Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule — Week 21
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 21 — Strength of Schedule
Best Schedules
Ottawa Senators
The Senators are coming off of a good week offensively, scoring 11 goals in three games (3.7 GF/gm) and have the best schedule in the NHL this week. They play the three worst defensive teams by our metrics, Arizona (31st) on Monday, Columbus (32nd) on Wednesday, Philadelphia (23rd) on Friday and Montreal (30th) on Saturday. With that schedule, Senators’ forwards could rack up points in Week 21.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Josh Norris (C) – 48% Owned
- Tim Stuetzle (C/LW) – 41% Owned
- Connor Brown (LW/RW) – 14% Owned
- Alex Formenton (LW) – 3% Owned
- Colin White (C/RW) – 1% Owned
Arizona Coyotes
The Coyotes also have four games this week and are playing their best hockey of the season. They’ve won four of their last five while averaging 5.2 goals per game. The owned percentage across the entire team is pretty low, so there are plenty of streaming options in Arizona.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Nick Schmaltz (C/RW) – 47% Owned
- Shayne Gostisbehere (D) – 43% Owned
- Phil Kessel (RW) – 10% Owned
- Travis Boyd (C/RW) – 2% Owned
Number of Games
4 Games – ARI, DAL, NYI, NYR, OTT, SJS, VAN, WSH
3 Games – BOS, BUF, CAR, CBJ, CGY, CHI, DET, EDM, FLA, LAK, MTL, NJD, NSH, PHI, PIT, TOR, VGK, WPG
2 Games – ANA, COL, MIN, SEA, STL, TBL
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.