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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Monday night! Tonight we have a seven-game slate, so let’s get started!
With seven games on the slate tonight we have plenty of options to choose from when building our lineups tonight. That may seem like a good thing, but some nights it can be a bad thing. Looking at tonight’s slate we have 5 of the top 10 teams in goals scored (and Vegas is #11) on this slate so there should be plenty of goals scored. We just need to pick the right teams and the right lines, and we all know how easy that is (insert eye roll emoji)
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
There is one obvious play in net tonight, Philipp Grubauer ($8,500/$8,100). Colorado is home to the Ducks who are on the second night of a road back to back. Anaheim just played an overtime game on the road Sunday night in St. Louis, and as one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league who is now also a tired team without one of their best players ( Rickard Rakell), this matchup seems easy for the Av’s netminder. If you are playing cash or on FanDuel, then Grubauer is your guy, but if you’re on DraftKings then this next play may be the one for you.
Kaapo Kahkonen ($7,900/$8,300)
Kahkonen hasn’t played in over a week for the Wild because Cam Talbot ($7,700/$8,300) has been the hot hand in net. If the Wild go back to Talbot tonight is an equally fine play as well. I think the Wild give Kahkonen the start tonight in San Jose against a Sharks team that ranks towards the bottom in most offensive categories. San Jose is 27th in goals for, and average just 2.6 per game. In their last 10 games San Jose has been allowing over 30 saves per game and near 18 FPPG. Kahkonen has mad 2 starts and appeared in a 3rd game, stopping 79 of 85 shots for a .929 sv% and made 31 saves the last time out against San Jose in a Minnesota 6-2 win.
Other Options: Tristan Jarry ($7,800/$8,400), Robin Lehner ($8,200), Connor Hellebuyck ($7,700/$8,500), David Rittich ($7,800/$7,00)
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
Once again, with so many of the top goal scoring teams on this slate (Edm,Col,Tor,Pit,Wpg,VGK) there will be plenty of options for us to use. Of course all three of Edmonton, Toronto, and Colorado’s top lines are in play. Vegas’ top line may be one of the best options on the slate at home to LA. We saw Pittsburgh’s top line destroy the Islanders on Saturday night. All these lines are in play tonight, but I have another line that could rival the scores these teams put up tonight.
Philadelphia Flyers :
Philly has not been the most prolific offensive team of late, notching just 13 goals in their last 5 games (3 loses). Just like you go to the doctor when you’re sick, NHL teams go to Buffalo to feel better and that’s what Philadelphia does tonight.
I like multiple lines from the Flyers tonight, but their top unit stands out to me as the one line that should get it done against the Sabres. They are not overly expensive but have one of the higher ceilings on the slate tonight. Sean Couturier ($6,300/$7,400) centers the top line and he comes in riding a three-game point streak (3 goals 2 assists). On the wings are James van Riemsdyk ($6,100/$5,600) and Travis Konecny ($4,900/$5,600) who haven’t been as hot as Couturier but in this matchup, they could get going. JVR has 4 points (2 goals 2 assists) against Buffalo this season, and Konecny has added a goal against the Sabres. All three are also on the Flyers’ top PP unit, playing against the Sabres who in the bottom third of the league in PK%. Kevin Hayes ($5,500/$5,100) and Shayne Gostisbehere ($5,100/$3,700) round out the Flyers top power-play unit. I really like Ghost on FD today at his cheap $3.7K price tag and he has already scored twice against the Sabres in just three games this season.
Other Stacking Options:
Top Line Stacks:
- Colorado 1 vs Anaheim
- Toronto 1 vs Edmonton
- Pittsburgh 1 vs NY Islanders
- Edmonton 1 vs Toronto
- Winnipeg 2 vs Calgary
- Minnesota 1 vs San Jose
- Vegas 1 vs Los Angeles
- Toronto 2 vs Edmonton
- Philadelphia 2 vs Buffalo
- Los Angeles 1 vs Vegas
- Winnipeg 1 vs Calgary
Top Value Stacks:
- Colorado 2 vs Anaheim
- Vegas 2 vs Los Angeles
- NY Islanders 3 vs Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh 2 vs NY Islanders
- Los Angeles 2 vs Vegas
- Colorado 3 vs Anaheim
- Edmonton 2 vs Toronto
- Minnesota 2 vs San Jose
NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings
Top Defensemen
- Darnell Nurse (EDM)
- Kris Letang (PIT)
- Ivan Provorov (PHI)
- Tyson Barrie (EDM)
- Devon Toews (COL)
- Alec Martinez (VGK)
- Neal Pionk (WPG)
- Samuel Girard (COL)
- Ryan Pulock (NYI)
- Drew Doughty (LA)
Top Value Defensemen:
- Scott Mayfield (NYI)
- Carson Soucy (MIN)
- Cam Fowler (ANH)
- Sean Walker (LA)
- Justin Braun (PHI)
- Nick Leddy (NYI)
- TJ Brodie (TOR)
- Mario Ferraro (SJ)
- Noah Hanifin (CGY)
- Logan Stanley (WPG)
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