We’re back with another Wednesday Night Win Daily NHL Article! We had a strong performance after the breakdown in yesterday’s article! Tonight we have a small 4-gamer for tonight’s slate, with some great plays that jumped out right away!!! So, let’s get ready for the newest edition of WinDaily’s Between the Benches! For tonight’s 12/8 NHL slate, the slate begins at 7:00 pm ET. Don’t forget to lock your lines and check the discord for any updates! Let’s get into it!
12/8 NHL Stack Report
- Boston Bruins 1
Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak (FanDuel: $26,300 | DraftKings: $22,700)
– Lets get the obvious out of the way first. Out of all the “top lines” (the others being COL1 and VGK1, in terms of the line’s high salaries) Boston’s top line is in the best spot for tonight’s slate. They are far and away Boston’s best line meaning that unlike Colorado and Vegas’ top line they will see a lionshare of the playing time as well as the power play opportunities. Unsuprisingly, they’ve been consistently good, for example Marchand has only been kept off the scoresheet in three games this season. He’s more than made up for those games with many multi-point game efforts. In tonight’s slate they’re up against a Vancouver side who has had a shaky go this season as they hold an embarrassing home record of 4-7-1 and are near the bottom of the league in defensive stats while also having a goalie who is extremley inconsistent and struggles against top talent. This line is very expensive so if you can only pick one player from this line, pick Marchand.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Charlie McAvoy (FD: $6,700 | DK: $6,000) - New Jersey Devils 1
Bratt – Hischier – Zacha (FanDuel: $14,500 | DraftKings: $14,300)
– This line is a welcomed edition to tonight’s small slate as they are a top line that will get plenty of opportunities to run over the struggling Philadelphia Flyers who have now lost NINE straight and arguably made matters worse by hiring Mike Yeo who is most notable for getting fired by the Blues en route to the Blues miraculous cup run back in 2019. Over their last two games, the Flyers coughed up 14 goals!!!! Bottom line, the Flyers are struggling bad (lacklustre offence, and worse defense) and at these prices New Jersey can provide some top talent performances at value prices. On this line in particular I am particularly looking at Bratt and Hischier for my builds tonight as they have been consistently good as of late (especially Bratt).
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Dougie Hamilton (Ryan Graves works as salary relief) (FD: $7,300 | DK: $7,700)
Honorable Mention(s): DAL1 (Robertson-Hintz-Pavelski), COL1 (Rantanen-MacKinnon-Landeskog), VGK2 (Smith-Karlsson-Marchessault), VGK1 (Stone-Stephenson-Pacioretty)
12/8 NHL Goalie Tracker
Best (Goalies to Roster)
- Mackenzie Blackwood (FD: $7,100 | DK: $8,000)
- Jeremy Swayman (FD: $8,400 | DK: $8,200)
Worst (Goalies to Target)
- Thatcher Demko (FD: $7,400 | DK: $7,200)
12/8 NHL Wild Card Targets
Devon Toews (FD: $5,600 | DK: $5,700)
– Devon Toews has been a surprising success story for the Ave’s considering the time and effort they have spent into (successfully) developing Cale Makar. Regardless, Toews has been making the most of his opportunities as of late and has been putting together quite the run as of late. Like Marchand, he has only been kept off the scoresheet in three of his games this season and has strung together his fair share of multipoint games (including in his last two games). Stacking Toews will be difficult since his linemates are very expensive but he does work as a one-off option and can serve as a cheaper option to defenseman Dougie Hamilton as in this slate, in particular, smart salary plays are everything. It would be wise to get some exposure to the Colorado side of this matchup as they will be facing off against a Rangers side who played last night and who will most likely be starting a goalie who is taking on both sides of the back-to-back and has notoriously had some trouble stopping the puck this season despite the fact that his team’s offence has been able to bail him out. Toews plays alongside Makar on the Avalanche’s top defensive pairing and also sees time on Colorado’s second power-play unit.
Honorable Mention(s): Jason Robertson, Reilly Smith, Wade Allison, Nazem Kadri
Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)
Centre – Nico Hischier
Winger – Brad Marchand
Defence – Dougie Hamilton (Devon Toews if you need the extra salary)
Goalie – Mackenzie Blackwood
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Marchand – Robertson – Pastrnak – Putting Up Points
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