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Viktor Arvidsson · DET
Arvidsson has moved into one of the cleaner opportunity profiles among widely available forwards. He is currently on Detroit’s first line with Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond and remains on PP1 with Larkin, Raymond, Alex DeBrincat and Moritz Seider. He has three goals and four points through five games, and the role is considerably stronger than a normal 20%-rostered waiver option. NHL
Detroit still has New Jersey, Philadelphia and San Jose this week. The production is useful, but the reason to add is the combination of L1 + PP1 rather than the three early goals.
Jack Quinn · BUF
Quinn’s early usage has been much more interesting than the two points he had through his first few games. DFO had him at 20:33 TOI, 3.7 shots and 9.0 shot attempts per game through three, and Buffalo still has him on PP1. The current even-strength setup has Quinn on the second line with Zach Benson and Noah Östlund. Daily Faceoff
Buffalo has three games remaining this week. This looks less like chasing production and more like getting ahead of a role that has already expanded substantially.
Owen Power · BUF
Power was already trending upward before Rasmus Dahlin left Monday’s game, averaging more than 26 minutes per night with five points through five games. Dahlin is now day-to-day and has already been ruled out Tuesday against Montreal.
Power had been running Buffalo’s second power-play unit, so the immediate question is whether he moves onto PP1 while Dahlin is unavailable. Even without that promotion, the combination of heavy minutes, early production and a temporary opening at the top of Buffalo’s defense gives him a larger opportunity than he had a week ago.
Short-term stream
T.J. Hughes · COL
This is probably the most interesting pure streamer of the week. Hughes is still on Colorado’s third line, but he is currently listed on PP1 with Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas, Nazem Kadri and Cale Makar. Daily Faceoff
The process is also better than the one assist suggests: 2.8 shots and 5.0 shot attempts per game, third on Colorado in ixG and fifth in offence-generating plays in DFO’s current data. He had scored 1.65 goals below expected entering the week. Colorado still plays Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, with the final two games falling on light nights. Daily Faceoff
Blake Coleman · MIN
Minnesota’s schedule remains attractive, including a Sunday game when lineup space should be much easier to find. Coleman is on L2 and PP2 and had generated 2.2 shots per game, 0.47 ixG per game and a team-leading 1.4 Grade A chances per game through his first five with Minnesota. Daily Faceoff
The ceiling is not particularly high without PP1, but the combination of high-danger involvement and three remaining games makes him a practical weekly stream rather than a speculative breakout pick.
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Gabe Perreault · NYR
Perreault has six points in his past six games and received a PP1 look in the third period against Vancouver, where he immediately picked up a power-play assist. NHL.com’s waiver update therefore flags the PP1 move as part of the case for adding him. NHL
I would be more cautious. The latest Rangers setup still lists Perreault on PP2 while Pavel Dorofeyev remains on PP1. Perreault is at least on the first line with Mika Zibanejad and Dorofeyev, so the even-strength opportunity is already good. Daily Faceoff
Carter Yakemchuk · OTT
Jake Sanderson remains day-to-day, which has increased Yakemchuk’s relevance. He is currently on Ottawa’s second defense pair and PP2, with two points through five games, and NHL.com’s current waiver analysis notes both his offensive-zone involvement and long-range shot activity. NHL
If Sanderson’s absence extends, there is room for Yakemchuk’s role to grow further. If Sanderson returns immediately, much of the short-term opportunity closes again.
Maxim Shabanov · MIN
Shabanov is an unusual case because the role looks better than the process. He has moved away from Kaprizov at five-on-five and currently plays on Minnesota’s second line, but he remains on PP1 with Kaprizov, Boldy, Eriksson Ek and Quinn Hughes. Daily Faceoff
DFO had him at two shots and 3.7 attempts per game over his previous three, but still described his overall offensive involvement as limited. Minnesota’s strong weekly schedule gives the PP1 role more immediate relevance than it would normally carry. Daily Faceoff
Avoid / Fade this week
Ryan Hartman · MIN
Minnesota’s schedule makes Hartman look like an obvious streamer, but the underlying case is weak. He had zero shots through his first four games before producing four in the fifth and was only seventh among Wild forwards in both ixG and offence-generating plays in DFO’s Week 3 review. Daily Faceoff
He remains L2/PP2, so this is not a role collapse, but the minutes and offensive involvement have been below his usual level. Daily Faceoff
Jaden Schwartz · COL
Schwartz is the opposite problem: the results look much better than the role. He entered the week with six points in five games, including three goals, but DFO had him 1.48 goals above expected with a 33.3% shooting percentage and unimpressive ice-time and shot-volume indicators. Daily Faceoff
Colorado currently has him on L3 and PP2. Daily Faceoff The Wednesday/Friday schedule makes him usable as a pure streamer, but I would not treat the six-point start as evidence of a larger role.