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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 22, Mar. 23-Mar. 29)

Most games (four) with players to target:

BOS: Pavel Zacha, F; Viktor Arvidsson, F; Elias Lindholm, F; Nikita Zadorov, D; Fraser Minten, F

CHI: Frank Nazar, F; Anton Frondell, F; Artyom Levshunov, D; Tyler Bertuzzi, F; Teuvo Teravainen, F; Sam Rinzel, D

CBJ: Charlie Coyle, F; Mason Marchment, F; Damon Severson, D; Ivan Provorov, D; Mathieu Olivier, F

DAL: Jamie Benn, F; Esa Lindell, D; Mavrik Bourque, F

FLA: Seth Jones, D

MTL: Kaiden Guhle, D; Alex Newhook, F

NSH: Jonathan Marchessault, F; Luke Evangelista, F

NJD: Brenden Dillon, D; Arseny Gritsyuk, F

NYR: Gabe Perreault, F; Will Cuylle, F; Braden Schneider, D; Vladislav Gavrikov, D

OTT: Tyler Kleven, D; Claude Giroux, F; Shane Pinto, F

PHI: Owen Tippett, F; Travis Sanheim, D; Noah Cates, F; Matvei Michkov, F

TBL: Anthony Cirelli, F; J.J. Moser; Gage Goncalves, F

LIGHTER SCHEDULED NIGHTS (Week 22, Mar. 23-Mar. 29)

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 two games scheduled for those days. For those playing in head-to-head formats, Week 22 ends March 29.

Monday - 1 game
Tuesday - 15 games
Wednesday - 2 games
Thursday - 13 games
Friday - 2 games 
Saturday - 15 games
Sunday - 6 games

BOS: TUE, WED, SAT, SUN
BUF: WED, FRI, SAT; Josh Doan, F; Zach Benson, F; Jack Quinn, F; Ryan McLeod, F
CHI: TUE, THU, FRI, SUN
NYR: MON, WED, FRI, SUN

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

Week 22 (ending March 29):

BOS, BUF (Alex Lyon, G), CAR (Frederik Andersen, G), CHI, CBJ, DAL (Casey DeSmith, G), DET, FLA, MTL (Jacob Fowler, G), NSH, NJD, OTT, PHI, TBL, TOR

Most back to backs, rest of season:

4 - BOS
3 - CAR, MTL, NJD, NYI, PHI, PIT, SJS

Fewest back to backs, rest of season:

0 - VGK
1 - ANA, CGY, CHI, DAL, EDM, STL, UTA, WPJ

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Strength of schedule (rest of season)

Most difficult (opponents winning percentage)

1. BOS - .612
2. CBJ - .606
3. NYI -.601
4. CGY - .593
5. TBL - .592
6. PHI - .590
7. MTL/NJD/OTT - .588
10. PIT/DET - .585

Most favorable (opponents winning percentage)

1. LAK - .474
2. ANA - .494
3. VGK - .509
4. COL - .511
5. SJS - .514
6. UTA - .519
7. EDM - .539
8. CHI - .549
9. TOR - .558
10. MIN - .559

Most home games, rest of season

9 - NYI, TBL
8 - NYR

Fewest home games, rest of season

3 - MIN, WSH
4 - TOR

Most road games, rest of season

8 - MIN, SEA, VAN, WSH

Fewest road games, rest of season

2 - NYI
4 - BUF, NYR, TBL, UTA

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Fantasy playoffs schedule

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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