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2/26 NHL Main Slate of Games – Beginning 5 p.m. ET
*All odds and player pricing below have been obtained from DraftKings and are accurate as of the time of writing*
Los Angeles Kings (+120) at New York Rangers (-140) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Tampa Bay Lightning (-125) at Pittsburgh Penguins (+105) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Nashville Predators (-170) at Arizona Coyotes (+145) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Toronto Maple Leafs (-140) at Seattle Kraken (+120) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
2/26 NHL Favorite Popular Line
Pittsburgh One – “Sidney Crosby ($6,900), Jake Guentzel ($7,200), Rickard Rakell ($6,100)
The Penguins are home dogs in this one versus the Lightning. However, they are slight dogs, and as the 6.5 total indicates there should be goals. Pittsburgh’s top line leads all NHL lines in SATF over their last ten games. However, they only have six goals to show for their efforts. This is a good spot for some positive regression on a small slate.
10-Day Sample Size – SATF “accounts for all shots including blocked and missed shots”
2/26 NHL Favorite Contrarian Line
Arizona One – “Nick Schmaltz ($5,800), Clayton Keller ($6,600), Barrett Hayton ($4,300)”
I don’t mind finishing off lines with a little Coyote action. Coming in 4th in the NHL in SATF over the last ten games, they are in strong form. The Yotes are decent dogs here, despite being at home, coming in at +145 on the money line. All three skaters feature on Arizona’s top power-play unit. Juuse Saros has been wildly up and down all season so not the worst goalie to target.
Defenseman and Goalie
Defenseman
Jusso Valimaki – Arizona – $3,800 – Cheap, quarterbacks a power-play unit now, and provides correlation with the Coyote’s top line.
Goalie
Connor Ingram – Arizona – $7,100 – A remarkable twelve-game streak of double-digit DraftKings points. In this spot with Arizona a decent home dog, I’d expect him to face his share of volume. He should be able to get that streak up to thirteen straight games.
2/26 NHL Best Bet
Arizona (+145) – DraftKings – 1 Unit – Considering all of the picks above, we might as well go all in on the Yotes!
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