If you have a goalie starting on back-to-back nights

Strategy for this season: Know each coach's philosophy of back-to-backs before drafting goalies. Dallas' Lindy Ruff obviously is a believer of starting a goalie on consecutive nights while coaches like Anaheim's Bruce Boudreau, St. Louis' Ken Hitchcock and Colorado's Patrick Roy believe in going with another option on the second night.

LATEST FANTASY HOCKEY STORIES NHL.com's fantasy lineup of past decade Young players to target in keeper leagues 30 in 30: Proj. lineups, fantasy previews MORE FANTASY HOCKEY COVERAGE › * Goalies who played both ends of a back-to-back were 53-63-16 with 363 goals allowed and 3,588 saves on 3,959 shots in the second game (.906 save percentage; the NHL average was .914). Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen played in the most with eight back-to-back starts (3-4-1 record, 2.69 goals-against average, .915 save percentage).

Vezina Trophy winner Tuukka Rask went 4-0-0 with a 2.26 GAA and a .930 save percentage in his five starts in the second leg of a back-to-back. On the flip side, Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist went 1-3-0 with a 4.02 GAA and a save percentage of .879 in such situations.

Strategy for this season: If you have a goalie starting on back-to-back nights, expect about a 40 percent chance of getting a win. Owners must pay attention to each goalie's statistics throughout the season and can't hesitate to bench a top-flight goalie in favor of his backup on the second leg of a back-to-back.