In simplest terms: Dallas Stars have a favorable week, Winnipeg might have some struggles this week.
Below is a breakdown of the second week of NHL games in the 2017-2018 season. The graph breaks down the schedule and the strength of the opponent in goals for, goals against, their power play and penalty kill and ranks it against the rest of the league on a scale from 1-31 (with 31 being the worst) So the higher the average ranks you see for an opponent the better schedule that team has. It factors in how well a team does at home vs. on the road as well. Until I can see some of them the Las Vegas Knights were given the lowest possible ranking in all categories.
Favorable:
Offense: Dallas Stars face Arizona TWICE which could boast well for the likes of Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn. The Minnesota Wild face Winnipeg who struggle in net as well as Calgary who is less than average. Finally Pittsburgh has the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers who are all below average.
Goalies: Boston Bruins have YET ANOTHER favorable week in net as they face the Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres who are both less than stellar on offense. Buffalo also has a favorable goalies situation facing Vancouver and Vegas who could cool off soon. Finally St. Louis has Chicago but beyond that they face Colorado and Las Vegas which could soften the work load on Jake Allen.
Power Play: Nashville has a good Power Play week going against Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, good time for PK Subban, Filip Forsberg and Ryan Johannson to get some PPP. St. Louis Blues may have it best, Brayden Schenn could have a big week in PPP. Arizona is the last one too look at, Clayton Keller and Max Domi could be in for solid weeks in points.
Penalty Kill: Arizona Coyotes play Dallas twice who is the worst on the Power Play they have a chance to make advantage and (gasp) win a game?
Unfavorable:
Offense: Colorado Avalanche face Nashville Predators (Pekka Rinne) and St. Louis Blues (Jake Allen) who play solid defense. Los Angeles Kings, who already struggle on offense face Carey Price and Sergei Bobrovsky. Finally Montreal will go up against Martin Jones, Jonathan Quick and John Gibson.
Goalies: Minnesota Wild have a rough go at goalie against Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames – they face Johnny Gaudreau, Patrick Laine and Mark Scheifele. Winnipeg faces Columbus and Minnesota who have deep rosters full of Nick Foligno, Artemi Panarin, Mikael Granlund, Eric Staal and Chris Stewart?
Power Play: Washington Capitals face Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers who both have solid PK units, maybe a slow week for power play points with Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Montreal faces top 5 PK units with Los Angeles and Anaheim, Max Pacioretty might see a dip in points.
Penalty Kill: Las Vegas Golden Knights face solid PP units in Buffalo and St. Louis. The likes of Jack Eichel, Ryan O Reilly and Brayden Schenn will be rough on Marc-Andre Fluery. Florida Panthers and Robert Luongo look to get a win and move him into 3rd all time on wins list but they face the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, both top 3 power play units.
NHL Forecaster 10/16 - 10/22
Teams | Weekly Avgs | Mon, Oct 16 | Tue, Oct 17 | Wed, Oct 18 | Thu, Oct 19 | Fri, Oct 20 | Sat, Oct 21 | Sun, Oct 22 |
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Teams | Weekly Avgs | Mon, Oct 16 | Tue, Oct 17 | Wed, Oct 18 | Thu, Oct 19 | Fri, Oct 20 | Sat, Oct 21 | Sun, Oct 22 |
Anaheim Ducks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | vs. Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
PK SoS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
PP SoS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona Coyotes | 0 | @ Dallas Stars | 0 | vs. Dallas Stars | 0 | vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
PK SoS | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
PP SoS | 28 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Boston Bruins | 0 | 0 | 0 | vs. Vancouver Canucks | 0 | vs. Buffalo Sabres | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
PK SoS | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PP SoS | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres | 0 | @ Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 0 | vs. Vancouver Canucks | @ Boston Bruins | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 25 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 22 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 |
PK SoS | 22 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 0 |
PP SoS | 20 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | @ Edmonton Oilers | 0 | @ Calgary Flames | 0 | @ Dallas Stars | 0 | |
Home Games | 0 | |||||||
Away Games | 3 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
PK SoS | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
PP SoS | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
Calgary Flames | 0 | 0 | 0 | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | vs. Minnesota Wild | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
PK SoS | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
PP SoS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | 0 | @ St. Louis Blues | vs. Edmonton Oilers | 0 | @ Arizona Coyotes | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
PK SoS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
PP SoS | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | @ Winnipeg Jets | 0 | vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | vs. Los Angeles Kings | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 12 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PK SoS | 13 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
PP SoS | 15 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche | 0 | @ Nashville Predators | 0 | vs. St. Louis Blues | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PK SoS | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PP SoS | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars | 0 | vs. Arizona Coyotes | 0 | @ Arizona Coyotes | 0 | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 23 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 24 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
PK SoS | 24 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
PP SoS | 20 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings | vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | vs. Washington Capitals | 0 | vs. Vancouver Canucks | |
Home Games | 3 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 14 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
Forward SoS | 14 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
PK SoS | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
PP SoS | 14 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Edmonton Oilers | 0 | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | @ Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
PK SoS | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
PP SoS | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Florida Panthers | 0 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | 0 | vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | @ Washington Capitals | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
PK SoS | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
PP SoS | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | vs. Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 0 | vs. St. Louis Blues | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 18 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 13 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
PK SoS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
PP SoS | 14 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings | 0 | 0 | vs. Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | @ Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
PK SoS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
PP SoS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | @ Winnipeg Jets | @ Calgary Flames | 0 | |
Home Games | 0 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 0 |
PK SoS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 |
PP SoS | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens | 0 | @ San Jose Sharks | @ Los Angeles Kings | 0 | @ Anaheim Ducks | 0 | 0 | |
Home Games | 0 | |||||||
Away Games | 3 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
PK SoS | 19 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
PP SoS | 9 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils | 0 | vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | @ Ottawa Senators | vs. San Jose Sharks | 0 | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
PK SoS | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
PP SoS | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators | 0 | vs. Colorado Avalanche | 0 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | @ New York Rangers | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
PK SoS | 18 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
PP SoS | 22 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
New York Islanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | @ New York Rangers | 0 | vs. San Jose Sharks | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
PK SoS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
PP SoS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
New York Rangers | 0 | vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | vs. New York Islanders | 0 | vs. Nashville Predators | 0 | |
Home Games | 3 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
PK SoS | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
PP SoS | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators | 0 | vs. Vancouver Canucks | 0 | vs. New Jersey Devils | 0 | vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | |
Home Games | 3 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
PK SoS | 18 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
PP SoS | 20 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | vs. Florida Panthers | 0 | vs. Nashville Predators | 0 | vs. Edmonton Oilers | 0 | |
Home Games | 3 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
PK SoS | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
PP SoS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | @ New York Rangers | 0 | 0 | @ Florida Panthers | @ Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | |
Home Games | 0 | |||||||
Away Games | 3 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 25 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 0 |
PK SoS | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 0 |
PP SoS | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
San Jose Sharks | 0 | vs. Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | @ New Jersey Devils | @ New York Islanders | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 0 |
PK SoS | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 0 |
PP SoS | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
St. Louis Blues | 0 | 0 | vs. Chicago Blackhawks | @ Colorado Avalanche | 0 | @ Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 26 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
PK SoS | 27 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
PP SoS | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | @ Detroit Red Wings | @ New Jersey Devils | 0 | @ Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 3 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 16 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 17 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
PK SoS | 16 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
PP SoS | 17 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | @ Washington Capitals | vs. Detroit Red Wings | 0 | 0 | @ Ottawa Senators | 0 | |
Home Games | 1 | |||||||
Away Games | 2 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 17 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
PK SoS | 18 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
PP SoS | 15 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks | 0 | @ Ottawa Senators | 0 | @ Boston Bruins | @ Buffalo Sabres | 0 | @ Detroit Red Wings | |
Home Games | 0 | |||||||
Away Games | 4 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 24 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 25 |
Forward SoS | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
PK SoS | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
PP SoS | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 15 |
Washington Capitals | 0 | vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | 0 | @ Detroit Red Wings | vs. Florida Panthers | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 1 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 0 |
PK SoS | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 0 |
PP SoS | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Winnipeg Jets | 0 | vs. Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | 0 | vs. Minnesota Wild | 0 | 0 | |
Home Games | 2 | |||||||
Away Games | 0 | |||||||
Goalie SoS | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Forward SoS | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
PK SoS | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
PP SoS | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |