Fantasy Hockey Forecaster: February 25th – March 3rd

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 2/21/2019.
• 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!

3 players who are on fire

1. Vladimir Tarasenko (97% owned) Vlad is at the forefront of the Blues winning streak. Tarasenko has nine goals and six assists in his last eight games including four power play points, seven hits and seven blocked shots.
2. Ryan O’Reilly (86% owned) Ryan has been a bit more consistent on the entirety of the season but he now has four goals six assists in those eight games along with four power play points 126 faceoffs won, three hits and four blocked shots.
3. Andrei Vasilevski (99% owned). Six games started, six wins and two shutouts, man do the Lightning look unbeatable right now.

3 players who are cooling off

1. Patrik Laine (98% owned) across his last six games, he has no goals, two assists and a -3. He’s 0 for his last 13 shots.
2. Mathew Barzal (86% owned) Across his last seven games he has one goal and one assist as well as a -6.
3. Jonathan Quick (79% owned) The Kings look like they are in a free fall right now. Quick has four starts, no wins, and 16 goals allowed across his last 104 shots.

3 free agent pickups (under 50%)

1. Nico Hischier (45% owned) one goal and five assists in his last eight games as well as two power play points, 55 faceoffs won, six hits and eight blocked shots giving him a deep resume of production.
2. Jake DeBrusk (39% owned) Stepping up for the Bruins, Jake has five goals and give assists in his last seven games as well as three power play points.
3. Darcy Kuemper (35% owned). Six starts, five wins, one shutout and only 12 goals against.