NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Defensemen Pickups March 25 - Last Chance to Roster Blues' Faulk; Caps' Sandin Steps Up

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 or for daily fantasy games.

Justin Faulk, STL vs. MTL (47% rostered)

We’re getting close to the point where Faulk ‘graduates’ from this list. He’s been superb over the past few weeks and registered his third multi-point game in his past five games. The Habs have been playing well but they’re also not particularly good defensively and often rely on their offense to stay in games. Fun fact: Faulk has never scored a goal against the Habs in 30 career games. That streak has to end some time, and now’s a good time with Faulk and the Blues playing so well.

Brandt Clarke, LA vs. NYR (22% rostered)

The Kings on a roll with eight wins in their past nine games and their offense has been excellent with 14 goals (!) in their past two games. It’s situations like these where I don’t mind rolling the dice with Clarke, who is coming off a two-assist performance but quite pedestrian overall for the season. I do like the matchup, however; the Rangers got lucky against the Canucks to earn a 5-3 win despite getting heavily outshot and outplayed and the Kings should be able to dominate this matchup. Clarke’s fantasy upside is his PP2 role with a red-hot Quinton Byfield.

Rasmus Sandin, WSH at WPG (9% rostered)

Jakob Chychrun’s status is questionable for this game after getting cut by a skate on Saturday. Should Chychrun sit out, look for Sandin to take over on PP2. He’s had a very quiet but solid season for one of the best teams in the league, and his play is trending up with six helpers in his past 10 games. This is not an easy matchup and it might be a low-scoring, grinding affair, but the Jets have also been uncharacteristically poor defensively, allowing 14 goals in their past three games. Sandin's an option for PP2 upside in deeper leagues.

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