Free Fantasy Hockey Tools
49 tools for start/sit calls, waiver-wire pickups, category help, research and season planning. Every one is free and works for Yahoo, ESPN, Fantrax and any other league; only connecting a league needs an account.
Start with your decision
Who should I pick up?
Choose open nights first, or target a category you can still win.
Who should I start tonight?
Check goalies and injuries, then compare your options on tonight’s projections.
How do I plan next week?
Check game counts, then weigh your league's categories and goalie starts.
Which matchup helps tonight?
Inspect the opponent, then compare shots, hits, blocks or power-play production.
Should I pair these teammates?
Find tonight's stacks and check the historical evidence for their chemistry.
Set tonight’s lineup
Who starts in goal, who is hurt, where the lines landed and who projects best tonight.
- Fantasy ProjectionsProjected stats for every player tonight, this week or rest of season
- Who Should I StartCompare up to four players on tonight’s projections
- Starting GoaliesWho starts in goal tonight: confirmed, expected or projected
- Line CombinationsTonight’s forward lines, defense pairs and power-play units
- Injury ReportWho is out tonight: IR, day-to-day and returns
- Games TodayTonight’s games with team projections and starters
- Line Matchups TonightWhich line faces which tonight, and who gets last change
- Stack FinderTonight’s best line and power-play stacks
Win this week
Waiver-wire pickups for your open nights, goalie starts and which teams play the most games.
- Streamer FinderWaiver-wire pickups for the nights you have open
- Goalie Start PlannerHow many starts each goalie should get this week
- NHL Games Per WeekEvery NHL team’s games in every fantasy week of the season
- Schedule OptimizerGame counts and off-nights by team for any week
- Week PlannerPlan category targets and punts for the coming week
- Back-to-backs & restRest, back-to-back and travel edges for every game
- Waiver WireWho is moving on the waiver wire, and whether to claim or wait
Help a category
Pickups and tonight’s forecasts for hits, blocks, shots, power-play points, faceoffs and goalie stats.
- Goalie CalculatorStart or bench goalies to win your H2H goalie categories
- Category StreamersPickups for the categories you need tonight or this week
- Hits TonightWho projects for the most hits tonight
- Blocks TonightWho projects for the most blocked shots tonight
- Shots on Goal ProjectionsProjected shots on goal for every player tonight
- Power Play TonightTonight’s power-play chances and who gets the minutes
- Faceoffs TonightProjected faceoff wins for tonight’s centres
- Faceoff StreamersLow-rostered centres who win faceoffs
- Faceoff HubFaceoff leaders, dot splits and head-to-head results
- Revenge GamesPlayers with big past hit or block splits against an upcoming opponent
- Adjusted HitsHit leaders after removing arena scorer bias
- Category Specialist FinderFind skaters and goalies who specialise in one category
Research players
Risers, luck, injury fallout, breakouts, line changes and the stats behind them.
- Opponent SplitsPast hits, blocks, shots and points splits by player and opponent
- Trade AnalyzerGrade a fantasy hockey trade and see every player’s rest-of-season trade value
- Trending AddsPlayers fantasy managers are adding right now, and why
- RisersPlayers whose role and results are rising
- Luck MeterBuy-low and sell-high players from shooting and on-ice luck
- Who BenefitsWho gets the minutes when a player is out
- Breakout CompsWhat similar role jumps led to in the past
- Line WatchLine and power-play changes from last night
- Compare PlayersTwo players side by side for a trade or a start
- Goalie StatsWhich goalies are hot: save % and GSAx by window
- Line ChemistryWhich teammates score more together
- Game Script ForecastHow tonight’s likely score affects player usage
- Garbage-Time PointsWhose points came in lopsided games
- Goalie Pulls & Empty NetsGoalie-pull timing and empty-net scoring
- Arena Scorer BiasWhich arenas over- or under-count hits
- RefereesWhich referees call the most penalties
- Team StatsEvery team stat explained, with all 32 teams ranked
- Ice-Time TrendsSee whose ice time and power-play role changed lately
My league
Connect your ESPN, Fantrax or Yahoo league for matchup projections and available-in-league filters (private Yahoo leagues need our free Chrome extension on a computer).
Plan your season
Draft research, roster building and fantasy playoff schedules, no league connection needed.
More from the menu
Goalie projections and streamers, goal scorer odds, the pickups and category hubs, and league pages.
- Goalie ProjectionsTonight’s projected wins, saves and GAA for every starter
- Goalie StreamersWaiver wire goalies with starts left this week
- All pickups & streamersTrending adds, faceoff streamers and schedule tools
- Anytime Goal ScorerEvery skater's chance to score tonight, with fair odds
- First Goal ScorerChance to score the first goal of each game tonight
- All category toolsBlocks, power play, faceoffs, revenge games and more
- Yahoo DashboardYour synced Yahoo league
- ESPN ProjectionsWeekly matchup projections, public or private
- Fantrax ProjectionsWeekly matchup projections, public or private
Wondering how a number is calculated? Every stat is documented in the methodology and the stat glossary.