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Welcome to another edition of the Man Advantage! Tonight is a very small three game slate in the NHL. It’s important to get a little bit different on these, even if it’s just one player that gives you an edge. Let’s check out our DFS picks for DraftKings and FanDuel. Good luck!
Goalies
Alexander Georgiev – Colorado Avalanche: This is considered a ‘safe’ pick tonight, as the Avalanche take on the Canadiens in Montreal. The Canadiens are struggling this year, and they don’t shoot a ton, so the upside will be limited here, but he should get a win. In deeper GPP, it’s better to go elsewhere.
High Risk Goalie Pick – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen – Buffalo Sabres: The Sabres head to Toronto tonight to take on the Leafs, who have been just OK recently. They are not generating as many chances as you would expect. However, both teams in this game are allowing a lot of chances and both teams shoot quite a bit. Luukkonen should see some shot volume, and since Toronto is going to be popular, this is a good leverage play.
Other Goalie Notes: It’s a short slate, so correlating your goalies with stacks isn’t a bad idea. The two goalies above are definitely ones that you can focus on, but don’t be afraid to take some chances elsewhere. For example, if you fade Colorado, take a chance on Allen, or fade Dallas and take a chance on Grubauer. No goalie is off limits tonight (but that doesn’t mean any of them are great).
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).
Colorado Avalanche 1 – Nathan MacKinnon/Mikko Rantanen/Evan Rodrigues/Cale Makar: This line will be popular tonight, for very, very good reason. They should see a lot of the second line for the Canadiens tonight in a very juicy matchup. You can add JT Compher into this stack wherever you see fit to be different and create a power play look.
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).
Buffalo Sabres 2 – Dylan Cozens/Jack Quinn/JJ Peterka: This second line for Buffalo should see a bunch of the Matthews line tonight in a high event matchup. The top line for Toronto allows quite a few chances, both standard and high danger, setting this line up for an interesting night.
Montreal Canadiens 2 – Jonathan Drouin/Josh Anderson/Mike Hoffman: This line, matched up against the top Colorado line, is in a very interesting spot. For as good as the top Colorado line is on offense, they are giving up tons of shots and chances. Georgiev, who should be fairly popular tonight, has some holes in his stats, so there is upside to be had here.
Seattle Kraken 1 – Matty Beniers/Jordan Eberle/Jared McCann: In their last game, the Kraken matched this line to the third line for the Stars. That should set up a nice matchup for this line tonight, so long as they run the same matching schemes. Make sure Eberle is in before committing to this line, though. He may be out.
Dallas Stars 2 – Wyatt Johnson/Evgenii Dadonov/Jamie Benn: This line should see the third line for the Kraken in a decent matchup. It’s not a great matchup, but could be a sneaky play tonight on a volatile slate.
NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: TOR1, BUF1, DAL1
Value Options – DraftKings
Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on DraftKings. Be sure to stack!
Center: Jonathan Drouin ($2900) – Montreal Canadiens
Wing: JJ Peterka ($2700) – Buffalo Sabres
Defense: Jani Hakanpaa ($2800) – Dallas Stars
Value Options – FanDuel
Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on FanDuel. Be sure to stack!
Center: Alexander Kerfoot ($4100) – Winnipeg Jets
Wing: Jonathan Drouin ($4000) – Montreal Canadiens
Defense: Jani Hakanpaa ($3900) – Dallas Stars
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