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Each week, NHL.com identifies important schedule notes and trends to consider in fantasy hockey. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

LIGHTER SCHEDULED NIGHTS (Week 18, ending March 1)

NOTE: If you're looking to stream players in fantasy from teams that play on the lighter scheduled nights, those days this week are Friday and Sunday. Below are the teams two games scheduled for those days. For those playing in head-to-head formats, Week 18 ends March 1.

Wednesday - 8 games
Thursday - 12 games
Friday - 4 games
Saturday - 13 games
Sunday - 6 games

WED/FRI/SUN:

ANA: Beckett Sennecke, F; Mikael Granlund, F; Chris Kreider, F; Radko Gudas, D
UTA: Barrett Hayton, F; Lawson Crouse, F; Kailer Yamamoto, F; Jack McBain, F
VGK: Ivan Barbashev, F; Jeremy Lauzon, D
WPG: Cole Perfetti, F; Luke Schenn, D

THU/FRI/SUN:

FLA: Anton Lundell, F; Eetu Luostarinen, F
MIN: Mats Zuccarello, F; Ryan Hartman, F; Vladimir Tarasenko, F; Yakov Trenin, F

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Back-to-back games this week, rest of season

Week 18 (ending March 1):

BUF, CGY, CHI, COL, EDM, FLA, LAK (Anton Forsberg), MIN, NJD. NYI (David Rittich), PHI, PIT (Arturs Silovs), SJS, SEA (Philipp Grubauer, G), STL, TBL (Jonas Johansson), TOR, WSH

Most back to backs, rest of season:

7 - NYI
6 - BOS, LAK, MTL, NJD, PHI, PIT, SJS, TOR

Fewest back to backs, rest of season:

2 - VGK
3 - ANA, CGY, DAL, DET, EDM, STL, UTA, VAN, WPG

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Strength of schedule (rest of season)

Most difficult (opponents winning percentage)

1. PIT - .591
2. BOS - .586
3. CGY - .583
4. DET - .579
T5. TBL/CBJ - .578
7. BUF - .576
8. MTL - .575
9. OTT - .574
T10. TOR/DAL - .573

Most favorable (opponents winning percentage)

1. SJS - .527
T2. LAK/ANA - .530
4. COL - .541
5. UTA - .554
6. WPG - .555
7. NJD - .558
8. VGK - .559
T9. NSH/NYR - .560

Most home games, rest of season

16 - NYR
15 - ANA, DAL, LAK, SJS
14 - CBJ, NJD, TBL, UTA, VAN

Fewest home games, rest of season

10 - CAR, CHI, FLA, TOR
11 - BOS, DET, MIN, NSH, STL, WSH

Most road games, rest of season

15 - CAR, CHI, FLA, TOR 
14 - BOS, CGY, COL, NSH, PHI, STL

Fewest road games, rest of season

9 - NYR
10 - DAL

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