Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule — Week 19
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 19 — Strength of Schedule
Best Schedules
Boston Bruins
The Bruins are in the middle of a six-game road trip and have four games this week. While their week starts off with a fairly difficult matchup in Los Angeles, games in Anaheim, Vegas, and Columbus give them the best schedule of the week.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Matt Grzelcyk (D) – 21% Owned
- Jake DeBrusk (LW/RW) – 9% Owned
- Charlie Coyle (C/RW) – 9% Owned
- Craig Smith (RW) – 5% Owned
- Erik Haula (C/LW) – 4% Owned
Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers finished last week off with a brutal trip through Florida (@ TBL and @ FLA) and Carolina but it gets much easier this week. They finish their road trip in Philadelphia and Chicago before returning to Edmonton to take on the Canadiens on Saturday. Their three opponents rank 24th (CHI), 25th (PHI) and 32nd (MTL) in goals against this season.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Kailer Yamamoto (RW) – 5% Owned
- Warren Foegele (LW/RW) – 2% Owned
New Jersey Devils
The Devils have the fourth-best schedule this week and a plethora of streaming options. Four games, including games on Monday, Friday and Sunday will make it easier to get them into your lineup this week.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Nico Hischier (C) – 28% Owned
- Yegor Sharangovich (C/LW/RW) – 15% Owned
- Pavel Zacha (C/LW) – 6% Owned
- Dawson Mercer (C/RW) – 5% Owned
Number of Games
4 Games – BOS, CAR, LAK, MIN, NJD, OTT, TBL, VGK
3 Games – ANA, BUF, CBJ, CGY, CHI, COL, DAL, DET, EDM, MTL, NYI, NYR, PHI, SEA, SJS, STL, TOR, VAN, WPG, WSH
2 Games – ARI, FLA, NSH, PIT
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.