Fantasy hockey schedule cheat sheet: streams, strength of schedule – NHL.com

Pickups for upcoming games; most back-to-back sets, favorable/difficult schedules
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NOTE: If you’re looking to stream players in fantasy from teams that play on the lighter scheduled nights, those days this week are Friday and Sunday. Below are the teams two games scheduled for those days. For those playing in head-to-head formats, Week 18 ends March 1.
Wednesday – 8 games
Thursday – 12 games
Friday – 4 games
Saturday – 13 games
Sunday – 6 games
WED/FRI/SUN:
ANA: Beckett Sennecke, F; Mikael Granlund, F; Chris Kreider, F; Radko Gudas, D
UTA: Barrett Hayton, F; Lawson Crouse, F; Kailer Yamamoto, F; Jack McBain, F
VGK: Ivan Barbashev, F; Jeremy Lauzon, D
WPG: Cole Perfetti, F; Luke Schenn, D
THU/FRI/SUN:
FLA: Anton Lundell, F; Eetu Luostarinen, F
MIN: Mats Zuccarello, F; Ryan Hartman, F; Vladimir Tarasenko, F; Yakov Trenin, F
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Week 18 (ending March 1):
BUF, CGY, CHI, COL, EDM, FLA, LAK (Anton Forsberg), MIN, NJD. NYI (David Rittich), PHI, PIT (Arturs Silovs), SJS, SEA (Philipp Grubauer, G), STL, TBL (Jonas Johansson), TOR, WSH
Most back to backs, rest of season:
7 – NYI
6 – BOS, LAK, MTL, NJD, PHI, PIT, SJS, TOR
Fewest back to backs, rest of season:
2 – VGK
3 – ANA, CGY, DAL, DET, EDM, STL, UTA, VAN, WPG
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Most difficult (opponents winning percentage)
1. PIT – .591
2. BOS – .586
3. CGY – .583
4. DET – .579
T5. TBL/CBJ – .578
7. BUF – .576
8. MTL – .575
9. OTT – .574
T10. TOR/DAL – .573
Most favorable (opponents winning percentage)
1. SJS – .527
T2. LAK/ANA – .530
4. COL – .541
5. UTA – .554
6. WPG – .555
7. NJD – .558
8. VGK – .559
T9. NSH/NYR – .560
Most home games, rest of season
16 – NYR
15 – ANA, DAL, LAK, SJS
14 – CBJ, NJD, TBL, UTA, VAN
Fewest home games, rest of season
10 – CAR, CHI, FLA, TOR
11 – BOS, DET, MIN, NSH, STL, WSH
Most road games, rest of season
15 – CAR, CHI, FLA, TOR 
14 – BOS, CGY, COL, NSH, PHI, STL
Fewest road games, rest of season
9 – NYR
10 – DAL

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