Can Elvis Merzlikins and the Blue Jackets complete the home-and-home sweep of the Rangers?
Wednesday, Feb. 28. Two-game slate.
* = confirmed or probable
Elvis Merzlikins, CLB* at Igor Shesterkin, NYR (7 p.m. ET)
Jordan Binnington, STL* at Stuart Skinner, EDM* (8:30 p.m. ET)
Streaming Options
Elvis Merzlikins, CLB at NYR (22% rostered)
Tough break for fantasy managers as Merzlikins is your only viable streaming option. The Rangers and Jackets are completing a home-and-home series, and with the Jackets victorious on home ice with Merzlikins stopping 38 of 40 shots, I find the odds of them completing the sweep rather low.
That's not to say (another) upset isn't possible, but given how overmatched the Jackets usually are in these matchups -- not to mention they're on the road and the Rangers have the best home record in the East -- the only real upside for streaming Merzlikins is hoping he has a really good save percentage and piles up a bunch of saves.