On every game day this season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy managers to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The recommended goalies can be used in standard fantasy leagues or for daily fantasy games.
11 Games for Thursday, Oct. 17
* = confirmed
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Pheonix Copley, LA at Cayden Primeau, MON (7 p.m. ET)
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Jacob Markstrom, NJ at Linus Ullmark, OTT (7 p.m. ET)
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Adin Hill, VEG at Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB (7 p.m. ET)
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Kevin Lankinen, VAN at Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA (7 p.m. ET)
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Jake Oettinger, DAL at Charlie Lindgren, WSH (7 p.m. ET)
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Devon Levi, BUF at Daniil Tarasov, CLB* (7 p.m. ET)
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Jonathan Quick, NYR at Cam Talbot, DET* (7:30 p.m. ET)
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Ilya Sorokin, NYI at Joel Hofer, STL (8 p.m. ET)
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Stuart Skinner, EDM at Juuse Saros, NSH (8 p.m. ET)
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Vitek Vanecek, SJ at Arvid Soderblom, CHI (8:30 p.m. ET)
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Ivan Fedotov, PHI at Philipp Grubauer, SEA (10 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Devon Levi, BUF at CLB (16% rostered)
With Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen getting the start Wednesday in Pittsburgh, look for Levi to get the nod in Columbus. He’s been excellent so far this season with a .919 SP in two games and certainly has a chance to wrestle the No. 1 job away from Luukkonen. He’s already fended off James Reimer, who was signed in the summer as insurance but waived and claimed by the Ducks following the Global Series in Czechia. Another strong start should really make the Sabres reconsider their goalie rotation going forward.
The Jackets are coming off an emotional home opener honoring the Gaudreau brothers and expected to start backup Daniil Tarasov, who allowed four goals on 30 shots in his season debut. Levi definitely has the edge here.
Arvid Soderblom, CHI vs. SJ (1% rostered)
This is a good matchup for Soderblom if he gets the start. He allowed just two goals on 35 shots in his season debut despite getting tagged with the loss against the Jets, and now faces a winless team that’s scored just six goals in three games. The Sharks will be without top prospect Macklin Celebrini, taking a huge bite out of their offense.
The Blackhawks’ 1-2-1 record doesn’t really show it, but they’re an improved team from last season, having beaten the Oilers, 5-2, and losing to the Flames and Jets on the road by a two-goal margin in total. This will be Soderblom’s first career start against the Sharks.
Philipp Grubauer, SEA vs. PHI (15% rostered)
It looks like the Kraken will rotate…