Looking at the hottest lines in the league from the past week.

This was a weird week for fantasy hockey owners. When you really think about it, it was just insane. Then the numbers started to come in and the pit in my stomach sank even lower. Now it is time to go "Between The Lines" one more time.

Lead Us Forwards

Steve Downie–Nick Spaling–Brandon Sutter (Pittsburgh) – The Gods are crazy! This trio had nine points while together as Brandon Sutter led the way with four points and Steve Downie had three points along with his usual penalty minute contributions. In leagues were PIM's are needed, Downie is your guy. With Beau Bennett returning, something tells me this line, as constituted will come to an end but the parts are there where these players could fare decently as the top six regresses in Pittsburgh. You could do worse, after all.

Logan Couture–Joe Pavelski–Joe Thornton–Patrick Marleau (San Jose) – The combination that San Jose uses when on the man advantage or an empty net situation had nine points also in Week 5. None of the quartet had five points but Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau had four points each. This week saw lots of mixing and matching across the board with injuries, etc.  The quartet faces some tough challenges this week also. I would not expect more than nine or ten points combined. There should be stronger buys.

Phil Kessel–Tyler Bozak-James van Riemsdyk (Toronto) – So, that bigger question is how? They always seem to find a way together, especially on man-advantage situations. Even when Nazem Kadri gets into the mix, the above mentioned trio still magically appear on the ice all at the same time. This week it was for nine points. Let's see how Randy Carlyle handles the fact that Kadri is a better player than Bozak in Week 6. Something tells me the lines will magically jumble towards the same as it ever was. This is no matter what they start out as for those scoring at home.