Fantasy Hockey Forecaster: February 7th – 13th

Welcome to my weekly Fantasy Hockey Forecaster! Here you will find:

• Top 3 waiver wire adds (among all players under 50% rostered at ESPN)
• Top 3 players who have gone “cold”
• Each team’s schedule ranking based on opponent’s points allowed, where the #1 ranked team plays teams allowing the most points so far this season

Top 3 Waiver Wire Adds (under 50% rostered)

Tyler Ennis (RW, Ott) 6% owned. Tyler is on Ottawa’s top line with Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle. After scoring a hat trick against his former team on January 25^th, he went on to score an additional goal and assist across the next four games.

Viktor Arvidsson (RW, LA) 44% owned. The Kings’ second line of Trevor Moore, Phillip Danault, and Viktor Arvidsson has been formidable. Viktor now has four goals and one assist across his last six games, this include a ppp and a LOT of SOG (32 across that time).

Matt Murray (G, Ott) 18% owned. The Senators won five of their last 11 games and Murray was in net for four of those five wins. He has two wins in his last three starts, allowing two goals or less in each game. Over the last two weeks he has a 1.27 GAA and a .960 SV% including 1 SO.

Top 3 Players Gone Cold (over 50% rostered)

Mark Stone (RW, LVG) 93% owned. Stone finally got on the board just before the All-Star break with a goal and an assist. He had been held pointless in his prior four straight games.

Ondrej Palat (LW, TB) 86% owned. Ondrej has just one assist across his last three games and just four total shots on goal across that time.

Connor Hellebuyck (G, WPG) 98% owned. Connor has now lost seven consecutive games, allowing three goals or more in five of those seven games. Over the last two weeks he has a 3.44 GAA and a .899 SV%.