Friday's best options include Vegas center Nicolas Roy, St. Louis captain Brayden Schenn and Seattle right winger Jordan Eberle.
Ivan Barbashev, C/LW, VEG at NYR (42% rostered)
Chandler Stephenson, C, VEG at NYR (29% rostered)
Nicolas Roy, C/RW, VEG at NYR (5% rostered)
Stephenson's line with Mark Stone and Pavel Dorofeyev has struggled a little bit, so I would lean toward Roy and Barbashev here.
Roy has scored multiple points in three of his past four games while Barbashev's working on a four-game points streak. If you're looking for some faceoff wins, Roy's the pick, but if you want some hits, then it's clearly Barbashev. The Rangers have been struggling, losing three of their past four and seven of their past 10.
Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL at SEA (42% rostered)
Jake Neighbours, LW/RW, STL at SEA (7% rostered)
Schenn's on a three-game goal streak and arguably been the best Blue lately with eight points in eight games. Neighbours has also been productive, though on a much lesser scale with three points in three games.
I lean Schenn, just because he provides more category coverage. Both play on the same line at even strength but Neighbours narrows the gap playing PP1, which the Blues rely on much more heavily than their second unit.
For a pretty raucous arena, the Kraken have never been particularly good at home. Schenn has been pretty productive against the Kraken in his career as well, scoring six points in six games.
Sam Bennett, C, FLA at PIT (37% rostered)
Anton Lundell, C, FLA at PIT (4% rostered)
It'll be really interesting to see how the Panthers play this. Rather than disrupt the chemistry Lundell had established with Sam Reinhart and break up Bennett's line upon Aleksander Barkov's return, they opted to slot Barkov on a line with Evan Rodrigues and Mackie Samoskevich instead.
Should the Panthers keep the same lines, that means Lundell maintains his fantasy value while playing next to Reinhart and Bennett retains his spot between Matthew Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe.
The safer play is Bennett, who will be their No. 2 center no matter what happens, and Lundell's offensive ceiling is lower despite his recent scoring surge. However, if Lundell skates on the top line again, he's worth streaming.
Jonathan Drouin, LW, COL vs. LA (30% rostered)
I'm still intrigued by Drouin, who maintains his spot on the top line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen even with Artturi Lehkonen returning to the lineup. Drouin's looking to extend his scoring streak to three games and continues to skate a ton of minutes, relatively speaking; while he's not playing 28 minutes per game, he's still averaging well over 20, which puts him in near the top of the league.
Jordan Eberle, RW, SEA vs. STL (29% rostered)
Eberle has been low-key excellent with a four-game points streak and his line with Jared McCann offers the most offensive upside. What's a little concerning about Eberle's hot run is the relatively low shot volume; it's usually a sign that he's getting a little lucky with his chances and that it's not sustainable in the long run unless he can overcome the pending regression with higher volume.