Puck drops early on Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday brings afternoon hockey
I have this week’s fantasy hockey waiver wire article on The Athletic here. Start your search in Philadelphia.
Sunday Games
Washington 3 Pittsburgh 4 (SO)
WSH LW Alex Ovechkin 1 G, 1 A, 11 iCF, 6 SOG
WSH C Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 A
Chicago 2 Florida 5
FLA LW Jonathan Huberdeau 1 G, 2 A
FLA C Eetu Luostarinen 1 G, 1 A
CHI D Duncan Keith 2 A
Injuries
PHI C Sean Couturier is considered week to week with injured ribs. Morgan Frost moving up; value in Lindblom, Patrick, Hayes.
NYI G Semyon Varlamov knocked out in pregame warm-up. Chance for Ilya Sorokin to build some momentum as an NHL goaltender.
ARZ D Oliver Ekman-Larsson suffered a lower-body injury against San Jose. Jakob Chychrun
TOR rookie LW Nick Robertson suffered a knee injury against Ottawa. The Leafs also put G Aaron Dell and C Jason Spezza on waivers so there could be some lineup shuffling coming to Toronto.
BOS RW Craig Smith, who missed the opener, played against New Jersey, skating on a line with Charlie Coyle and Nick Ritchie.
BOS RW Ondrej Kase suffered an upper-body injury after taking a hit from Devils winger Miles Wood. This is not the first time Kase has been hurt.
VAN D Alexander Edler has a lower-body injury.
WPG D Tucker Poolman is on the Covid-19 list.
Shots/Expected Goals
Monday (minimum 10 minutes of 5-on-5 play, via Natural Stat Trick)
Monday Probabilities
Monday DFS Value Plays
MTL C Phillip Danault $3900
PHI C Nolan Patrick $3700
STL C Robert Thomas $3200
EDM LW Dominik Kahun $3100
VGK RW Reilly Smith $3600
MIN D Jared Spurgeon $3700
BUF D Rasmus Dahlin $4000
ANA G John Gibson $7400