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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night February 22nd and we have a big 8 game slate on tap!
After a strange weekend where we saw two outdoor games, one that had an 8 hour 5 on 3. Then the other game had 3 different start times leading to what I consider a failure on the NHL’s part with these Lake Tahoe games, we are back to 8 INDOOR game tonight. There is only one game currently showing a 6.5 O/U and that is Calgary @ Toronto, but there were two games that opened at 6.5 but have moved down. Both the Dallas @ Florida and Tampa Bay @ Carolina have moved from 6.5 to 5.5. What all that means is we are going to want to focus on that game first for our stacks, especially on the Toronto side.
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
Looking at the goalies on both sites for Monday and the first thing I notice is that FanDuel has no respect for Jordan Binnigton ($7,400). Binnigton is $1,100 more on DraftKings which makes him my number one play on FanDuel and a complete fade of the St. Louis goalie on DK. Switching to DraftKings now, both Chris Driedger ($7,700) and Andrei Vasilevskiy ($7,800) seem underpriced to me. I know both have tough matchups with Dallas for Florida, and Carolina for Tampa Bay. These were the two games I mentioned in the open that saw the lines move from 6.5 to 5.5, I am not sure why, but when a line moves in that direction Vegas is usually right. If Sergei Bobrovsky ($7,900) starts for Florida, then I would pass and focus on Vasilevskiy.
There is a goalie I am interested in and the price is right on both sites in my opinion. Kappo Kahkonen ($8,000/$7,700) is in a prime matchup in San Jose against a Sharks team that ranks 17th in goals for and has only scored more than 2 goals in a game four times in their last nine games.
Other options: Semyon Varlamov ($8,400/$8,100), John Gibson ($7,300/$6,700)
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
Like I mentioned in the open, Calgary and the Toronto Maple Leafs is the projected highest-scoring game on the slate. Auston Matthews ($9,000/$9,200) is the hottest thing going in the NHL and his price is reflecting that. Over his last five games, Matthews has 7 goals and 6 assists, with 4 goals and 2 assists coming on the power play. Calgary has one of the league’s worst penalty kills which makes this matchup even more appealing. Calgary ranks in the bottom third of the league in penalty kill %, allows the 7th most power-play goals, and has taken the 6th most penalties this season. Because of all of this, a Toronto Power Play stack is definitely my number one place to start when building lineups and Matthews has to be included in that.
On Calgary’s side of the ice, there isn’t much to like right now. Their top guys are not producing right now, but maybe this matchup with Toronto will break their slump. In their last 5 games, the Flames have been held to 1 goal in four of their last five. Elias Lindholm ($5,700/$6,100) averages the second-most minutes on ice for the Flames, which is rare for a forward. Because of that, I think that would be where I would start in a Flames stack. Calgary has shaken their lines up because of their anemic goal scoring of late, so Lindholm now centers line 2 with Johnny Gaudreau ($5,500/$7600) on his wing. Now, with how terrible his price is on FD, Gaudreau is only viable on DK. Either Andrew Mangiapane ($4,400/$4,700) or Matthew Tkachuk ($6,200/$5,400) are much better options to pair with Lindholm on FD as a power-play stack.
NHL DFS: Value Plays
With the high prices from Toronto, and the mid prices of Calgary we will need some value plays to make that fit. I mentioned in discord Sunday night that Anaheim called up Trevor Zegras ($2,500/$3,000) and he should be making his highly anticipated debut on Monday. Zegras dominated the World Juniors this year with 18 points in 7 games and then continued in the AHL this season with 9 points in just 8 games. In Sunday’s practice Zegras skated on the second line with Sam Steel ($3,200 both sites) and Jacob Silfverberg ($4,000/$5,100). It is anticipated he sees power play time as well.
Another value line I like on Monday night is Minnesota second line. Mats Zuccarello ($2,900/$3,900) has returned and in his first three games he has 1 goal and 2 assists. Zuccarello is playing with Karill Kaprizov ($4,400/$4,600) and Marcus Johansson ($2,800/$4,100). We will need to wait for an announcement about Johansson who did not play Saturday.
NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings
Top Defensemen
- Shea Theodore (VGK)
- Victor Hedman (TB)
- Morgan Rielly (TOR)
- Drew Doughty (LA)
- Brent Burns (SJ)
- Dougie Hamilton (CAR)
- Alex Pietrangelo (VGK)
- Torey Krug (STL)
- Aaron Ekblad (FLA)
- John Klingberg (DAL)
Top Value Defensemen:
- Rasmus Andersson (CGY)
- Bowen Byram (COL)
- Colin Miller (BUF)
- Scott Mayfield (NYI)
- Josh Mahura (ANH)
- Gustav Forsling (FLA)
- Mikey Anderson (LA)
- Keith Yandle (FLA)
- Jonas Brodin (MIN)
- Brett Pesce (CAR)
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