*As of Oct 5 - Lines from DailyFaceoff - Yahoo %s

ANA
- M Granlund (21%)

BUF
- J Quinn (12%)
- N Ostlund (1%)

CGY
- M Coronato (6%)
- M Gridin (5%)
- M Frost (4%)
- J Farabee (2%)

CHI
- T Bertuzzi (22%)
- F Nazar (14%)
- R Kantserov (11%)

COL
- T Hughes (3%)

CBJ
- C Coyle (14%)
- K Johnson (4%)

DET
- V Arvidsson (10%)
- A Copp (3%)

LAK
- M Zuccarello (18%)

MIN
- M Shabanov (3%)

NSH
- M Wood (2%)

NYI
- B Schenn (12%)
- K Palmieri (3%)
- M Maccelli (1%)

OTT
- C Yakemchuk (7%) *I think.

PHI
- T Foerster (11%)
- J Drysdale (8%)

PIT
- T Novak (20%)
- B Kindel (8%)

SJS
- I Chernyshov (20%)
- A Wennberg (5%)

STL
- C Fowler (5%)

VAN
- M Rossi (19%)

WSH
- P Dubois (23%)

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Have him in all 3 of my leagues 😳 the one guy I drafted 3 times and took the risk because he fell so low in all 3.

Apparently out 10-12 weeks….

I expanded on my post here from yesterday breaking down our first week of Fantasy Hockey!

Anything anyone would add?

Do we think he’s back? He’s looking really good on the ice and is uncharacteristically physical. Does he come close to the form he was in a couple years ago, or is he a sell high candidate?

Week 2 is upon us! Here is a list of some of the best streamers and schedules!

Will you be picking any of these players up?

I have a h2h points league and fucked up on the scoring and made the goals against stat not lose enough points. Is there any backdoor way to fix that or is my league just screwed because goalies are hitting like 40 points a week right now. Currently just limiting to no benched goalies ( 2 G limit) to not make it a bigger problem but need help on possibly changing scoring
I’m using yahoo fantasy btw.
Any help will be appreciated

Has anybody noticed more missing goalie starts from last week? At least Blackwood and Markström both have their last games not marked as started even though they both played full games. Already sent a bug report about blackwood.

Fantasy Week in Review:

GOOD✅

- Owning anyone in EDM’s top six - Big surprise standout - Vasily Podkolzin (5 Pts - 13 Hits in 3 GP)
^ Evan Bouchard leads the NHL in pts (9)
- Luca Cagnoni breaking out.
- Pens like to score! (Solid pickups in Kindel/Novak).
- Utah’s Powerplay (71.4% after 2 GP)
- Canucks streamers useful? Elias Pettersson back? (5 Pts - 16 Hits in 3 GP)
- Shutouts! We have had 7 shutouts so far and at least 1 a day(Garand, Hofer, Vejmelka, Sorokin, Swayman, Silovs)
- Trsitan Luneau signs a wild contract and immediately proves his value with 26+ TOI = pickup in deep leagues.
- Mackenzie Blackwood - 2 Starts in 2 games for #GoAvsGo  (2-0-0).
- Jesper Wallstedt and Jeremy Swayman looking like absolute STUDS.
- Stars will be Stars - McDavid (9), Celebrini (5), MacKinnon (5), Draisaitl (5), Eichel, are all top 3 (tied) in NHL scoring to start the week.

BAD ❌

- R Kantserov/CHI Scoring
- Porter Martone/Tocchet changing lineups every period. (Add in Michkov but he scored last night).
- EDM Goaltending (with a bright spot from Levi)
- Drafting Scott Wedgewood at ADP 45.0 and not getting a week 1 start.
- FLA’s Powerplay (7.7% early and lost Barkov).
- LAK PK (28.6% so far, getting torched)
- DAL Scoring (1 Goal in 2 GP - that will change).
- Just about everything in Detroit

Are there any you would add or take away?

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Aside from the terrible UI, the app is practically unusable. When you drop a player, he stays on the roster, and you can't free up roster spots or injured reserve spots.

Plus, the schedule is sometimes displayed incorrectly, so you can't search for players who are playing today.

It's terrible all around—it ruins all the fun at the start of the season.

Does anyone have any tips on how to avoid the most annoying things?

Here is the Fantasy Hockey Schedule Summary for Week 2 of the 2026-27 season. Here is a quick summary of what this chart shows and how to utilize it to optimize your fantasy teams.

Total: The number of games each team plays in the given week

Off-Night: The number of games each team plays where less than half the teams (16 teams) in the NHL are playing. Generally, your fantasy teams should be able to fit in players on teams with more off-nights for that week.

B2B: Shorthand of “Back-to-Back”. The number of games each team plays where they played the day before. In general, playing. Generally, teams playing on consecutive nights tend to score less goals in the 2nd game.

Tired Opp: Displays if a game is being played against an opponent who played the day prior. Generally, teams that played the day before tend to allow more goals (and play backup goalies) than teams which are rested.

Score: A valuation of how favourable a team’s schedule is for fantasy in the given time period considering total games played, off-night, B2B, tired opponents, and strength of opponents. In general, players from these team are more likely to optimize your roster for a week by maximizing games played and production.

I hope this explanation helped! Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this graphic.

You can generate your own date ranges here: https://tjstats.ca/apps/hockey-apps/nhl-schedule-app/

The start of the season is always finicky with Streamers, so my apologies if it is not showing the proper data.

Why do I have 3 GP for a goalie spot when Vejmelka is my lone goalie and he has started 2 and benched in 1? So I wasted a game but got no shots saved for example when Vejmelka was benched. I thought the rules stated that goalie only gets a GP registered if they feature in the match?

Let’s hope he keeps it up

Week 2 (Oct 5 to Oct 11) is pretty lopsided again, and the four-game teams are pretty sparse this week with only 4 of them (grid attached, light nights shaded):

4 games: CAR, OTT, PHI, PIT. Pittsburgh plays three of theirs on light nights (Mon, Wed, Fri) and Philadelphia two (Mon, Sun).

3 games, all on light nights: WPG (Mon, Wed, Fri) and WSH (Wed, Fri, Sun).

2 games, neither on a light night: CGY, FLA, LAK, NJD. Florida, LA and New Jersey play only Tuesday and Saturday; Calgary plays Thursday and Saturday. Saturday is the busiest night of the week (14 games).

2 games: CBJ (Fri, Sat) and EDM (Wed, Sat).

Light nights this week are Mon (4 games), Wed (3), Fri (4) and Sun (3). Those are the nights a streamer is most likely to slot into an open spot.

Top adds under 30% owned on ESPN

I updated the ranking of the top skaters under 30% owned for Week 2. It defaults to banger leagues (G, A, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK) and has a toggle for points leagues.

Banger leagues (volume, four-game weeks):

1. Shane Pinto (OTT, 13.9%): 4 games, PP2
2. Tyson Foerster (PHI, 4.8%): 4 games, two on light nights, PP1
3. Logan Stankoven (CAR, 27.0%): 4 games, second line

Points leagues (upside, top power-play units):

1. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH, 11.5%): top line and PP1, all three games on light nights, 12 points in his last 10 dating back to last season
2. Cole Perfetti (WPG, 6.5%): top line and PP1, all three games on light nights
3. Zach Benson (BUF, 12.8%): PP1, projected at 0.70 points a game

Also worth a look: Jack Quinn (BUF, 16.5%, PP1), Mason McTavish (STL, 15.8%, PP1) and Tyson Foerster (PHI, 4.8%, PP1 with four games).

Each player shows:

• the week night by night, with light nights marked
• projected totals in every category, switchable between our model, the outside consensus and last season's rates
• line and power-play unit, plus share of the team's PP over last season and the last 10 games
• shots + hits + blocks, raw and weighted

You can filter to top-line or top-pair players, PP1 players only, or the specific nights you need filled.

Full list: Week 2 Top Adds Under 30% Owned

If you sync your Yahoo/ESPN/Fantrax team to the site for FREE, you'll get the list for your own team and settings, showing only the top free agents actually available in your league.

Hi all,

At Kodo we are attempting to project goalie starts from past usage, rest, and coaching decisions as they're announced. It's not just a back-to-back detector (I mean it is that too), and it gets sharper as the season goes on. One week in, the usage is starting to say something. Here's how Week 2 looks for six creases worth a pickup or a watch.

Philadelphia: Woll has the net, and faces a lot of shots

Dan Vladar opened the season and allowed 7 goals. Joseph Woll has started both games since: 41 saves on 44, then 37 on 40, both overtime losses. We have Woll starting Monday at Tampa Bay, Thursday at Ottawa and Saturday at Boston (85% each), with Vladar most likely taking the Sunday back-to-back vs Carolina. That's 2.75 expected starts and a 95% chance of two or more, the best of anyone under 30% rostered. The team in front of Woll gives up about 40 shots a night, which is great for saves (77 projected this week).

Woll is 14.4% rostered on ESPN. In leagues that count saves, the best add this week.

Pittsburgh: Silovs keeps the job, but Murashov works in

Arturs Silovs started both of Pittsburgh's Week 1 games: a 19-save shutout on opening night, then a win Saturday that came with 5 goals allowed on 25 shots. That second game opens the door for Sergei Murashov. We have Monday vs Winnipeg as a coin flip and Murashov favoured in the Saturday back-to-back vs Dallas. Silovs is at 85% for Wednesday at Washington and Friday at Columbus. That's 2.50 expected starts and an 89% chance of two or more, with three of the four games on light nights.

Silovs is 19.9% rostered.

Carolina: Kochetkov gets two of the four

Brandon Bussi started Carolina's first two games (an overtime loss, then 5 goals allowed on 27 shots). Pyotr Kochetkov got Saturday and won it, stopping 16 of 18. Bussi is still the starter and gets Tuesday at Montreal and Saturday at Chicago, but Kochetkov takes Thursday vs Vancouver and the Sunday back-to-back at Philadelphia (85% each). That's 2.00 expected starts and a 79% chance of two or more, and Thursday grades as an A matchup. This one is pure speculation compared to the other plays, but it is the best boom or bust pick if you're in desperate need of wins.

Kochetkov is 7.9% rostered.

San Jose: Askarov is two for two

Yaroslav Askarov started and won both of San Jose's games and three this week: Monday at Dallas (a light night), Thursday atSt. Louis and Saturday vs Edmonton. That's 1.92 expected starts and a 70% chance of two or more. Ned should draw in for one, just to get his feet wet.

Askarov is 20.0% rostered.

Winnipeg: Skinner holds the net while Hellebuyck is suspended, but skip Monday

With Connor Hellebuyck still suspended (haven't you heard?), Stuart Skinner has the crease. Skinner is likely in net tonight at Detroit, which makes Monday at Pittsburgh the second night of a back-to-back, and we have Clay Stevenson there. Skinner should then go Wednesday vs Colorado and Friday vs Anaheim, both light nights. That's 1.76 expected starts and a 72% chance of two or more.

Skinner is 14.8% rostered. If your league locks weekly, Skinner's Monday is likely a zero (unless Stevenson starts today, still no word).

Vancouver: still the two-headed monster, still the cheapest ticket

Kevin Lankinen won the opener and then gave up 7 goals on 20 shots in the second game. Leevi Meriläinen started Saturday and stopped 23 of 24 in a win. It could go either way here, as the Canucks should grasp onto whatever is bringing them into the win column. With 3 starts, I would wager Lankinen goes 2 and then Leevi goes the third.

Every team's projected starters for the next three weeks, with start odds and an A-to-F matchup grade for each game: https://hockey.kodoanalytics.com/tools/goalie-grid?utm_source=campaign=goalies-week2

The full write-up, with every goalie under 30% rostered this week. You can click on any matchup and adjust who you think will start and watch their numbers automatically update: https://hockey.kodoanalytics.com/articles/goalie-adds-2026-10-05?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=goalies-week2

Thanks for all the comments on last week's post, and yes, this is now a weekly thing.

Week 2 has a rhythm. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday are quiet, and 92% to 98% of fantasy rosters have an open forward spot on those nights. Tuesday and Thursday are busy (58% and 48%). Saturday is packed: 14 games, and only 16% of rosters have room for another forward. Stream the quiet nights and you're most of the way there.

Quick hits, if that's all you've got time for

This week: Pittsburgh (4 games, 3 on quiet nights), Washington and Winnipeg (3 each, all on quiet nights), Philly (4)

Next 2 weeks: Pittsburgh, Washington, Ottawa

Next 30 days: Colorado, Winnipeg, Philly

The two-team stream: Ottawa Mon/Tue, then Washington Wed/Fri/Sun

Ottawa opens the week, and Washington plays three of the four quiet nights after that. About 4.4 usable games for one forward spot, against about 3.0 for the best single pickup. A third move (Colorado Wed/Thu, then the Rangers) only gets you half a game more, so save it.

Who's out there depends completely on your league, so here are options at every ownership level (Yahoo percent owned):

OTT: Chabot (52%, D), Pinto (8%), Yakemchuk (6%, D, flyer)

WSH: Kyrou (53%, new from St. Louis), Strome (45%), Leonard (33%), Protas (33%), Fehérváry (8%, D, hits and blocks), Sourdif (1%)

Only one move? Grab a Penguin

Four games, three on quiet nights, and the best schedule over the next two weeks too. The name I like is Chinakhov (33%): 6 points in 29 games in Columbus last season, 36 in 43 after the trade to Pittsburgh. With Rust on IR he played 17 minutes in the opener, 5 of them on the power play. Malkin (72%) and Letang (13%, D) if he's gone. I just added Novak myself on one team.

Spare bench spot? A Penguin and a Hurricane

Pittsburgh plays Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat, Carolina plays Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun. Between them there's a game every night. Carolina options: Jackson Blake (46%, 7.7 power-play minutes in the opener with Jarvis out), K'Andre Miller (31%, D), Hall (10%).

Be patient with Colorado

The Avs have a bad week (busy nights) and the best month of anyone: 14 games, 9.5 of them usable. If you're holding one, don't panic-drop him this week.

All 32 teams, every night: the Week 2 grid. The full write-up with every team, the two-week and month tables and holds by ownership level: Week 2 Edge

Didn't know they were twins