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Canadiens’ Kaiden Guhle gets one-game suspension for slashing

NEW YORK — Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle has been suspended one game without pay for slashing Philadelphia Flyers forward Travis Konecny on Thursday. Under terms of the collective agreement and based on his average annual salary, Guhle will forfeit $4,496.53. The money goes to the NHL players’ emergency assistance fund. The slashing incident occurred […]

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Waiver watch: Lafreniere, Drouin lead fantasy playoff performers

Whether you’ve lost a player to injury, or your still-contending team could use a boost otherwise, there remain some valuable-right-now fantasy assets that are widely available. Here’s a handful that could immediately help your squad as the regular season winds to a close, with a pressing look to next week’s schedule in particular. As we […]

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Fantasy hockey: Take a closer look between the pipes

Only Buffalo plays on both Wednesday (vs. Ottawa) and Friday (vs. New Jersey), when almost everyone else is off. So, if possible, consider streaming an available Sabre or two — like forward JJ Peterka, defenseman Owen Power, or goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Wednesday’s only other contest pits the Bruins against the Lightning in Tampa. Of course, […]

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NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, top fantasy playoff performers

To help you win a title in your league, we called in ESPN fantasy analysts Sean Allen and Victoria Matiash to highlight a prime playoff performer from each club — and in many cases, they are players who are available in a large majority of ESPN leagues. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey […]

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

More Teams. More Games. The Minnesota Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury joins “The Pat McAfee Show” to discuss becoming the second-winningest goalie in NHL history. (2:26) 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 […]

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The “set and forget” stars: Fantasy hockey lineup picks

More Teams. More Games. Marc-Andre Fleury moves past Patrick Roy on the all-time wins list as the Wild shut out the Islanders. (1:51) If you are feeling the January lull and just want to set and forget your fantasy NHL roster, this is the column for you. Not that such a process is encouraged in […]

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Consistency matters: Solid, steady fantasy hockey pickups

More Teams. More Games. Henrik Lundqvist gets choked up talking about the support his family provided him during his hockey journey. (0:55) If your fantasy hockey team needs a jolt of energy here in Week 5 of the season, maybe lightning in a bottle should not be your target. In a sense, I mean that […]

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Fantasy hockey draft guide: Nine breakout defensemen to watch

There is a break in the descent at age 30 and 31, which could possibly be attributed to a particularly elite crop of defenders coming through that age group (Roman Josi, Erik Karlsson, John Carlson, Alex Pietrangelo and Victor Hedman are all age 33 or 34 for the coming campaign). But the telling piece of […]

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2023-24 Fantasy hockey top 300 player rankings

No surprises at the top, where a pair of star teammates in Edmonton lead fantasy forwards once again. Keep reading to see where postseason standouts in Matthew Tkachuk and Jake Oettinger sit, as well as much-hyped draft pick Connor Bedard. 1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm (C1) 2. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm (C2) 3. Elias Pettersson, […]

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Monday fantasy hockey tips: NHL picks, matchups, more

Of the 12 total teams playing, five of them play again on Tuesday and one of them just played on Sunday. If you can read the tea leaves just right, it’s a chance for some goaltending stats off the free-agent pile. The Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils, Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers and Nashville Predators will […]

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