Fantasy hockey top 10 waiver wire pickups with EDGE stats

Each week during the regular season, here are the top 10 players to add off the fantasy hockey waiver wire with NHL EDGE stats insights. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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FORWARDS

Tyler Bertuzzi, CHI
45 percent rostered in Yahoo Fantasy

-14 points in 15 games this season (tied with Andre Burakovsky for 2nd on Blackhawks behind Connor Bedard's 25 in 16 games), including 3 straight multipoint games.
-L1: Bertuzzi - Bedard - Burakovsky.
-EDGE stats: Tied with Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) for NHL lead in high-danger goals (9) and ranks highly at position in high-danger shots on goal (17; 90th percentile) this season.

Cole Perfetti, WPG
40 percent rostered

-L2 and PP1 in first 2 games after Nikolaj Ehlers signed with Carolina Hurricanes in offseason.
-Had assist against Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday; has played at least 17:20 in each of first 2 games.
-NHL career highs in assists (32), points (50) and power-play points (15) last season.
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in offensive zone start percentage (49; 99th percentile) and average skating distance per 60 minutes (10.16; 91st percentile) last season.

Kyle Palmieri, NYI
19 percent rostered

-Palmieri has 13 points in 16 games with strong coverage of shots on goal (47), power-play points (5) and hits (16).
-Islanders lead NHL with 8 players having 10-plus points this season.
-L1 with Bo Horvat and PP1 with Horvat and rookie Matthew Schaefer.
-EDGE stats: Ranks highly among forwards in high-danger shots on goal (21; 95th percentile), power-play offensive zone time percentage (64.2; 94th percentile) and hardest shot (89.38 mph; 91st percentile) this season.

Mats Zuccarello, MIN
17 percent rostered

-2 assists, 1 on power play, in 3 games after missing start of season with lower-body injury; L1 and PP1 with Kirill Kaprizov.
-Ranks 32nd in power-play points since 2021-22 (107 in 289 games).
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders last season in long-range shots on goal (27; 95th percentile) and average shot speed (61.55 mph; 85th percentile).

Jordan Eberle, SEA
13 percent rostered

-L2 with Chandler Stephenson and Mason Marchment and PP1 with Vince Dunn.
-Leads Kraken in shots on goal (44), and is tied for their most goals (5) and points (11).
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in midrange goals (four; 95th percentile), high-danger shots on goal (19; 93rd percentile) and total skating distance (50.72 miles; 91st percentile) this season.

Matthew Wood, NSH
3 percent rostered

-Tied with Beckett Sennecke of Anaheim Ducks and Oliver Kapanen of Montreal Canadiens for NHL rookie lead in goals (six each).
-Leads all rookies in points per game (0.91; minimum 10 games played).
-Playing on L3 and PP2; tied for 3rd among rookies in power-play points (5) behind Zeev Buium of Minnesota Wild (7). and Matthew Schaefer of New York Islanders (6).
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in midrange goals (3; 91st percentile) and offensive zone time percentage (45.7; 87th percentile).

Other forward to consider adding: Andre Burakovsky, CHI (25 percent rostered)

Player to watch after being recalled from American Hockey League: Gabe Perreault, NYR (2 percent rostered)

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DEFENSEMAN

K'Andre Miller, CAR
38 percent rostered

-4 assists, 2 on power play, with 10 shots on goal in 4 games since returning from injury.
-EDGE stats: Among defenseman leaders in offensive zone time percentage (47.4; 98th percentile), 22-plus mph speed bursts (two; 92nd percentile) and high-danger shots on goal (three; 90th percentile) this season.
-UPDATE: Shayne Gostibehere returned from injury Tuesday, had one assist and played on PP1; Miller moved back to PP2 with Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake, Taylor Hall and Sean Walker.

Artyom Levshunov, CHI
14 percent rostered

-No. 2 pick in 2024 NHL Draft; has had assists in 6 of his past 7 games, including 4 power-play assists over his past 3 games.
-PP1 with Bedard, Bertuzzi, Burakovsky and Teuvo Teravainen.
-EDGE stats: 4 of his 7 speed bursts over 20 mph have come since the start of November; ranks highly at position in offensive zone start percentage (49; 99th percentile).

Other D-men to consider adding: Owen Power (17 percent) or Bowen Byram (11 percent), BUF

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GOALIE

Yaroslav Askarov, SJS
28 percent rostered

-Has won 4 straight and 5 of his past 6 games; 2 goals allowed or fewer in 4 straight games.
-Part of tandem with Alex Nedeljkovic but has ceiling of becoming full-time starter over course of season.
-EDGE stats: Ranks in 85th percentile in 5-on-5 save percentage in close situaions (.935) and has long-range save percentage (.985) above League average (.968).

Jesper Wallstedt, MIN
13 percent rostered

-3-0-2 with 2.51 goals-against average, .909 save percentage in 5 games this season.
-Backup to Filip Gustavsson but has ceiling of emerging as 1A goalie over course of season.
-EDGE stats: Ranks 2nd in 5-on-5 save percentage in close situations (.968) behind Spencer Knight of Chicago Blackhawks (.977); has had greater than a .900 SV% in 4 of his 5 starts; 96th percentile in 5-on-5 SV% (.940).