Edmonton Oilers (vs. ARI) – Puljujarvi (3%)
2. Washington Capitals (@ PHI) – Oshie (38%), Strome (24%), Sheary (4%), Mantha (9%)
3. Buffalo Sabres (@ CBJ) – Cozens (41%), Quinn (11%), Peterka (2%)
4. Columbus Blue Jackets (vs. BUF) – Johnson (6%), Nyquist (4%), Roslovic (3%), Marchenko (1%)
5. San Jose Sharks (vs. VAN) – Barabanov (6%), Labanc (2%)

Thursday

1. Winnipeg Jets (@ STL) – Perfetti (28%)
2. Dallas Stars (vs. OTT) – Marchment (27%), Johnston (2%)
3. Tampa Bay Lightning (vs. NSH) – Killorn (29%), Hagel (25%), Cirelli (15%)
4. Nashville Predators (@ TBL) – Johansen (19%), Niederreiter (17%), Granlund (14%), Parssinen (2%)
5. Ottawa Senators (@ DAL) – Pinto (10%)

Friday

1. San Jose Sharks (@ ANA) – Barabanov (6%), Labanc (2%)
2. Boston Bruins (@ ARI) – Krejci (26%), Zacha (5%)
3. Vegas Golden Knights (vs. PHI)
4. Calgary Flames (@ CBJ) – Mangiapane (34%), Backlund (8%), Dube (2%)
5. Winnipeg Jets (@ CHI) – Perfetti (28%)

Saturday

1. Los Angeles Kings (@ MTL) – Moore (31%) Danault (30%), Arvidsson (23%), Kaliyev (15%)
2. Pittsburgh Penguins (vs. BUF) – Zucker (25%), Carter (7%), Kapanen (2%)
3. Nashville Predators (vs. OTT) – Johansen (19%), Niederreiter (17%), Granlund (14%), Parssinen (2%)
4. Ottawa Senators (@ NSH) – Pinto (10%)
5. Minnesota Wild (@ VAN) – Gaudreau (3%)

Sunday

1. Philadelphia Flyers (@ ARI) – Hayes (28%), Farabee (4%), Tippett (4%), N. Cates (1%)
2. Arizona Coyotes (vs. PHI) – Schmaltz (22%), Moser (9%), Maccelli (2%), Guenther (1%)
3. Los Angeles Kings (@ MTL) – Moore (31%) Danault (30%), Arvidsson (23%), Kaliyev (15%)
4. Colorado Avalanche (@ STL) – Compher (8%), Newhook (3%), Foudy (0%)
5. Winnipeg Jets (vs. WSH) – Perfetti (28%)