With eight video games left within the season and three weeks after the Commerce Deadline, the Toronto Maple Leafs fired Common Supervisor Brad Treliving, and no rapid alternative was named. Unsure why they did this – issues had been going so properly.
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Jordan Greenway was lined up on Buffalo’s fourth line at their follow on Monday, per Matthew Fairburn. With out Noah Ostlund within the lineup, now could be the time to get Greenway some minutes earlier than the Sabres begin their playoff run.
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Tom Gulitti reported that Washington winger Aliaksei Protas will miss at the very least Tuesday’s sport towards Philadelphia and sure extra, however needs to be again earlier than the tip of the season. With so little time remaining within the common season, it is all the time notable when a participant does not have a agency timeline for a return. That ought to imply good minutes for guys like Connor McMichael and Ryan Leonard for the short-term.
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Yaroslav Askarov was at San Jose’s morning skate on Monday, based on Sheng Peng, which led to him beginning on Monday evening towards St. Louis.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins fell behind the New York Islanders 3-1 with half the sport remaining on Monday evening, after which peeled off seven consecutive targets to win 8-3. Anthony Mantha Had two targets and an help, Rickard Rakell scored twice, Bryan Rust had considered one of every, and Justin Brazeau tallied three assists within the win.
Mantha is now as much as 29 targets, one shy of his first-ever 30-goal season. He additionally wants two extra assists for his first-ever 30-assist season. His profession 12 months has been one thing else to look at.
Mathew Barzal posted a aim and an help with a block and two PIMs within the loss. He wants three extra factors for his second 70-point season in three years. Goalie Ilya Sorokin was in internet for seven targets towards for the primary time in his profession.
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To not be outdone by Pittsburgh, the Colorado Avalanche laid a thrashing on the Calgary Flames by a 9-2 margin. Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas, Parker Kelly, and Jack Drury every had a aim and two help within the win, Nazem Kadri scored twice on the ability play, and Sam Malinski tallied considered one of every with 4 pictures, 4 blocks, and successful.
Scott Wedgewood stopped 27 of 29 pictures within the win.
Ryan Strome scored within the loss for Calgary. He now has as many targets (3) and assists (6) in 12 video games with Calgary as he did in 33 video games with Anaheim this season.
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The Vegas John Tortorellas gained their first sport underneath their new coach as each Shea Theodore and Rasmus Andersson scored for Vegas of their 4-2 win over Vancouver. Andersson has three targets and 4 factors in his final 4 video games with eight pictures, 4 PIMs, 5 blocks, and successful in that span.
Adin Hill stopped 22 of 24 pictures for the win.
Brock Boeser scored within the loss for the Canucks. His crew is terrible, however Boeser finishes the month of March with 6 targets and seven assists in 14 video games.
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Toronto and Anaheim met for the primary time since Radko Gudas ended Auston Matthews‘ season, and there have been loads of fights and penalties on each side. The Leafs ended up successful that sport 5-4 in extra time on John Tavares‘ second aim of the sport. It was a pleasant comeback with for the Leafs, who had been down 3-1 with 14 minutes left within the third interval.
William Nylander managed a aim and three assists with eight pictures and two PIMs within the victory. He has 18 factors in 18 video games for the reason that Olympic break.
Leo Carlsson scored twice within the loss. He’s as much as 8 targets, 11 assists, 52 pictures, and 6 PP factors in 18 video games for the reason that Olympics.
Anthony Stolarz earned the win in aim for the Leafs, stopping 28 of 32 pictures.
Cutter Gauthier scored midway by means of the primary interval however left the sport and didn’t return. In his absence, Troy Terry jumped to the highest PP unit.
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Adam Gaudette scored with 22 seconds left within the sport as San Jose beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4. That was Gaudette’s 16th aim of the season and pushes him to fiveth general by targets per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 over the past two seasons (minimal of 1250 minutes). Solely Tage Thompson, Cole Caufield, Alex Ovechkin, and Nikita Kucherov are increased.
Each Macklin Celebrini and Alex Wennberg posted two targets and an help with Celebrini managing 5 pictures and successful. These three factors pushed Celebrini previous the 100-point mark, turning into the primary teenager since Sidney Crosby to cross the 100-point barrier. If Celebrini scores two extra targets, he’ll be the primary teenager in practically 40 years to have 40 targets and 100 factors (all from Hockey Reference).
Philip Broberg scored within the loss for the Blues. He finishes the month of March with 3 targets, 6 assists, 8 hits, and seven blocks in 14 video games. Not nice multi-cat stuff, however stable nonetheless.
Askarov earned the win in aim for the Sharks, stopping 22 of 24 pictures confronted in his return.
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It’s a little bit of a lifeless zone for fantasy hockey proper now. Most fantasy gamers usually are not in rivalry for a league title regardless of the format. I have written about function/deployment adjustments that may matter for any fantasy gamers nonetheless pushing for a championship, and a few weeks in the past some guys to watch for the stretch run. Caleb Desjardins’ ‘Trying Forward’ column evaluates the upcoming week in fantasy hockey and Frozen Instruments may help managers in quite a lot of methods. Anybody nonetheless in fantasy rivalry is roofed.
I needed to do one thing a bit extra enjoyable at the moment – let’s name it a ‘Did You Know’ part. We’re taking a handful of gamers to see what they’ve finished this 12 months, or in current seasons, and ensure these performances are highlighted.
Information is from Pure Stat Trick and present as of Monday, March 30th.
Timo Meier Is 1 of 4 Forwards With 20+ Targets, 200+ Pictures, 100+ Hits Every of Final 3 years
To make sure, Meier has not lived as much as expectations in New Jersey since making his means from San Jose. His final two seasons with the Sharks noticed him publish 128 factors in 134 video games (0.96 factors/sport), and he has simply 157 factors in 238 video games with the Devils (0.66 factors/sport). That he is not produced to expectations shouldn’t cloud the truth that Meier has nonetheless be a superb multi-cat choice 12 months after 12 months with the Devils. Actually, he’s 1 of 4 forwards to achieve at the very least 20 targets, 200 pictures, and 100 hits in every of the final three seasons. Two of these three others had been top-15 picks in multi-cat drafts this previous September and the final is the most effective multi-cat fantasy choice of his era:
The dearth of assists this season with no massive aim whole implies that Meier will not be a multi-cat monster like he will be, however he is nonetheless been very stable. On high of that, he had 4 targets, 1 help, 27 pictures, 10 hits, and 9 blocks throughout the earlier two weeks, so anybody who made their fantasy playoffs with Meier on the roster might be not complaining too loudly. In head-to-head leagues, timing is all the pieces, and Meier’s timing has been nice this season.
Adam Fantilli Has 40+ Non-PPG and 40+ Non-PPA Throughout The Final Two Seasons
Connor Bedard has had an enormous 2025-26 season (when wholesome), Leo Carlsson has had a breakout 12 months for the division-leading Anaheim Geese, and Zach Werenski dominates the protection in Columbus, so it type of is sensible that Adam Fantilli has been… I do not need to say forgotten about, however actually not celebrated just like the others. Nonetheless, there are simply six forwards age-22 or youthful with at the very least 40 targets and 40 assists outdoors of the ability play over the past two years.
One in every of them is Macklin Celebrini, and the opposite is Columbus’ top-line centre:
Fantilli’s playmaking has seen an enchancment, so even when he is not going to achieve the 30-goal mark like he did final 12 months, he is added one other dimension to his sport. He additionally has extra pictures on aim already this season than he did as a sophomore, so there’s an enchancment there as properly. If Fantilli had been capturing 16% as he did final 12 months, he’d have already got a 30-30 season, and the dialog might be so much totally different. He simply crested the 200-game plateau a few weeks in the past and is the locked top-line/high PP centre for a rising Blue Jackets squad. That he is not filling the online will in all probability make him a draft low cost in September, and we like draft reductions.
Matt Boldy Is the Solely Participant With 60 Targets, 60 Assists, 100 blocks, 100 hits, and 400 Pictures Over the Final Two Years
Boldy is called one of many high younger aim scorers within the league, and he is positively that as he is tied for 20th in aim scoring over the past two seasons. That additionally overlooks that he is an important multi-category producer, although. Actually, throughout the final two seasons, he’s the one ahead with at the very least 60 targets, 60 assists, 400 pictures, 100 blocks, and 100 hits:
Discover that of that group, solely Boldy and Mark Scheifele have at the very least 60 targets and 80 assists, and Boldy has over 500 pictures, far exceeding everybody else. Hagel wants two blocks to get to the 100-block mark, so he’ll in all probability be a part of Boldy on this group.
Relying on league dimension and all that, Boldy was in all probability picked someplace between picks 20-35 in most fantasy drafts again in September. In multi-cat codecs, it’s going to be laborious to argue for him outdoors the top-25 for the 2025-26 season, and there is in all probability a case to be made for him someplace within the 10-15 vary.
Olen Zellweger Has Extra Targets, PIMs, Hits, and Blocks Than Luke Hughes Over the Final Two Years
Staying with multi-cat worth, there is a participant bringing some that may not be anticipated, and that is Anaheim’s Olen Zellweger. At least, for a participant his age who does not get top-pair minutes, Zellweger is doing fairly properly, particularly in comparison with a recent who will get much more consideration within the fantasy realm than Zellweger does:
In over 500 fewer minutes performed, Zellweger has extra targets, PIMs, hits, and blocks, and solely 13 fewer pictures. Hughes has an enormous edge in assists, so it type of washes out the multi-cat edge that Zellweger has, however that the Geese blue liner has finished all that in over 500 fewer minutes performed ought to underscore the upside he has if he will get an even bigger function. The issue Zellweger will run into is that he is on a roster with Jackson LaCombe and if the Geese re-sign John Carlson, there are a few massive roadblocks to top-pair or significant power-play minutes. Zellweger has the instruments to see an enormous improve in his fantasy worth, but when he does not have the function, he will not have the supplies to manufacture that fantasy worth.
Dustin Wolf Is 1 of 10 Goalies With 50+ wins, .900 Save Proportion Final Two Years
Throughout the final two seasons, there are simply 10 goalies with at the very least 50 wins and a .900 save proportion. That Wolf discover himself on this listing, contemplating the standard of the Calgary Flames throughout the final two seasons, is sort of a miracle:
After all, Wolf has simply 22 wins in 50 begins up to now in 2025-26. Amongst 31 goalies with at the very least 35 begins, that ranks 25th by win proportion (44%). The typical win proportion of that listing is just below 52%, and that features Kevin Lankinen (21%). Calgary’s lack of offence places a number of stress on Wolf to maintain the opposition to 2-or-fewer targets, and that may not get an entire lot higher subsequent season. Regardless, he is been about pretty much as good as may very well be hoped for in that state of affairs, and keeper/dynasty house owners needs to be completely satisfied to have him on their rosters for the following decade.
