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.
Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN @ DET (20% rostered) - FanDuel $5,800
Zuccarello extended his assist and point streak to three games with a pair of helpers Saturday. On the season, Zucc is up to 15 goals and 34 apples in 56 contests, leaving him just a point shy of hitting the 50-point mark for the fifth straight season despite missing 20 games due to injury. Zuccarello sits 40 games shy of a 1,000 and 11 points south of 750 for his fine career.
Evgeni Malkin, C/LW/RW, PIT vs. FLA (63% rostered) - FanDuel $6,700
Malkin missed nine games due to two separate absences in March, returning the last day of the month. He showed Saturday he has not lost his scoring touch, notching a hat trick with an assist. After a red-hot start, Malkin's production slowed, but he still has posted 18 tallies and 39 helpers in 53 appearances, exceeding his 2024-25 production and just 10 points shy of his 2023-24 output despite playing in 29 fewer contests.
Gabe Perreault, RW, NYR vs. WSH (9% rostered) - FanDuel $4,300
Perreault became the fourth Rangers rookie in the past three decades to record a hat trick Saturday, joining Chris Kreider (2013), Derek Stepan (2010) and Jan Hlavac (2000). He is making the most of his top line placement next to Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafreniere, posting seven goals and 17 points in 20 games since the Olympic break. Perreault, a first round pick, 23rd overall out of Boston College in 2023, is up to 10 goals and 15 assists in 44 games this season.
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