Welcome to Win Daily’s fourth edition of the NHL Between the Benches! In this article, the 8/16 NHL Between the Benches, we will look at the top NHL stacks on the slate, rank the best and the worst goalie spots to target and provide a core four that you can use to start building your lines! There are three games for tonight’s main slate of the first round of the play-offs, check out the top plays below.
8/16 NHL Stack Report
- Philadelphia Flyers Two
Konecny – Hayes – Laughton (FanDuel: $15,600 | DraftKings: $15,400)
– The Flyers got battered around last game by the Canadiens, and although the five-game onslaught wasn’t pretty Philadelphia is still coming in tonight at -140. They are far and away the better team and will look to show their resiliency against Montreal tonight. If Konecny doesn’t play tonight, pivot to Philadelphia’s top line as they will be relied on for heavy minutes to make up for their missing superstar. They will probably see some lower usage after last game but they have shown moments of brilliance during the round-robin series, its just a matter of time before they unleash their potential against the Canadiens.
Ideal Defensive Partner: Ivan Provorov (FD: $4,900 | DK: $5,300) - Vegas Golden Knights One
Pacioretty – Karlsson – Stone (FanDuel: $20,700 | DraftKings: $20,700)
– With another win last night, the Golden Knights are truly putting pressure on the Blackhawks as they will be going for the series sweep tonight. The Golden Knights’ performance last night was rather underwhelming but with Patches back in the fold, the Knights will prove to be too much for the Blackhawks to handle and I can see this top-line being very productive tonight. If Stastny does end up playing tonight, Vegas’ second line works as a nice contrarian play.
Ideal Defensive Partner: Shea Theodore (FD: $5,900 | DK: $6,700)
Honorable Mention(s): Vancouver Canucks One – Hughes
8/16 NHL Goalie Tracker
Best
- Robin Lehner (FD: $8,600 | DK: $8,300)
- Jacob Markstrom (FD: $8,400 | DK: $7,600)
Honorable Mention(s): Carter Hart
Worst
- Corey Crawford (FD: $7,300|DK: $7,200)
- Carey Price (FD: $7,800 | DK: $7,500)
8/16 NHL Wild Card of the Day
Chris Tanev (FD: $3,900 | DK: $3,600)
– Tanev has been on a tear over the past four games, posting six points and cracking the 20-minute mark in each. He’ll slot in on Vancouver’s first defensive pairing alongside Alexander Edler and despite not seeing much power-play time, he becomes a huge DFS factor with his blocked shot totals (especially on DraftKings where he’s hit the bonus in three of his last four games)
Honorable Mention(s): Nick Suzuki
Core Four:
C – Kevin Hayes
W – Brock Boeser
W – Mark Stone
D – Quinn Hughes
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Stone-Pacioretty-Boeser – Putting Up Points – Boeser has been piling on the points in both the play-in and play-off rounds, however, he has truly found his groove against the Blues with four assists in just two games! The other two are listed from tonight’s top stack and although Patches is coming back from an injury, his linemate Stone has been extremely productive with seven points in six playoff games, both players feature on Vegas’ top power-play together and will figure to crack the 20-minute mark.
Honorable Mention: Brock Boeser to break the expected fantasy point total.
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