Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen will undergo knee surgery and is expected to miss 8-12 weeks. Andersen's absence creates an opportunity for backup Pyotr Kochetkov, who has performed well in relief, with a 10-2-0 record, a 2.30 goals-against average, and a .907 save percentage. Spencer Martin is also likely to see increased starts.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin suffered a fractured fibula, sidelining him for 4-6 weeks. The Capitals will rely on players like Connor McMichael and Tom Wilson to fill the scoring void.

Recent news on Thatcher Demko surfaces as he continues to rehab from his recent surgery as he will be travelling with the team on their current 6 game road trip.

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Jim Montgomery was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Boston Bruins late Tuesday evening as a result of the poor record through the first 20 games of the season. This move comes as bit of a shocker for most as Montgomery has been one of the best coaches in the NHL for the last few seasons.

Also on todays episode, the recent news of J.T Miller has made headlines as he takes an indefinite leave of absence from the Vancouver Canucks for personal reasons. Ovechkin's hot streak will be put on pause for the time being as he remains week-to-week with a leg injury while Matthews has flown to Germany for a consult on his current injury.

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On today's episode, we take a look at a few stars across the league and their current fantasy hockey status! Off the top we had to discuss Alex Ovechkin's recent hattrick, which has put him in the lead for goals this season. Only 29 goals away from breaking the all time goal record, we all look forward to watching him strive for this accomplishment.

Auston Matthews will miss his 7th consecutive game Wednesday when the Maple Leafs take on the Golden Knights, so what do fantasy owners do in the mean time?

While Matthews struggles with injury, Connor Bedard has been struggling to live up to his standard of play this season, especially in fantasy league! How soon will the young gun turn it around?

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Frequent fliers on todays episode where we cover the best players you need to add in this weeks matchups! Leading off with San Jose Sharks forwards, both Tyler Toffoli and Fabian Zetterlund have been great down the stretch creating a two punch combo for the Sharks.

If you're looking to take advantage of the multiple back-to-back games throughout this week, look towards Calvin Pickard, John Gibson, and Eric Comrie for your goalie categories.

Like always we finish this episode with Big Time Bets, where the same game parlays are coming in hot and heavy!

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Thursday night became a milestone night across the NHL as multiple players hit incredible feats in their career. Connor McDavid became the 4th fastest player to record 1,000 points, doing so in 659 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy also accomplished something quite impressive, becoming the fastest goalie to record 300 wins in his career, doing so in 490 career games!

Flip and Steele battle in a who would you rather, this time between two young guns, one from the West and one from the East... Michkov vs. Celebrini, who would you take?

We finish off today's episode with Big Time Bets!

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Round 2 for struggling stars across the NHL! These stars were most likely drafted in the top four rounds of your fantasy draft and are not producing at the rate we all thought they would be by now.

We breakdown the current value of each player and what you should do as a fantasy gm moving forward with these stars.

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