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Welcome to November! We are into the second month of the NHL season already, and the first slate of November is a massive one. Twelve games are on the slate tonight, so there are a lot of places to go. We will do our best to narrow down the slate to the best plays. Good luck!
Goalies
Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers: The Rangers host the Flyers tonight in what should be a fairly lopsided matchup. The Rangers outmatch the Flyers in a big way, and this should be a fairly safe bet for a win.
Logan Thompson – Vegas Golden Knights: The Knights head to D.C. tonight for a matchup with the Caps. Vegas has been playing well to start the season, and Thompson is one of the better young goalies in the league. He also gets overlooked quite a bit, so this is a good spot on a big slate.
Jack Campbell – Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers host the Predators tonight, and this should be a solid matchup for Campbell. Coming into tonight, the Preds are scoring just 2 goals per game on the road. This play does present a little bit of risk, so just be wary of that.
High Risk Goalie – Linus Ullmark – Boston Bruins: The Bruins head to Pittsburgh tonight for a matchup with the Penguins. Ullmark has a solid 1.7 GAA and should see plenty of shots from the Penguins. We are looking for a save bonus with this play, and anything above that, like a win, is a bigger bonus.
Others to Consider: Jacob Markstrom (CGY), Ilya Sorokin (NYI), Vitek Vanecek (NJD)
Lines to Build Around
These NHL DFS lines are considered top plays for the night and can be considered the focal point of your builds. They will be listed by position in the following order: Center/Winger/Winger/Correlating Defenseman (if applicable).
Florida Panthers Power Play – Aleksander Barkov/Sam Reinhart/Matthew Tkachuck/Anton Lundell/Brandon Montour: The Panthers face the Coyotes tonight, and they should be in line for a high scoring night. Most lines are in play tonight for the Panthers, including the third line. Mix and match with the power play here, and hopefully you can nail the scoring.
Dallas Stars 1 – Roope Hintz/Jason Robertson/Joe Pavelski/Nils Lundkvist: The Stars host the Kings tonight, who are on the back end of a traveling back-to-back. They are also rolling out Cal Petersen, who has a GAA of 4.1 on the season so far. With the Kings giving up 3.82 goals against so far this year, and the Stars scoring just over 3 per game, this is a really nice matchup for the top line. Lundkvist provides some nice value with power play correlation. Keep an eye on news, though, as Heiskanen might be back. If he is, he may slot into the top power play in place of Lundkvist.
San Jose Sharks Power Play – Logan Couture/Tomas Hertl/Timo Meier/Alexander Barabanov/Erik Karlsson: The Sharks take on the Ducks tonight, who are giving up a whopping 4 goals against per game so far this season. They are also sporting one of the worst penalty kill units in the league so far.
High Risk Lines
These are NHL DFS plays that carry significantly more risk, but could pay off at low ownership. They will be listed by position in the following order: Center/Winger/Winger/Correlating Defenseman (if applicable).
Nashville Predators 1 – Ryan Johansen/Filip Forsberg/Matt Duchene/Roman Josi: The Preds are in a nice spot tonight against the Oilers in Edmonton. As good as the Oilers are on offense, their defense can be spotty, so this one is definitely risky. The Preds haven’t been the best road team in the league, but they could be extremely sneaky tonight.
Los Angeles Kings 1 – Anze Kopitar/Adrian Kempe/Gabriel Vilardi/Drew Doughty: Ever since they moved Vilardi to the top line, these guys seemed to be clicking. They are risky tonight because they are on a back-to-back and traveling to Dallas. However, Dallas is likely to start Wedgewood in net, who has a whopping 4.29 GAA so far this season. This line should be able to produce in that environment.
Minnesota Wild 1 – Frederick Gaudreau/Mats Zuccarello/Kirill Kaprizov/Jared Spurgeon: You can pull Gaudreau and Spurgeon out of this stack and play Eriksson Ek/Addison instead for a power play look. The Wild host Montreal tonight, and they should be able to light the lamp against the Canadiens.
Montreal Canadiens 1 – Nick Suzuki/Cole Caufield/Kirby Dach: The other side of the MIN game is the Canadiens. The Wild have had a very tough run on defense so far this season, and their goaltending has been very bad. Expect this line to be able to do some damage as well. This could be one of the higher scoring games on the slate.
New Jersey Devils Power Play – NIco Hischier/Jack Hughes/Jesper Bratt/Nathan Bastian/Dougie Hamilton: If playing a trio, the preferred will be Hughes/Bratt/Hamilton. These guys have a nice matchup tonight against the next-to-last ranked PK for Vancouver. Their splits early on show that the Devils are much better at home so far, which is where the risk comes in. They should be an interesting spot and could make for a nice late-night hammer.
NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: CGYPP, NYIPP, ARIPP, NYR2, NSH1, TBLPP, OTT1, VGKPP, ANHPP
Value Options – DraftKings
Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on DraftKings. Be sure to stack!
Center: Anton Lundell ($3400) – Florida Panthers
Wing: Mike Hoffman ($3400) – Montreal Canadiens
Defense: Caleb Jones ($2800) – Chicago Blackhawks
Value Options – FanDuel
Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on FanDuel. Be sure to stack!
Center: Kirby Dach ($4700) – Chicago Blackhawks
Wing: Alexander Barabanov ($3800) – San Jose Sharks
Defense: Nils Lundkvist ($4000) – Dallas Stars – especially if Heiskanen is not on the top power play
Cash Considerations – DraftKings and FanDuel
Consider these NHL DFS plays for your cash lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel. Cash lineups do not need to be stacked, and it is recommended to play no more than two players from a given team.
Center: Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers
Wing: Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild
Defense: Roman Josi – Nashville Predators
Goalie: Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers
Player Props
In this section, we will highlight some NHL player props that we like for the upcoming NHL slate.
Aleksander Barkov (FLA): over 1.5 points (+135 on DK Sportsbook)
Artemi Panarin (NYR): anytime goal scorer (+205 on DK Sportsbook)
Cole Caufield (MTL): anytime goal scorer (+170 on DK Sportsbook)
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