Week 18 Fantasy Hockey Goalie Streamers

Sport: NHL

It’s an attention-grabbing week or a part of every week in fantasy hockey as a result of upcoming Olympic break. There are solely video games up till Thursday, so don’t count on any goalie streamers that will help you greater than twice in that span.

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Fantasy Hockey Week 18 Goalie Streamers

Alex Lyon, Buffalo Sabres

In the meanwhile whereas Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is on the injured reserve, Alex Lyon is the clear starter and he’s enjoying excellently. He had gained 10 video games in a row, a Buffalo Sabres franchise report, earlier than dropping his final begin to the Montreal Canadiens.

With the Sabres enjoying 3 times this week and on a back-to-back, Lyon is just about locked into two begins, in all probability in opposition to the Florida Panthers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He has a 2.64 GAA, .913 SV%, 13 wins, and two shutouts this season.

Nikita Tolopilo, Vancouver Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks aren’t an excellent staff and are final within the league, however that doesn’t imply they will’t have an excellent stretch of video games or play higher the remainder of the way in which as gamers see extra alternatives. That is the case for Nikita Tolopilo in the mean time. Thatcher Demko is injured for the remainder of the season and he was recalled.

Tolopilo has now appeared in three consecutive video games. He has allowed simply 4 objectives in these three video games, one as a 54-minute reduction look, and gained one of many video games, shutting out the Anaheim Geese. Whereas he wasn’t technically awarded the shutout, he ought to’ve had it. The Canucks play the Utah Mammoth and the Vegas Golden Knights two days aside. Proper now, there isn’t a motive for Tolopilo to not play whereas he’s sizzling heading into the break, as Kevin Lankinen hasn’t been good.

Your Selection of Three Goalies

We’re mixing issues up this week for the third spot due to this odd week. As an alternative of only one goalie, I’ll spotlight three who will greater than seemingly solely play as soon as if that’s all you want. Jakub Dobes, Alex Nedeljkovic, and Philipp Grubauer have all been enjoying properly, however are in a tandem with one other goalie and are splitting begins.

Dobes has began three in a row and gained all three, posting a .917 SV%. The Canadiens play the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets, so Sam Montembeault will seemingly get a begin. Nedeljkovic was splitting begins with Yaroslav Askarov from the beginning of January till only recently, when Askarov went two in a row. The San Jose Sharks play twice this week in opposition to the Chicago Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche, so Nedeljkovic will seemingly get one of many begins, too. And as for Grubauer, he has a .933 SV% over his final three begins and gained two of them. The Seattle Kraken haven’t been afraid to play him two instances in a row lately, however he additionally simply sat out twice in a row. The Kraken play the Geese and the Los Angeles Kings back-to-back, so he’ll get a begin.

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With restricted video games this week, these goalies ought to have the ability to present. Make sure you come again the following two days for forwards and protection streams as properly.