Week 5 Fantasy Hockey Primer

Here is your fantasy hockey primer for Week 5 (Sunday, February 17^th through Saturday, February 23^rd for Sunday-to-Saturday leagues; Monday, February 18^th through Sunday, February 24^th for Monday-to-Sunday leagues).  For this edition, we have our Three Stars of the Week and Lines of the Week from last week.  We also have our Schedule Stars section for the upcoming week.  I may add more information as we move along, but if there is some information you would like to see, please let me know in the comments:

THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

FORWARDS

John Tavares NYI: 30 pts (3 GP, 5-2-7, -1, 2 PIM, 3 PPG, 2 PPA, 1 GWG, 1 hat trick)

Jiri Tlusty CAR: 28 pts (3 GP, 4-2-6, +7, 2 PIM, 1 GWG)

Mike Cammalleri CGY: 23.5 pts (2 GP, 3-2-5, +3, 1 PPG, 1 PPA, 1 GWG, 1 hat trick)

DEFENSEMEN

Dan Girardi NYR: 26 pts (3 GP, 1-3-4, +5)

Joe Corvo CAR: 20 pts (3 GP, 1-2-3, +4, 2 PIM, 2 PPA)

Dennis Seidenberg BOS: 20 pts (3 GP, 0-4-4, +2)

Slava Voynov LAK: 20 pts (3 GP, 0-3-3, +4)

GOALTENDERS

Pekka Rinne NSH: 27.8 pts (4 GP, 2-1-0-1, 2 ShO, 88 SV, 5 GA, 1.21 GAA, .946 SvPct, 2 PIM)

Viktor Fasth ANA: 22.8 pts (3 GP, 3-0 (2 SO wins), 86 SV, 6 GA, 1.90 GAA, .935 SvPct)

Ben Scrivens TOR: 22.2 pts (3 GP, 1-1, 1 ShO, 96 SV, 4 GA, 1.56 GAA, .960 SvPct)

LINES OF THE WEEK

The five best statlines of the week

1. LW Mike Cammalleri CGY: 2/13/13 vs DAL – 21 pts (3-1-4, +3, 1 PPG, 1 GWG, hat trick)

2. C John Tavares NYI: 2/16/13 vs NJD – 20.5 pts (3-1-4, +1, 2 PPG, 1 PPA, 1 GWG, hat trick)

3. G Craig Anderson OTT: 2/12/13 vs BUF – 17.4 pts (42-save shutout win)

4. D Keith Yandle PHX: 2/16/13 vs CLB – 16.5 pts (0-3-3, +2, 1 PPA)

T-5. D Christian Ehrhoff BUF: 2/15/13 vs BOS – 16 pts (1-1-2, +3, GWG)

T-5. D Dan Girardi NYR: 2/10/13 vs TBY – 16 pts (0-2-2, +4)

SCHEDULE STARS

Sunday-to-Saturday leagues:

50 games played in Week 5

1-game week: ANA

2-game weeks: BOS, PHX

3-game weeks: 13 teams

4-game weeks: 14 teams

Monday-to-Sunday leagues:

51 games played in Week 5

2-game weeks: ANA, BOS, DAL, MIN, WSH

3-game weeks: BUF, CHI, EDM, LAK, NYR, PHX, PIT, SJS, STL

4-game weeks: 15 teams

5-game weeks: NYI

Tough Schedules (Sunday-to-Saturday):

Teams facing opponents with the best combined winning percentage

Columbus: .722 opposing winning percentage (OWPCT)

Washington: .700 OWPCT

San Jose: .688 OWPCT

Stingy Schedules (Sunday-to-Saturday):

Teams facing opponents with the least goals allowed per game on average

Dallas: 2.22 goals allowed per game (GA/G)

NY Rangers: 2.29 GA/G

Detroit: 2.36 GA/G

Easy Schedules (Sunday-to-Saturday):

Teams facing opponents with the worst combined winning percentage

Anaheim: .406 OWPCT

New Jersey: .415 OWPCT

St. Louis: .455 OWPCT

Generous Schedules (Sunday-to-Saturday):

Teams facing opponents with the most goals allowed per game on average

Boston: 3.50 GA/G

Pittsburgh: 3.35 GA/G

Phoenix: 3.32 GA/G

Catch me on "Sports With The StatMan" on Wednesdays at 11pm ET and Saturdays at 11am ET. We'll break down the week in fantasy hockey on our This Week in Fantasy Sports segment, Saturday morning at 11am ET.