Tonight, we have a tiny three-game slate. However, there are still plenty of options to choose from and we will cover a few of them below. Aside from reading this 11/8 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.
11/8 NHL Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET
*All odds and player pricing below have been obtained from DraftKings Sportsbook and are accurate as of the time of writing*
Ottawa Senators (+145) at Toronto Maple Leafs (-175) – 7 Projected Goal Total
Florida Panthers (-142) at Washington Capitals (+120) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total
Los Angeles Kings (+120) at Vegas Golden Knights (-142) – 6 Projected Goal Total
11/8 NHL Favorite Popular Line
Toronto Two – “John Tavares ($7,000), Tyler Bertuzzi ($3,700), William Nylander ($7,900)”
They haven’t really done anything special to date and statistically have been mediocre as far as the top two lines go. However, Toronto sticks out on this slate as a -175 home favorite in a game with a seven total. The first line sucks up a lot of salary although even at $9,600, Auston Matthews will be the most popular player on the slate. Overall, we save $1,000 in salary using the second line and Tyler Bertuzzi seems like a bargain at his price while waiting for a breakout with his new team. John Tavares comes in averaging 13.6 DraftKings points per game and William Nylander isn’t too far off of Auston Matthews’s average with 17.5 DraftKings points per game.
11/8 NHL Favorite Contrarian Line
Ottawa Senators Two – “Tim Stutzle ($6,600), Claude Giroux ($5,600), Mathieu Joseph ($4,400)”
Toronto Two should be popular and on a small slate, ownership matters. This isn’t the spot to play cash games so with that in mind let’s roll the game stack. As mentioned and listed above, the total in this game is set for seven. The Senators may be +145 underdogs but that doesn’t mean they won’t light up the lamp a few times.
Granted, the sample size below includes Brady Tkachuk and not Mathieu Joseph but this line is fifth among all NHL lines in terms of SATF. They are also moderately priced, thus allowing us to continue to fill out our lines without much hardship.
Defensemen and Goalies
Defensemen
John Klingberg – Toronto -$3,200 – Klinger has both even strength correlation and power play correlation (Tavares, Nylander) with the Maple Leaf’s second line. Unlike on the bigger slates, it is fine to stack up a little bit here hoping a line/team goes off. The fact he is also dirt cheap does not hurt either.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Florida Panthers – $4,200 – Filling in as the quarterback of the Panther’s top powerplay unit in Aaron Ekblad’s absence. It remains to be seen whether he can really replace Ekblad’s production but that said Ekblad was routinely priced about $2,000 higher than this salary-wise all of last year.
Goalie
Adin Hill – Vegas – $8,000 – Given it’s only a three-game slate, I think we have to take a stand here. It wouldn’t make much sense to use a goalie from the first game given the writeups above. Since the late game only has a six total, it seems like the place to look for our goalie. Adin Hill has been phenomenal so far this season with a 1.81 GAA and .938 SV%. He should face some decent volume here and hopefully grab the win with Vegas -142 favorites tonight.
11/8 NHL Best Bet
Panthers v. Capitals – U 6.5 (-112) – DraftKings – This is a fairly rough slate for betting. Let’s roll with a sleepy game in Washington.
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