This article focuses on 12/16 NHL Picks for both DraftKings Sportsbook and DraftKings Daily Fantasy. We analyze tournament tactics, statistics, pricing, and attempt to tackle this highly variable Daily Fantasy format so that we can gain an edge on the field at large. Full rankings for each position for both sites are available below.
Thursday 12/16 NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan
Welcome back to the Hot Shot for a ten-game Thursday slate!
With these larger slates, I highly advise passing on full three-man lines but instead going with pairs of two-man stacks as the goal is to attempt to capture the top scorers on the night across multiple games.
Full Game Odds/Totals and DraftKings Rankings can be found below as well as cash game considerations for each site.
Three Favorite Lines
Tampa Bay One “Steven Stamkos/Ondrej Palat Two Man”
Tampa Bay comes in a slate high -250 favorite against the hapless Ottawa Senators. As a result, it makes sense to start our builds off with a two-man that features the core pair of top-line skaters for this team at the moment. Stamkos and Palat also share a correlation on the top power-play unit.
Vegas One “Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone and Chandler Stephenson”
This line has been very hot and Mark Stone is dramatically underpriced at only $5,500. Over the last ten games, they are crushing every other line out there with an NHL-high twelve full-line goals during that span. For a team from out west visiting the east coast, they are strong favorites at -165 and should add to their recent production tonight.
Los Angeles Two “Victor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault, Alex Iafallo”
This one is a bit off the board, but their 108 SATF over their last ten games puts them fourth in the NHL during that span. They are sizable underdogs in Florida, but as the six total suggests, goals are expected all around here. As far as the Kings’ side of the equation, it is only reasonable to expect the production to come from the second unit.
12/16 NHL Game Odds and Totals
Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET
Ottawa Senators (+200) at Tampa Bay Lightning (-250) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Los Angeles Kings (+175) at Florida Panthers (-205) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Philadelphia Flyers (-135) at Montreal Canadiens (+120) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Carolina Hurricanes (-105) at Detroit Red Wings (-115) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Vegas Golden Knights (-165) at New Jersey Devils (+145) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Boston Bruins (-105) at New York Islanders (-115) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Colorado Avalanche (-105) at Nashville Predators (-115) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Buffalo Sabres (+250) at Minnesota Wild (-320) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Columbus Blue Jackets (+165) at Edmonton Oilers (-195) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Vancouver Canucks (+110) at San Jose Sharks (-130) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
12/16 NHL DraftKings Individual Rankings
Centers
- Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay – $7,400
- Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado – $9,500
- Tim Stuetzle – Ottawa – $3,000
- Elias Pettersson- Vancouver – $4,000
- Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton – $8,900
Wingers
- Max Pacioretty – Vegas – $8,800
- Mark Stone – Vegas – $5,500
- Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida – $7,600
- Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay – $4,600
- Victor Arvidsson – Los Angeles – $5,200
Defense
- Erik Karlsson – Sharks – $6,200
- Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay – $7,400
- P.K. Subban – New Jersey – $3,400
- Rasmus Ristolainen – Philadelphia – $3,200
- Alex Pietrangelo – Vegas – $6,600
Goalies
- Anton Khudobin – Dallas – $8,300
Cash Considerations
Mark Stone, Tim Stuetzle, the cheap defenders ranked above, Steven Stamkos
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