Richard Masana 
With the regular season slowly coming to a close we have an action-packed eight-game 4/23 NHL Saturday slate.
4/23 NHL Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET
Chicago Blackhawks (+130) at San Jose Sharks (-150) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Toronto Maple Leafs (+135) at Florida Panthers (-155) – 7 Projected Goal Total
Montreal Canadiens (+140) at Ottawa Senators (-160) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Nashville Predators (+145) at Tampa Bay Lightning (-165) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Seattle Kraken (+220) at Dallas Stars (-275) – 6 Projected Goal Total
St. Louis Blues (-370) at Arizona Coyotes (+290) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Vancouver Canucks (+195) at Calgary Flames (-245) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Anaheim Ducks (+205) at Los Angeles Kings (-260) – 6 Projected Goal Total
4/23 NHL Favorite Lines Per Dollar
Top Line – St. Louis One “Vladimir Tarasenko ($7,600), Robert Thomas ($6,100), Pavel Buchnevich ($6,400)”
One of the Thursday slate regulars it seems for quite a while, the Blue’s top line makes its way over to a Saturday article. They are blessed tonight as easily slate high -370 money line favorites against the putrid Coyotes. They weren’t phenomenal the other night but came through enough with two full-line goals. They remain relatively affordable despite a price increase as of late. I am sort of surprised this game is a 6.5 total but we can assume which side where most of that total will come from.
Over the last ten games, St. Louis One leads all lines in the NHL in terms of full-line goals scored.
Secondary Line – Calgary One “Elias Lindholm ($6,800), Johnny Gaudreau ($7,200), Matthew Tkachuk ($6,600)”
The Flames are sizable -245 money line favorites tonight on a slate where you have a lot of good teams but not a ton of great lines. Calgary One in some form is never too far from leaderboards and despite messing around this week, the primary trio has been reunited. Strangely enough, I think they go under the radar here with so many high total games going on early on at lock.
4/23 NHL Honorable Mention/Value Line: Dallas One “Jason Robertson ($6,200), Roope Hintz ($6,700), Joe Pavelski ($5,800)”
This line could have easily been the secondary line instead as they arguably have a better matchup than Calgary One. However, Dallas has not really been blowing people out and this line has been steady lately but not tournament winning terrific. Perhaps tonight is finally the night they blow up. Their peripheral stats are up there with the lines listed above “in fact stronger than St. Louis One’s”.
Top Defender
Sean Durzi – Los Angeles Kings – $4,700 – With Drew Doughty out, Sean Durzi gets a slight bump in ice time but primarily a promotion to the top power-play unit. He has been rewarding DFS owners with double-digits DraftKings points in four of his last six games. Tonight, the Kings host the Ducks as -260 money line favorites, so a good spot for Durzi to continue his recent success.
Top Goalie
Ville Husso – St. Louis – $8,500 – Husso last started Tuesday with Jordan Binnington going Thursday. With the Blues on a back-to-back, the expectation is he will draw the start here. For a few hundred DFS dollars why not pay up for Husso who has been stellar with a 2.46 GAA and .923 save percentage, with his team as -370 money line favorites against a low-scoring team? I hate paying up for goalie but tonight, I think it makes sense.
4/23 NHL Best Bet
L.A. Kings 60 Minute ML (-155) DraftKings– A huge game for L.A. against a cross-town rival, let’s take the 60 minute ML here. They beat them in Anaheim earlier this week and will look to repeat.
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