This week’s fantasy waiver wire article for The Athletic is here.
WEEKEND STREAMING OPTIONS
ANA (@ STL x 2)
RW Troy Terry (4 G, 4 A in 10 GP)
D Jamie Drysdale
ARZ (vs. SJ x 2)
LW/RW Clayton Keller (4 G, 6 A in past 12 GP)
BOS (vs. BUF, vs. NJ)
D Matt Grzelcyk (1 G, 5 A in past 10 GP)
CGY (vs. WPG x 2)
LW Dillon Dube (4 G, 5 A in past 12 GP)
CHI (vs. NSH x 2)
D Adam Boqvist (1 G, 4 A in past 11 GP)
CBJ (@ DET x 2)
C Jack Roslovic (1 G, 6 A in past 10 GP)
DAL (vs. FLA x 2)
LW Jason Robertson (3 G, 11 A in past 14 GP)
DET (vs. CBJ x 2)
RW Filip Zadina (2 G, 4 A in past 10 GP)
EDM (@ MTL, @ TOR)
RW Jesse Puljujarvi
FLA (@ DAL x 2)
RW Owen Tippett (3 G, 2 A, 29 SOG in past 10 GP)
NSH (@ CHI x 2)
RW Eeli Tolvanen (5 G, 5 A in past 13 GP)
NYR (@ PHI, @ WSH)
RW Pavel Buchnevich (8 G, 10 A in past 12 GP)
SJ (@ ARZ x 2)
RW Kevin Labanc (5 G, 4 A in past 13 GP)
STL (vs. ANA x 2)
LW Jaden Schwartz (2 A in past 4 GP)
WSH (vs. NJ, vs. NYR)
D Justin Schultz (6 A in past 5 GP)
WPG (@ CGY x 2)
LW Andrew Copp (6 G, 4 A in past 9 GP)
THURSDAY GAMES
St. Louis 0 Minnesota 2
MIN G Cam Talbot 37-save shutout (.928 SV% in past 10 GP)
Buffalo 0 Pittsburgh 4
PIT LW Jared McCann 2 G (4 G, 3 A in past 8 GP)
PIT C Sidney Crosby 3 A (6 G, 13 A in past 13 GP)
PIT D Kris Letang 2 A (1 G, 7 A in past 8 GP)
PIT G Casey DeSmith 36-save shutout (.928 SV% in 12 GP)
New Jersey 3 Washington 4
WSH C Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 G (3 G, 6 A in past 8 GP)
WSH LW Alex Ovechkin 1 G, 1 A (7 G, 2 A in past 7 GP)
WSH RW Daniel Sprong 2 A (3 G, 3 A in past 8 GP)
WSH D Justin Schultz 2 A (6 A in past 5 GP)
WSH LW Alex Ovechkin and RW Daniel Sprong were both on the ice for three goals for and none against.
Vegas 1 Colorado 5
COL D Cale Makar 1 G, 1 A
COL LW Gabriel Landeskog 1 G, 1 A (4 G, 9 A during 7-game point streak)
COL LW J.T. Compher 1 G, 1 A
Colorado’s fourth line of J.T. Compher, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, and Logan O’Connor was on the ice for three goals for and none against.
Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore was on the ice for one goal for and four against.
Carolina 4 Columbus 3 (OT)
CBJ D Seth Jones 3 A (3 G, 4 A in past 5 GP)
CBJ RW Cam Atkinson 1 G, 1 A
CAR RW Martin Necas 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 8 A in past 12 GP)
Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)
TOR G Jack Campbell (.958 SV% in past 5 GP)
N.Y. Islanders 4 Boston 3 (OT)
BOS LW Anders Bjork 1 G, 1 A
BOS D Charlie McAvoy 2 A
NYI C Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1 G, 2 A (2 G, 4 A in past 3 GP)
NYI LW Anthony Beauvillier 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 1 A in past 3 GP)
NYI D Nick Leddy 2 A (5 A in past 4 GP)
N.Y. Rangers 8 Philadelphia 3
PHI C Kevin Hayes 1 G, 1 A
PHI C Sean Couturier 1 G, 1 A (9 G, 14 A in 21 GP)
PHI D Shayne Gostisbehere 2 A (2 G, 3 A in past 7 GP)
NYR C Mika Zibanejad 3 G, 3 A (7 G, 10 A in past 7 GP)
NYR D Adam Fox 5 A (1 G, 10 A during a 5-game point streak)
NYR C Ryan Strome 1 G, 3 A (2 G, 10 A during a 7-game point streak)
NYR RW Pavel Buchnevich 2 G (8 G, 10 A in past 12 GP)
PHI RW Jakub Voracek and C Nolan Patrick were both on the ice for three goals against.
Tampa Bay 3 Dallas 4
DAL C Joe Pavelski 1 G, 2 A (2 G, 6 A in past 7 GP)
DAL C Roope Hintz 1 G, 2 A (3 G, 3 A in past 4 GP)
DAL LW Jason Robertson 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 11 A in past 14 GP)
TB LW Ondrej Palat 1 G, 1 A (1 G, 3 A in past 3 GP)
TB C Yanni Gourde 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 2 A during 5-game goal streak)
Florida 0 Chicago 2
CHI LW Brandon Hagel 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 3 A in past 7 GP)
CHI RW Patrick Kane 1 G, 1 A (7 G, 22 A in past 20 GP)
CHI G Kevin Lankinen 41-save shutout (.920 SV% in 23 GP)
Detroit 0 Nashville 2
NSH G Juuse Saros 31-save shutout (.971 SV% in past 8 GP)
DIGGING DEEP
Sharks winger Ryan Donato is losing ice time but has been productive in small samples, scoring six points (2 G, 4 A) and putting 24 shots on goal in the past nine games. Wait to see if he gets back into San Jose’s top six but he does have potential value.
FRIDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
FRIDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
WSH C Evgeny Kuznetsov $4600 vs. NJ
NJ LW Jesper Bratt $4300 at WSH
ARZ RW Phil Kessel $3600 vs. SJ
CGY LW Dillon Dube $3900 vs. WPG
WSH D Justin Schultz $3400 vs. NJ
NJ D Ty Smith $3300 at WSH
WPG G Connor Hellebuyck $7400 at CGY