Fantasy Hockey Schedule Week 19: Could Be Breaking Records

Fantasy Hockey Schedule Week 19: Could Be Breaking Records

Week 19 is loaded with a ton of games.  This could be the week that you break records in your fantasy hockey pool if you have players from the right teams.

Only the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes play twice, while every other team plays three or more times.  In fact, there are 14 teams that play four games this week. 

Now that we are past the All-Star break, every single game has more meaning as teams are fighting for playoff spots.  So expect your star players to be at their best from here on out.

Here are the games to be played in Week 19:

	GP	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
ANAHEIM	4	CGY		CAR		@DET		@CBJ
BOSTON	2			@BUF			NAS
BUFFALO	3			BOS		DAL	TB
CALGARY	4	@ANA		@SJ	@PHO		VAN
CAROLINA	2			@ANA		@COL
CHICAGO	3		@COL			@SJ	@PHO
COLORADO	3		CHI			CAR	@STL
COLUMBUS	4		MIN		DAL		@MIN	ANA
DALLAS	4		PHO		@CBJ	@BUF		LA
DETROIT	4	@PHO		EDM		ANA		PHI
EDMONTON	3	@TOR		@DET			@OTT
FLORIDA	4		@WAS		LA		@NJ	@NYI
LOS ANGELES	4		@TB		@FLA		@NYI	@DAL
MINNESOTA	3		@CBJ		VAN		CBJ
MONTREAL	3		PIT		@NYI		@TOR
NASHVILLE	3		VAN		@OTT		@BOS
NEW JERSEY	3		@NYR		STL		FLA
NY ISLANDERS	4		@PHI		MON		LA	FLA
NY RANGERS	4		NJ		TB		@PHI	WAS
OTTAWA	3		STL		NAS		EDM
PHILADELPHIA	4		NYI		TOR		NYR	@DET
PHOENIX	4	DET	@DAL		CGY		CHI
PITTSBURGH	3		@MON				WPG	TB
SAN JOSE	3			CGY		CHI		@STL
ST. LOUIS	4		@OTT		@NJ		COL	SJ
TAMPA BAY	4		LA		@NYR		@BUF	@PIT
TORONTO	4	EDM	@WPG		@PHI		MON
VANCOUVER	3		@NAS		@MIN		@CGY
WASHINGTON	3		FLA		WPG			@NYR
WINNIPEG	3		TOR		@WAS		@PIT

When it comes to dressing your players for the upcoming week—especially your goalies—it is important to know which team is on a long road trip and which team will enjoy an extended period at home.

Listed below are the teams that play at least three home/away games this week, or play all their games at home or on the road (home/road records through February 3, 2012):

HOME: Buffalo (11-9-6), Columbus (8-13-3), Detroit (20-2-1), New York I (11-11-4), New York R (15-5-2), Ottawa (14-9-1), Philadelphia (12-7-4) and Phoenix (10-10-4)

AWAY: Calgary (10-14-4), Carolina (6-13-6), Chicago (10-10-3), Edmonton (6-18-2), Florida (11-10-4), Los Angeles (10-5-6), Tampa Bay (8-16-3) and Vancouver (16-9-1)

If you participate in any type of head-to-head hockey pool, you are likely dressing a lineup for each scoring period, which usually ends on Sunday.

As the week comes to an end and you find yourself in a close battle for those wins, you want as many players as possible playing for you.

Here are the teams that play on Sunday (February 12, 2012):

SUNDAY: Anaheim, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Los Angeles, New York I, New York R, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Jose, St. Louis, Tampa Bay and Washington

When you are deciding which goalie to dress, you need to look at the NHL schedule to see if your goalie's team will play in a back-to-back game that week.

Most coaches will not dress the same goalie in back-to-back games, so that is something to consider when you are thinking about which goalie to dress. 

Here are the teams that play in back-to-back games this week:

BACK-TO-BACK: Buffalo, Calgary, Chicago, Colorado, Columbus, Dallas, Florida, Los Angeles, New York I, New York R, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa Bay and Toronto

Knowing which team is on a hot streak or cold streak will help in making your lineup decisions. 

For example, you definitely want to dress a goalie from teams that are on a hot streak. Here are the Top 5 and Bottom 5 teams over their last 10 games, through February 3, 2012:

TOP 5: Detroit (9-1-0), Nashville (8-2-0), Pittsburgh (8-2-0), St. Louis (7-1-2) and Anaheim (7-2-1)

BOTTOM 5: Columbus (2-7-1), Dallas (3-6-1), Colorado (3-6-1), Buffalo (3-6-1) and Montreal (3-5-2)

Fantasy hockey is all about offense, and what better place to generate offense than the power play?  Here are the Top 5 power play teams through February 3, 2012:

1. Vancouver Canucks: 22.9 percent
2. Nashville Predators: 21.8 percent
3. Edmonton Oilers: 21.4 percent
4. Philadelphia Flyers: 20.9 percent
5. New York Islanders: 20.3 percent

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Aaron Brouwer is the co-creator of www.fantasyhockeycoach.com.  FHC is a free fantasy hockey service that developed a ranking system combining post-lockout statistics, current factors and our own hockey knowledge.  Brouwer writes about fantasy hockey on Bleacher Report. You can contact Coach Brouwer at [e-mail].