Fantasy Hockey Lookahead: Potential Week 18 Streaming Options

The NHL will play 48 games during the Week 18 scoring period. They’ll wrap up the Olympic break makeup games on Monday and Tuesday, with the final 11 games that were previously postponed due to COVID-19.

Starting on Wednesday, we’re back to the NHL’s originally laid out schedule, which means a lot less discrepancy between team games going forward.

For the first time in close to a month, every team will play at least two games in Week 18. That trend will continue for the rest of the season.

Barring any more postponements, there will be no more one-game weeks.

Unfortunately, we still have a healthy dose of two-game teams this week, with seven teams playing just twice, the most we’ll see the rest of the season.

Avoid teams like the Chicago Blackhawks and Vegas Golden Knights. They’re among the two-game teams, and don’t play until Friday.

For streaming targets, there are seven teams playing four games this week, while the rest of the league plays three.

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Maple Leafs have the best schedule on paper with four opponents in the bottom half of the league in goals allowed per game this season.

They’ll get the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets in a back-to-back to start the week. The Habs are giving up the most goals per game while the Jackets are third-worst this season.

In deep leagues, David Kampf and Ondrej Kase are both worth a look. Kampf has seven points over his last nine games, while Kase has two goals in his last four.

Top Streamers & Waiver Adds:

W: Michael Bunting, Toronto Maple Leafs (16 per cent rostered, up 2 per cent)

Michael Bunting has been streaky this season, but he’s been on a heater of late. He has nine goals in his last 13 games. Dating back to Jan. 15, he ranks eighth in