Five games on schedule highlighted by goal match up between Minnesota and Los Angeles
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.
5 games on Monday, January 5
* = confirmed
Karel Vejmelka, UTAH at Igor Shesterkin, NYR (7 p.m. ET)
Lukas Dostal, ANA at Logan Thompson, WSH (7 p.m. ET)
John Gibson, DET at Leevi Merilainen, OTT (7:30 p.m. ET)
Joey Daccord, SEA at Dustin Wolf, CGY (9:30 p.m. ET)
Filip Gustavsson, MIN at Darcy Kuemper, LA (9:30 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Leevi Merilainen, OTT vs. DET (10% rostered) - FanDuel $7,600
Merilainen has started three straight contests with Linus Ullmark (sidelined). After losing his first contest, Merilainen has won two straight, stopping 47 of 52 shots. There is no timetable for Ullmark's return, and while he remains sidelined, look for Merilainen, who saw 13 games of action last season as the backup, to see almost every start supported by Hunter Shepard.
Filip Gustavsson, MIN @ LA (98% rostered) - FanDuel $7,900
Gustavsson is having his second straight solid season. He has won consecutive outings and seven of his last eight games, allowing two or fewer goals in all seven of the victories in that span. Gustavsson is 14-8-4 on the year with a 2.45 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage over 26 appearances while splitting time in net with Jesper Wallstedt.
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