Most Added and Dropped Players
Plus Gostisbehere and Holden on waivers
Gostisbehere on waivers
A 27-year-old who has two more years on his contract ($4.5M cap hit, $3.25M salary) after this one, Shayne Gostisbehere had 65 points, with 33 on the power play, in 2017-2018. This season he has spent significant time in the press box but has become more aggressive offensively, putting 46 shots on goal in his past 16 games. The results have not been great, as Gostisbehere has been outshot and outscored this season but not by huge margins in either case. A team that is seeking a puck-moving defenseman could take a shot but two years left on his deal does make it a little more challenging. Ottawa, Detroit, Chicago, and Arizona are a few of the teams that might make some sense.
So, too is Nick Holden, a 33-year-old defenseman for Vegas who has played entirely fine in his limited minutes this season but he has only played in 13 games. His contract runs through next season ($1.7M cap hit, $1.4M salary in 2021-2022) so there is a little investment required but Holden is a low-risk veteran option.
Ottawa sends D Christian Wolanin to the Kings for C Michael Amadio
Wolanin is a puck-moving defenseman who tends to create chances at both ends. There may be a spot for him as a third-pair guy who can work the second power play unit but he probably needs to tighten up his defensive game a little to even secure that kind of role.
Amadio is a fourth-line center who had a career-high 16 points last season and has just two assists in 20 games this season. He doesn’t look like a player with upward mobility in the lineup but the Sens could move him into a middle six role and see how he fares with more skilled linemates than he might have been used to in Los Angeles.
MOST ADDED PLAYERS IN FANTASY
Martin Necas, RW, Carolina
7 G, 10 A in past 13 GP
Andrew Copp, LW, Winnipeg
7 G, 5 A in past 12 GP
Yanni Gourde, C, Tampa Bay
7 G, 5 A in past 12 GP
Joonas Donskoi, RW, Colorado
6 G, 5 A in past 9 GP
Jack Campbell, G, Toronto
.945 SV% in six starts.
Eeli Tolvanen, RW, Nashville
2 G, 5 A during a 5-game point streak.
Ryan Strome, C, N.Y. Rangers
2 G, 12 A during a 9-game point streak.
Kirby Dach, C, Chicago
0 G, 0 A in 2 GP
Roope Hintz, C, Dallas
6 G, 6 A in past 9 GP
Pavel Buchnevich, RW, N.Y. Rangers
10 G, 13 A in past 20 GP
MOST DROPPED
Aaron Ekblad, D, Florida (LBI)
11 G, 11 A in 35 GP
Kasperi Kapanen, RW, Pittsburgh (LBI)
7 G, 14 A in 30 GP
Drake Batherson, RW, Ottawa
0 G, 0 A, 8 SOG in past 5 GP
Carter Hart, G, Philadelphia
.815 SV% in past 10 GP
Mats Zuccarello, RW, Minnesota
0 G, 1 A in past 5 GP
Ryan McDonagh, D, Tampa Bay (LBI)
2 G, 6 A in 31 GP
Brandon Tanev, RW, Pittsburgh (UBI)
7 G, 8 A in 30 GP (133 hits, 32 BS)
Patric Hornqvist, RW, Florida (UBI)
12 G, 13 A in 33 GP
Alexander Radulov, RW, Dallas (LBI)
4 G, 8 A in 11 GP
Frederik Andersen, G, Toronto (LBI)
.862 SV% in past 6 GP
DIGGING DEEP
Nashville RW Luke Kunin returned to the lineup after missing nearly a month and has three assists in his first two games back, skating on a line with Mikael Granlund and Calle Jarnkrok. Who knows what the future holds for the Predators this season – they could make a bunch of trades before the deadline – but it seems likely that Kunin will have an opportunity to play decent middle six minutes for them the rest of the way and he is rostered in 1% of Yahoo leagues.
MONDAY GAMES
Philadelphia 4 Buffalo 3 (OT)
PHI LW Claude Giroux 1 G, 1 A (8 G, 5 A in past 15 GP)
PHI C Sean Couturier 1 G, 1 A (4 G, 3 A during a 4-game point streak)
PHI D Ivan Provorov 1 G, 1 A (2 G, 3 A, 41 SOG in past 10 GP)
N.Y. Islanders 1 Pittsburgh 2
PIT D John Marino 2 A
PIT D Mike Matheson 2 A
Edmonton 3 Toronto 2 (OT)
TOR RW Mitch Marner 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 7 A in past 9 GP)
TOR D Justin Holl 2 A (1 G, 3 A in past 3 GP)
EDM G Mike Smith stopped 29 of 31 shots. (.919 SV% in 18 GP)
Anaheim 2 Colorado 5
COL D Cale Makar 3 A (1 G, 5 A in past 4 GP)
COL LW Valeri Nischushkin 1 G, 1 A (6 G, 6 A in past 14 GP)
COL C Nathan MacKinnon 2 A (5 G, 11 A in past 10 GP)
COL D Cale Makar was on the ice for four goals for and none against.
ANA rookie D Jamie Drysdale was on the ice for three goals against.
Winnipeg 5 Calgary 1
WPG C Mark Scheifele 2 G, 1 A (4 G, 11 A in past 15 GP)
WPG RW Nikolaj Ehlers 3 A (4 G, 9 A in past 12 GP)
WPG LW Kyle Connor 2 A (1 G, 4 A in past 3 GP)
WPG G Connor Hellebuyck stopped 29 of 30 shots. (.947 SV% in past six starts.)
CGY D Mark Giordano was on the ice for three goals against.
WPG D Dylan DeMelo was on the ice for four goals for and none against while C Mark Scheifele and RW Nikolaj Ehlers were on the ice for three goals for and none gainst.
Los Angeles 1 Vegas 4
VGK LW Jonathan Marchessault 2 A (2 G, 7 A, 38 SOG in past 10 GP)
VGK G Robin Lehner had 24 saves on 25 shots. (.906 SV% in eight starts)
Minnesota 3 San Jose 4 (SO)
SJ D Erik Karlsson 2 G
SJ LW Ryan Donato 2 A (2 G, 6 A in past 12 GP)
MIN RW Kevin Fiala 1 G, 1 A
MIN LW Marcus Johansson 1 G, 1 A
TUESDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
TUESDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
TB C Yanni Gourde $4900 vs. CBJ
CAR RW Martin Necas $4700 at CHI
WSH RW Tom Wilson $3900 at NYR
EDM D Adam Larsson $3600 at MTL
FLA D Mackenzie Weegar $4800 vs. DET
G Igor Shesterkin $7700 vs. WSH