Pick Management 
This article discusses lineup construction for NHL DFS on FanDuel for December 13th. While there are many different sports and various contests pertaining to DFS, along with their respective strategies, we focus on the main approach to build both reliable cash and GPP lineups for a successful NHL night: line stacking. By taking players’ prices, matchups, and recent performance into account, this will offer you an edge over the competition. PLEASE make sure to double-check any last-minute injury news; whether it may be someone coming back from injury or someone that got hurt during the morning skate, as well as changes to a club’s special teams’ units and the starting goalie. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Colorado1: Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
Colorado’s top unit find itself as the line to have on the slate. Being in a juicy matchup against the lowly New Jersey Devils and pacing the NHL in goals for at 3.7 per game, the Avalanche will be heavy chalk in most contests but rightfully so. They face a Devils squad allowing the second-most goals in the league at a rate of 3.47 per outing and could run up the score quickly on home ice. This one could get ugly; lock and load the best unit on the slate and work from there.
Colorado 2: Donskoi – Kadri – Burakovsky
Unlike NBA DFS, it is tough to build a “stars and scrubs” lineup in NHL DFS while maintaining our core strategy of stacking lines. When jamming in stars, DFS players across the industry often find themselves scrambling for punt plays and hope that they work out. Colorado’s second line is a way for you to build an efficient lineup tonight without comprising the rest of it. Both Joonas Donskoi and Andre Burakovsky have shared time on the top line while Landeskog and Rantanen were nursing injuries and have proved to be worthy linemates. With prominent offensive power, Colorado’s second unit makes for an intriguing way to start your lineup construction tonight.
Dallas 2: Pavelski – Hintz – Radulov
On such a small NHL slate, there aren’t many lines to pick from and Colorado’s top line takes a big chunk out of our salary when building our lineups. With Radulov’s inflated price, Pavelski and Hintz find themselves as the priority for me here because they see ice time with both Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn on the top powerplay unit. Vegas is playing on the second night of a back to back so look for Malcolm Subban to be between the pipes for a tired Golden Knights squad. Posting a 4-5-3 record across 12 NHL starts, Subban has a goals-against-average of 3.04 and a .901% save percentage – yikes! Lock and load one of Dallas’s lines with Line 2 being my play.
MiroHeiskanen, Dallas Stars ($5,400)
Being the quarterback of Dallas’ top powerplay unit, I like this play with whichever Dallas line you deploy in your lineups. His price is slightly high for my liking, but he can provide a great NHL GPP option.
RyanGraves, Colorado Avalanche ($4,400)
I wish he would run the top powerplay unit with Makar being ruled out but the puck-moving defenceman is flourishing in coach Bednar’s high-flying NHL offense. He has a low floor since he does not pile up shots or blocks but can fill up the stat sheet seeing time with Colorado’s top two lines.
NateSchmidt, Vegas Golden Knights ($4,200)
He’s been a rock on the NHL’s newest expansion teamfor the greater part of the last two seasons and contributes in all facets ofthe game. With only 4 teams playing, you need at least one Golden Knight inyour lineup.
SamuelGirard, Colorado Avalanche ($4,100)
With only 10 points in 31 games thus far this season, Girard hasn’t been producing as much as his 7-year, $35 million contract extension would imply but with NHL rookie Cale Makar stealing this show this season, someone had to take a back seat. With Makar ruled out with an upper-body injury, look for Girard to quarterback Colorado’s top powerplay unit and get in on the scoring fun tonight.
Philipp Grubauer, Colorado Avalanche ($7,700)
Ben Bishop, Dallas Stars ($9,200)
