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Welcome the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Monday night. This week have a five-game slate with teams like Edmonton, Carolina, and St. Louis on the slate. There is also a re-match from Saturday night that is intriguing when it normally wouldn’t be. Also on this slate, we have teams like Arizona and Buffalo on the second night of a back-to-back.
NHL Bets:
Check discord on Monday for any potential bets. With trades being made some lines will most likely change.
NHL DFS: Goalies
Goaltending is strange tonight because the goalies from the teams you’d want to play have not been playing well, so while I won’t talk you out of Frederick Andersen or Ville Husso I won’t be writing them up. There are some other, less expensive, options on this slate that might give you an upper hand on the competition if they come through.
- Thatcher Demko ( @ StL)- I know I am typically alone on this hill since many seem to pick on him whenever they can but I will not. Demko has been up and down most of the season and he is in the middle of another stint like that now. Since the start of March (11 games), Demko is allowing 2.8 goals per game and making 29.5 saves per game to go with his .913 save %.
- Dustin Tokarski ( @ Chi) – Since Craig Anderson played on Sunday it is safe to assume Tokarski gets the nod in ChiTown on Monday. Tokarski has been better than good in his last three starts with only four goals allowed, averaging 30 saves per game, and a shutout.
- Philipp Grubauer ( @ LA) – Another goalie that many will never play, myself included, but he has been decent of late. In his last five starts, Grubauer is 3-2 with only 3 goals allowed per game. Listen, this isn’t a cash game play, or even a Single Entry type play, but if you want to take a risk in a GPP on a goalie, you could do worse than Grubauer on Monday.
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
There are a few top lines that I want to build around on Monday, and I am sure they will not surprise anyone
- Edmonton L1 – Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto Dmen: Bouchard, Ceci, Kulak
- Carolina L1 – Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis Dmen: DeAngelo, Sjkei, Pesce
- Washinton L1 – Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Johansson Dmen: Carlson, Orlov, Schultz
After you decide which line you want to build around, you will need some value pieces to make it work.
Seattle Kraken
Seattle has been averaging 3 goals per game and 32 shots on goal per game in their last ten. I know they aren’t a sexy pick to use on this slate, but there isn’t much to go within the value tier on stacks on Monday. There are a good amount of top lines we should want to get exposure to and Seattle allows that. The Kraken’s top line of Alex Wennberg centering Jared McCann and Jordan Eberle is the best option from Seattle. Now, there is a slight chance that Jaden Schwartz returns to the lineup on Monday so we need to watch for news of that. Their stats don’t jump off the screen at me, but they combine for just $10.3K on DraftKings as a full unit. For more savings, you can replace McCann (highest priced player) with a defenseman from Seattle. Vince Dunn is the best option, but both Adam Larsson and Carson Soucy are near min price on DK and have been playing well.
Yanni Gourde has been the Kraken’s best player of late with four goals in his last five games. Gourde centers the second line with Ryan Donato and Karson Kuhlman. Both are near min price on both sites, but I would prefer to stack Gourde with Dunn and either Eberle or Wennberg for a power-play stack.
Other top-line stacks:
Buffalo L1: Tuch – Thompson – Skinner Dmen: Dahlin, Jokiharju, Samuelsson
Vancouver L2: Pettersson – Horvat – Boeser Dmen: Ekman-Larsson, Schenn, Hughes
Chicago L1: DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Dmen: de Haan, Seth Jones, McCabe
St. Louis L3: Barbashev – Schenn – Kyrou Dmen: Parayko, Faulk, Leddy
St. Louis L1: Saad – O’Reilly – Perron
Los Angeles L2: Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Dmen: Durzi, Stetcher, Maata
Value Stacks:
Buffalo L2: Asplund – Mittlestadt – Olofsson
Chicago L2: Kubalik – Toews – Raddysh
Edmonton L3: Brassard – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi
Arizona L2: Crouse – Boyd – Kessel Dmen: Mayo, Gostisbehere, Dineen
Carolina L3: Niederreiter – Staal – Fast
Los Angeles L3: Vilardi – Byfield – Kupari
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