Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Strength of Schedule — Week 20
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 20 — Strength of Schedule
Best Schedules
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs are coming off of a tough week, losing back-to-back games to the Sabres and Canucks, so this week’s schedule comes at the perfect time to help get them back on track. The Maple Leafs have four games, playing Columbus (MON), Seattle (TUE), Arizona (THU), and Buffalo (SUN). There’s not a difficult matchup to be found in that list, making them the best team to target for streaming options this week.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Michael Bunting (LW) – 52% Owned
- Nicholas Robertson (LW) – 2% Owned
Minnesota Wild
The Wild are in the middle of their most difficult stretch of the season, losing six of their last seven and eight of their last 10. They will play the Rangers, Red Wings, Blue Jackets and Predators. Not as good as Toronto but they have a couple of streaming targets worth considering.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Matt Boldy (LW/RW) – 30% Owned
- Frederick Gaudreau (C) – 3% Owned
New York Islanders
The Islanders start the week with a tough matchup vs. the Avalanche but it gets easier from there. They will play the Blue Jackets, Jets and Ducks from Thursday to Sunday. Besides Mathew Barzal and Noah Dobson, the entire Islanders team is below 25 percent owned, so there are plenty of skaters to choose from this week.
Potential Streaming Targets:
- Brock Nelson (C) – 18% Owned
- Ryan Pulock (D) – 12% Owned
- Oliver Wahlstrom (RW) – 8% Owned
- Anthony Beauvillier (LW/RW) – 5% Owned
- Kyle Palmieri (LW/RW) – 4% Owned
Number of Games
5 Games – CGY
4 Games – ANA, COL, CBJ, FLA, LAK, MIN, NSH, NYI, PHI, STL, TBL, TOR, VGK, WPG
3 Games – ARI, BOS, BUF, CAR, CHI, DET, EDM, MTL, NJD, NYR, OTT, PIT, SEA, VAN, WSH
2 Games – DAL, SJS
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.