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We've reached what the NHL planned on being the last week of the regular season.  Due to COVID, the season goes into next week, but depending on your league format, this could be the end of your season.  I assume for most of you in head to head leagues, your season ends on Saturday, while those of you in roto leagues it goes through the new end of the season next week, but either way, it's time to make your final move.  At this point, most of the hard work is done, but everything around the margins matter.  I won't be talking about what guys are holds or not at this point because everything is about your current situation.  If you have to cut a star player because he's going to miss a game, do it, because volume is what counts.  In this post, I'm going to break down the schedule for this week and what we're looking to do as far as streamers go.  If you have specific questions, please ask them in the comments section so I can help you out.  Let's get to it!
If you just looked at the boxscore from Wednesday night, you'd see Jesse Puljujarvi scored a goal.  Nothing exciting there.  However, the big news is that he spent the entire game on the first power play unit.  The person in that spot has changed throughout the season.  Neal, Chiasson, Yamamoto, and now Puljujarvi have all had the opportunity.  It's also notable that with 3 minutes left, the Oilers went on the power play up one.  Nurse was out there to be safe having two defensemen out there, but it wasn't Puljujarvi who lost his spot, it was RNH.  With Puljujarvi locked into that spot for the time being, he gets bumped up to elite streamer status.  With five points in the past six games, things are starting to look up for the former fourth overall pick.  Let's take a look at what else happened over the last two nights:
For one night at least, the hype was real.  We've been hearing about Kirill Kaprizov for a few years now and his long awaited NHL debut couldn't have gone any better.  Kaprizov scored the game winning goal in overtime, finishing with an additional two assists and two shots on goal with a +3 rating in 21:52.  Cheers to all of you who have been sitting on him in dynasties and everyone who took him in DFS while he was still incredibly underpriced.  The first eight games for the Wild are against the three California teams so I'm expecting a big start from Kaprizov.  I'd have to say he's the Calder favorite if Evason is going to play him over 20 minutes in his first game.  Let's take a look at what else happened on Thursday night:
It's here!  The 2021 NHL Season will finally start at 5:30 EST tonight in a battle of Pennsylvania.  I'm going to give some late minute updates in this post for your streaming and DFS needs.  Let's get to it! The lines in Philadelphia are quite different than we are used to.  Most notably, Kevin Hayes is starting the season centering Claude Giroux and Joel Farabee, while Hayes is also playing on the first power play unit.  He had a solid first season in Philadelphia, but year two could be even better.  Hayes had only seven PPP last season so if that increases on the top unit, he could play into a bottom end hold.  Worst case, he should be an elite streamer.