New York Islanders

Although there are 10 games on the NHL schedule today, the first 2 games are early and not included on the DFS Main Slate for either DraftKings or FanDuel.  So we have ourselves a solid 8 game slate to play with tonight.  Tonight’s shaping up to be a fun looking slate  

Let’s dig in and see if we can make some money.   

Goaltending

Ilya Sorokin ($8K DK/$7.4k FD) vs. Anaheim Ducks – The Ducks were stymied by Nico Dawes last night.  Tonight, they face a much tougher goalie in Ilya Sorokin.  Sorokin is playing some great hockey right now as he has 2 shutouts in his last 4 and 3 games with 1 goal or less.  The game he gave up more than 1 goal was against a potent lineup in the Avalanche.  The Ducks have struggled to score goals for a while now.  Over the last month, just 2.67 per game.  I’m a fan of Sorokin on DK tonight, but he’s almost a lock button on FD tonight.      

Sergei Bobrosky ($8.4k DK/$8.4k FD) vs. LA Kings – Bobrosky is currently riding a 4 game winning streak.  During that streak, he hasn’t had less than 15 DK points.  The matchup for him tonight is a good one and there’s a solid chance he gets it to 5 games.  The Kings, while not awful, are averaging just 3 goals per game over the last month.  Of all the times playing tonight, that ranks in the bottom 4.  Bob should get the W tonight while limiting the damage

Outside of these 2 goalies, I have little interest in anyone else tonight.  All the cheap goalies are a big risk tonight, bigger than normal, and I’m just not sure I can stomach going w/ any of them.

NHL Stacks 

St. Louis 2 (Thomas, Kyrou, Tarasenko) vs. Winnipeg Jets

St. Louis is clicking on all cylinders right now as they scored 6 against the Rangers on Thursday and then 7 against Nashville yesterday.  A lot of that has been due to the play of the second line.  Thomas and Kyrou have combined for 15 points over their last 5 games.  Both guys are extremely underpriced for their recent production. 

Thomas is at $4.3k and Kyrou is at $4.8k.  We can certainly add-in Tarasenko to this stack as a lot of the offense goes through him.  Winnipeg is in a rough stretch over the last 30 days, giving up more than 3.5 goals per game.  With the Blues rolling and the Jets giving up goals, this is a great spot for some offense tonight that won’t break the bank. 

Florida 2 (Bennett, Huberdeau, Duclair) vs. Los Angeles Kings

Sometimes trying to guess where the offense is going to come from with the Panthers can be tough.  They have one of the deepest offenses in the league.  All 3 of their top lines are in play each and every night.  Tonight, I’m siding with their second line.  This line has combined for 16 points over their last 5 games.  The core here for me will be Huberdeau and Duclair. 

Huberdeau has been an assist machine.  He’s had assists in 14 of his last 15 games and is on pace to set a career-high number.  Duclair is also someone playing some great hockey right now.  He’s had goals in 4 straight games and has multiple shot attempts in each.  With Quick in goal for the Kings tonight, the Panthers should be able to put up a big number.  While offense tends to be spread out with the Panthers, this second line tonight should show some fireworks.

Islanders 1 (Nelson, Lee, Beauvillier) vs. Anaheim

The Ducks went with Stolarz in the net last night, so that means we get to pick on the Gibson today.  If you read my article yesterday, you knew my love for Jersey was based on Gibson being in net.  He’s been bad and hasn’t had a game giving up less than 3 goals in more than a month.  He was playing over his head for the start of the year but has come back down to the earth.  

This top line for the Islanders has been playing extremely well.  They’ve combined for 11 goals and 20 points over their last 5 games.  With a great matchup tonight, they should continue to roll.  My lean here is Nelson and Lee as they are the goal scorers on the line.  Lee has 6 goals and Nelson has 4 over their last 5 games.  Oh, and Lee is just $3,500 tonight!  Love this spot for an Islanders team that is finally scoring some goals.  

If you want to get a little crazy today, play some Flyers.  The Canadiens should have Primeau in net tonight and he’s been downright awful at the NHL level this season.  He hasn’t played with the Canadiens in over a month, but when he did play, he gave up goals and lots of them.  My lean with the Flyers would be the line of Atkinson, Brassard, and Giroux.

Other stacks (Vegas 1, Tampa 1, Florida 1, Min 1 and 2, Nash 1, Col 1)

Top NHL Defenseman

• Cale Makar – Outside of Fox, best Defenseman in the league
• Devon Toews – 18 shots and 11 blocked shots over his last 5
• Roman Josi  – 9 points over his last 5, plus almost 6 shots plus blocks
• Rasmus Ristolainen – $3.2k on DK.  More than 10 DK points in 3 straight games, great value.
• Justin Faulk – Always the potential for both a shot blocked bonus and is putting the puck on net.

NHL DFS Summary

I didn’t write them up because I normally don’t play skaters against Calgary, but Colorado is a dynamic offense and can always be in play.  That top line is one of the best in the business.  This is a fun-looking slate.  Hope the plays I laid out help you cash!

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