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We get a little bit of a hockey reprieve tonight with a small three game Wednesday slate. Early season data is skewed, so with a small slate, it is encouraged to play light. Keep it casual for NHL, and maybe check out our NBA content to get you geared up for the first big slate of the year. The one and only Ghost has you covered on all of our NBA news and notes. Good luck tonight!
Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky – Florida Panthers: The Panthers host the Flyers tonight, who have been winning for some reason. They are a surprising 3-0-0 on the season, but will have their hands full with the Panthers tonight. Bob makes for a solid play tonight, as the back-to-back should factor in here for the Flyers.
Jordan Binnington – St. Louis Blues: The Blues head to Seattle, where goaltending has been a bit of an issue. Both Jones and Grubauer are sporting GAAs over 3.00. The team as a whole is giving up 4 goals against per game so far this season. The Blues should be able to win this game, and Binnington should be a big part of that.
High Risk Goalie Pick – Felix Sandstrom – Philadelphia Flyers: Sandstrom draws his first start of the season on the road in Florida tonight. This is merely an upside risk play meant for deep GPPs. He should see a whole bunch of shot volume, and if he snags a win, that will be an added bonus.
Others to Consider: Martin Jones (SEA)
Lines to Build Around
These NHL DFS lines are considered top plays for the night and can be considered the focal point of your builds. They will be listed by position in the following order: Center/Winger/Winger/Correlating Defenseman (if applicable).
Colorado Avalanche 1 – Nathan MacKinnon/Valeri Nichushkin/Artturi Lehkonen/Cale Makar: Expect this line to be mega chalk tonight, as we can get them at a discount. They are at home against the Jets, and they should have no problem against Hellebuyck tonight.
St. Louis Blues 1- Robert Thomas/Pavel Buchnevich/Vladimir Tarasenko/Torey Krug: The Blues are in a fantastic spot tonight and may actually end up being a little bit of leverage.
High Risk Lines
These are NHL DFS plays that carry significantly more risk, but could pay off at low ownership. They will be listed by position in the following order: Center/Winger/Winger/Correlating Defenseman (if applicable).
Florida Panthers Power Play – Aleksander Barkov/Sam Bennett/Patric Hornqvist/Matthew Tkachuck/Sam Reinhart: The Panthers appear to be rolling out a forward-only power play look tonight, so that ends up being a little bit tough to stack. The best way to go about this is to find the guys who correlate at regular strength and share time on the power play. For example, Barkov/Reinhart is a good pairing from this mix.
Philadelphia Flyers 1 – Kevin Hayes/Joel Farabee/Travis Konecny/Tony DeAngelo: The whole Flyers team has been a surprise so far, scoring 3.67 goals per game on this young season. The top line is the preferred look here, but with the back-to-back, they carry a good bit of risk.
Seattle Kraken 2 – Matty Beniers/Jaden Schwartz/Jordan Eberle: Beniers will center Eberle and Schwartz tonight in a very interesting look. This is a new line, so we don’t know how they will mesh together, but they are worth a look for leverage tonight. The top Seattle look of Wennberg/Bjorkstrand/Burakovsky is very interesting as well.
Colorado Avalanche 3 – JT Compher/Andrew Cogliano/Logan O’Connor: On a short slate with teams with massive totals, it makes sense to go for depth. Running this line will get you access to a massive 4 goal projected total at basically no ownership. If they happen to outplay the top line, then you will be counting your money.
Florida Panthers 3 – Anton Lundell/Eetu Luostarinen/Colin White: The same approach for Colorado applies to the Panthers tonight. The Cats have a 4.4 implied goal total, and this line is potentially more viable than Colorado 3.
NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: WPG1, SEA1, STL2,
Value Options – DraftKings
Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on DraftKings. Be sure to stack!
Center: Alexander Wennberg ($2800) – Seattle Kraken
Wing: Patric Hornqvist ($2800) – Florida Panthers
Defense: Nick Leddy ($2600) – St. Louis Blues
Value Options – FanDuel
Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on FanDuel. Be sure to stack!
Center: Alex Wennberg ($4000) – Seattle Kraken
Wing: Joel Farabee ($3000) – Philadelphia Flyers
Defense: Colton Parayko ($3600) – St. Louis Blues
Cash Considerations – DraftKings and FanDuel
Consider these NHL DFS plays for your cash lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel. Cash lineups do not need to be stacked, and it is recommended to play no more than two players from a given team.
It is not recommended to play cash games on a three game slate.
Player Props
In this section, we will highlight some NHL player props that we like for the upcoming NHL slate.
Valeri Nichushkin (COL): anytime goal scorer (+210 on DK Sportsbook)
Robert Thomas (STL): anytime goal scorer (+265 on DK Sportsbook)
Any time goal scorer parlay build for FD Sportsbook:
This pays +3050, or $305.08 for a $10 bet
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