The Lightning Staying Afloat Offensively Thanks to Hagel
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 and/or for daily fantasy games.
Brandon Hagel, LW/RW, TB @ TOR (98% rostered) - FanDuel $7,800
Tampa Bay has basically been an infirmary the past several weeks. The Lightning have been missing at one time or another recently, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, Nick Paul, Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh. Raising his play to help Tampa survive has been Hagel, who has 10 goals his past eight contests, giving him 17 tallies in 27 games on the season.
Matthew Coronato, RW, CGY vs. BUF (15% rostered) - FanDuel $5,000
Coronato' season can best be compared to a roller coaster. A five-game pointless streak followed by five contests with points only to then have four straight games without denting the scoresheet. Despite the up-and-down nature of his season, Coronato has nine goals and seven assists in 29 appearances, albeit with.a minus-16 rating. He is behind the pace he set as a rookie last season, though another hot streak would get him almost back on the beam.
Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN @ SEA (28% rostered) - FanDuel $5,200
Zuccarello's goal scoring has talied off even further this season, as he has just two markers in 14 games. But his playmaking remains just as potent, as he has notched 10 assists in those appearances after missing the start of the season due to injury. Zuccarello remains on the Wild's top line with Kirill Kaprizov and first power play unit, which aids his ability to create scoring chances.
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