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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Tuesday night and we have a 5 game slate to break down!
While tonight is a much different slate as far as the amount of games goes, it is in a sense a replay of Monday night. All five of the games on tonight’s slate are the second night’s of a back-to-back. One positive is we should know who each team’s goalie is because we can assume that most, if not all, will not use the same goalie who started on Monday night. This is hockey so it’s not a guarantee that the same line stacks or players will go off who went off last night, ok maybe McDavid is as close to a guarantee of that as anyone though, but I believe some of the teams we stack last night are great spots to go right back to.
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
Cash Game Goalie:
Ilya Sorokin ($8,500/$8,200)
Sorokin should get the nod in net for the Islanders against Buffalo on Tuesday after Varlamov started on Monday night. Sorokin has faced this Sabres team 3 times on the season, winning all three of his starts and only allowing 4 goals. There is a downside in that he only faced 64 shots in those three starts, but on a small slate like tonight and in cash games I feel he will be popular, so another 22-25 save, one goal allowed win could be fine for you to win in cash contests.
Other Options: Jeremy Swayman ($8,300/$7,800), James Reimer ($8,400), Tristan Jarry ($7,900/$8,500) – Really only a DK play. I don’t think you can play Jarry at that elevated salary on FD
GPP Goalie:
Mackenzie Blackwood ($7,200/6,700)
This is pretty much going to be a rinse and repeat paragraph from Monday’s article since Wedgewood got the start on Monday. Real quick about that start, Wedgewood has a great night, even in a loss. While he did allow 3 goals, Wedgewood stopped 39 of 42 shots which earned him the 35+ save bonus on DK. Blackwood has been okay over his last few starts, including 3 straight wins (all over Philadelphia) but he has allowed some goals in those starts. But, back to tonight’s opponent, Boston. On the season, Blackwood is 3-0-2 against the Bruins and has only allowed 9 goals in the five starts and stopped 171 pucks for a 34.2 per game average. If we can get a 34-35 save performance tonight and only allowing 2-3 goals we could definitely get the value needed for a good start out of Blackwood
Other Options: Mike Smith ($8,100/$8,00), Thatcher Demko ($7,500/$7,00) – If you want to make multiple lineups tonight and plan on rostering McDavid, it might not be crazy to throw a Demko lineup in, just in case.
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
Hurricane Hamilton Sends the Hawks Back to the Windy City
Dougie Hamilton ($6,900/$6,700) had another solid night on Monday with 2 points in a 5-2 Hurricane win over Chicago. I expect much of the same from the Canes in Tuesday’s rematch and there really isn’t a play I dislike on this team. I can make a case for any of their top three lines. Carolina’s third line might be the best value play on the entire slate with Jordan Staal ($4,200/$5,000) centering and seeing time on PP1. Both of the wings, Fast and Foegele, are near min price on both sites and make for great plays to fit the Bruins top line or McDavid into your lineups.
If you are looking to pay up some, the Hurricanes top line is the least expensive of the top 4 first lines on the slate, by a couple of thousand on both sites, and might be my favorite on the entire slate because of their matchup. Don’t forget Carolina 2, they are no slouch either. Basically what I’m saying is, stack up the Hurricanes tonight.
It’s Ok to Be Different
On small slates, you sometimes have to think outside the box and be different than the crowd for tournaments. For me tonight that would be stacking up the Buffalo Sabres and the Vancouver Canucks. I know the Sorokin should carry a lot of ownership tonight, I project he will be the second-highest owned goalie after Reimer. As for Vancouver, they might not get any love because everyone will be concerned with stacking the other side of this game.
Buffalo’s second line did a bulk of the scoring last night and it seemed like the Islanders had no answer for them on Monday. Tage Thompson ($4,200/$3,400) had a multipoint game, and Rasmus Asplund ($3,200) added a goal of his own. Sam Reinhart ($6,200/$5,200) had two goals as well as the center for the top line but did assist on Asplund’s goal. Add in Rasmus Ristolainen ($4,100/$3,700) on the point and you can make a very inexpensive Sabres stack tonight.
As far as Vancouver goes, their top line got in on all three of their goals and is a relatively inexpensive option. JT Miller ($4,800/$5,700) had a goal and an assist for the Canucks while Nils Hoglnader ($3,300/3,800) had an assist, and Brock Boeser ($6,000/$6,800) added a goal. I think you can add Quinn Hughes ($5,200) or Nate Schmidt ($3,600/$3,800) as a low-owned defenseman option as well to any Canucks stack.
Some Other Value Plays:
- NY Islanders 2 vs Buffalo
- Pittsburgh 2 vs Philadelphia
- Chicago 2 vs Carolina
- New Jersey 1 vs Boston
- Pittsburgh 3 vs Philadelphia
NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings
** Remember to always try and pair your defenseman up with forwards. One-off dmen are not usually the best option**
Top Defensemen
- Dougie Hamilton (CAR)
- Kris Letang (PIT)
- Darnell Nurse (EDM)
- Shayne Gostisbehere (PHI)
- Tyson Barrie (EDM)
- Matt Grzelcyk (BOS)
Honestly, unless you plan on playing a PP stack with one of these six D men, it is a night to pay down on defense.
Top Value Defensemen:
- Brady Skjei (CAR)
- Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF)
- Connor Carrick (NJ)
- Kevan Miller (BOS)
- Ryan Murray (NJ)
- Adam Pelech (NYI)
- Jaccob Slavin (CAR)
- Travis Sanheim (PHI)
- Brett Pesce (CAR)
- Jeremy Lauzon (BOS)
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