Sean Monahan and more risers/fallers

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In this space, we’ll look at which NHL players are seeing their fantasy hockey values rise or fall on a week-to-week basis.

This week’s article includes a pair of veteran pivotmen rolling, a Sabre winger on fire, two hot Western Conference blueliners and a Cup-winning winger scuffling.

First Liners (Risers)

Sean Monahan, C, MTL

Monahan is centering the Habs’ third line but is also seeing time on the first power-play unit. His two assists Friday extended his active point streak to four games, and he’s collected eight points (three goals, five helpers) over the last eight contests. Monahan, after a slight bobble in early November, appears to be inching closer to the form he flashed with the Flames in 2018-19, when he set a career-high by racking up 82 points in 78 games.

Max Domi, C, CHI

Domi continues to be quietly productive in the Windy City, raising the return Chicago could receive for the center who will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. He’s hit the scoresheet in five of his last nine contests and sits with five goals, nine assists and a minus-seven rating in 21 games. After posting 72 points in 2018-19, Domi’s production cratered the next two seasons before he rebounded last season with 39 points. He’s on an early pace to far exceed that mark while centering the second line.

Kent Johnson, RW, CBJ

Johnson, the fifth overall pick in 2021, earned the first multi-point game of his 27-game career Friday, notching a goal and an assist. Those two points gave the young pivotman 11 points — five goals and six assists — in 18 games. With Patrik Laine (ankle) out, Johnson has moved up to the first power-play unit while also skating at right wing on the second line. The talent is certainly there for the production to remain constant throughout his rookie season.

Alex Tuch, RW, BUF

Buffalo has several players who are finding their stride. Tuch, acquired in the Jack Eichel deal, is clearly one of those whose game has taken a massive step…