Victor Olofsson Gets A Point Against New York Thursday

Buffalo Sabres right-winger Victor Olofsson has enjoyed a nice season from an offensive standpoint. He notched a power play assist on Thursday versus the New York Islanders. Olofsson set up Kyle Okposo to tie the game at 1 very late in the first period. Olofsson also had four shots on goal and three scoring chances […]

Kyle Okposo Scores Power-Play Goal In Defeat

Buffalo Sabres right-winger Kyle Okposo loves to play against his former team and he scored again in New York on Thursday night. His power play goal with a minute left in the first period tied the game at 1. The winger had a ton of scoring chances in this game as he led Buffalo with […]

Noah Dobson Scores And Adds Assist In Win Thursday

New York Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson has been playing better and better lately. Dobson scored a goal and added an assist against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. The defenseman picked up a secondary assist on the Mathew Barzal opening goal in the first period. Then, he sealed the game midway through the third period […]

Semyon Varlamov Stops 36 Shots In New York Win

New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 shots in the 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Only a late first period Kyle Okposo power-play goal kept Varlamov from getting his first shutout of the 2021-22 season. The Russian goaltender came into the night with just one win in eight appearances (1-5-1). […]

Mathew Barzal Returns With Three Points Against Buffalo

New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal was on a six-game point streak before winding up in COVID protocol and missing more than two weeks. He returned on Thursday night and promptly scored and added two assists in the 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Barzal opened the scoring 12:35 into the first period which sent […]

Ondrej Palat Dishes Two Assists In Defeat Thursday

Tampa Bay Lightning left-winger Ondrej Palat has enjoyed his time in the top-six and he was rewarded with more power-play time on Thursday. The result was two assists and more than five minutes on the man advantage. Palat set up Steven Stamkos for one goal and then Brayden Point for an early third period goal. […]

Steven Stamkos Extends Point Streak To Five Games

Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos did it again on Thursday night as he scored a goal against the Florida Panthers. That goal extended his point run to five games. Stamkos notched his 15th goal of the season on a nice play from Ondrej Palat to cut the deficit to 4-2 at the time. Stamkos […]

Brayden Point Scores Again In Loss Thursday

Tampa Bay Lightning centerman Brayden Point found a way to get a puck past Spencer Knight on Thursday night. That gives him three goals in his two games since coming back from injury. Point had three shots on goal and three scoring chances on the night. Though he finished minus-three on Thursday, Point was still […]

Spencer Knight Nets Big Win At Home Thursday

Florida Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight may have gotten lost in the shuffle a bit in Florida's 9-3 win against Tampa Bay on Thursday. Knight stopped 39 of 42 shots in the win as the goaltender had an answer every time the Lightning started to seize control of the game. He made several key saves which […]

Anthony Duclair Nets Two More Goals Thursday

Florida Panthers left-winger Anthony Duclair continued his strong season with two goals on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Duclair opened the scoring just 2:10 into the contest with his 11th goal of the season. If that was not enough, the winger scored again early in the third period for his 12th goal of […]

Jonathan Huberdeau's Five-Point Performance Sinks Lightning

Florida Panthers left-winger Jonathan Huberdeau spearheaded a nine-goal outburst against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Huberdeau scored once and dished out four assists in the "Battle Of Florida". The left-winger helped set the tone early contributing to Florida's first two goals. Huberdeau scored on the man advantage 11:22 into the game to give […]

San Jose Adds Mario Ferraro To COVID Protocol List

San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro was added to the COVID protocol list while Jonathan Dahlen was taken off. Ferraro provided an excellent floor in "banger" leagues and daily fantasy with his ability to deliver hits and block shots well. Ferraro was averaging nearly three blocked shots a game and 3.6 hits a contest over […]

James Reimer Starts Thursday Against Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer will start again on Thursday versus the Philadelphia Flyers. Reimer won a wild affair on Tuesday night where San Jose allowed 46 shots and seven goals in an 8-7 victory. Before that, Reimer had four consecutive quality starts (career high .688 this year) while yielding just six goals and […]

Jaden Schwartz To Sit Out Thursday Against Calgary

Seattle Kraken center Jaden Schwartz will miss Thursday night's game against the Calgary Flames. He apparently suffered an upper-body injury in Wednesday night's contest versus the Philadelphia Flyers. It is expected that Yanni Gourde will take on an even more expansive role than he did last night. Schwartz could miss more than one game and […]

Jaroslav Halak Faces Los Angeles On Thursday

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jaroslav Halak will spell Thatcher Demko on Thursday night in net. Halak will start against the Los Angeles Kings as Vancouver tries to extend their winning streak to eight games. The concern for the Canucks is that Halak has not played particularly well winning just once in six decisions (1-4-1). Even in […]

Jonathan Quick Looks To Rebound Thursday Against Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick will start again on Thursday versus the Vancouver Canucks. Quick will look to bounce back from Tuesday night's appearance where he allowed five goals on just 15 shots in 22:47 of action against the Vegas Golden Knights. On the bright side, Quick is well rested and ready to go […]

Jacob Markstrom Will Start Thursday In Seattle

Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom will start Thursday night against the Seattle Kraken. Markstrom endured his first real rough patch of the 2021-22 season as he has lost his last three decisions (0-2-1). The road is almost his refuge as the Swedish goaltender is 6-3-1 away from home with an amazing .950 save percentage. Seattle […]

Chris Driedger Gets Start Against Calgary Thursday

Seattle Kraken goaltender Chris Driedger will start against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Driedger will go up against Jacob Markstrom. Calgary has lost four straight games but is 11-4-2 on the road this season. The Seattle goalie had won three consecutive contests before giving up four goals on 40 shots against the Edmonton Oilers […]

Sam Carrick Scores Lone Goal For Anaheim Wednesday

Anaheim Ducks center Sam Carrick scored the only goal against the Vancouver Canucks. The first period goal was Carrick's seventh of the season in just 25 games. Due to COVID and injuries, Carrick played 16:40 of ice time and saw a brief shift on the power play to go along with his 69 seconds of […]

John Gibson Returns Quality Performance In Loss Wednesday

Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson saw a lot of pucks come his way against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. He nearly held the fort as Vancouver finally tied the game early in the third period. Then, the Canucks won the game just 26 seconds into overtime off an unassisted goal. It was that kind of […]

Thatcher Demko Extends Winning Streak To Six Games

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko delivered another quality start and upped his run to six straight games with a win on Wednesday night. He stopped all but one shot against the Anaheim Ducks. Overall, Demko only had to stop 22 of 23 shots but after an early Sam Carrick goal, the Vancouver goalie was perfect […]

Tanner Pearson Scores On Wednesday

Vancouver Canucks left-winger Tanner Pearson helped extend the Canucks streak to seven games with a goal early in the third period on Wednesday. His fifth tally of the season tied the game at one versus the Anaheim Ducks. What may have been more impressive was the fact that Pearson fired seven shots on John Gibson […]

J.T. Miller Delivers Game-Winning Goal Wednesday

Vancouver Canucks center J.T. Miller raised his point streak to seven games on Wednesday night with a goal and assist against the Anaheim Ducks. Miller took advantage of a few Anaheim miscues and helped set up Tanner Pearson's goal early in the third period to tie the game at 1. Then, during the first shift […]

Jeremy Lauzon Surprises With First Goal Of Season Wednesday

Seattle Kraken defenseman Jeremy Lauzon is not known for scoring goals. In 101 career NHL games, Lauzon had scored just three times. It is why Wednesday was such a shock to some. The defenseman had three shots on goal and several scoring chances in the overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Furthermore, his goal gave […]

Yanni Gourde Returns With A Goal In Overtime Loss

Seattle Kraken center Yanni Gourde returned after missing a total of three weeks with a goal against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. He tied the game at 1 on the power play with a little over seven minutes remaining in the opening stanza. Carson Soucy and Morgan Geekie set him up on the goal. Gourde, […]

Martin Jones Stands Tall In Overtime Win Wednesday

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Martin Jones benefitted from the long break and it showed on Wednesday night versus the Seattle Kraken. Jones flashed the form fantasy owners saw in the first month of the regular season during the 3-2 overtime win. He stopped 34 of 36 shots including some quality saves in the final moments. This […]

Ivan Provorov Ends Game Wednesday

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov saved his best moment for last against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night. Provorov converted on a play made by Kevin Hayes as he scored the game winning goal 2:14 into overtime. That gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 win. This was Provorov's only shot of the game. He did […]

James van Riemsdyk Scores Twice In Win Wednesday

Philadelphia Flyers left-winger James van Riemsdyk netted two goals on Wednesday night against the Seattle Kraken. The first goal opened the scoring just 4:44 into the game on the power play. The second was a clutch game-tying goal just seconds after Jeremy Lauzon made the game 2-1 for Seattle. It has been a nice run […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (12/29/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Chris and I write a ton on RotoBaller. The sports universe of writing here spans from NASCAR to football to college sports to of course, hockey. If you have not checked some of those articles out then make sure you do! It is the return […]

Jonathan Quick Comes Up Snake Eyes Against Vegas

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick wished his night was not less than 23 minutes long on Tuesday. The Vegas Golden Knights scored three goals in 76 seconds midway through the first period on Tuesday. Then, Vegas added two more goals in the first 2:47 of the second stanza. That chased Quick as he gave […]