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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.
If you are new to my articles, NHL, or WinDaily Sports then I will tell you that my articles are not going to give you the chalk plays or the obvious plays. I try to dig in and find ways for you to build lineups for GPP contests. I will always point out those top plays to help you build cash but that is not the point of this article.
On Tuesdays we play Forsberg!
Usually, I don’t start off my articles talking about a player, but Filip Forsberg is one of the hottest players in the league right now. In his last five games, Forsberg has seven points (4 goals 3 assists) and is in a matchup with Vegas who is coming off a game with Winnipeg where they gave up five goals. Forsberg is also underpriced on DK in my opinion at $6.5K as well, on FanDuel he is priced appropriately at $7.5K I think. There are a lot of spots to pay up for on this slate, but spending some salary on a Forsberg/Josi mini-stack might be one of the best spots. If you want to go cheaper, Alexander Carrier is a solid cheap D punt but also using the Preds top line of Forsberg, Matt Duchene, and Mikael Granlund works too.
Elsewhere on this slate, we have Colorado in a matchup with Chicago where they could easily put up 5 or 6 goals. Tampa Bay is in Columbus with Joonas Korpisalo returning after from injury and he has been bad, especially against Tampa in his career. Korp has a 2-4-1 record with an abysmal .885 save % and 3.65 GAA. With there being a lot of high-priced stacks we want to play, we need to find value and on this eight-game slate, there is plenty to be had! Let’s get into the plays!
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
John Gibson ( vs Philadelphia)
Gibson has a home matchup with one of the worst offenses in the league (sorry Jon Love, but it’s true haha) and he is coming off three straight strong performances. Anaheim lost their last game to Colorado, but Gibson stopped 32 of 35 shots in that game. Prior to that game, Gibson had two more great games, both in losses as well. Gibson hit the 35+ plus save bonus in both (DK) stopping 42 and 35 shots. Philadephia is in the middle of the pack in shots on goal (31.19 per game) and Anaheim allows 32.3 per game. Philly also ranks 26th in goals for (2.66 P/G). You all know by now I take any chance I can get to write up Gibby, but tonight it isn’t my biased that led me here, the numbers did.
Juuse Saros ( @ Vegas)
Vegas is one of the top offenses in the league, but without their top two players in Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone in the lineup, it makes them a lot less worrisome. Saros has been solid in his last five averaging over 30 saves per game and allowing just 1.8 goals per game. Another reason Saros is so high on my list for Tuesday is his salary. With Vegas being shorthanded and based on his recent performances I expected Saros to be priced higher industry-wide, but he isn’t.
Other Options: Andrei Vasilevskiy ( @ Columbus), Darcy Kuemper ( @ Chicago), Carter Hart ( @ Anaheim – if Zegras and Getzlaf are still out), Jacob Markstrom (@ Florida)
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
Teams to build around:
Colorado Avalanche
There is a chance that Marc-Andre Fleury is back in net for the Blackhawks on Tuesday, but that doesn’t change how I feel about the Avs. Colorado has the three top projected players tonight in Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Nazim Kadri. These three will cost you a pretty penny, but there is enough value on this slate to make it work. This is a power-play stack that is up against the 27th ranked penalty kill from Chicago. Cale Makar and Gabriel Landeskog make up the rest of that unit. There are plenty of ways to get different with Colorado outside of this unit. Using Kadri with Makar and either Andrei Burakovsky or JT Compher as a line 2 stack is one way to be different. On defense, other than Makar, Devon Toews and Samuel Girard are cheaper options.
Boston Bruins
Colorado is the obvious top stack, and yeah I did mention Tampa in the open, but Boston could be completely overlooked and come in at very low ownership on this slate. Boston has done their annual mid-season line shuffling and moved David Pastrnak to the second line and moved Craig Smith to the top line. Smith has been performing well of late and is cheap. Using Smith with Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand makes this stack much easier to use. New Jersey has allowed nearly four goals per game in their last five so Boston should have no problem getting on the board tonight.
There is some other value with Boston as well. The Bruins’ third line of Jake DeBrusk, Charlie Coyle, and Nick Foligno makes for a good value stack. You can also go with Pasta and his new linemates, Erik Haula and Taylor Hall but I would prefer the third line for the savings.
On defense, Charlie McAvoy is the Bruins’ best option but he is expensive. All three of Brandon Carlo, Matt Grzelcyk, and Mike Reilly are all over $2K less than McAvoy but can, on a good night, match his production.
Top Value Stack:
Nashville Predators
I know I already talked a lot about Nashville in the open, but they are really one of my favorite teams on this slate, and their third line is a tremendous value. Forsberg is one of the hottest players in the league, then Tanner Jeannot might be the next hottest player. Jeannot has ten points in his last ten games with five goals and five assists and is coming off of a two-goal game on Saturday. Jeannot skates with Colton Sisson and Yakov Trenin who have eight points and five points respectively in their last ten.
Other Value Options:
- Florida PP2: Anton Lundell/Frank Vatrano/Brandon Montour
- Detroit 2: Rabby Fabbri/Pius Suter/Filip Zadina
- Columbus 1: Patrik Laine/Cole Sillinger/Jakub Voracek
- Calgary 3: Andrew Mangiapane/Dillon Dube/Milan Lucic
- San Jose 2: Jonathan Dahlen/Toma Hertl/Noah Gregor
Don’t sleep on these stacks:
Calgary 1: Johnny Gaudreau/Elias Lindholm/Matthew Tkachuk
Florida 2: Jonathan Huberdeau/Anton Lundell/Anthony Duclair
New Jersey 1: Yegor Sharangovich/Jack Hughes/Jesper Bratt
Winnipeg 1: Paul Stastny/Mark Scheifele/Nikolaj Ehlers
Vegas 1: Jonathan Marchessault/William Karlsson/Reilly Smith
Detroit 1: Lucas Raymond/Dylan Larkin/Tyler Bertuzzi
San Jose 1: Alexander Barabanov/Logan Couture/Timo Meier
Value defenseman:
Jacob Middleton (SJ), Jake McCabe (Chi), Adam Boqvist (CBJ – Should see a big uptick in minutes with Werenski out), Noah Hanifin (Cgy), Jonas Siegenthaler (NJ)
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