Jared Levitt 
Welcome to the Saturday Slapshot, where I’ll go through the top NHL DFS Goalies and Stacks on DraftKings and Fanduel.
It’s Saturday and that means we have plenty of games to navigate through. Tonight on tap we have a 12-game slate of NHL DFS. Yes, you read that right. We’ll have 24 teams in action. That’ll mean we’ll have plenty of options to choose from and plenty of value to help us get the top lines we want to play.
Let’s dig in and make some money!
NHL DFS Goalies
Juuse Saros vs. Washington Capitals
The Juice is on the loose. Saros has been playing some amazing hockey of late. If we look at what he’s done of late, he’s going to be clearly one of the top options on the slate. Over his last 5 outings, he’s been at or over 13 DK points in each start. In multiple starts, Saros has been well over 20 DK points.
The Matchup for him is also great tonight. The aging Capitals just aren’t scoring much of late. Over the last 2 weeks, the Capitals have scored just 2.67 goals per game over 6 contests. That’s just pitiful and their start player Alex Ovechkin has now gone goal-less in 11 contests. Don’t look for him to break that streak tonight. I’m going to be all over Saros tonight, even though he’s at $8k. He should get the W and with the way he’s playing, a shutout isn’t out of the question.
Sam Montembeault vs. New York Islanders
If cheap goaltenders are your thing (it is mine), then Sam Montembeault is your goalie for tonight. He’s coming into this one at just $7k, but he’s been playing much better than that price tag and gets a matchup vs. an Islanders team that is on the second leg of a back-to-back. Monty has a .917 save % over his last 4 contests and just a 2.7 GAA. Both are extremely solid numbers.
The Islanders for their part have been taking a lot of shots and that should help Monty even more tonight. Over the last 2 weeks, the Islanders have taken over 33 shots per game. With the Canadiens propensity to give up a lot of shots, this will set us up for the potential 35-save bonus on DK tonight. Which makes Monty even more appealing tonight. Because he’s a risky play, I’d stick him in just GPP’s. That’s what I plan on doing with him tonight.
Other goalies: Connor Hellebuyck and Cam Talbot
NHL DFS Stacks – Main
Edmonton 1 (Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman) vs. Florida Panthers
No team on the slate tonight has been scoring more goals per game over the last 2 weeks than the Edmonton Oilers. At 4.40 goals per game, they have a pretty decent margin over the next team. A lot of that has been due to the play of this top unit for Edmonton. They’ll get a decent matchup tonight against a Panthers team that has given up over 3 goals per game over the last 2 weeks.
After struggling to start the season, McDavid has been a beast. Over his last 5 games, McDavid has 11 points. Yes, that’s an average of more than 2 points per game. He will cost us an arm and a leg, but I’m 100% ok with that tonight given that there will be value that we can find elsewhere.
Next to him, I’m going to make sure to lock up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. He’s the cheapest of the 3 on this line, but gives us the value. He’s also been playing great. Over his last 5 games, RNH has 10 points. He’s finally playing some of the best hockey of his career. We can certainly add Zach Hyman to this stack, but a two-man of McDavid and RNH is very much in play tonight.
Buffalo 2 (Dylan Cozens, Casey Mittelstadt, JJ Peterka) vs. Arizona Coyotes
We used him a ton last season, but this season he’s been an attackable goalie. Karel Vejmelka has been statistically one of the worst goalies in the NHL this season. With Connor Ingram being the main guy this season, Vej has mostly taken a backseat. When he’s played, he’s been terrible. On the year he has just a .892 save % and a 3.50 GAA. Just awful numbers for the big guy.
Knowing how bad he’s been playing, I’m going to rock the second Sabres line tonight. Are they a safe play? Far from it. Of the 4 lines for Buffalo, they are probably the best value for tonight. That’ll make paying up for Edmonton 1 a little bit easier. No one on this line is more than $4.8k. My favorite of the 3 is going to be MIttelstadt and Peterka. These 2 have combined for 6 points over their last 5 games. Again, nothing special, but they get a great matchup tonight vs. a bad goalie. There should be some upside here.
Other stacks I like tonight:
Boston 1 vs. NYR (Shesty has been bad)
NYR 1 vs. Boston
Devils 1 and 2 vs. Columbus
Columbus 2 vs. NJD
Toronto 1 and 2 vs. Pittsburgh
Nashville 1 vs. Washington
TB 1 and 2 vs. Calgary
Value D
Mattias Samuelsson $3.1k
Jack Johnson $2.5k
Nick DeSimone $2.5k
Connor Clifton $2.5k
NHL DFS Summary
Keep in mind that the top stocks that I wrote up aren’t necessarily the top lines of the night, they match up to make a solid lineup. Toronto, Boston, and the Devils are all in great spots tonight too, and should be productive. Feel free to pick and choose your spots.
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