Allan Fabrykant 
Last night’s slate had a ton of goals and some crazy storylines. Usually, Fridays are lighter slates. However, today, we’ve got a nice six gamer to look at. Tonight’s 12/15 NHL slate begins at 7:00 pm ET. Don’t forget to lock your lines and check the discord for any updates! Without further ado, let’s get right into it!
12/15 NHL Stack Report
1. New York Rangers 2 (Panarin-Trocheck-Lafrenier)
— Leading off the article today are the high-flying New York Rangers, who have amassed a 19-7-1 record, good enough for the best record in the Metro Division and the fourth-best record in the NHL. Tonight, the Rangers are matched up with the team with the second-worst record in the NHL, the Anaheim Ducks, who are currently on the wrong side of a four-game losing stream. The Ducks have benefitted from being solid both offensively and defensively while also taking all the opportunities that come their way. So much so that the Rangers have the second-best power play in the league, converting those opportunities at a 30.5% rate. Compared to 22.7% for the Ducks. Luckily for the Rangers, while they are sound offensively and defensively, the Ducks are neither. The Ducks barely shoot, barely score and spend most of each game with the puck in their defensive zone. As a result, the Ducks have posted one of the worst goal-against averages in the league at 3.43 goals against per game while also letting over 31.5 shots against per game. It should come as no surprise that the bookmakers have heavily skewed this matchup in the Rangers’ favor (-298 and a 3.9 implied goal total), and even though the Rangers’ top line has found good success, it’s the second line that’s been more a more consistent scoring threat in my opinion, while also providing some salary relief for your Daily Fantast lineups.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Adam Fox
2. Vegas Golden Knights 1 (Barbashev-Eichel-Stone)
— On a slate with many high implied totals, Vegas’ offence is coming in at the highest of the 12 teams with an implied total of 4 xG. That’s down to many reasons. For starters, the Golden Knights have some incredible death with scoring threats up and down the lineup. They proved that with their cup run last year if you take a shift off, they will punish those mistakes. Not only were they consistent in punishing errors last season, but this season, they have picked up right where they left off, starting with a 20-5-5 record for the season, amassing the best record in the NHL by quite a bit. Even with the few injuries they have, Vegas hasn’t taken their foot off the gas as they have won four straight while their opponents, the Buffalo Sabres, have lost six of their last eight and are coming into Vegas tonight off at 5-1 thrashing on the road to the Avalanche.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Alex Pietrangelo (Honorable Mention(s): Zach Whitecloud)
Honorable Mention(s): Arizona Coyotes 2 (Macelli-Bjugstad-Crouse), Dallas Stars 2 (Marchment-Duchene-Seguin)
12/15 NHL Goalie Tracker
Best (Goalies to Roster)
- Logan Thompson
- Connor Ingram
Honorable Mention(s): Jonathan Quick, Antti Raanta
Worst (Goalies to Target)
1. Mackenzie Blackwood
Honorable Mention(s): Ukko-Pekka Lukkonen, John Gibson
12/15 NHL Wild Card Targets
Chandler Stephenson
– As discussed above, the Golden Knights are a great team with an even better matchup, and although I have written down Vegas’ top line for stacking purposes, I did want to make a special mention of Chandler Stephenson, who has been tearing it up as of late with three goals and three assists over his last four games. In each of those games, he registered at least two shots and saw around 18 minutes of ice time. His stats will benefit just as much from the matchup against the Sabres as the Golden Knights’ top line will, and his recent success has me thinking that he will definitely find himself on the score sheet tonight.
Honorable Mention(s): Lawson Crouse-Matias Macelli, Stefan Noesen
Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)
Center – Vincent Trocheck
Winger – Mark Stone
Defenseman – Brady Skjei
Goalie – Logan Thompson
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