Fantasy hockey stock watch – Start/sit advice and weekly streamers

Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeyJan 17, 2024, 02:00 PM ET

CloseESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010

Players from some teams will do you a lot more fantasy good than others over the next three days, presenting some ripe opportunities to stream your way to weekly victory. While the Ducks, Penguins, Sharks, and Jets are all idle until the weekend, a small handful of clubs compete Wednesday and Friday, when only a precious few others are also in action. For one, the Red Wings who visit the Panthers and Hurricanes, respectively, on days straddling Thursday’s heftier 10-game docket.

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Unsurprisingly, Detroit’s Alex Lyon is ultra-pumped to face his ex-team after last season’s magical run. Don’t be surprised if Lyon – who’s played well enough of late – offers Florida a solid challenge. He seems altogether chill, in a good way, ahead of Wednesday’s affair. On the other side of the puck in Sunrise, Anton Lundell is pegged to center the Panthers’ top line with Sam Reinhart while Aleksander Barkov sits out (minor lower-body issue). The Cats also host Minnesota on Friday

Elsewhere, the Devils battle the Canadiens and Columbus, Wednesday and Friday, while Montreal and Minnesota compete in back-to-backs over this three-day stretch. More on them below.

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Claude Giroux, F, Ottawa Senators: The Senators can’t blame their current dismal record on a lack of production – at least not of late. Logging heavy minutes on a scoring line and top power play with Brady Tkachuk, Giroux has four goals and four assists in his past quartet of games. Competing three of four days, Ottawa hosts the Canadiens Thursday, before wrapping the week against Winnipeg and the Flyers over the…


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Author : Victoria Matiash

Publish date : 2024-01-17 19:28:01

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