NHL DFS Between the Benches for DraftKings and FanDuel (Dec. 1)

We’re back with another Wednesday Night Win Daily NHL Article! We’re back for the first article in the month of December! Last article was a monster and we hope you were able to put it to good use! We have a small 6-gamer for tonight’s slate, lots of different plays to look at!!! So, let’s get ready for the newest edition of WinDaily’s Between the Benches! For tonight’s 12/1 NHL slate, the slate begins at 7:00 pm ET. Don’t forget to lock your lines and check the discord for any updates! Let’s get into it!

12/1 NHL Stack Report

1. Edmonton Oilers 1
   Hyman – McDavid – Kassian (FanDuel: $20,600 | DraftKings: $18,000)
   – This should come as no surprise but its extremley hard to avoid talking about the Edmonton Oilers this season whenever they play regarding DFS. They have been not only the best team in hockey but they have been crazy point producers with their top players regularly scoring multi-point games. The questions for cash games have usually centred around whether you want to play McDavid, Draisaitl or both rather than if you want to play them at all. They are definitely a CASH LOCK tonight and they always correlate well with their linemates who usually come at a discount compared to their output, as is the case with Zack Kassian who is getting a start on the top line tonight over Puljajarvi and accordingly is coming in at a great price for us. On top of all of this, Edmonton has been an absolute Juggernaut on home ice (8-1 on the season, 6-straight wins) and that’s exactly where they’ll be tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
   Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Tyson Barrie (FD: $5,500 | DK: $5,200)
   
2. Ottawa Senators 1
   Batherson – Norris – Tkachuk (FanDuel: $18,900 | DraftKings: $16,000)
   – This is the perfect matchup for Ottawa to break out of the recent funk they’ve been in. They are finally getting top winger Drake Batherson back (more on that below) and they are up against a Canucks team who was on a four-game losing streak prior to eeking out a win over the lowly Montreal Canadiens in their last game. The Vegas odds in this matchup are rightfully close as both teams have been outplaying the other with poor performances as of late but on paper Ottawa is the better team when fully healthy. Furthermore, they’ll be up against Thatcher Demko who has had a terrible run in 2021, going 7-10-1 and giving up nearly 3 goals a game. Bottom line, you’re getting a top line against a poor defensive team. We dont need them to win necessarily but they can surley rack up the score win or lose. There are some other decent options tonight for value plays but I would not overlook Ottawa’s top line tonight for GPP formats despite their recent performances (which have included a lot of goals despite losing game).
   Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Thomas Chabot (Zub works as a cheaper option) (FD: $5,100 | DK: $6,300)
   
   Honorable Mention(s): DET1 (Bertuzzi-Larkin-Raymond), TOR1 (Bunting-Matthews-Marner), NYR1 (Kreider-Zibanejad-Fox), VGK1 (Pacioretty, Stephenson, Stone)
   
   (lots of games, lots of viable stacks)

12/1 NHL Goalie Tracker

Best (Goalies to Roster)

1. Igor Shesterkin (FD: $8,500 | DK: $8,200)
2. Jack Campbell (FD: $8,300 | DK: $7,900)
   Honorable Mention(s): Robin Lehner, Anton Forsberg (DEEP GPP PLAY)

Worst (Goalies to Target)

1. Thatcher Demko (FD: $7,300 | DK: $7,700)
   

12/1 NHL Wild Card Targets

Drake Batherson (FD: $4,800 | DK: $5,100) 
– Batherson has been out for a few games (Covid protocol) and with Ottawa dropping every game he wasn’t in the lineup for, it goes to show how integral he is to the lineup. In the last game he played in, Batherson dropped FOUR POINTS (2G and 2A) en route to a 6-3 stomping of the Pittsburgh Penguins. As mentioned above, tonight the Sens are going up against Thatcher Demko who has had a really rough start in his 2021 campaign and Batherson will be seeing top-line minutes on both even strength and the power play.
Honorable Mention(s): Tyler Bertuzzi (FD), Adam Fox, Nazem Kadri (loses some value with the return of MacKinnon), Garland

Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)

Centre – Connor McDavid

Winger – Drake Batherson

Defence – Adam Fox

Goalie – Igor Shesterkin

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McDavid – Zibanejad – Matthews – Putting Up Points

Honorable Mention(s): Rapidfire

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