This week’s waiver wire piece in The Athletic is here.
I covered players that were ranked in the Top 100 over the second month of the season but still available in many leagues.
WEEKEND STREAMING
ANA (@ SJ x 2)
LW Max Comtois
ARZ (@ MIN x 2)
LW Clayton Keller
CBJ (vs. DAL x 2)
LW/C Boone Jenner
COL (vs. LA x 2)
LW Brandon Saad
DAL (@ CBJ x 2)
LW Jason Robertson
EDM (vs. OTT, @ VAN)
RW Jesse Puljujarvi
LA (@ COL x 2)
LW Adrian Kempe
MIN (vs. ARZ x 2)
C Joel Eriksson Ek
NJ (vs. NYI x 2)
D P.K. Subban
NYI (@ NJ x 2)
LW Anthony Beauvillier
OTT (@ EDM, vs. TOR)
RW Evgeni Dadonov
SJ (@ ANA x 2)
RW Kevin Labanc
STL (vs. VGK x 2)
LW Zach Sanford
TOR (vs. WPG, @ OTT)
LW Joe Thornton
VGK (@ STL x 2)
D Nicolas Hague
THURSDAY GAMES
Washington 5 Philadelphia 3
PHI RW Travis Konecny 1 G, 1 A (2 G, 4 A in past 5 GP)
PHI C Kevin Hayes 2 A (2 G, 2 A in past 4 GP)
WSH C Nic Dowd 2 G
WSH RW Daniel Sprong was on the ice for three goals for and none against during 5-on-5 play.
New Jersey 3 N.Y. Islanders 5
NYI D Ryan Pulock 2 A (4 A in past 4 GP)
NYI D Adam Pelech was on the ice for three goals for and none against.
NJ D Damon Severson, C Pavel Zacha, and RW Kyle Palmieri were on the ice for three goals against.
Winnipeg 3 Toronto 4 (OT)
TOR C Auston Matthews 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 1 A in past 2 GP)
TOR RW Mitch Marner 1 G, 1 A (4 G, 10 A in past 11 GP)
TOR D Morgan Rielly 2 A (1 G, 5 A in past 6 GP)
WPG LW Nikolaj Ehlers 2 G, 1 A (3 G, 7 A in past 9 GP)
Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 6
DET RW Anthony Mantha 1 G, 2 A
DET LW Filip Zadina 2 A (2 G, 5 A in past 7 GP)
DET D Filip Hronek 2 A (5 A in past 5 GP)
TB LW Ondrej Palat 1 G, 2 A (2 G, 6 A in past 4 GP)
TB C Brayden Point 1 G, 1 A (2 G, 3 A in past 4 GP)
TB RW Steven Stamkos 1 G, 1 A (10 G, 8 A in past 18 GP)
DET D Jon Merill was on the ice for four goals for. C Dylan Larkin and C Robby Fabbri were both on the ice for three goals for.
TB LW Alex Killorn, C Yanni Gourde, and D Jan Rutta were all on the ice for three goals against.
Florida 5 Columbus 4 (OT)
CBJ RW Oliver Bjorkstrand 2 G, 1 A (4 G, 2 A in past 5 GP)
CBJ C Max Domi 1 G, 1 A
CBJ RW Patrik Laine 1 G, 1 A
FLA LW Jonathan Huberdeau 2 A (2 G, 6 A during 5-game point streak)
CBJ D David Savard was on the ice for three goals against.
Pittsburgh 5 Buffalo 2
PIT C Evgeni Malkin 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 6 A during a 6-game point streak)
N.Y. Rangers 0 Boston 4
BOS LW Brad Marchand 3 A (3 G, 10 A in past 9 GP)
BOS C David Krejci 1 G, 1 A
BOS C Patrice Bergeron 1 G, 1 A (2 G, 2 A in past 4 GP)
Nashville 1 Carolina 5
CAR C Morgan Geekie 2 G (5 G in 12 career GP)
CAR D Dougie Hamilton 1 G, 1 A (1 G, 8 A during a 7-game point streak)
CAR RW Andrei Svechnikov 2 A (1 G, 4 A during past 4 GP)
CAR D Jake Bean 2 A (1 G, 8 A in past 13 GP)
CAR G James Reimer stopped 32 of 33 shots. (.922 SV% in past 9 GP)
Chicago 4 Dallas 2
CHI D Adam Boqvist 2 A (7 A in past 7 GP)
CHI RW Patrick Kane 2 A (8 G, 25 A in past 20 GP)
Montreal 1 Calgary 2
CGY LW Josh Leivo 2 G (3 G in past 3 GP)
CGY C Derek Ryan 2 A (1 G, 3 A in past 4 GP)
CGY RW Sam Bennett 2 A
CGY G Jacob Markstrom stopped 17 of 18 shots for the W. (.855 SV% in past 5 GP)
Digging Deep
Los Angeles Kings center Gabriel Vilardi does need to create more shots but he has put up eight points (3 G, 5 A) in the past 12 games and he has played more than 16 minutes in each of the past eight games. Really, that he has managed to be healthy is a success in its own right but offers some secondary scoring for the Kings.
FRIDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
FRIDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
SJ C Tomas Hertl $3900 at ANA
COL LW Brandon Saad $3400 vs. LA
ARZ LW Clayton Keller $4800 at MIN
STL D Justin Faulk $4500 vs. VGK
SJ D Erik Karlsson $4700 at ANA (4 pts in past 5 GP)
ARZ G Antti Raanta $7400 at MIN
Where does this Laine/Torts situation go short term/long term considering he is an RFA this summer and I am unsure if he would commit long term but the team has control.