Unearth waiver wire gems! Target Brandon Bussi's win streak and Daniil Tarasov's potential matchup to boost your fantasy hockey team this December.
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10 games on Thursday, December 4
* = confirmed
Jordan Binnington, STL at Jeremy Swayman, BOS (7 p.m. ET)
Igor Shesterkin, NYR at Linus Ullmark, OTT (7 p.m. ET)
Arturs Silovs, PIT at Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB (7 p.m. ET)
Juuse Saros, NSH at Daniil Tarasov, FLA (7 p.m. ET)
Mackenzie Blackwood, COL at Ilya Sorokin, NYI (7 p.m. ET)
Dennis Hildeby, TOR at Brandon Bussi, CAR (7 p.m. ET)
Cam Talbot, DET at Jet Greaves, CBJ (7:30 p.m. ET)
Filip Gustavsson, MIN at Dustin Wolf, CGY (9 p.m. ET)
Joey Daccord, SEA at Stuart Skinner, EDM (9 p.m. ET)
Spencer Knight, CHI at Darcy Kuemper, LA (10 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Daniil Tarasov, FLA vs. NSH (4% rostered)
The Panthers have been working a rotation over the past week or so, and I think that will continue until they snap out of their losing streak. This is a really good matchup against arguably the league’s worst team, and despite winning just two games in seven starts, Tarasov has generally been pretty good this season with a .907 SP and 2.67 GAA. The Preds are averaging the fourth-lowest goals for per game.
Brandon Bussi, CAR vs. TOR (14% rostered)
Ride the hot hand, right? With Frederik Andersen struggling, the Canes have leaned on Bussi and I think he gets this start. He’s won five straight games with seven wins in eight starts this season. Granted, playing behind a very good Canes team makes things look easy – Bussi has faced only 28 shots in his past two games – but he’s also made the necessary stops. The Leafs have won three of their past four so they’ll put up a good fight, but the Canes are clearly the superior team. Bussi likely won’t provide a lot of saves, but he has a good chance of providing the win.
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