Most Added and Most Dropped Players in Fantasy
Tuch, Rakell, Demko lead the way
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MOST ADDED
Alex Tuch, RW, Vegas
8 G, 1 A, 20 SOG in past 8 GP
Rickard Rakell, LW/RW, Anaheim
5 G, 7 A, 22 SOG in past 6 GP
Thatcher Demko, G, Vancouver
4-1, .963 SV% in past 5 GP
Max Comtois, LW, Anaheim
2 G, 8 A, 19 SOG in past 8 GP
Jonas Brodin, D, Minnesota
1 G, 3 A, 19 BS in past 5 GP
Kaapo Kahkonen, G, Minnesota
7-0, .947 SV% in past 7 GP
Marcus Foligno, LW, Minnesota
5 G, 6 A, 22 hits in past 9 GP
Martin Necas, RW, Carolina
2 G, 5 A, 8 SOG in past 5 GP
Adrian Kempe, LW, Los Angeles
5 G, 2 A, 19 SOG in past 5 GP
Mattias Ekholm, D, Nashville
4 G, 2 A, 23 SOG in past 7 GP
MOST DROPPED
Ryan Ellis, D, Nashville
4-6 weeks with an upper-body injury
Mackenzie Blackwood, G, New Jersey
0-4, .818 SV% in past 4 GP
Andrew Copp, LW, Winnipeg
1 G, 4 A, 23 SOG in past 13 GP
Jack Hughes, C, New Jersey
1 G, 1 A, 26 SOG in past 9 GP
Chris Driedger, G, Florida
0-1-1, .877 SV% in past 2 GP
Tom Wilson, RW, Washington
7-game suspension
Joe Thornton, LW, Toronto
1 A, 5 SOG in past 5 GP
Kyle Palmieri, RW, New Jersey
1 G, 23 SOG in past 9 GP
Denis Gurianov, RW, Dallas
2 A, 23 SOG in past 10 G
Pavel Zacha, C, New Jersey
2 A, 8 SOG in past 5 GP
TUESDAY GAMES
N.Y. Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 4
PIT C Sidney Crosby 1 G, 1 A
PIT G Tristan Jarry stopped 33 of 35 shots
Boston 1 N.Y. Islanders 2 (SO)
NYI G Semyon Varlamov stopped 32 of 33 shots
BOS G Jaroslav Halak turned away 26 of 27 shots
New Jersey 4 Washington 5 (OT)
WSH LW Jakub Vrana 2 G
WSH C Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 A
WSH C Nicklas Backstrom 2 A
NJ C Travis Zajac 3 A
NJ RW Janne Kuokkanen 1 G, 1 A
Devils center Travis Zajac was on the ice for three goals for and none against during 5-on-5 play.
Winnipeg 4 Toronto 3
TOR C Auston Matthews 2 G
WPG D Neal Pionk 3 A
WPG LW Andrew Copp 1 G, 1 A
WPG LW Nikolaj Ehlers 2 A
Jets defenseman Neal Pionk was on the ice for three goals for and none against.
Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 3 (OT)
DET D Filip Hronek 2 A
TB LW Blake Coleman 1 G, 1 A
TB RW Tyler Johnson 1 G, 1 A
TB D Erik Cernak 1 G, 1 A
Florida 4 Columbus 2
FLA D Mackenzie Weegar 2 A
FLA G Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 38 of 40 shots.
Nashville 2 Carolina 3 (OT)
CAR C Jordan Staal 2 G
CAR C Sebastian Aho 1 G, 1 A
CAR C Vincent Trocheck 2 A
Buffalo 4 Philadelphia 5 (SO)
PHI RW Joel Farabee 2 A
PHI C Sean Couturier 2 A
BUF RW Sam Reinhart 2 G
BUF LW Taylor Hall 2 A
Chicago 1 Dallas 6
DAL LW Jason Robertson 4 A (4 G, 9 A in past 13 GP)
DAL RW Joel Kiviranta 1 G, 1 A
DAL C Roope Hintz 1 G, 1 A
Stars wingers Jason Robertson and Joel Kiviranta were both on the ice for four goals for and one against.
Chicago forwards Carl Soderberg and Mattias Janmark were on the ice for one goal for and four against.
Digging Deep
Detroit RW Filip Zadina is getting a chance to play, as he should because the Red Wings ought to find out what they have in the 21-year-old winger who was the sixth pick in the 2018 Draft. He does have five points (2 G, 3 A) and 18 shots on goal with 15:49 average time on ice in the past six games. (3% Yahoo)
WEDNESDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
WEDNESDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
OTT C Colin White $3700 at EDM
ANA RW Rickard Rakell $4900 vs. LA
ARZ LW Clayton Keller $4500 at COL
ANA LW Max Comtois $4000 vs. LA
MIN D Matt Dumba $4900 vs. VGK
ARZ D Oliver Ekman-Larsson $4000 at COL
MIN G Kaapo Kahkonen $7400 vs. VGK