Yahoo Fantasy Hockey: Check Your Scoring Before Waivers and Lineups

NHL fantasy · 2026–27 season. Before making a waiver claim or setting a lineup in Yahoo hockey, check League → Scoring & Settings. The rules that shaped your draft also determine which available player can help you this week.

Yahoo’s published default is head-to-head points. Private leagues can change that. If your league uses categories, you are balancing several competitions; in a points league, you are adding up the scoring weights. The same roster can behave very differently in those two systems.

Read beyond goals and assists

Yahoo’s default points settings award 0.9 per shot and one per blocked shot, alongside six per goal and four per assist. That makes sustained shooting and defensive involvement meaningful. Check power-play opportunity too: deployment helps explain where additional production might come from.

Preseason draft positions are historical context once games begin. For a waiver decision, compare each player’s current role, recent shot volume and usable games with the player you would drop. A forward who fits an open lineup slot can provide more value this week than one whose games fall when your roster is already full.

Decide what a goalie start is worth

Points formats can reward workload; category leagues may punish a bad outing through save percentage or goals-against average. Read the minimum-appearance rule and weekly acquisition limit before building a streaming plan. Yahoo’s published defaults include three goalie appearances and four player adds per week, but your commissioner may have changed both.

Yahoo’s published default goalie weights are five points for a win, 0.6 per save, minus three per goal allowed and five for a shutout. Those weights make both the number of starts and the goals allowed relevant to a streaming decision. Private-league scoring can differ.

The move: check your remaining weekly acquisitions, open lineup slots and goalie minimum before adding a player. Use the Dylan Garand guide for the current Rangers opportunity and the Trevor Connelly guide for a deeper-league forward decision.

Scoring defaults checked October 14, 2026. Your league’s saved settings govern every roster decision.