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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night March 22nd! Tonight we have a massive 10 game slate with two of the top fantasy teams, Edmonton and Colorado, on this slate
We have both the Oilers and Avalanche on this slate but they aren’t the top places I want to look on a slate with 20 teams in action. Calgary is back on the east coast to take on the Senators for the 4th time this month. This game is the only one carrying a 6.5 O/U (according to DK Sportsbook).
In the late games, Los Angeles and San Jose is the game that intrigues me the most because it has shootout potential. San Jose has one of the worst penalty kills in the league allowing the 10th most opportunities and the 14th most power-play goals. Meanwhile, Los Angeles has scored the 6th most power-play goals in the league and the 8th most opportunities. If you haven’t already figured it out, the Kings power-play is one of my top plays tonight. They will carry low ownership and are fairly inexpensive industry-wide.
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
Cam Talbot ($8,300/$8,000)
I would much prefer to play Kahkonen, but Talbot is the starter on Monday, and either way the matchup is still a good one. Since his return from the IR on 2/26 Talbot has only been mediocre, but Anaheim presents an opportunity to get himself back on the right track. The Ducks have only scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, and average a pathetic 2.2 goals per game. One thing Anaheim doesn’t do is shot a lot, only 27.7 S/G per game, but Minnesota does allow over 30 shots on goal per game.
Other Options:
If you play on FanDuel, then Alexander Georgiev ($8,600/$7,500) is a great play against the Sabres on Monday. I won’t pay that price on DK for a middle-of-the-pack goalie on a large slate, but on FD he is a top play.
In a reversal, the Golden Knights Robin Lehner ($8,000/$8,500) is a better play on DK at home against the Blues on Monday night. If you really want to spend up, then Lehner is in a good spot, but I don’t love the price on FD. In his first start back from a concussion on Saturday, Lehner stopped 23 of 25 LA shots in a 4-2 win. St. Louis’ offense is slightly better than Los Angeles, but they are not even close to one of the top teams in the league offensively. I really like Lehner on Monday but more so on DK because of pricing.
All three of Thatcher Demko ($7,600/$7,700), Cal Petersen ($7,500/$7,200), and Semyon Varlamov ($7,900/$8,300) are good plays as well in their matchups on Monday night.
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
As always when they are on a late, both Colorado and Edmonton are great spots to be your pay-up stack or mini stack. I actually like some of the Colorado value tonight against Arizona as well. I mentioned both Calgary and Los Angeles as good places to build stacks, Ottawa is also in a pretty decent spot at home to the aforementioned Flames. Sticking with the Canadian teams, Winnipeg is also in a great spot tonight as well. I know I said Demko is an option in net tonight, but we have seen him give up 4-5 goals and still have a decent fantasy night because of how porous the Canucks defense is and allowing 35-40+ shots on goal per game.
Winnipeg Jets:
When looking at the Jets, their second line is actually where I prefer to start when building stacks. Kyle Connor ($6,400/$7,100) has cooled off some in the Jets last two games, but the entire team seemed to in their two games with the Oilers. Before that two-game stretch, the Jet winger has back-to-back multi goal games and has ten points in his last ten. His linemate Nikolaj Ehlers ($6,700) is playing equally as well. In his last three games, Ehlers has 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists), and has 11 points in his last 10 games. They are centered by Pierre-Luc Dubois ($4,900/$5,400), who himself has five points in his last three games including a 3 assist game last Wednesday. Vancouver’s penalty kill is an absolute dumpster fire right now, well actually all season, and you can use Connor with parts of the top line and/or defenseman Josh Morrisey ($4,500/$4,600) for a power-play 1 stack. Both Dubois and Ehlers see time on the second unit with defenseman Neal Pionk ($4,900/$4,800).
New York Rangers:
Another spot that might be more popular is the Rangers against Buffalo. Both of their top lines are in play or you can mix and match them for power-play stacks as well. New York’s top line has the highest ceiling of any stack in my opinion today based of recent history (9-0 against Philadelphia last week) and their opponents (Buffalo) inability to play hockey currently. Adam Fox ($5,200) is the only defenseman I would use from the Rangers as nobody else really seems to do much offensively. I know some people will look to play Miller or Trouba because of PP2 exposure, but I wouldn’t go there. There are much better value plays on the point tonight with so many teams playing on this slate.
Other Stacking Options:
Top Line Stacks (outside of teams already mentioned):
- Minnesota 1 vs Anaheim (Ryan Miller should start with Gibson still on IR)
- St. Louis 2 vs Vegas
- Vegas 1 vs St. Louis (Monitor the Max Pacioretty injury situation)
- Carolina 1 vs Columbus
- Vegas 2 vs St. Louis
- NY Islanders 1 vs Philadelphia (I prefer to swap Komarov off for Beauvillier for a PP1 stack)
- St. Louis 1 vs Vegas
- Columbus 1 vs Carolina
Top Value Stacks:
- Columbus 2 vs Carolina
- Philadelphia 3 vs NYI
- Anaheim 1 vs Minnesota
- Philadelphia 2 vs NYI
- Arizona 1 vs Colorado
- Montreal 2 vs Edmonton
- Minnesota 2 vs Anaheim
- NY Islanders 3 vs Philadelphia
- Winnipeg 3 vs Vancouver
NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings
Top Defensemen
- Seth Jones (CBJ)
- Dougie Hamilton (CAR) – Mainly FD where he is cheaper. Over $7k on DK
- Shea Theodore (VGK)
- Tyson Barrie (EDM)
- Jakob Chychrun (ARI)
- Jeff Petry (MTL)
- Cale Makar (COL)
- Mark Giordano (CGY)
- Brent Burns (SJ)
- Drew Doughty (LA)
Pionk, Morrisey, and Fox all mentioned as part of stacks are of course in play as well
Top Value Defensemen:
- Jared Spurgeon (MIN)
- Nick Leddy (NYI)
- Vince Dunn (STL)
- Zach Whitecloud (VGK)
- David Savard (CBJ)
- Sean Walker (LA)
- Nate Schmidt (VAN)
- Noah Hanifin (CGY)
- Ryan Graves (COL)
- Brett Pesce (CAR)
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