Matt Rogers 
FanDuel NHL Blue Line Power Plays – August 6 Slate Summary
With no noon NHL game scheduled on Thursday, we’re effectively focused solely on the 2:30 PM ET FanDuel NHL lock, which is the Main slate only. That gives us five NHL games to pick through, but does throw in some risk related to starting goalie announcements in the evening games.
At the time of writing this post, the only goalie confirmations I’ve seen are Holtby and Elliott in the Caps and Flyers match-up at 4pm. The rest of the starters are unfortunately a guess, based on the best information we’re given before noon on Thursday.
Here’s a look at the schedule and likely starters for the day:
2:30 PM ET Canucks – Jacob Markstrom ($7,800) vs Wild – Alex Stalock ($7,500)
4 PM ET Capitals – Braden Holtby ($8,600) vs Flyers – Brian Elliott ($7,600)
6:30 PM ET Golden Knights – Marc-Andre Fleury ($8,400) vs Blues – Jordan Binnington ($8,300)
8 PM ET Maple Leafs – Frederik Andersen ($8,300) vs Blue Jackets – Joonas Korpisalo ($7,300)
10:30 PM ET Flames – David Rittich ($7,600) vs Jets – Connor Hellebuyck ($7,500)
Top Goalies
If you’ve been following my posts, and look back to Tuesday, this advice may seem redundant. But, Frederik Andersen is once again in the best position to pile up points at the goalie position.
The only concern I have is if the Blue Jackets can even get enough shots off to pile up enough saves for Frederik. But, of all of the starting goalies, Andersen, again, has the best odds of a shutout, just like we thought on Tuesday.
Speaking off, while Andersen only compiled 20 saves on Tuesday, he did in fact record a shutout win for 36 FanDuel NHL points.
Looking back to early March, Andersen has only given up two goals in his last four starts, has three 30+ saves in the last four starts, and has only given up one goal with 53 shots on goal from the Blue Jackets in this series.
He is the top man to won, regardless of format or ownership concerns.
If you want to fade the chalk, and you’re looking for a counter-intuitive GPP play at goalie, consider Brian Elliott.
It’s a risky play against a good Capitals offense, but if the Flyers defense continues to play as well as they did at the end of the season and into the Bruins match-up, Elliott could be a sneaky 30+ point play at the position, saving money for bigger plays at the skater positions.
Top Centers, Wingers, and Defenders
The top two teams to stack in this slate are the Maple Leafs top line and the Flames first and second lines. The Leafs are lead by Auston Matthews ($8,800), Mitch Marner ($7,400), and Zach Hyman ($4,700) as your value play.
From the Flames lines, I’d rather have Mikael Backlund ($5,800) over Monahan. Backlund has been more actively with the Flames scoring and provides a better overall FanDuel NHL value.
At winger, Johnny Gaudreau ($7,900), Elias Lindholm ($5,600), and Andrew Mangiapane ($4,600) are your top Flames plays.
Again, while the top Flames line is attractive, their second line holds significant value and has been just as active with scoring. So, Mangiapane is my favorite play of those three.
There are several other one-off plays we like in other games as well. Kevin Hayes ($5,500) is a sneaky counter play at center and Paul Stastny ($4,800) is another solid value play at the same position.
At winger, Travis Konecny ($6,800) and Niklaj Ehlers ($5,700) are under-priced considering their consistent production, and Jakub Vrana ($4,800) and Reilly Smith ($5,200) are tremendous value plays.
Alex Pietrangelo ($5,800) is one of my favorite NHL DFS fantasy hockey plays in this tournament. Alex was having a tremendous season, pre-COVID, but only had three shots on goal and a blocked shot to start this tournament.
Pietrangelo should provide more FanDuel NHL points in this game. Some other top plays on defense are Alexander Edler ($4,400), Neal Pionk ($4,700), and Ivan Provorov ($4,900). Tyson Barrie ($4,600) should be a good Leafs stack tie-in as well.
FanDuel NHL Blue Line Power Plays for August 6
At the goalie position, we like Andersen as our top play but Elliott could be a sneaky GPP value play as well.
For skaters, the TOR1 and CGY2 lines should provide the best fantasy hockey points in this slate. You could buy up to the CGY1 line as well, but not only does the Flames second line give you better value, their likely to have more NHL DFS points as well.
From there, you can layer in any one of the one-off plays listed above.
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