Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule — Week 18
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.
Week 18 — Strength of Schedule
Best Schedules
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs have a gravy schedule this week, playing four games with their three road games coming in Montreal, Columbus and Detroit. They have a tough home game in the middle of the week vs. Minnesota but the other three games should be terrific for fantasy production. Montreal and Columbus are last and second-last in the NHL in Goals Against per game and Detroit is 26th.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Michael Bunting (LW) – 34% Owned
- Alexander Kerfoot (C/LW/RW) – 17% Owned
- Petr Mrazek (G) – 50% Owned
Dallas Stars
The Stars have three games this week, with two of them coming on lighter days (WED & SUN) making it a little easier to stream them. The Stars have been great on home ice and terrible on the road, so luckily they have two home games this week. Home games vs. the Jets and Sabres should yield solid results. Their road test will come in Nashville, vs. a Predators team that is on a slide. Nashville has lost four in a row while giving up 4.5 goals per game.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Denis Gurianov (LW/RW) – 11% Owned
St. Louis Blues
The Blues finish a four-game road trip on Tuesday, return home for one game on Friday and then leave for another four-game road trip on Sunday. Their three games this week all look very appealing. They are in Philadelphia, at home vs. Buffalo and in Chicago. All three of those teams are in the bottom-10 in the NHL in goals against per game.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Robert Thomas (C/RW) – 27% Owned
- Brandon Saad (LW/RW) – 12% Owned
Number of Games
4 Games – CBJ, COL, NYI, SEA, SJS, TOR, WPG
3 Games – ANA, ARI, BOS, BUF, CAR, CGY, DAL, EDM, FLA, LAK, MIN, MTL, NSH, NYR, PHI, PIT, STL, VAN
2 Games – CHI, DET, NJD, OTT, TBL, VGK, WSH
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.