What’s the main reason behind Jannik Hansen’s impressive play?

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Jannik Hansen – RW – Vancouver Canucks – 36.5 Percent
With six points in his last seven games, Jannik Hansen might be coming into fantasy hockey relevance. Almost all of this can be attributed to the fact that he has seen much more time with the Sedins (who are still very good) the past couple weeks.

With the Sedins, he is carrying a Corsi For of 50.7% and a Goals For of 66.7%. When not playing with the Sedins? His CF% drops to 44.9% and his GF% to 54.5%

Clearly, as long as he is benefitting from the cushy zone starts, soft competition and sublime skill of the Sedins, he remains a solid fantasy option.

Trevor Daley – D – Pittsburgh Penguins – 42.4 Percent
After being traded from Chicago, Daley currently has three points in six games, including two on the power play. He is also carrying play with a dominant CF% of 55.8. Paired with Olli Maatta, Daley has been able to parlay his soft competition and zone starts into success so far.

It has been espoused here before, but a team as talented as the Penguins won’t remain 29^th(!) in even-strength shooting percentage for the whole season. A violent market correction is coming, and everyone on the Penguins should benefit (especially a puck mover like Daley).

Teddy Purcell – RW – Edmonton Oilers – 37.8 Percent
Another beneficiary of outstanding linemates (good lord, how good has Taylor Hall been this year?), Purcell has nine points in his last 10 games. The trio of Purcell, Hall and Leon Draisaitl is currently crushing it to the tune of a 56.1 CF% on a mediocre Oilers’ team.

This line has routinely dominated the competition night in and night out, which gives Purcell plenty of opportunities to collect points. Playing on the first power play unit doesn’t hurt either, and the imminent return of Connor McDavid should also help as opponents can no longer just key in on the Draisaitl line.

All stats from war-on-ice.com, Puckalytics.com and Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com unless otherwise noted.

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