NHL DFS Between the Benches for DraftKings and FanDuel (Mar. 8)

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Welcome, everyone! We’ve got an absolute banger of a slate tonight, a bunch of great mismatches to exploit and a strong parlay to get everything started! Get ready for the newest edition of WinDaily’s Between the Benches! For tonight’s 3/8 NHL slate, as mentioned, we massive 11-gamer and 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 right into it!

PARLAY OF THE DAY

3/8 NHL Stack Report

1. Colorado Avalanche 1
Rantanen – MacKinnon – Landeskog (FanDuel: $27,600 | DraftKings: $21,100)
– To lead off the article we have a matchup between one of the league’s highest-scoring offences in Colorado who average 3.93 goals per game against one of the leagues’ worst defences in the New Jersey Devils who average 3.54 goals against per game. These numbers are brutal for the Devils, no matter how you slice it. Unsurprisingly, Colorado has the highest implied total of the slate at an event 4.0 implied goals and on top of that, this line is now back to full strength as league point leaders Rantanen and Landeskog are joined by in my estimation, their team’s most valuable player, Nathan MacKinnon. They’re not quite the same without him and with him in the lineup, the Devils are going to have a rough night at the office, especially considering their goalie troubles as of late.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Cale Makar (FD: $7,200 | DK: $7,100)

2. Vegas Golden Knights 1
Roy – Eichel – Pacioretty (FanDuel: $20,000 | DraftKings: $15,800)
– For our second line of the night, it’s not as much about how good they are like the Aves but rather how bad their opponents are. Bad doesn’t even begin to describe the season the Flyers have had to this point. To date, the Flyers have lost 6 of their last eight games, routinely coughing up 5 to 6 goals in the process. The Flyers have struggled a lot this season, whether it be their coaching change, their long losing streaks or their awful goaltending. They have just never been able to find any semblance of consistency. Their opponent’s the Golden Knights haven’t been the Kings of Consistency either but the problems that the Golden Knights have pale in comparison to the massive issues plaguing the Flyers this season. On top of that, the Golden Knights are coming off a strong win against the Ottawa Senators, where this line scored the winning goal with a mere 5.2 seconds left. The Knights have started to play good hockey again, winning three of their last four games and are in a prime position to make it four of their last five, here tonight. The implied total is very favourable to them at 3.5 goals but knowing the Flyers’ defensive struggles, it could end up being much worse than that.
Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Alex Pietrangelo (FD: $6,400 | DK: $6,500)

Honorable Mention(s): TOR1, STL1, ANH1

3/6 NHL Goalie Tracker

Best (Goalies to Roster)

1. Darcy Kuemper (FD: $8,300 | DK: $8,300)
2. Robin Lehner (FD: $7,900 | DK: $8,200)
   Honorable Mention(s): Alex Nedjelkovic

Worst (Goalies to Target)

1. Jon Gillies (FD: $6,800 | DK: $7,100)
   Honorable Mention(s): Karel Vejmelka, Carter Hart

3/8 NHL Wild Card Targets

Michael Bunting (FD: $6,100 | DK: $4,700) 
– Michael Bunting has been on quite the tear as of late and yes he has benefitted tremendously from having two all-star linemates. Regardless he’s a cheap winger and he’s putting up points like it’s nobody’s business, we already saw him get a hat trick not too long ago and five games ago, he had a five-point game! Ever since that game, he’s continued his point streak as he now has 10 points in his last 5 games. Not too bad for a rookie winger! On top of that, the Leafs are going up against the Kraken. We have gone in-depth on the Kraken’s defensive failings, their high goals-against average in contrast with their low shots on goal against percentage, bottom line is the Leafs (and Bunting) should have no problem tearing right into the Kraken tonight.
Honorable Mention(s): Dylan Strome, Nick Schmaltz, Mason Marchment, Kevin Fiala-Matt Boldy

Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)

Center – Nathan MacKinnon

Winger – Michael Bunting

Defenseman – Alex Pietrangelo

Goalie – Robin Lehner

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