NHL DFS Man Advantage for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 8)

Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night February 8th and we have a 6 game slate on tap!

Tonight we have a couple of games in the always high scoring NHL North Division for us to focus on with both Edmonton (@OTT) and Toronto (vs Van) open with 3.8 projected goal totals. Tampa Bay(@NSH) is 3rd with a 3.4 projected goal total. These are definitely three of the teams we want to focus on when building our stacks and should be the priority that you build your lineups around.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Jordan Binnington ($8,000/$7,600)

I rarely ever play Binnington, but tonight the top-end pickens are slim making him the best viable option on this slate. Binnington will be facing the Coyotes for the third time this season already and is 1-1 against them. Before losing to the Yotes on Thursday, Binnington had won 4 straight starts averaging 18.65 (DK) and 25.6 (FD) in those starts.

I also have a sleeper pick in net that should be low owned. Alex Nedeljkovic ($7,700/8,300) should get his first start of the season on Monday against Carolina. Nedeljkovic has outstanding AHL numbers and is one the Canes top prospects. He has started 6 NHL games in his career and has decent numbers with a 2.55 GAA and a .907 save %. Now looking at his price, he seems like a better option on DK but if you have the salary for a large field GPP, he could make you some money on FD because he will most like not get much ownership there.

Other Options: Frederick Andersen ($8,400/$8,100), Curtis McElhinney ($8,300/$8,300), Semyon Varlamov ($7,700/$7,700), Igor Shesterkin ($7,800/$7,300)

NHL DFS: Stacking Options

Top Line Stack:

St. Louis Blues Line 1

Now, the obvious top stacks are Toronto, Edmonton, and Tampa like I mentioned in the open but since I briefly mentioned that, I wanted to give a fourth, less expensive, option to build around. St. Louis changed up their lines some before their last game, taking Jordan Kyrou ($4,900/$4,300) off the top line and replacing him with Mike Hoffman ($4,700/$5,400). Kyrou is now on the Blues second line and while they are still a good secondary option, I prefer St. Louis’ top line of Hoffman, Ryan O’Reilly ($6,000/$6,200), and David Perron ($5,900/$6,300).

Top Line Stack Rankings (after the 4 mentioned above):

1. Nashville 1
2. NY Rangers 1
3. Vancouver 1
4. Carolina 1
5. Columbus 1
6. NY Islanders 1

Top Secondary/Value Stack

Tampa Bay Lightning 3rd Line

I have been playing this line a good amount lately with some success. Unfortunately only Yanni Gourde ($3,800/$4,400) plays power play minutes for Tampa, but both Barclay Goodrow ($2,700/$3,700) and Blake Coleman ($3,700/$4,400) see well over 15 minutes of ice time per game. Goodrow has points in three straight games (2 goals and 2 assists), and Coleman has assists in back to back games.

Secondary/Value stack rankings:

1. NY Rangers 2
2. Ottawa 1
3. NY Islanders 2
4. Tampa Bay 2
5. Columbus 2
6. Arizona 3

NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings

Top Defensemen

1. Victor Hedman (TB)
2. Roman Josi (NSH)
3. Colton Parayko (STL)
4. Darnell Nurse (EDM)
5. Ryan Ellis (NSH)
6. Seth Jones (CLS) – Underpriced on both sites IMO
7. Ryan Pulock (NYI)
8. Thomas Chabot (OTT)
9. Adam Fox (NYR)
10. Jakob Chychrun (ARI)

Top Value Defensemen

1. Brett Pesce (CAR)
2. Ryan McDonagh (TB)
3. David Savard (CLS)
4. Scott Mayfield (NYI)
5. Jaccob Slavin (CAR) – PP2
6. K’Andre Miller (NYR)
7. Jan Rutta (TB) – Plays alongside Hedman on TB D pair 1
8. Alexander Edler (VAN)
9. Jacob Trouba (NYR)
10. Jordan Oesterle (ARI) – PP2

NHL DFS: Wrap Up

Obviously the top lines from Edmonton, Toronto, and Tampa Bay are the priorities and where I will start my builds from, but they are not the only options. If your research shows another top line can put up similar points there is no reason to pass over that line for one of those. You can instead make one of the “big 3” lines a secondary or 2 man stack and be different then the field. Build around a St. Louis or Rangers stack that will surely be lower owned and fit in pieces from Edmonton or Toronto. I also like the idea of fading Tampa Bay 1 for Tampa Bay 3 and mixing them with Edmonton or Toronto is definitely something I will look to do.

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