Weekly Schedule
Games per team for the week of 2017-12-18. Highlighted columns = off-nights (<8 games league-wide — max streamer leverage). B2B = back-to-backs; Opp GF/GA = how much the week's opponents score / give up per game (high Opp GA = soft schedule); red pattern badges (3in4, 5in7…) = compressed stretches that drain legs and force backup goalies, green light = rest-heavy week. 2026-27 appears automatically once the NHL publishes it.
❓ How to read this (plain English)
Fantasy weeks are won on volume: more games, more off-nights, softer opponents.
- Off-night
- A date with few NHL games — your streamed player fills an empty roster slot instead of benching someone.
- Opp GF / GA
- How much this week's opponents score and allow per game. High Opp GA = soft goaltending ahead = start your skaters.
- 3in4 / 5in7
- Compressed stretches — tired legs, backup goalies. Red = grind; green light = rested week.
- B2B
- Back-to-back sets — the second night usually means the backup goalie starts.
| Team | Mon 12-18 5g | Tue 12-19 10g | Wed 12-20 3g | Thu 12-21 10g | Fri 12-22 4g | Sat 12-23 15g | Sun 12-24 0g | Mon 12-25 0g | Tue 12-26 0g | Wed 12-27 11g | Thu 12-28 7g | Fri 12-29 11g | Sat 12-30 6g | Sun 12-31 8g | GP | Off | B2B | Opp GF | Opp GA | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | CBJ | @BUF | WPG | DET | OTT | @WSH | @OTT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3.15 | 3.01 | 3in44in6 | |||||||
| CBJ | @BOS | TOR | @PIT | PHI | @PIT | @OTT | TBL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3.31 | 3.09 | 3in44in6 | |||||||
| ANA | @NJD | @NYR | @NYI | @PIT | VGK | CGY | ARI | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2.95 | 3.04 | 3in44in6 | |||||||
| PHI | LAK | DET | @BUF | @CBJ | @FLA | @TBL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3.09 | 3.02 | 3in44in6 | ||||||||
| WSH | @DAL | @ARI | @VGK | @NYR | BOS | NJD | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3.09 | 2.96 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| MTL | @VAN | @CGY | @EDM | @CAR | @TBL | @FLA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| NJD | ANA | NYR | CHI | DET | BUF | @WSH | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3.03 | 3.13 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| TOR | CAR | @CBJ | @NYR | @ARI | @COL | @VGK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.25 | 2.87 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| MIN | @OTT | @FLA | @TBL | DAL | NSH | @NSH | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.18 | 3.06 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| ARI | FLA | WSH | COL | @COL | TOR | @ANA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.29 | 3.02 | |||||||||
| STL | @CGY | @EDM | @VAN | NSH | @DAL | CAR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.06 | 3.17 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| COL | PIT | @LAK | @ARI | ARI | TOR | NYI | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.02 | 3.13 | |||||||||
| PIT | @COL | CBJ | ANA | CBJ | @CAR | @DET | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 | 3 | |||||||||
| EDM | SJS | STL | MTL | @WPG | CHI | WPG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.9 | 3.21 | |||||||||
| CAR | @TOR | @NSH | BUF | MTL | PIT | @STL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.2 | 3.18 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| TBL | @VGK | OTT | MIN | MTL | PHI | @CBJ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.2 | 2.97 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| OTT | MIN | @TBL | @FLA | @BOS | CBJ | BOS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.22 | 3.01 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| DET | @NYI | @PHI | @BOS | @NJD | NYR | PIT | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.03 | 3.01 | |||||||||
| NSH | WPG | CAR | @DAL | @STL | @MIN | MIN | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.17 | 2.93 | 3in4 | ||||||||
| DAL | WSH | CHI | NSH | @MIN | STL | SJS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 | 3.16 | |||||||||
| NYI | DET | ANA | WPG | BUF | @WPG | @COL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 | 3.03 | |||||||||
| WPG | @NSH | @BOS | @NYI | EDM | NYI | @EDM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.11 | 3.08 | |||||||||
| LAK | @PHI | COL | @SJS | VGK | @VAN | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3.08 | 3.13 | ||||||||||
| FLA | @ARI | MIN | OTT | PHI | MTL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.24 | 2.96 | ||||||||||
| CGY | STL | MTL | @SJS | @ANA | CHI | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.01 | 3.3 | 3in4 | |||||||||
| SJS | @EDM | VAN | LAK | CGY | @DAL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.91 | 3.16 | ||||||||||
| VAN | MTL | @SJS | STL | CHI | LAK | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | 3.18 | ||||||||||
| BUF | BOS | PHI | @CAR | @NYI | @NJD | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3.06 | 2.95 | ||||||||||
| VGK | TBL | WSH | @ANA | @LAK | TOR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3.13 | 3.14 | ||||||||||
| CHI | @DAL | @NJD | @VAN | @EDM | @CGY | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2.93 | 3.2 | 3in4 | |||||||||
| NYR | ANA | @NJD | TOR | WSH | @DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.03 | 3.24 |