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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Tuesday night! Tonight we have another seven-game slate, so let’s get back at it!
We are back with seven games on the slate tonight and only one team on a back-to-back (Edmonton). Looking at the odds for the slate tonight, it looks to be a low scoring night but I just don’t see it. We have some high scoring teams and some suspect goaltending options. There are also a couple of teams that are bad, not Buffalo bad, but are pretty bad in their own right (looking at you Columbus and Detroit). This is a compact seven-game slate with only two games starting later than 7 pm eastern, and no games starting later than 8 pm (sorry West Coast fans, it’s an East Coast slate)
NHL DFS: Goaltenders
Similar to last night there is one obvious option in net, Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,500/$8,700). Vasilevskiy is on the road at Columbus in what should be a pretty easy win for Tampa. Columbus is not a high-volume shot team as they only average 28.3 per game, and Tampa only allows 28.2 per game. I don’t know if Vasilevskiy can make value tonight at his inflated price. Similarly, Sergei Bobrovsky ($8,400/$7,900) is at home to Detroit and will have a had time making value, especially on DK. I can see playing him on FanDuel at his lower price there though.
Alex Nedeljkovic ($8,000/8,500)
Nedeljkovic is my top option in net tonight on the road against the Blackhawks. Chicago is one of the better offensive teams in the league this season but they haven’t been scoring much of late. In their last five games, Chicago is averaging 34 shots on goal and only scoring 2.4 goals per game. On the flip side, Nedeljkovic is only allowing 1.8 goals per game in his last 5 starts.
Other Options: Pekka Rinne ($7,600), Igor Shesterkin ($$7,700/$7,400), Vitek Vanecek ($7,800/$8,500), Jaroslav Halak ($8,100)
NHL DFS: Slate Overview
Like last night we have some obvious options when it comes to stacking. Edmonton is on a back-to-back but they are still a top option. Both Tampa and Florida are in great spots like I mentioned above and should be considered. Boston’s top line is still a great option even if Brad Marchand is out again. Any time we have The Great 8, Alex Ovechkin ($8,400/$8,600), on a slate he and his linemates are in play. I love all those teams and play to get exposure to some however I can, but to be different in GPP’s tonight I think we need to look to an offense who has been scoring at will of late…
New York Rangers:
Not many teams have been on fire offensively like the Ranger has of late. In their last ten games, the Blueshirts have averaged 3.9 goals per game and have scored 8 and 9 goals in two of those games. While those goal outbursts were against a dismal Flyers goaltending unit, they have lit the lamp against Washington as well. They are averaging 3 goals a game against the Caps in their last 4 against the division leaders.
It’s not just one line that is getting it done for the Rangers either, all of their top 3 lines are contributing during this hot stretch. Nobody has been hotter than Mika Zibanejad ($7,600/$7,900) has of late. New York’s top-line center has 18 points in his last 10 games, but 12 of those points have come in two games against the Flyers. I don’t mind a Rangers top-line stack tonight, but I think I would rather look to the Rangers second line tonight. I would rather take the savings and start my Rangers stacks with Ryan Strome ($6,000/$5,900).
Strome has been on fire as well with 14 points during his current 9 game point streak. During his point streak, Strome has 28 shots on goal to go along with the 2 goals and 12 assists. Against the Caps this season, Strome has 3 goals and 4 assists. Playing alongside Strome on the Rangers’ second line is Artemi Panarin ($7,700/$7,600) and Kaapo Kakko ($3,000/$4,000). This is a balanced line price-wise, and even though I don’t love the idea of playing Kakko he makes this an easy line to fit in your lineups tonight. Both Strome and Panarin give you exposure to the Rangers’ top power-play unit as well. If you are looking to make this a high-priced stack you can use Zibanejad or Chris Kreider ($5,900/$6,600) as part of your stack. I would prefer to go with a defenseman for a PP1 stack and roster Adam Fox ($6,500/$5,800).
I don’t love paying up for dmen but Fox is one of the best in the league. Fox is currently riding a seven-game point streak of his own during which he has totaled 1 goal and 13 assists to go along with averaging over 24 minutes of ice time a game.
Other Stacking Options:
Top Line Stacks:
- Edmonton 1 vs Montreal
- Boston 1 vs New Jersey
- Washington 1 vs NY Rangers
- Dallas 1 vs Nashville
- Carolina 1 vs Chicago
- Tampa 2 vs Columbus
- Florida 2 vs Detroit – I think this line comes in at really low ownership because people will focus on using Huberdeau
- Montreal 1 vs Edmonton
- Chicago 1 vs Carolina
Top Value Stacks:
- Nashville 1 vs Dallas
- Tampa 3 vs Columbus
- Montreal 2 vs Edmonton
- Detroit 1 vs Florida
- Boston 2 vs New Jersey
- New Jersey 2 vs Boston
- Washington 2 vs NY Rangers
- Nashville 2 vs Dallas
NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings
** Remember to always try and pair your defenseman up with forwards. One-off dmen are not usually the best option**
Top Defensemen
- Adam fox (NYR)
- Darnell Nurse (EDM)
- Roman Josi (NSH)
- Dougie Hamilton (CAR)
- Victor Hedman (TB)
- John Carlson (WAS)
- Seth Jones (CLS)
- Matt Grzelcyk (BOS)
- Jeff Petry (MTL)
- John Klingberg
Top Value Defensemen:
- Dmitry Orlov (WAS)
- Kris Russell (EDM)
- Jaccob Slavin (CAR)
- Danny DeKeyser (DET)
- Dante Fabbro (NSH)
- Ty Smith (NJ)
- Steven Kampfer (BOS)
- Jan Rutta (TB)
- Duncan Keith (CHI) – DK Value only
- Brady Skjei (CAR)
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