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Weekend watch: Hot streaks and streaming goalies

With 11 teams facing back-to-back sets this weekend, fantasy managers with streaming flexibility will be spoiled for choice in selecting from a solid crew of quality backups. Like Semyon Varlamov – if the Isles’ No. 2 earns the nod against the Senators, should he be Peter Laviolette’s choice in Pittsburgh. As always, matchups matter. In […]

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Lightning’s Brayden Point ties team record with 6 points vs. Rangers

Nikita Kucherov added a goal and four assists, Steven Stamkos and Anthony Duclair also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 25 saves as the Lightning came back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2. Tampa Bay holds the top wild card in the Eastern Conference — four points ahead of the New York Islanders and Detroit […]

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Fantasy hockey: Roslovic, Chrona offer surprise value

Week 22 of the fantasy season, which has a good chance of being the final week of the regular season depending on the setup in your head-to-head league, begins as most weeks do: A lighter Monday and Wednesday bookending a busy Tuesday. Only the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning are taking the start […]

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NHL trade deadline buzz: Jake Guentzel, others, could still be on the move

A flurry followed. The Edmonton Oilers traded for Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick from Anaheim. The New York Rangers got their third-line center in Alex Wennberg (though they’re not done yet). Philly finally ended its blue-line stalemate, extending Nick Seeler and trading Sean Walker — and the Flyers received the first-round pick they coveted, in […]

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Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews scores goals 50, 51 in 54th game

More Teams. More Games. Auston Matthews buries his 50th goal of the season in front of his parents in his home state against the Coyotes. (0:32) TEMPE, Ariz. — Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach […]

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Florida Panthers set team record with 11th road win in row

Florida is now one win from matching league history, and coupled with the Boston Bruins’ loss earlier in the day, the Panthers now hold a one-point lead in the Atlantic Division. Boston is the division’s defending champion and has been the first-place tenant for most of this season. “Over 82 [games], you’ll get one of […]

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Waiver watch: Fantasy hockey sleepers available right now

More Teams. More Games. The Jets get the scoring started with Morgan Barron’s deflection in the first period. (0:49) A third of the way through the season, the fantasy hockey finish-line is beginning to appear, however faintly, on the horizon. We’re well past the point of waiting for players to “warm up” or hit their […]

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Nikita Kucherov scores 3 goals in Tampa Bay Lightning win

More Teams. More Games. Nikita Kucherov scores in each period of the Lightning’s 6-3 win over the Flyers. (1:07) Nikita Kucherov had three goals and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Tuesday night. Kucherov scored on a one-timer from the right circle late in the first period. He […]

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Fantasy hockey weekend watch: Hot streaks to watch this weekend

Nearly there. With only six games spread over three days to start next week, this Friday to Sunday stretch sets the table for attentive fantasy managers to hit the upcoming All-Star break on the upswing. As is common this time of week, we’re in for the familiar famine/feast/famine rhythm with four games scheduled Friday, a […]

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Kucherov reaches 500 career assists as Lightning tame Wild

Kucherov, who leads the league with 75 points, had his fourth game this season with three or more assists. He achieved the milestone in his 688th game, the third fastest to reach the mark among active players behind Connor McDavid (527) and Sidney Crosby (554). Kucherov’s milestone assist came on Steven Stamkos‘ power-play goal early […]

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