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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.
If you are new to my articles, NHL, or WinDaily Sports then I will tell you that my articles are not going to give you the chalk plays or the obvious plays. I try to dig in and find ways for you to build lineups for GPP contests. I will always point out those top plays to help you build cash but that is not the point of this article.
Mini Slate Tuesday!
We usually have huge 10-12 game slates on Tuesdays, but instead, we have a Monday-sized slate with just three games.
Even though it’s a small slate we have some really nice pay-up spots, namely the Edmonton Oilers. They are on the road in Dallas, which isn’t always an easy game. Calgary comes home from a long road trip to find the all of a sudden hot Chicago Blackhawks waiting for them. In the early game, we have the Flyers heading to the Sunshine State for Thanksgiving to Tampa!
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
As strange as it sounds, all six spots seem like both great and terrible spots for goalies tonight at the same time. But, I did some digging and hopefully found a couple of goalies that can us into the green on Tuesday.
Jacob Markstrom (vs Chicago)
While the Hawks may be playing the best hockey they’ve played all season, they haven’t exactly been lighting up the scoreboard. Chicago has won 5 of their last 6 but is only averaging 2.1 goals per game in that stretch while allowing just 1.8 goals per game. I expect this to be a low-scoring game on Tuesday and if Marc-Andre Fleury starts for Chicago he is my number two choice in net behind Markstrom. In his last six starts, Markstrom has allowed more than two goals once and has two shutouts. As for Fleury, he has not allowed more than two goals during his four-game win streak and is coming off a shutout of Vancouver himself. Since I build multiple lineups, I may have a couple of pieces from this game as far as skaters go, but I will have both goalies in this game for sure (if MAF starts).
** If Lankinen starts, load up on Calgary! Lankinen has allowed 18 goals in his last five starts and has only one win in that stretch. **
Carter Hart ( @ Tampa Bay)
Tampa can put up goals with the best of them, but they can also get shut down by good goaltending. Carter Hart is a good goaltender and even with this being a small slate, I could see him being slightly overlooked facing Tampa on the road. Philadelphia allows shots and allows them in bunches. In his last six starts, Hart has only seen less than 30 shots once, a 29 save shutout over Arizona. If you take that Arizona game out, in his last five starts Hart is seeing 35 shots goal per game and averaging 32.8 saves per game. Hart is cheap around the industry ($7.5K/$7.4K) which makes him an even more appealing play tonight.
Other Options: Stuart Skinner (@ Dallas)
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
Teams to build around:
With this being a three-game slate, I will spare you the talk of building around Edmonton because you all know the drill. Try to fit Leon Draisaitl or Connor McDavid in with cheap pieces on defense like Cody Ceci or Duncan Keith. The real question is who can we play with any Oiler stacks. Well, their opponent seems like a good place to start.
Dallas Stars (vs Edmonton)
Edmonton is on the first night of a back-to-back so we will have to wait and see who starts in net as Skinner has been playing well in his last few starts. I will still have some interest in the Stars if he starts, but the matchup with Koskinen is much better. Either way, Dallas’ top line is where I would start. Roope Hintz is the highest-priced player on the entire line and his price doesn’t go over $6K (in fact he is $6K on FD). Hintz has been the best player on this line, especially over the last five games. In his last five, Hintz is a goal-per-game player and is averaging nearly three shots on goal per game. On his wings, both Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski have been equally as hot with five points and four points respectively in their last five as well. All three of these skaters are joined on the top power-play unit as well by defenseman John Klingberg, who himself is underpriced. Now, you can go Klingberg, but I will probably look at Ryan Suter and Esa Lindell on defense instead. Both are cheaper (by a lot on DK) and are outperforming Klingberg of late.
If you need a cheap two-man stack, Luke Glendening is a super cheap piece to pair with one of the cheap dmen. Unfortunately, he doesn’t play on either power-play unit and his minutes are only around 13 per game, but he has four points in his last five. Glendening is someone who will go completely overlooked on this slate and if he gets on the score sheet somehow he could be part of what gets you into the top half of the leaderboard.
Where’s the value?
Well, for one we can start where we left off, with Dallas. The Stars’ second line of Raffl/Benn/Gurianov has also been rolling but they are mainly a DK value line. This line comes in under $10K on DraftKings and while they have not been as productive as the top unit they can put up points. If you need the savings, then switch it up to Dallas 2.
If Lankinen starts, then Calgary 1 is the clear pivot off of the Edmonton chalk, but they may even be high owned on a small slate so I prefer to look at Calgary 2. All three of these guys have been playing well, but Andrew Mangiapane has been the man. Mangiapane has six goals in his last five and has 17 shots on goal. If you want to pair him up, I prefer to go with Mikael Backlund and Noah Hanifin (D) for a three-man stack.
Philadelphia 2 is another good value (on DK, FD seems too expensive) on Tuesday, specifically Claude Giroux and Derick Brassard. Both of these forwards have four points in their last five and both play on the top PP unit. Ivan Provorov is the dman for the PP with them, and while he has been good there may be better value. Both Rasmus Ristolainen and Travis Sanheim have been more productive and even though they don’t see power-play time they are both logging over 20 minutes per game.
I haven’t mentioned Tampa, and it’s not because they are not a good play tonight, I just can’t find anything I want to use. They have some good pieces like Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman but they are super expensive. Anthony Cirelli is a decent mid-tier priced play along with linemate Alex Killorn and value play Mathieu Joseph.
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