This article focuses on 10/17 NHL Picks for both DraftKings and FanDuel Sportsbooks and FanDuel 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.
Sunday 10/17 NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan
Welcome back for the weekend return of the Hot Shot!
Unfortunately, we go from nine games the last time out to only one game so it’s showdown time. However, as the great Rick Bobby once said you’re either first or you’re last and that will be our mantra/approach tonight.
The Rundown
Our lone game today features the young Senators traveling to face a Dallas team coming in as pretty decent favorites at -160. From a betting perspective, I think that there’s a bit more value on the Senator’s side of things. We will have to wait and see whether Brady Tkachuk makes his season debut or not for Ottawa after just signing a huge contract.
Since we only have two teams playing, let’s take a full look at both teams’ lines starting with the favored Stars.
Dallas Stars
Dallas Two “Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski, Jacob Peterson”
Looking at the lines above and considering salary if targeting the Stars, with price and role considered my lean is towards using the second line. They cost considerably less and have full additional correlation on the top power-play unit. On a bigger slate, I like using two-man stacks a bit more in an attempt to capture points from a couple of games. But as this is a showdown slate I’d roll all three. We still have a lot of newbies playing so my thought is they figure the top line is by nature the best line to choose from, giving us some ownership edge considering the circumstances.
Ottawa Senators
So, we will have to see whether Tkachuk makes his debut for this game or later in the week. Based on no inside information if I had to guess, I’d assume later this week, but we will see.
Ottawa One “Josh Norris, Tim Stuetzle, Drake Batherson”
This is sort of the de facto line much with the Stars second line as they are the line fully represented on the top power-play unit. If Tkachuk enters the equation we can expect these lines to be shaken up, so then would be a great time for people to pop into discord and find out updated information. However, assuming he’s not, we can roll the top line in full as there is no need to condense our stack on a showdown slate as discussed above.
10/17 NHL Game Odds and Totals
Ottawa Senators (+130) at Dallas Stars (-160) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total
10/17 NHL FanDuel Individual Rankings
Centers
- Esa Lindell – Dallas – $6,500
- Jacob Peterson – Dallas – $6,500
- Victor Mete – Ottawa – $6,500
- Jamie Benn – Dallas – $9,500
- Alexander Radulov – Dallas – $10,000
- Joe Pavelski – Dallas – $11,500
10/17 NHL DraftKings Individual Rankings
Centers
- Jacob Peterson – Dallas – $2,000
- Joe Pavelski – Dallas – $8,200
- Roope Hintz – Dallas – $8,400
- Tim Stuetzle – Ottawa – $6,200
- Esa Lindell – Dallas – $7,000
- Denis Gurianov – Dallas – $4,600
Cash Considerations “DraftKings”
It’s an NHL Showdown Slate, why on earth would you play cash games?
Cash Considerations “FanDuel”
It’s an NHL Showdown Slate, why on earth would you play cash games?
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