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On every game day this season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy managers to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The recommended players and goalies are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues and can be selected in standard fantasy leagues or for daily fantasy games.
9 games on Thursday, April 2
* = confirmed
Jeremy Swayman, BOS at Sam Montembeault, MTL (7 p.m. ET)
Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB at Linus Ullmark, OTT (7 p.m. ET)
Mackenzie Blackwood, COL at Elvis Merzlikins, CBJ (7:30 p.m. ET)
Tristan Jarry, PIT at Jordan Binnington, STL (8 p.m. ET)
Juuse Saros, NSH at Jake Oettinger, DAL (8 p.m. ET)
Darcy Kuemper, LA at Karel Vejmelka, UTA (9 p.m. ET)
Lukas Dostal, ANA at Dustin Wolf, CGY (9:30 p.m. ET)
Connor Hellebuyck, WPG at Adin Hill, VGK (10 p.m. ET)
Calvin Pickard, EDM at Alexandar Georgiev, SJ (10:30 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Calvin Pickard, EDM at SJ (18% rostered)
Stuart Skinner is not travelling with the Oilers on their three-game road trip so expect Pickard to start all three games. This matchup should be as easy as it gets for the Oilers and Pickard, who’s going for his third straight win. The Oilers defeated the Sharks earlier this season, although it was close in a 3-2 overtime win, and have won 11 of their past 12 matchups dating back to 2022.
Pickard will be a top-tier streaming option for this game and next Monday’s game against the Ducks. The Oilers play the Sharks twice more after this game. With no timetable for Skinner’s return, Pickard potentially has really good ROS value.
Karel Vejmelka, UTA vs. LA (42% rostered)
Vejmelka’s bounced back really nicely after a disastrous stretch where he allowed eight goals on 25 shots, and in his three starts since has allowed five goals on three games with two wins. The Kings are not good on the road (14-19-5), which makes streaming Vejmelka far less daunting.
I think this will be a tough matchup with Utah trying to avoid a season sweep. Utah is the slight underdog so a win would be a nice surprise, but I think Vejmelka can offer plenty of saves and a good save percentage with the way he’s been playing recently.
Elvis Merzlikins, CBJ vs. COL (31% rostered)
The Avs are playing the second game of a back-to-back so fatigue may be a factor, and the Jackets are strong at home (22-9-5). Given the Jackets’ offense is back to its high-scoring ways, I do think there’s a chance they could upset. They’ve won three in a row with Merzlikins in net and provided him with plenty of goal support.
I suspect this will be a high-scoring game and Merzlikins can pull off the win only if his offense can provide him with lots of goal support. Forget about saves and a save percentage with Merzlikins – it’s unlikely to happen. This is the second and final meeting between the two teams with the Jackets winning 6-4 back on Oct. 12, and since the 2020 season their matchups have been surprisingly close with the Avs holding a 4-3-1 edge.
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9 games on Thursday, April 2
* = confirmed
Jeremy Swayman, BOS at Sam Montembeault, MTL (7 p.m. ET)
Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB at Linus Ullmark, OTT (7 p.m. ET)
Mackenzie Blackwood, COL at Elvis Merzlikins, CBJ (7:30 p.m. ET)
Tristan Jarry, PIT at Jordan Binnington, STL (8 p.m. ET)
Juuse Saros, NSH at Jake Oettinger, DAL (8 p.m. ET)
Darcy Kuemper, LA at Karel Vejmelka, UTA (9 p.m. ET)
Lukas Dostal, ANA at Dustin Wolf, CGY (9:30 p.m. ET)
Connor Hellebuyck, WPG at Adin Hill, VGK (10 p.m. ET)
Calvin Pickard, EDM at Alexandar Georgiev, SJ (10:30 p.m. ET)
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Goalies
Calvin Pickard, EDM at SJ (18% rostered)
Stuart Skinner is not travelling with the Oilers on their three-game road trip so expect Pickard to start all three games. This matchup should be as easy as it gets for the Oilers and Pickard, who’s going for his third straight win. The Oilers defeated the Sharks earlier this season, although it was close in a 3-2 overtime win, and have won 11 of their past 12 matchups dating back to 2022.
Pickard will be a top-tier streaming option for this game and next Monday’s game against the Ducks. The Oilers play the Sharks twice more after this game. With no timetable for Skinner’s return, Pickard potentially has really good ROS value.
Karel Vejmelka, UTA vs. LA (42% rostered)
Vejmelka’s bounced back really nicely after a disastrous stretch where he allowed eight goals on 25 shots, and in his three starts since has allowed five goals on three games with two wins. The Kings are not good on the road (14-19-5), which makes streaming Vejmelka far less daunting.
I think this will be a tough matchup with Utah trying to avoid a season sweep. Utah is the slight underdog so a win would be a nice surprise, but I think Vejmelka can offer plenty of saves and a good save percentage with the way he’s been playing recently.
Elvis Merzlikins, CBJ vs. COL (31% rostered)
The Avs are playing the second game of a back-to-back so fatigue may be a factor, and the Jackets are strong at home (22-9-5). Given the Jackets’ offense is back to its high-scoring ways, I do think there’s a chance they could upset. They’ve won three in a row with Merzlikins in net and provided him with plenty of goal support.
I suspect this will be a high-scoring game and Merzlikins can pull off the win only if his offense can provide him with lots of goal support. Forget about saves and a save percentage with Merzlikins – it’s unlikely to happen. This is the second and final meeting between the two teams with the Jackets winning 6-4 back on Oct. 12, and since the 2020 season their matchups have been surprisingly close with the Avs holding a 4-3-1 edge.
Remember to bookmark The Hockey News Fantasy site for stats, news, analysis, rankings, projections and more, including the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast!
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