Playoff hockey starts this month...plus a big contest between two California teams
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 generally rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues.
3 games on Wednesday, April 1
* = confirmed
Kevin Lankinen, VAN at Mackenzie Blackwood, COL (8:30 p.m. ET)
Jordan Binnington, STL at Darcy Kuemper, LA (9 p.m. ET)
Lukas Dostal, ANA at Yaroslav Askarov, SJ (10 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Jordan Binnington, STL @ LA (45% rostered) - FanDuel $7,500
The Blues are 31-31-11 and four points behind the Predators for the second Wild Card spot with a game in hand. Joel Hofer has taken over as the team's top netminder but Binnington has worked his way back into a quasi-timeshare with his recent play. Binnington is 4-1-0 with a 1.62 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in March. St. Louis will need both netminders to be at the top of their games down the stretch to possibly make the postseason.
Yaroslav Askarov, SJ vs. ANA (32% rostered) - FanDuel $7,000
Askarov, struggling since the Olympics (3,54 GAA, .875 save percentage in seven games) limited to just two appearances over the Sharks' last 10 games due to injuries, was between the pipes for San Jose on Monday. He stopped 22 of 26 shots in the win and should be in net most of the Sharks' remaining games as long as he is healthy. Askarov picked up his 20th win of the season with the victory.
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