Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Between the Benches. We have a nice sized 4-game slate tonight. Even though it’s a pretty small slate, we still have several sports that we can go for offense.
Let’s dig in and see if we can make some money.
NHL DFS Goaltending
Igor Shesterkin ($7.8K DK/$8.3k FD) vs. Ottawa Senators – Igor Shesterkin is coming off arguably his 2 worst efforts of the season. He gave up 4 goals to Edmonton and another 4 to the powerhouse of a team we call the New Jersey Devils. Tonight’s matchup against the Senators should be a solid bounce-back spot for him.
The Senators are coming into this one having scored just 15 goals over their last 6 games. 2.5 goals per game isn’t going to cut it and when playing against a normally solid goalie in Shesterkin, they should score even less than that tonight. Shesterkin was very vocal about his performance against the Devils and should be extra motivated to have a solid game tonight. His price is down below $8k on DK tonight and that has me on him even more tonight.
Ilya Samsonov ($6.5k DK/$6.5k FD) vs. San Jose Sharks – Ilya Samsonov is expected to make his return tonight after a more than 3-week absence due to injury. Prior to going on the shelf, Samsonov was playing extremely well. He had just a 2.23 GAA and a .921 save percentage.
Although the Sharks are a solid offense, they did play last night and should have some tired legs. The Maples Leafs’ defense has been much better of late with just 11 high-danger chances against over the last 2 weeks. At the price point of Samsonov tonight, I will be rocking him in GPP’s. He’s risky but has huge upside at the current price.
NHL DFS Stacks
Edmonton 1 (McDavid, Draisaitl, Puljujarvi) + Nurse vs. Chicago
One of the top lines in the game of hockey vs. one of the worst teams in all of hockey? Sign. Me. Up. Chicago has been a disaster this season and over the last 2 weeks, they have gone 0-5-1 while giving up more than 5 goals per game. They are someone we should always take full advantage of. Tonight we’ll be doing that with Edmonton’s top line.
It’s going to be extremely tough to fit both McDavid and Draisaitl together, but I’m going to try my hardest to do so. The two of them have combined for 12 points over their last 5 games. Draisaitl has been the goal scorer while McDavid has been the assist machine. My lean right now is to go with McDavid because he’s just so good. This is a multiple-goal type of matchup for him. To save some loot, I’m going to pair both or one of them with Puljujarvi. Pulj as I like to call him is the type of player that has never lived up to their full potential and may never do so. That said, he has some upside at his $3.6k price on DK tonight. Lock and load this line tonight.
Detroit 1 (Larkin, Kubalik, Raymond) + Seider vs. Buffalo
While not as talented as the duo of McDavid and Draisaitl, the tandem of Dylan Larkin and Dominik Kubalik are trying their hardest to get into the convo. The two of them have been playing some splendid hockey and I’ll be using them tonight in a great matchup. The Sabres, while scoring a bunch of goals, are giving up a bunch of goals recently. Over their last 6 games, teams have scored 3.67 goals per game against them. Most importantly, they’re also giving up more than 14 high-danger scoring chances per game. That’s absolutely something we’ll want to attack.
If we look at what Larkin and Kubalik have done of late, they’ve combined for 46 scoring changes over their last 5 games. This is a great spot for them and if we want to add a cheap player to this stack, Lucas Raymond is absolutely in play. At $3.9k on DK, we’re getting a player that has multiple games over his last 4 with multi-point games. He’s as solid of a value as there is.
Chicago 2 (Domi, Kurashev, Raddysh) + Murphy vs. Edmonton
Do I think there are betting lines to play than this second unit for Chicago? Absolutely. However, I’ve given 2 pricy lines so I need to provide a line so that we can afford guys like McDavid, Larkin, Draisaitl, and Kubalik. This second line for Chicago will do. Edmonton isn’t some shutdown defensive type of team that can’t be had. They’re still giving up more than 3 goals per game. While this line is super risky and could net us close to nothing, they also come in at just $11.1 combined. Both Kurashev and Raddysh are my favorites here as they’ll play on the top power-play unit with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. They definitely are risky but have some upside at limited cost.
Other Stacks: Rangers 1 and 2, Toronto 1 and 2, Edmonton 2, Buffalo 1
NHL DFS Top Value Defenseman
- Ryan Lindgren – $2.8k on DK
- Filip Hronek – $4.7k on Dk
- Matt Benning – $2.6k on DK
- Evan Bouchard – $3.6k on DK
Summary
We have some clear spots for offense tonight with Edmonton and Detroit. I’ll be extremely heavy with both teams. You should be too.
Make sure to use our Projection model when setting lineups.
Good luck and hope to see you in the green!
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