This article focuses on 1/27 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 1/27 NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan
Welcome back to the Hot Shot for a ten-game Thursday slate!
Full Game Odds/Totals and DraftKings Rankings can be found below as well as cash game considerations for each site.
Three Favorite Lines Per Dollar
Florida Two “Sam Bennett, Jonathan Huberdeau, Anthony Duclair”
This line seems to make the cut nearly every slate. However, given their affordable collective DraftKings price and the Panthers propensity for high total games and I guess it comes at no surprise. Tonight, we find Florida hosting the Vegas Golden Knights in one of the slate’s three 6.5 total games as of the time of writing. Their eight full line goals over the last ten games is fourth best in the NHL helping to cement their pricing status as criminal on DraftKings part.
Pittsburgh One “Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust”
The Penguins find themselves in quite a juicy spot later as -310 moneyline favorites as hosts to the Seattle Kraken. Phillip Gruabauer is projected to start in the opposing net and to say he has had a rough season is a bit of an understatement. All three skaters share correlation on the first power play unit with Bryan Rust my preferred individual play if just choosing one.
New York Rangers One “Mika Zibanejad, Chris Krieder, Julian Gauthier”
New York’s top line has been spitting hot fire recently and now gets to face the traveling Columbus Blue Jackets who are on the second night of a back to back. Tonight’s matchup features one of the three 6.5 total games on the night and it shouldn’t be much of a surprise which team ends up doing most of the heavy lifting in that regard.
1/27 NHL Game Odds and Totals
Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET
New York Rangers (-220) at Columbus Blue Jackets (+190) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Anaheim Ducks (-130) at Montreal Canadiens (+110) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Carolina Hurricanes (-240) at Ottawa Senators (+195) – 6 Projected Goal Total
New Jersey Devils (+225) at Tampa Bay Lightning (-300) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Vegas Golden Knights (+140) at Florida Panthers (-160) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Los Angeles Kings (+120) at New York Islanders (-140) – 5 Projected Goal Total
Seattle Kraken (+245) at Pittsburgh Penguins (-310) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Calgary Flames (+110) at St. Louis Blues (-130) – 6 Projected Goal Total
Vancouver Canucks (+145) at Winnipeg Jets (-165) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
Nashville Predators (+100) at Edmonton Oilers (-120) – 6 Projected Goal Total
1/27 NHL DraftKings Individual Rankings
Centers
- Brayden Point – Tampa Bay – $6,900
- Sam Bennett – Florida – $5,600
- Aleksander Barkov – Florida – $8,400
- Sebastian Aho – Carolina – $7,700
- Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay – $6,400
Wingers
- Filip Forsberg – Nashville – $6,100
- Andrei Svechnikov – Carolina – $6,000
- Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina – $5,000
- Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh – $7,400
- Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida – $7,700
Defense
- Duncan Keith – Edmonton – $2,800
- Roman Josi – Nashville – $7,900
- Damon Severson – New Jersey – $4,100
- Rasmus Andersson – Calgary – $4,800
- Zach Whitecloud – Vegas – $4,100
Goalies
- Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay – $8,500
- Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers – $8,400
Cash Considerations
Filip Forsberg, Andrei Svechnikov, Duncan Keith, Brayden Point or Steven Stamkos
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