Justin Abdelkader

Justin Abdelkader scored a goal in the Red Wings 5-4 loss to the Lightning on Thursday. He had one goal on four SOG in 13:24 of ice time. He now has six goals and 13 assists thru 71 games played.

Fantasy Impact

Abdelkader is not fantasy relevant. He is however seeing more ice-time because the Red Wings are sitting everybody with any injury. He should be left on all waiver wires.

Justin Abdelkader scored a goal in the Red Wings 3-2 loss to the Islanders on Saturday. He was a plus one with one goal, seven PIM and two shots in 16:29 of ice-time.

Fantasy Impact

Abdelkader is not fantasy relevant nor will he be. Look for him to continue to log plenty of minutes but fail to put up .5 a point per game.

Justin Abdelkader scored the first Red Wing goal in their 3-2 overtime win over the Rangers on Friday. He was a plus one with a goal on two shots in 15:35 of ice-time.

Fantasy Impact

Abdelkader is on a heater. He still is not ownable in any format. This will not keep up because Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterburg are no longer his linemates. His best years occurred when he played with some of the most talented players in the league and now he is just playing out the contract.

Justin Abdelkader scored a power-play goal in the Red Wings 3-2 shootout win over the Canucks on Tuesday. He was a minus two with two SOG in 16:34 of ice-time.

Fantasy Impact

Abdelkader has been bad this season. He has a lowly four points thru 15 games an is a minus 6. He has only six PIM to boot. Abdelkader is just playing out his contract at this point.

Justin Abdelkader scored a short-handed goal in the Red Wings 4-3 victory over the Devils. He was a plus one and scored the short-handed goal on his lone shot in 20:39 of ice-time.

Fantasy Impact

Abdelkader scoring is a rarity. He played in over a third of the game. He should be not be considered a fantasy option averaging only one shot a game.