I've given a lot of thought over the last several years as to whether I should target players with favorable fantasy playoffs schedules. We're still a few months away from fantasy playoffs, but Mike's Ramblings from yesterday are worth keeping in your back pocket if you want to anticipate what to expect scheduling-wise. Although the league would have to be deep, I'd be kind of okay with adding either player. Both are scoring at a 50+ point pace, which is a considerable improvement over last season. Although Skinner was held without a point on Thursday, he entered the game with three goals in his previous two games and five points over his previous three games.
With an assist on Thursday, Okposo now has a five-game point streak. If there's a silver lining in Buffalo this season, it might be the revival of Kyle Okposo and Jeff Skinner, who were both considered irrelevant in fantasy leagues before the season. If you're waiting on Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to get called up, do you really want the Sabres team as currently constructed playing in front of him? The Sabres have won just once in their last eight games, but that's kind of what we expected from them anyway. Subban should push Dustin Tokarski for starts in the near term, although chances are you're not interested in the Sabres goalie situation anyway. Barkov is back participating at practice ( Injury Ward), so you shouldn't have to wait too much longer for him.īecause Craig Anderson is injured and Aaron Dell has been ineffective (0 quality starts in 4 starts), the Sabres acquired Malcolm Subban earlier in the day. Lundell broke an eight-game point drought by scoring a pair of goals. Cale Makar, Adam Fox, and Victor Hedman are the only other blueliners who are scoring at a point per game (minimum 15 GP).Īnton Lundell hasn't exactly fit in seamlessly as the Aleksander Barkov replacement, but he's also a 20-year-old rookie. I don't think there's much more that you could ask for from a fantasy d-man. Those three-point efforts have also vaulted Ekblad to a point-per-game pace (23 points in 23 games). He also has back-to-back three-point games and has taken at least five shots in each of his last three games. Playing on Huberdeau's line, Sam Reinhart wasn't too shabby either with a goal and three assists.Īaron Ekblad also filled the stat categories with two goals (one on the power play), an assist, a +3, six shots, and two blocks. Huby has been piling up the points recently with eight points over his last two games and 15 points over his last nine games. Jonathan Huberdeau didn't disappoint, tying a career high with five points (1 G, 4 A). In a game where a team scores seven goals, you want your studs to be your studs. However, some of his struggles from his earlier days in Florida might be creeping in, as he has just one quality start over his last five games. Bobrovsky is a strong bet to earn a win every time he starts because of the team playing in front of him. Bob was pulled midway through the second period after allowing four goals on just 12 shots.
If you thought this matchup would be a piece of cake for Sergei Bobrovsky, that clearly wasn't the case.
Then they exploded for four goals in the third period en route to a 7-4 win. After the Sabres made it 4-1, the Panthers scored two goals before the end of the second period to make it close. One of Dobber's personal favorites, Hinostroza entered the game with just one point in his last five games. Buffalo scored three first-period goals, two of which were from Vinnie Hinostroza. It just took an unlikely turn at the beginning. The Sabres-Panthers game ended with the outcome that you likely expected.