Welcome to the holiday season! We here at Win Daily hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We get back into a normal swing of a schedule tonight, with a nice six game slate for us to break down. Let’s look at the best NHL DFS plays for tonight. Good luck!

Goalies

Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers: The Rangers host the Sabres tonight in what should be a solid matchup for Igor. Buffalo has been struggling to score lately, especially on the road. This one should be fairly safe.

Sergei Bobrovsky – Florida Panthers: Bob and the Cats take on Ottawa tonight in what should be a decent matchup for them. Bob’s numbers aren’t amazing of late, but Ottawa has been allergic to scoring.

High Risk Goalie Pick – Mackenzie Blackwood – San Jose Sharks: The Sharks host the Capitals tonight in an interesting matchup. On paper, both of these teams are flat out garbage, especially over their last five (advanced numbers wise). However, the Caps have going 4-1 over their last five, so they are finding ways to win. Now, though, they have to head out on a west coast road trip after a 4 game homestand. This just feels like a letdown spot for the Caps, and the Sharks have cleaned things up a bit. Blackwood has a 1.99 GAA over his last five home games, so this is a sneaky, sneaky spot for a win with upside.

Others to Consider: Jeremy Swayman (BOS), Jacob Markstrom (CGY)

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).

Florida Panthers 2 – Sam Bennett/Carter Verhaeghe/Matthew Tkachuk/Brandon Montour: This very well could be the best matchup on the board tonight, and it feels somehow like they will be under-owned. This line will see the second line for Ottawa in a FANTASTIC matchup. Tkachuk should be locked into your cash games.

New York Rangers 2 – Vincent Trocheck/Alexis Lafreniere/Artemi Panarin/Erik Gustafsson: The top two lines for the Rangers are in a really good spot tonight against a Buffalo team that has been poor defensively. This second line specifically should see a lot of the second line for Buffalo in a juicy, juicy matchup. You can definitely run out a power play look in this game, but make sure you get a piece of both top lines if you do.

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).

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 – Adam Fantilli/Patrik Laine/Dmitri Voronkov: The second line for the Jackets should see a lot of the top line for the Bruins in a surprisingly plus matchup. They have been a decent line this year, and Laine really makes it when he decides he wants to play.

Calgary Flames 3 – Nazem Kadri/Connor Zary/Martin Pospisil: Not sure what that Martin guy’s last name is, but it keeps coming back to popsicle for some reason. The popsicle line has a nice matchup tonight against the second line for the Knights. They have been running pretty well, and whether they are officially the 2 or 3, it doesn’t matter. Make sure if you go here it’s the Kadri line you play.

Tampa Bay Lightning 1 – Brayden Point/Brandon Hagel/Nikita Kucherov: The Lightning head to Colorado tonight in what should be a very tight game. Both teams are very solid and playing well, so this one could go either way. Tampa 1 is the play most of the time for them, and Colorado 1 makes a lot of sense if you want the other side of this game. They very well could just cancel each other out.

San Jose Sharks 2 – Mikael Granlund/Anthony Duclair/Fabian Zetterlund: This is a DEEP, DEEP shot look for tonight. The second line for the Sharks should see a bunch of the Ovi line tonight, who is not very good at defense. This line isn’t very good at offense, so this is very far from a lock. However, if you are feeling a little froggy and want to take a shot on an upside cheap line, this is the spot.

NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: BOS1, NYR1, CGY1, COL1, FLA1, WSH2

Value Options – DraftKings

Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on DraftKings. Be sure to stack!

Center: Mikael Granlund ($3000) – San Jose Sharks

Wing: Dmitri Voronkov ($3400) – Columbus Blue Jackets

Defense: Owen Power ($3700) – Buffalo Sabres

Value Options – FanDuel

Consider these NHL DFS plays to help save you some salary in your lineups on FanDuel. Be sure to stack!

Center: Mikael Granlund ($4100) – San Jose Sharks

Wing: Johnny Gaudreau ($4600) – Columbus Blue Jackets

Defense: Chris Tanev ($3700) – Calgary Flames

Cash Considerations

Consider these NHL DFS plays in your cash lineups tonight. Be sure to stack!

Center: Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche

Wing: Matthew Tkachuk – Florida Panthers

Defense: Charlie McAvoy – Boston Bruins

Goalie: Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers

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