Unlike the usual over-the-top Thursday slate, tonight we have a nice medium-sized eight-game slate in front of us. With only a couple of big favorites, there should be a decent amount of parity. Aside from reading the 2/9 NHL DFS article, don’t forget to check out our NHL DFS Projection Model which is available every morning. If you like what you see, sign up for more Win Daily content here.
2/9 NHL Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET
*All odds and player pricing below have been obtained from DraftKings and are accurate as of the time of writing*
Calgary Flames (-150) at Detroit Red Wings (+130) – 6 Projected Goal Total
San Jose Sharks (+180) at Florida Panthers (-210) – 7 Projected Goal Total
Pittsburgh Penguins (-105) at Washington Capitals (-115) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Seattle Kraken (+140) at New Jersey Devils (-165) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Edmonton Oilers (-180) at Philadelphia Flyers (+155) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Colorado Avalanche (+105) at Tampa Bay Lightning (-125) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Vancouver Canucks (+185) at New York Islanders (-215) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Vegas Golden Knights (+105) at Minnesota Wild (-125) – 6 Projected Goal Total
2/9 NHL Favorite Popular Line
Florida Two – “Sam Bennett ($5,000), Matthew Tkachuk ($8,000), Carter Verhaeghe ($6,500)“
The Panthers are featured in a rare seven total game tonight. Furthermore, they’re neck and neck with the Islanders for the title of the slate’s biggest favorite (-210) vs (-215). This line has been the better of the two as of late, particularly in terms of peripheral stats. Florida’s second line has 124 SATF over the last ten games good for a tie for second-best among all NHL lines. Carter Verhaeghe has been individually been a monster lately with double-digit DraftKings points in eight of his last nine games. This includes a whopping four-point night “40.5 DraftKings points” against the Lightning on Monday.
10-Day Sample Size – SATF “accounts for all shots including blocked and missed shots”
2/9 NHL Favorite Contrarian Line
Calgary Three – “Mikael Backlund ($4,700), Andrew Mangiapane ($3,800), Blake Coleman ($3,700)”
I previously whiffed on them but given their amazing stats of late and cheap price, don’t mind going back to the well. The Flames are -155 road favorites here and so despite the six total, it is a good spot attacking Detroit depth lines. Blake Coleman individually will/should be popular given his amazing return on investment with a $3,700 price tag. Coleman has put up 24 and 33 DraftKings points over his last two games.
Defenseman and Goalie
Defenseman
Aaron Ekblad – Florida – $5,700 – Paying up at defense usually isn’t a thing. However, the build listed above gives you a bit of extra money to play with. For the $5,700, Ekblad seems to offer some value. This is the sort of spot where he can go off.
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin – New York Islanders – $8,300 – Call me a homer, whatever you want. Very few goalies are iller than Ilya right now with his stunning 2.31 GAA. The Islanders are -215 home money line favorites as new import Bo Horvat faces his former squad. As mentioned above, our build makes it so we don’t have to pinch any pennies tonight. Vancouver comes in on a back-to-back and should be tough going for them here tonight.
2/9 NHL Best Bet
Seattle (+140) – DraftKings/Bet MGM – 1 Unit – The Sharp NHL Model has this at actual odds of +118 for an amount of 10.55% positive EV on the Kraken.
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