NHL DFS Between the Benches for DraftKings and FanDuel (Jan. 13)

We finally made it! Opening Day is upon us and I couldn’t be more excited to break open the first slate with all of you. Both sites gave us some interesting options to explore for today’s 5-game Opening Day slate. In this article we will look at the top NHL stack on the slate, reveal some nice targets to separate you from the pack, rank the best goalie spot and provide a core four that you can use to start building your lines! There are five games today and today will kick off 116 consecutive days of hockey! Check out the top plays below.

Keep in mind!!! FanDuel has updated their NHL tournaments and they now include two UTIL spots which have replaced two winger spots. DraftKings has stayed the same but don’t forget last season they revamped the scoring and added stats bonuses, so if you’re new to NHL or haven’t played in a while, check out our live stream on the WinDaily YouTube by clicking here and read through the rules on the site of your choice!

1/13 NHL Stack Report

1. Pittsburgh Penguins 2 
   Zucker – Malkin – Rust (FanDuel: $19,500 | DraftKings: $17,100)
   – As mentioned in the live stream, this line is one of the best all around lines on the slate, and it comes at a manageable price. They’ll be going in tough against a goalie like Carter Hart but last this line had a strong season against the Flyers winning the series 2-1.
   Ideal Defensive Partner: Kris Letang (or John Marino for value) (FD: $6,600 | DK: $6,100)
2. Vancouver Canucks 1 
   Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander (FanDuel: $17,000 | DraftKings: $14,300)
   – This line got a huge boost in value with the news that came in yesterday regarding Canucks Forward JT Miller who was initially slated to play on this line. As we get closer to lock its looking more and more like they will be giving Hoglander a shot on the top line. Even if they decide to move someone else Hoglander is reportedly going to receive the top power play time in lieu of JT Miller.
   Ideal Defensive Partner: Quinn Hughes (FD: $5,500 | DK: $5,100)
   
   Honorable Mention(s): Tampa Bay One – Hedman or Sergachev, Colorado One – Makar or Graves, Philadelphia One – Provorov, Edmonton Two – Barrie , Toronto Two – Muzzin or Rielly

1/13 NHL Goalie Tracker

Best

1. Andrei Vasilevskiy (FD: $8,600 | DK: $8,400) The clear favourite, uber chalk, Tampa should walk away with this one, plain and simple. Also, Vasilevskiy is a Vezina calibre goalie who can ensure that this game goes Tampa’s way.
2. Carter Hart (FD: $7,700 | DK: $7,800) Extremely affordable, despite the fact that he’s up against Pittsburgh, Carter Hart is a natural puck stopper who makes it look easy. I’ll be playing a lot of Carter Hart tonight. It’ll be harder for him to get the win when compared to Vas but Hart can provide some serious value.
   Honorable Mention(s): Andersen, Holtby, Binnington, Price

Worst

1. Malcolm Subban (FD: $6,700 | DK: $6,900) He is really really bad, Chicago is hurting after getting rid of their starter in the offseason, they lost two of their top players in Dach and Toews, if Delia plays it’ll be even more of a mismatch. I’d fade Subban personally.

1/13 NHL Wild Card Targets

Nils Hoglander (FD: $3,000 | DK: $2,900) 
– With the absence of JT Miller due to COVID, base salary rookie Nils Hoglander has been thrust into the spotlight on the top power play. Vancouver trusts this kid a lot and his low price leads to low risk with a high reward! At the beginning of the year when the data isn’t plentiful, plays like these are a godsend. Many of the rookies that are low priced today will see their prices rise throughout the season.
Honorable Mention(s): O. Lindblom, A. Burakovsky, M. Hoffman (ESPECIALLY ON DK), T. Tatar, A.Romanov

Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)

Centre – Brayden Point

Winger – Nils Hoglander or Oskar Lindblom

Defence – Mikhail Sergachev or Quinn Hughes

Goalie – Andrei Vasilevskiy

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Malkin – Point – Matthews – Putting Up Points – It’s going to be very difficult to judge as each season is different and nobody knows how people are going to truly perform after their return to the ice. However, during the offseason, these three have performed very well and I’ve seen good reports on each of these top scores. Not to mention Point will be going up against a human sieve.

Honorable Mention: Brayden Point to break the expected fantasy point total.

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