Boost your fantasy squad! Discover defensemen like Travis Sanheim and John Klingberg whose power-play roles unlock new scoring potential.
On every game day this season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy hockey managers to stream, roster or utilize in standard leagues and/or DFS games. Players and goalies highlighted for streaming in standard leagues are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues.
Darren Raddysh, D, TB at MTL (52% rostered) - FanDuel $5,600
Perhaps dropping Raddysh in fantasy upon Victor Hedman's return is a little premature. Raddysh was very productive when Hedman was out and in yesterday's game maintained his role as PP1 QB. With the Lightning getting shut out two games in a row, they may change things up to spark their offense, but if Raddysh is on PP1 again, he's worth streaming.
Travis Sanheim, D, PHI vs. SJ (26% rostered) - FanDuel $4,800
Sanheim has picked up his scoring lately with four helpers in his past six games, nearly doubling his season total in just two weeks. He’s the QB on the Flyers’ ever-changing PP1, so view this as a short-term opportunity rather than a potentially longer term hold in standard leagues.
Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS at STL (6% rostered) - FanDuel $5,200
Lindholm’s offensive production isn’t very predictable and he scores sporadically. For a PP QB, he doesn’t have as much upside as most other PP QB’s, but the deployment certainly adds fantasy value, and the Blues penalty killing ranks in the bottom third of the league.
John Klingberg, D, SJ at PHI (3% rostered) - FanDuel $4,900
It’s debatable how much of a difference Klingberg really makes to the Sharks’ power play, but at least he’s been put in a position to score points. With only nine points on the season, Klingberg can be a boom-or-bust fantasy play, though note he’s coming off a two-point game against the Canes.
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