Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule — Week 17

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 the teams/skaters with the best schedule for fantasy hockey this week.

Because of the All-Star break and the re-scheduled games during the “Olympic break,” the Week 16 schedule is a little wonky. Teams play anywhere from 1-to-6 games, so the strength of schedule matters less this week than probably any week of the season. Finding teams who play more, especially if it’s five games more, will be the real advantage this week.

Week 17 — Strength of Schedule

5 Games – EDM

4 Games – BUF, CHI, MIN, OTT, WPG

3 Games – ANA, BOS, CAR, CBJ, CGY, COL, DAL, FLA, LAK, NYI, NYR, PIT, SEA, SJS, STL, TOR, VGK

2 Games – ARI, DET, MTL, NSH, PHI, VAN, WSH

1 Game – NJD, TBL

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Weekly Strength of Schedule will be posted every week of the fantasy hockey season and is accompanied by a Streaming Targets post, to help you add the best players for this week.