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Welcome to this week’s Fantasy Hockey Forecaster! In here, you’ll find:
- Each team’s ranking for goalies, forwards, PK and PP against the other teams in the league. These stats are as of 10/23.
- Three players who are on fire (this might not even be points wise, it might be an uptick in play that signals to me they are on the cusp of some point production)
- Three players who are cooling off (this will also include players that aren’t materializing the way we expect)
- Three free agent pickups (among all players under 50% owned, preferably some in the single digits and some that are close to 50 to feed all different sizes of leagues).
- The schedule which will show each team they play and what the individual rankings are for each matchup, this is more useful in the daily leagues where you are looking at individual matchups
Let’s begin!
Rankings October 29th - November 4th
Rank | Team | Games | Goalie (30 Best, 1 Worst) | Forward (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PK (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PP (30 Best, 1 Worst) |
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Rank | Team | Games | Goalie (30 Best, 1 Worst) | Forward (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PK (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PP (30 Best, 1 Worst) |
1 | Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 31 |
2 | Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 29 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 2 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 26 |
4 | Arizona Coyotes | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 30 |
5 | Anaheim Ducks | 3 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
6 | San Jose Sharks | 3 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
7 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 24 |
8 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | 21 | 10 | 26 | 21 |
9 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 25 |
10 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 26 | 8 | 19 | 18 |
11 | New York Rangers | 3 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 23 |
13 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | 24 | 7 | 23 | 12 |
14 | Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 16 |
15 | St. Louis Blues | 2 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
16 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 21 |
17 | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 12 |
18 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
19 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
20 | Vancouver Canucks | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 6 |
21 | Calgary Flames | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
22 | Dallas Stars | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 19 |
23 | Minnesota Wild | 3 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
24 | Nashville Predators | 3 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
25 | Washington Capitals | 2 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 9 |
27 | New Jersey Devils | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
28 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
29 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 10 |
30 | Florida Panthers | 2 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
31 | New York Islanders | 3 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
3 players who are on fire
- Mark Scheifele (96% owned) This guy, along with many Winnipeg guys, still doesn’t get the credit he deserves. He has three goals and three assists in the last three games to go with 42 faceoffs Won, Three Blocked Shots, 3 PPP and a plus 4!
- Mikko Rantanen (96% owned). This might be his emerging moment. He was good last year but he has been absolutely electric this year. Over his last four games – three goals and four assists with a plus seven, 2 PPP and six hits.
- Ryan O”Reilly (68% owned). At least something on the Blues looks good – two goals and four assists in the last three games to go with a plus four and 2 PPP. Oh and he’s won 52 face-offs.
3 players who are cooling off
- Auston Matthews (100%) Much like most players highlighted here, he will be fine but his last week has yielded no points, a minus 2 across 13 shots on goal.
- Jamie Benn (100% owned) pretty much exact same stats as Auston.
- Vladimir Tarasenko (100% owned) he encompasses the Blues right now, no goals, 1 assist and 3 shots on goal.
3 free agent pickups (under 50%)
- Jonathan Drouin (40% owned) He has points in six straight contests registering three goals and four assists over that time to go with a plus three and five power play points. Is this his moment of stepping up to the big shoes he was expected to fill?
- Matt Duchene (41% owned). He has six points in his last four games with a plus 1, 2 PPP and 36 face-offs won. Ottawa is not the complete dumpster fire some had predicted.
- Dan Girardi (1% owned) Currently on the top pairing with Victor Hedman, Dan has 13 hits, 8 blocked shots, six shots on goal 3 assists and a plus 1 over the last seven games.
Scheduler October 29th - November 4th
Weekly Avgs | Mon, Oct 29 | Tue, Oct 30 | Wed, Oct 31 | Thu, Nov 1, | Fri, Nov 2, | Sat, Nov 3, | Sun, Nov 4, |
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Weekly Avgs | Mon, Oct 29 | Tue, Oct 30 | Wed, Oct 31 | Thu, Nov 1, | Fri, Nov 2, | Sat, Nov 3, | Sun, Nov 4, |
0 | vs. Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | vs. New York Rangers | 0 | 0 | vs. Columbus Blue Jackets | |
3 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
22 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
26 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
0 | vs. Ottawa Senators | 0 | 0 | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
0 | @ Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | 0 | @ Nashville Predators | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
21 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
26 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
0 | vs. Calgary Flames | 0 | @ Ottawa Senators | 0 | vs. Ottawa Senators | @ New York Rangers | |
2 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 23 |
0 | vs. Boston Bruins | 0 | 0 | @ Arizona Coyotes | @ Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | |
1 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 0 |
6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 0 |
10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
@ Toronto Maple Leafs | @ Buffalo Sabres | 0 | vs. Colorado Avalanche | 0 | vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
18 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
14 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
0 | 0 | @ Vancouver Canucks | @ Edmonton Oilers | 0 | @ Calgary Flames | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
3 | |||||||
15 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
0 | vs. Detroit Red Wings | 0 | @ San Jose Sharks | 0 | @ Los Angeles Kings | @ Anaheim Ducks | |
1 | |||||||
3 | |||||||
21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 25 |
11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 19 |
16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 17 |
0 | 0 | 0 | @ Calgary Flames | @ Vancouver Canucks | 0 | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
0 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | @ Washington Capitals | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
3 | |||||||
16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
0 | @ Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | vs. New Jersey Devils | 0 | vs. Edmonton Oilers | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
13 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
0 | vs. Minnesota Wild | 0 | vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | vs. Winnipeg Jets | @ Winnipeg Jets | 0 | 0 | |
1 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
0 | @ Nashville Predators | 0 | @ St. Louis Blues | 0 | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | |
1 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
22 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
21 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | vs. Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | vs. Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
@ Vancouver Canucks | @ Edmonton Oilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | @ St. Louis Blues | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
3 | |||||||
21 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
14 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
0 | vs. Dallas Stars | 0 | vs. Washington Capitals | 0 | vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | |
3 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
14 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0 | @ Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 0 | @ New York Islanders | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
3 | |||||||
18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
13 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
0 | vs. Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | @ Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | vs. Boston Bruins | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
23 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
0 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | vs. New Jersey Devils | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
0 | @ San Jose Sharks | 0 | @ Anaheim Ducks | 0 | 0 | vs. Buffalo Sabres | |
1 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
0 | @ Arizona Coyotes | 0 | vs. Buffalo Sabres | 0 | @ Buffalo Sabres | vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | |
2 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
20 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 12 |
14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
0 | @ Anaheim Ducks | 0 | @ Los Angeles Kings | 0 | @ San Jose Sharks | 0 | |
0 | |||||||
3 | |||||||
20 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
0 | vs. New York Islanders | 0 | @ New York Islanders | 0 | vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
13 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
0 | vs. New York Rangers | 0 | vs. Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | vs. Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | |
3 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | vs. Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | vs. Minnesota Wild | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
0 | vs. New Jersey Devils | 0 | vs. Nashville Predators | 0 | @ Montreal Canadiens | @ Ottawa Senators | |
2 | |||||||
2 | |||||||
15 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 20 |
16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 26 |
vs. Calgary Flames | 0 | 0 | vs. Dallas Stars | 0 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | |
2 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
vs. Minnesota Wild | 0 | vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | vs. Colorado Avalanche | 0 | 0 | |
3 | |||||||
0 | |||||||
13 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
18 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
19 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 0 | vs. Dallas Stars | 0 | |
1 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | @ Florida Panthers | vs. Florida Panthers | 0 | 0 | |
1 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 |