The week's best fantasy hockey waiver pickups include Quinton Byfield, who offers upside from his points and pucks on net, which have been on the rise since the beginning of February.
The Chicago Blackhawks, coming into Thursday losers of three straight since the 4-Nations Face-Off, needed a game in which they played well so badly. Winning would be nice but they hadn't even had a game that they weren't thoroughly outplayed yet.
Goalie Nikke Kokko was called up from the Coachella Valley Firebirds to play in net for the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night in St. Louis. The 6'3", 184 lb, 2022 NHL draft pick from Oulu, Finland, is the youngest goalie to make his NHL debut this season at 20 years and 347 days old.
The Chicago Blackhawks, in the middle of getting completely outplayed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, had one ray of sunshine show up in the second period.
BOSTON, MA -- Following the New York Islanders’ 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins, forward Marc Gatcomb celebrated his return to his home state of Massachusetts.
The Calgary Flames (28-22-8) traveled to Florida to play the red hot Tampa Bay Lightning, following one of their best games of the year on Tuesday. Unfortunately, the visitors didn't get a shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 27 saves for a 3-0 shutout win, his first career shutout against Calgary.
Ilya Sorokin made 38 saves to help the Islanders hold on for a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins, snapping their losing streak at four games on Thursday night.