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.
Connor Bedard, C, CHI @ STL (100% rostered) - DraftKings -$8,900
Bedard is always a fine option in DFS and other leagues, but on a two-game night, he is almost a must play. The Blackhawks superstar has dented the scoresheet in five of his last six contests, notching four goals and three helpers in that span. Bedard is up to 42 points this season, tallying 19 markers and 23 apples, putting him on pace to break century mark for the first time in his career.
Dylan Holloway, C/LW, STL vs. CHI (57% rostered) - DraftKings -$5,100
Holloway, coming off a career-best 26 goals and 37 assist campaign last season, got off to an extremely slow start this season. He ha found his groove recently, notching three tallies and five helpers the past 10 contests, prior to Thursday's game. For the season, Holloway is up to eight markers and nine apples in 31 appearances while skating on the second line for St. Louis.
Jordan Eberle, RW, SEA @ UTAH (20% rostered) - DraftKings -$4,700
Eberle missed a major chunk of last season with a pelvic injury, but he was productive when he was on the ice. He finished with nine goals and 17 assists in 42 games after notching 44 points in 78 contests the prior season. Eberle is having another solid campaign. posting nine tallies and eight apples in 28 appearances and is currently riding a four-game assist streak for the Kraken.
Nick Schmaltz, C/RW, UTAH vs. SEA (71% rostered) - DraftKings -$5,900
Schmaltz began 2025-26 red-hot but endured an eight-game point drought at the end of November. He has been back on the beam since the calendar flipped to December, notching a goal and three assists his past five games. In addition, Schmaltz is now centering the Mammoth's first line with JJ Peterka and Clayton Keller, replacing the injured Logan Cooley, who will miss the next eight weeks with a lower-body injury.
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