Allan Fabrykant Welcome back everyone to another edition of WinDaily’s Between the Benches! This morning we have four games that all have intriguing pieces for us to use in tonight’s builds. A few immediately caught my eye, so let’s dig right into it! For tonight’s 3/2 NHL slate, the slate begins at 7:30 pm ET. Don’t forget to lock your lines and check the discord for any updates! Let’s get into it!
3/2 NHL Stack Report
1. Nashville Predators 1
Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg (FanDuel: $20,300 | DraftKings: $14,500)
– Let’s start off with what I see as one of the big mismatches of the night. Offensively, the Preds have been rather middle of the pack, with the main flashes of brilliance coming from winger Filip Forsberg. The Kraken on the other hand have really had a season to forget as they sit near the bottom of the league and are woefully underperforming even to the standards of their harshest critics. Despite a very low shot on goal against rate, they allow an incredibly high amount of goals against at 3.55, the only way to properly explain that is that their goaltending just hasn’t been up to par and that even though the Kraken D may have done some good work in limiting chances, the Kraken goalies always give up a couple of cheap ones with the few opportunities that the opposing team are afforded. With that level of play, it’s no surprise that the Kraken are currently on a big downward spiral dropping their last seven games. All three of Nashville’s top liners play on the Preds top power-play unit and as far as pricing goes the Preds top guys are priced very reasonably, especially compared to the second team on our radar.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Roman Josi (FD: $7,000 | DK: $7,200)
2. Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Marner – Matthews – Bunting (FanDuel: $25,100 | DraftKings: $22,000)
– Here we are… the Leafs are the biggest favourites on the slate and its really not even close. Their implied total is set at an astronomical 4.5 and are listed as -430 favourites. It’s very clear what the bookies are projecting for this one. I have no reason to disagree with them, the Leafs have been on quite a run lately, scoring insanely high amounts of goals (including a combined 17 goal game two games ago!) and having those goals fairly concentrated among the top liners. Over their last three games, this line has put together 22 points amongst themselves. That’s unreal and given the mismatch on display tonight, I can only see those numbers improving. Defensively, the Sabres have huge liabilities being near rock bottom in the league in both goals allowed and shots on goal allowed. Craig Anderson who is set to start for the Sabres has also been coughing up over 3 goals a game this season and the Sabres themselves currently sit at the wrong end of a six-game losing streak. Thankfully, all three of the Leafs’ top liners see Power-play time with Matthews and Marner on the first unit and Bunting on the second unit. The only concern in playing this line is the price, I would recommend having a couple of pieces in your lineup and not investing most of your salary into one line, but momentum is on the Leafs’ side, scoring ability is on the Leafs’ side and the stats are on the Leafs” side… not much else to say about this line.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Morgan Rielly (FD: $6,200 | DK: $5,800)
Honorable Mentions in order: DAL1 (Pavelski-Hintz-Robertson), STL1 (Perron-O’Reilly-Saad)
BOOKIE BET OF THE NIGHT: OVER 6.5 TOR/BUF
– Well even though Toronto has a shot at cracking the over by themselves, neither side are fielding good starting goalies and we could see a situation where the Sabres manage to bag a few on the Leafs back up goalie (I doubt we’ll see another 17-goal barn burner though)
Honorable Mention(s): NSH -180 on the Moneyline
3/2 NHL Goalie Tracker
Best (Goalies to Roster)
- Ville Husso (FD: $7,700 | DK: $7,800)
- Juuse Saros (FD: $8,200 | DK: $8,000)
Honorable Mention(s): Jake Oettinger
Worst (Goalies to Target)
- Philipp Grubauer (FD: $7,100 | DK: $7,400)
Honorable Mention(s): Craig Anderson
3/2 NHL Wild Card Targets
Justin Holl (FD: $4,900 | DK: $2,700)
– It’s very rare that I’d list a defenseman in the Wild Card slot but here we are. We’ve already discussed why the Leafs, in general, are a good play tonight but many may overlook the young defenseman as he has some struggles earlier on in the season. Since then he’s really been able to fine-tune his game and over his last few games, he has been an absolute monster. He’s registered 7 points over his last four games with five points coming over his last two games and on top of that, he’s starting to creep around 20 minutes of ice time a game. Holl’s price has raised a bit on FanDuel but he is still a solid value play, especially in tonight’s mismatch against the Buffalo Sabres.
Honorable Mention(s): Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs-Casey Fitzgerald, Jordan Eberle, Viktor Arvidsson, Jordan Kyrou
Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)
Centre – Auston Matthews
Winger – Filip Forsberg
Defence – Justin Holl
Goalie – Ville Husso
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All Day Slate Putting Up Points
Honorable Mention(s): Rapidfire 2/2
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