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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.

MOST/FEWEST GAMES (Week 20, Mar. 9-Mar. 15)

Most games (four) with players to target:

ANA: Beckett Sennecke, F; Chris Kreider, F; Radko Gudas, D; Mikael Granlund, F

CGY: Ryan Strome, F, Morgan Frost, F; Blake Coleman, F; Zayne Parekh, D

CBJ: Adam Fantilli, F; Mason Marchment, F; Charlie Coyle, F; Conor Garland, F

EDM: Matt Savoie, F; Vasily Podkolzin, F

LAK: Anze Kopitar, F; Alex Laferriere, F

MIN: Mats Zuccarello, F; Bobby Brink, F; Yakov Trenin, F

MTL:  Kirby Dach, F; Alex Newhook, F,; Zachary Bolduc, F; Jakub Dobes, G; Oliver Kapanen, F

NYR: Alexis Lafreniere, F; Will Cuylle, F

OTT: Claude Giroux, F, OTT; Thomas Chabot, D; Ridly Greig, F; Shane Pinto, F

PHI: Owen Tippett, F;Matvei Michkov, F; Noah Cates

SJS: Collin Graf, F; Michael Misa. F; William Eklund, F; Dmitry Orlov, D; Mario Ferraro, D

SEA: Jared McCann, F; Jordan Eberle, F; Matty Beniers, F; Bobby McMann, F

STL: Dylan Holloway, F; Jimmy Snuggerud, F; Pavel Buchnevich, F; Philip Broberg, D; Logan Mailloux, D; Joel Hofer, G

TOR: Matias Maccelli, F

UTA: JJ Peterka, F; Sean Durzi, D

WSH: Pierre-Luc Dubois, F; Ryan Leonard, F

WPG: Cole Perfetti, F

Fewest games (two):

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LIGHTER SCHEDULED NIGHTS (Week 20, Mar. 9-Mar. 15)

NOTE: If you're looking to stream players in fantasy from teams that play on the lighter scheduled nights, those days this week are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Below are the teams with at least three games scheduled for those days. For those playing in head-to-head formats, Week 19 ends March 8.

Monday - 5 games
Tuesday - 13 games
Wednesday - 2 games
Thursday - 14 games
Friday - 2 games 
Saturday - 14 games
Sunday - 6 games

EDM: TUE/THU/FRI/SUN
LAK: MON/TUE/FRI/SAT
MTL: TUE/WED/SAT/SUN
OTT: MON/WED/SAT/SUN
PHI: MON/WED/THU/SAT
STL: TUE/THU/FRI/SUN
WSH: MON/WED/THU/SAT

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

Week 20 (ending March 15):

ANA, CBJ, EDM, LAKx2 (Anton Forsberg, G), MIN (Jesper Wallstedt, G), MTL (Jakub Dobes, G), NYR, OTT, PHI, SJS, SEA, STL, TOR, UTA, WSH, WPG

Most back to backs, rest of season:

5 - BOS, LAK, MTL, NYI, OTT, PHI

Fewest back to backs, rest of season:

1 - VGK
2 - ANA, CGY, COL, DAL, DET, EDM, STL, VAN

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Strength of schedule (rest of season)

Most difficult (opponents winning percentage)

1. PIT - .603
2. DAL - .589
3. CBJ - .588
4. BOS -.587
T5. TOR/DET - .582
7. CGY - .580
8. CAR - .579
9. MTL - .578
10. PHI - .577

Most favorable (opponents winning percentage)

1. LAK - .511
2. ANA - 523
3. COL - .527
4. SJS - .536
5. UTA - 538
6. NSH - .545
7. MIN - .546
8. VGK - .549
9. FLA - .556
10. NYR - .559

Most home games, rest of season

12 - NYI, NYR, OTT, TBL
11 - DAL, MTL, UTA, VAN

Fewest home games, rest of season

7 - TOR
8 - ANA, BOS, CAR, FLA, NSH, PIT, WSH

Most road games, rest of season

12 - SJS
11 - ANA, BOS, CAR, CGY, FLA, LAK, NSH, PIT, SEA, TOR

Fewest road games, rest of season

6 - NYI
8 - BUF, DAL, EDM, NYR, OTT, TBL, UTA, VAN, VGK

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Fantasy playoffs schedule

Week 21 (Mar. 16-22): Quarterfinals

4 games: BOS, BUF, CGY, CAR, CHI, COL, CBJ, DAL, LAK, NSH, NYI, NYR, PIT, TBL, UTA, VGK, WPG
2 games: STL

Week 22 (Mar. 23-29): Semifinals

4 games: BOS, CBJ, CHI, DAL, FLA, MTL, NSH, NYR, NJD, OTT, PHI, TBL

Week 23 (Mar. 30-Apr. 5): Finals

5 games: PIT
4 games: BOS, FLA, MTL, NYR, NJD, OTT, PHI
2 games: NSH, UTA

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