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Lindgren posted one shot, two hits and two blocked shots over 22:19 of ice time in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Blackhawks.

Lindgren's more valuable on the ice than in fantasy, as his toughness sets the tone in the locker room and his defensively responsible play allows partner Adam Fox to freelance in the offensive zone. Case in point, Lindgren didn't miss a shift after getting high sticked in the third period, and he finished just three seconds behind Jacob Trouba's team lead in ice time. Four of Lindgren's six points this season came in a five-game burst late in December, but he has gone three games without a point since.

Letang recorded three assists in Thursday's 6-5 win over the Bruins.

The veteran blueliner has been feast or famine lately -- Letang has three games of three or more points in the last 10 contests, but he was held off the scoresheet entirely in the other seven. He's been finding other ways to contribute though, racking up 13 hits, 17 blocked shots, 20 PIM, 25 shots on net and a plus-3 rating during that time. On the season, Letang's produced three goals and 26 points in 37 games, putting him on pace for his seventh career 50-point campaign if he can avoid the injury bug.

Megna recorded an assist against the Rangers on Thursday.

Megna was playing in his first NHL game of the season while also making his Blackhawks debut. The Florida native has only reached the 10-point threshold once in his career, so fantasy players shouldn't expect him to rack up a ton of points with Chicago.

Toews had two assists (one on the power play), two shots, one block and two hits over 23:29 of ice time in Thursday's 5-4 overtime victory over Dallas.

Toews' slap shot dribbled between the legs of Scott Wedgewood before Jonathan Drouin pushed it in for Colorado's lone power-play strike. Then in overtime, he wrestled the puck away from Jason Robertson which eventually led to Nathan MacKinnon's game-winning tally. This was Toews' third multi-point effort of the season and extended his point streak to seven consecutive contests.

Johnson had two assists, five blocks and four penalty minutes over 15:50 of ice time in Thursday's 5-4 overtime win over the Stars.

He had a hand in Nathan MacKinnon's first-period tally, then Johnson's third-period shot was deflected in by Jonathan Drouin to cut Dallas' lead to 4-3. It was the second two-point night of the season for the 36-year-old Johnson, who was nine points through 39 games overall.

Makar had an assist, three shots on net and five blocked shots over 27:38 of ice time in Thursday's 5-4 overtime win over the Stars.

Makar sent a puck toward the net that made a few stops before bouncing off Mikko Rantanen's leg for the score that sent the game into overtime. The helper was Makar's eighth in seven games since returning from a lower-body injury.

Andersson provided a goal and an assist in Calgary's 6-3 win over Nashville on Thursday.

Andersson's marker, which came late in the first period, put Calgary up 4-2 and proved to be the game-winner. The 27-year-old has six tallies this season and two of them have been GWGs, which is similar to the unusually high rate of deciding markers he potted in 2022-23 (four of his 11 goals were GWGs). That's just a nice bonus for fantasy managers, as Andersson is a solid defenseman regardless with 21 points, a plus-1 rating, 29 PIM, 80 shots and 95 hits in 34 contests this season. The only significant blemish is he has just four points (all assists) with the man advantage despite having a role on the main power-play unit, though he did get a power-play helper Thursday, so perhaps that will be the start of a run.

Roy scored a goal on four shots and blocked four shots in Thursday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Red Wings.

Roy gave the Kings an early 2-0 lead with his first-period tally. The defenseman has been solid in a top-four role this season, but he's played as more of a shutdown defender alongside Vladislav Gavrikov on the second pairing. Roy is up to 10 points, 65 shots on net, 55 hits, 79 blocked shots and a plus-12 rating through 35 appearances.

Maatta posted an assist in Thursday's 4-3 shootout win over the Kings.

Maatta got on the scoresheet against his former team when he set up the first of Robby Fabbri's two goals in the game. With an assist in each of the first two contests in January, Maatta is making a case to stay in the lineup more regularly after occasionally being scratched in the first half of the campaign. The defenseman is at eight points, 16 shots on net, 21 hits, 34 blocked shots and a plus-5 rating through 31 appearances in a third-pairing role.

Petry scored a goal on three shots, logged three hits and added two PIM in Thursday's 4-3 shootout win over the Kings.

Petry had gone three games without a point while missing two contests -- one as a scratch and the other due to injury -- in that span. The 36-year-old played Thursday in a seven-defensemen lineup with Andrew Copp (lower body) out. Petry, Olli Maatta and Justin Holl are the blueliners the Red Wings have most frequently cycled out of the lineup. Petry has two goals, nine assists, 37 shots on net, 40 hits, 50 blocked shots and a plus-2 rating and offers the most fantasy upside of the three part-timers.