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NHL DFS Hot Shot for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 24)

Richard Masana 3 years ago

written by Richard Masana

This article focuses on 2/24 NHL Picks for both DraftKings Sportsbook and DraftKings Daily Fantasy. We analyze tournament tactics, statistics, pricing, and attempt to tackle this highly variable Daily Fantasy format so that we can gain an edge on the field at large. Full rankings for each position for both sites are available below.

NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan

Welcome back to the Hot Shot for an eight-game Thursday slate!

Full Game Odds/Totals and DraftKings Rankings can be found below as well as cash game considerations for each site.

2/24 NHL Favorite Lines Per Dollar

Top Line – Pittsburgh One “Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust”

They will be the chalk de jour of the night. but popularity be damned, this line is certainly necessary to mention all things considered. Pittsburgh stands out along with the Panthers as the slates’ biggest favorites by a wide margin. The Pens host the Devils and as of the time of writing are -330 money line favorites and this is one of three 6.5 total games on the night. This line is tied for fifth in the NHL over the span of the last ten games with 135 shot attempts for “SATF”, which includes all shot attempts, and six goals tying them for tenth among all lines. Jon Gillies should start in net for the Devils and his .893 save % and 3.50 GAA are worth targeting. As far as each skater individually, Sidney Crosby looks like a “Kid” again, has been the most consistent of the three, and fills a center spot; so he would be my choice at the moment of the three.

Secondary Line – Florida Three “Mason Marchment, Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart”

It is rare that I write up a team’s third line but there are certainly exceptions to the rule. Florida, much like Pittsburgh above, is a huge home favorite (-370) in one of the three 6.5 total games. The Panther’s third line has been on fire recently to the tune of eleven full-line goals over their last ten games, good for a three-way tie for second-best in the NHL “tied with two lines mentioned below” over that sample size. Now keep in mind they have been doing some exceptional shooting, as their 51 SATF is super low and feels more indicative of what you might normally see from a third line. However, neither of Florida’s top two lines falls anywhere on the top 30, so the assumption is this is the line that will somehow find a way to do some damage. Given the paltry SATF and lack of top power-play time aside from Sam Reinhart’s exposure, I’d normally fade, but here between price and matchup, I think you hope that the hot shooting continues.

Honorable Mention: Calgary One “Elias Lindholm, Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk”

Tonight’s matchup for the Flames in Vancouver is not optimal with Thatcher Demko set up to man the opposing net and the low 5.5 total as of the time of writing reflects. However, this line has been nothing short of fire with a league-high “by a wide margin” 200 SATF over their last ten games “as well as the league’s best SATF for any line over this entire season”. Right now, it is Elias Lindholm with the hottest hand of the bunch with goals in a whopping eight straight games over Calgary’s ten-game win streak. The Flames’ second line is certainly a viable option as well as their 11 goals over their last ten games ties the top line and the Panthers’ third line mentioned above, for the second-best in the NHL within this timeframe. These are more contrarian picks but can certainly pay off if the earlier games bust.

2/24 NHL Game Odds and Totals

Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET

Washington Capitals (+105) at New York Rangers (-125) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Columbus Blue Jackets (+285) at Florida Panthers (-370) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Minnesota Wild (+135) at Toronto Maple Leafs (-155) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

New Jersey Devils (+260) at Pittsburgh Penguins (-330) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Dallas Stars (+130) at Nashville Predators (-150) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total

Calgary Flames (-170) at Vancouver Canucks (+150) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total

Boston Bruins (-230) at Seattle Kraken (+185) – 6 Projected Goal Total

New York Islanders (-120) at San Jose Sharks (+100) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total

2/24 NHL DraftKings Individual Rankings

Centers

Auston Matthews – Toronto – $9,300
Aleksander Barkov – Florida – $8,100
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh – $7,500
Elias Lindholm – Calgary – $6,900
Sam Bennett – Florida – $5,200

Wingers

Sam Reinhart – Florida – $5,000
David Pastrnak – Boston – $8,400
Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida – $7,200
Filip Forsberg – Nashville – $6,500
Patrik Laine – Columbus – $6,200

Defense

Aaron Ekblad – Florida – $6,800
Brandon Montour – Florida – $2,800
Roman Josi – Nashville – $7,500
Alexandre Carrier – Nashville – $3,500
Zach Werenski – Columbus – $6,900

Goalies

Ilya Sorokin – New York Islanders – $7,300
Jacob Markstrom – Calgary – $8,200

Cash Considerations

Auston Matthews, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, David Pastrnak, Brandon Montour, Ilya Sorokin

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NHL DFS Man Advantage for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 22)

rmferenc@gmail.com 3 years ago

written by rmferenc@gmail.com

Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.

If you are new to my articles, NHL, or WinDaily Sports then I will tell you that my articles are not going to give you the chalk plays or the obvious plays. I try to dig in and find ways for you to build lineups for GPP contests. I will always point out those top plays to help you build cash but that is not the point of this article.

Happy Twos-day!

Happy 2/22/22 Tuesday, and to stick with the two theme the NHL gave us..wait…six games? Oh well, would have been fun if it was two, but six is a better slate anyway.

This slate was made for me, we have a Forsberg Tuesday in the same game as the Panthers (Hello game stack!), coupled with John Gibson night as the Ducks host San Jose! Well, that’s the article, good luck tonight! No, I’m kidding obviously, I should at least give you one more team for value purposes. Three of the teams on this slate are on the second night of a back-to-back with both Toronto (@ CBJ) and Seattle (vs NYI) having to travel while Philadelphia stays home but welcomes St. Louis. The aforementioned Nashville at Florida game is the game of the night and we have Minnesota in Ottawa as well.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Kaapo Kahkonen/Cam Talbot (@ Ottawa): I have decided to just put both Minnesota games because it seems every week I write up a Wild goalie and they decide to start the opposite one. Both of these goalies have been great at some point this season for Minnesota, for me Kahkonen should be the guy but there is more money invested in Talbot, so yeah. Either way Ottawa is a pretty soft matchup for Minnesota and should result in a good fantasy day for whoever starts.
John Gibson ( vs San Jose): Gibson is my favorite goalie, personally not just in fantasy, and there is a good chance he goes completely overlooked on this slate. San Jose has been putrid of late winnning just two of their last ten and scoring an average of 2.5 goals per game. I know Gibson is also in a bit of a rut, losing four of five, but he did win his last start and prior to that he won three of four allowing just 8 goals in that stretch.
Ilya Sorokin (@ Seattle): We picked on them last night with Demko and he did well, so why not go back to the well again. Similar to Gibson, Sorokin is in a slump of late but this matchup with Seattle could be one to snap him out of it. Prior to losing four of his last five, Sorokin won seven of eight starts allowing just 16 goals and posting a .919 save %. There is a good goalie in there, he just needs to bring him out and tonight is the night for it.
Ville Husso (@ Philadelphia): This is me trying to wish these into existence, because of the Blues start Binnington then I switch up and add some Philly stacks to my lineups. Husso is the clear better goalie in this tandem, but similar to Minnnesota there is more money tied up in Binner so they want to give him every chance to succeed. If it is Husso, he is unbeaten in regualtion in February (3-0-1) and has only allowed nine goals and put up a .913 save %. Philly did score three times on Monday and played overtime in that game so they could have some tired legs.

Other Options: Sergei Bobrovsky (vs Nsh), Jack Campbell (@ CBJ), James Reimer (@ Anh)

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

Teams to build around:

Nashville/Florida Game Stack

This game has a 6.5 O/U and I don’t see the under hitting tonight. Both teams can score goals in bunches, especially Floriday at home. Looking at the home team first, their top line of Duclair – Barkov – Huberdeau is the top line on this entire slate, and for good reason. Duclair is the “weak” link on this line with just two goals and an assist in his last four games. As for Barkov and Huberdeau, they have been on fire seemingly all season. Huberdeau is riding a seven-game point streak during which he has one goal and eleven assists and as for Barkov, he has five goals and six assists during Huberdeau’s seven-game point streak himself. You can use both Sam Bennett and/or Aaron Ekblad with pieces of this line to make a PP1 stack as well.

Even though I wrote up a long paragraph on line one, it’s actually line three that is more interesting to me. Mason Marchment has been making a name for himself this season and has nine goals and seven assists since January 25th (eight games). Joining him on line three is Anton Lundell who himself has a goal and seven assists in the club’s last five and Sam Reinhart who has his own six-game point streak with five goals and five assists during his point streak. Outside of Ekblad on defense, you can use MacKenzie Weegar or for value, you can go with Brandon Montour who is on the second power-play unit with all three forwards from line three.

On to Nashville…

I am only interested in using the Predators’ top line because their depth scoring isn’t as fruitful as the Panthers are. Filip Forsberg is the centerpiece of any Nashville stack with five points and four shots on goal per game in his last five. Matt Duchene has six goals and three assists in his last eight games while Mikael Granlund has just one goal and three assists in his last seven. If you only want to run a two-man here then it should be Forsberg and Duchene. If you are going with the Panthers’ third line as a stack you can fit Roman Josi in on defense with Forsberg/Duchene. That is probably going to net you the rights point total. If you are looking to use value on defense, Dante Fabbro is the best option, you can also look at Alexandre Carrier.

More stacking options:

Minnesota L1: Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello (I prefer using Eriksson Ek or Boldy over Hartman for a PP stack). Dmen to use: Brodin, Merrill, Kulikov, Spurgeon (PP1)

St. Louis L2: Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko. Dmen to use: Parayko, Krug, Faulk

Columbus L1: Voracek – Jenner – Laine (I love this line for a low-owned stack or just pieces). Dmen to use: Werenski, Gavrikov, Peeke

Toronto L1: Marner – Matthews – Bunting (big let down last night, lowers ownership?) Dmen to use: Rielly, Brodie

Philadelphia L1: Lindblom – Giroux – Atkinson (less interested in Husso starts, but if it’s Binnington then all systems go!) Dmen to use: Sanheim, Ristolainen, Braun

New York Islanders L1: Lee – Barzal – Palmieri (not overly expensive on either site and could be a late-night hammer) Dmen to use: Dobson, Aho, Chara

Bargain Bin!

Toronto L3: Kase – Kampf – Mikheyev

Anaheim L1: Milano – Steel – Terry Dmen to use: Mahura, Shattenkirk, Drysdale

St. Louis L3: Barbashev – Schenn – Sundqvist

San Jose L2: Balcers – Couture – Nieto Dmen to use: Burns, Ferraro, Vlasic

Columbus L2: Nyquist – Sillinger – Bjorkstrand

New York Islanders L2: Beauvillier – Nelson – Bellows

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NHL DFS Man Advantage for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 21)

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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.

Holiday hockey (for those of us states side)!

It’s a holiday here in the states so that means daytime hockey! This is actually one of the strangest slates I’ve ever seen with five games all starting at five distinct times. This also may be the longest slate we’ve ever had with the first game starting at 1 pm eastern (Colorado @ Boston) and the last game dropping the puck at 10 pm eastern (Seattle @ Vancouver)

There is one team that is going to be the chalk or all chalk on today’s slate, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto is a great play on the road in Montreal who is coming home after a road win on Long Island on Sunday. For me, the Leafs’ top line (Marner – Matthews – Bunting) is one of the top plays on this slate. I expect them to be some of the highest owned players on the slate along with defenseman Morgan Rielly but I do think there is one line that I prefer to stack on this slate and they will be much lower owned.

*** As a reminder, this article will be based around the 5 game slate on DraftKings. FanDuel has separated the schedule into two slates and has the three early games as their main slate***

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Jacob Markstrom ($8,400) : Markstrom is not only the best goalie on the slate, he is the best play at home versus WInnipeg. If there is a downside to Markstrom today, it’s that the Flames have been solid defensively recently and are not allowing shots (Markstrom has just 25.6 saves per game in his last 8 games). Winnipeg is averaging nearly 32 shots on goal per game in eight February games so that is a positive.
Thatcher Demko ($7,900): Even though I ranked Markstrom higher, Demko is my favorite goalie on this slate. Demko has had a couple of bad starts back-to-back, he is due for some positive regression. Seattle is only scoring 2.3 goals per game in their last 10 games, and Demko is allowing 2.3 in his last nine appearances. During that same 9 game stretch, Demko has a .923 save %. I see this as a bounce back game for the Canucks netminder that will also be an extremely low owned play as the last game on the slate.
Frederick Andersen ($8,200): I love the price and the matchup for Andersen on Monday. Even though the Canes played in Pittsburgh on Sunday and are in Philly today I still think they win on Monday. Andersen has been stellar all season but is probably having his “roughest” patch currently losing three (two in OT) of his last 11 games. I do expect Andersen to carry some owenrship based on this matchup, but not as much as the next goalie on the list.
Petr Mrazek ($8,500): This play is here because of his recent performances. After a slow start to the season, Mrazek has won four of five and has the perceived easiest matchup. If I am being honest, I may not have any exposure to Mrazek (depending on how many lineups I make) on Monday because I expect him to be the chalk play. If you know anything about me when it comes to goalies, you know I don’t like paying high salaries for my goalie also.

Other Options: Darcy Kuemper ($8,300), Jeremy Swayman ($8,000)

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

Teams to build around:

I have previously mentioned the Maple Leafs as a top play and the overall chalk of the slate, so you won’t see them here, but know they are a great option tonight and will be in my lineups.

Calgary Flames: Tkachuk – Lindholm – Gaudreau

Calgary has a home matchup with the Jets on Monday as mentioned in the goalie section, and I am expecting their top line to have a great day. All three of these guys are on fire over the team’s last five, well over the entire season. My favorite play of this stack is actually Elias Lindholm ($7.5K). I know, I am shocked too, but Lindholm has six goals over the Flames last five to go with four assists and averaging 3 shots on goal per game. This stack s expensive ($22.4K – $300 less than the Leafs’ first line) but there is a ton of value on this slate that makes it easy to use.

If you want to pay up elsewhere (plenty of options for that as well) the Flames second (Mangiapane – Backlund – Coleman) and third lines (Toffoli – Monahan – Lucic) are good value stacks. On defense, Rasmus Andersson is the PP1 captain and the pay-up spot, but I much prefer the value of Christopher Tanev and Erik Gudbranson.

Vanouver Canucks: Garland – Pettersson – Pearson

Not only do I want to use Demko, but I definitely want plenty of exposure to the Canucks skaters as well tonight. Vancouver’s second line projects as one of the top value lines on this slate and again will probably be low owned. Both Conor Garland and Elias Pettersson have been on fire of late with Pettersson having eight points in the Canucks last five and Garland a point per game player in that same stretch. I think the ideal way to use this stack is to pair up the two Canucks I just mentioned with Travis Hamonic on defense. While he has not picked up a point in his three games since returning from injury he has hit the shots blocked bonus is back to back games and is averaging 10.7 DKFP per game since his return.

If you care to spend up on the Canucks, their top line (Miller – Horvat – Boeser) is a more expensive, but equally as good play. As for the dmen, both Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Quinn Hughes are in play but again more expensive.

Other top stacks:

Colorado L1: Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Dmen to use: Makar, Toews, Erik Johnson

Carolina L1: Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen Dmen to use: DeAngelo, Skjei, Slavin

Boston L1: Hall – Bergeron – Pastrnak Dmen to use: Reilly, Carlo, Grzelcyk

Colorado L2: Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky (can be used as value with a cheap dman in place of Kadri)

Winnipeg L1: Wheeler – Scheifele – Stastny Dmen to use: Morrissey, Stanley, Dillon

Bargain bin!

Toronto L3 (ok, so Toronto does show up here): Mikheyev – Kampf – Kase Dmen to use: Rielly, Muzzin, Brodie

Montreal L1: Caufield – Suzuki – Anderson Dmen to use: Petry, Romanov, Kulak

Carolina L3: Niederreiter – Staal – Fast

Philadelphia L2: van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Konecny Dmen to use: Provorov, Sanheim, Braun

Seattle L3: Donskoi – McCann – Donato Dmen to use: Giordano, Dunn, Fleury

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NHL DFS Friday Night Forecheck for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 18)

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Friday 2/18 NHL Breakdown

Welcome back for another installment of the Friday Night Forecheck here at Win Daily Sports. A nice four game slate is on tap with some interesting spots, and one game that should be fun to watch. It’s a tougher slate that you would think for four games, but we will do our best to narrow down how to attack it. Good luck!

Goalies

Jake Oettinger – Dallas Stars: The Stars travel to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks, who played Thursday night. The back to back situation, and, well, the fact that it is Chicago, puts Jake in a good spot, despite having a road matchup. Frankly, this feels like the only ‘safe’ goalie on the slate tonight, but you can also consider Frederik Andersen or Juuse Saros in this spot if you don’t want to put all of your eggs in the Oettinger basket.

GPP Goalie Pick – Laurent Brossoit – Vegas Golden Knights: With Lehner on the shelf, potentially long term, Brossoit has a legitimate chance to make a name for himself in Vegas. He is arguably a slightly better goalie than Lehner and could really benefit from a stretch of good hockey. In a home matchup against the Kings, he should be able to put a decent game together. He is a risk, however, simply because he has an ability to just blow up and not save anything.

Lines to Build Around

These 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 Power Play – Aleksander Barkov/Anthony Duclair/Sam Reinhart/Jonathan Huberdeau/Aaron Ekblad: It is very hard to argue with the way the Panthers have been playing this year, especially over the last month or so. They have been finding scoring everywhere and have become an offensive powerhouse. Tonight, they head to Minnesota for a date with the Wild in what should be a fun game to watch. The priority in the PP unit is usually Barkov/Huberdeau/Ekblad, but feel free to mix and match as your build allows.

Dallas Stars 1 – Roope Hintz/Jason Robertson/Joe Pavelski/John Klingberg: The Stars head to Chicago tonight to take on a Blackhawks team that is playing the second game of a back to back, and they get a matchup against Fleury, who has been less than stellar all season. If Klingberg can’t go, then Heiskanen can be played in his spot. This top line for the Stars should have its way with the Hawks and make great core pieces in any lineup.

High Risk Lines

These are 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).

Nashville Predators 2 – Ryan Johansen/Luke Kunin/Eeli Tolvanen/Mattias Ekholm: The Preds’ second line is in a very interesting spot tonight. The Canes match the Staal line to the opposing top line, the top line to the second, and the second to the third. That matching scheme sets this line up for a date with the top Canes’ line in a very nice matchup. This line is not necessarily known for its scoring, but they have a chance to be a super low owned, sneaky upside play.

Chicago Blackhawks 2 – Kirby Dach/Mackenzie Entwistle/Alex Debrincat: The even strength matchup for this line should be against the second line for the Stars, which is a nice matchup that should provide plenty of opportunity. This is a sneaky play that carries more risk than usual, setting this play up as a deep GPP look only. Of course, don’t play this line in the same lineup where you have Oettinger as your goalie.

Minnesota Wild 1 – Ryan Hartman/Mats Zuccarello/Kirill Kaprizov/Jared Spurgeon: the MIN/FLA game should be the most exciting game on the night, showcasing Kirill the Thrill and some other Young Guns against a slightly more seasoned, but very exciting Florida team. Because this game should be high event, it is recommended to get at least a piece of it in your lineup. These guys have a nice matchup, even though FLA gets the slight edge in this game. If playing multiple lineups, be sure to get both sides of this game.

Vegas Golden Knights 2 – William Karlsson/Jonathan Marchessault/Reilly Smith/Alex Pietrangelo: Everyone is rightfully excited about Jack Eichel finally suiting up for the Knights. He is going to make a great fit out there and really make the Knights a tough team. However, this second line should still be strongly considered as the better line until Eichel can skate with Stone and Patches consistently. Against the Kings, this line should see a mix of both top lines, spending just a touch more time against the second line. This matchup is very nice for the second line for Vegas tonight. Keep in mind, it is also a very nice matchup for LAK2 here, so you can go either way in this game.

Honorable Mentions: CAR1, NSH1, LAK2

Value Options – DraftKings

Center: Ryan Johansen ($3400) – Nashville Predators

Wing: Eeli Tolvanen ($2800) – Nashville Predators

Defense: Alex Goligoski ($2900) – Minnesota Wild

Value Options – FanDuel

Center: William Karlsson ($4900) – Vegas Golden Knights

Wing: Owen Tippett ($3600) – Florida Panthers

Defense: Brayden McNabb ($3800) – Vegas Golden Knights

Cash Considerations – DraftKings

Center: Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars

Wing: Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers

Defense: Jared Spurgeon – Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Jake Oettinger – Dallas Stars

Cash Considerations – FanDuel

Center: Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars

Wing: Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers

Defense: Jared Spurgeon – Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Jake Oettinger – Dallas Stars

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NHL DFS Hot Shot for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 17)

Richard Masana 3 years ago

written by Richard Masana

This article focuses on 2/17 NHL Picks for both DraftKings Sportsbook and DraftKings Daily Fantasy. We analyze tournament tactics, statistics, pricing, and attempt to tackle this highly variable Daily Fantasy format so that we can gain an edge on the field at large. Full rankings for each position for both sites are available below.

NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan

Welcome back to the Hot Shot for a ten-game Thursday slate!

Full Game Odds/Totals and DraftKings Rankings can be found below as well as cash game considerations for each site.

Three Favorite Lines Per Dollar

Top Line – Buffalo One “Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson”

In terms of affordability and production, it doesn’t get much better than the Sabres top line. They will be hosting the Senators in a game that is sure to feature some goals “six total as of the time of writing, but I’d take the over”. Alex Tuch is the stand out of the bunch and no matter what he does, his price seems to never increase by much. Mr. Tuch has been averaging over a point a game “19 over 16” with goals in four of his last six games. His shot totals in recent games have been five sog, five sog, seven sog, four sog, four sog, seven sog, and five sog before hitting a game where he didn’t have any shots on goal “but did have two assists”.

Jeff Skinner, who has a monster game on Sunday, is only $5,100 and Tage Thompson at $6,500 might be the most expensive of the bunch but has finished with double digits DraftKings points in eight of his last nine games. This is matchup proof stuff at the line’s current price let alone good value for an even money matchup hosting the Senators.

Secondary Line – New York Rangers One Two Man “Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider”

The star of Rangers’ first half of the season, Chris Kreider, clocks in at only $5,600 and makes for a perfect pairing with Mika Zibanejad at center. They host in the Red Wings in a six total game and with the home team -190 favorites, we can rightfully assume that the Rangers are expected to provide most of the goals here.

I’m surprised that the recent sample size on this line “or any Rangers line for that matter” isn’t better but it seems like that might be the byproduct of a tough recent schedule. That’s the sort of thing that can turn around in an instant with the Red Wings “an awful road team” coming to town. I left off Alexis Lafreniere as he’s a side piece at most and lacks power play correlation with the two mentioned skaters. However, he is super cheap at $2,900 and does have goals in two of his last three in case you need the savings.

2/17 NHL Game Odds and Totals

Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET

Detroit Red Wings (+160) at New York Rangers (-190) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Washington Capitals (-175) at Philadelphia Flyers (+150) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Pittsburgh Penguins (+130) at Toronto Maple Leafs (-150) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Ottawa Senators (-105) at Buffalo Sabres (-115) – 6 Projected Goal Total

St. Louis Blues (-265) at Montreal Canadiens (+210) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Boston Bruins (+100) at New York Islanders (-115) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total

Seattle Kraken (+135) at Winnipeg Jets (-165) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Columbus Blue Jackets (+125) at Chicago Blackhawks (-145) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Anaheim Ducks (+185) at Edmonton Oilers (-230) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Vancouver Canucks (-115) at San Jose Sharks (-105) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total

2/17 NHL DraftKings Individual Rankings

Centers

Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers – $7,000
Tage Thompson – Buffalo – $6,500
Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington – $6,200
Boone Jenner – Columbus – $6,000
Bo Horvat – Vancouver – $4,300

Wingers

Alex Tuch – Buffalo – $5,800
Chris Krieder – New York Rangers – $5,600
Patrik Laine – Columbus – $5,400
Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis – $6,400
Evander Kane – Edmonton – $5,100

Defense

Rasmus Dahlin – Buffalo – $4,800
Erik Brannstrom – Ottawa – $2,700
Connor Murphy – Chicago – $3,200
Mike Matheson – Pittsburgh – $3,000
Vince Dunn – Seattle – $3,800

Goalies

Ville Husso – St. Louis – $8,600
Linus Ullmark – Boston – $7,400

Cash Considerations

Patrik

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NHL DFS Man Advantage for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 15)

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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.

Happy Forsberg Tuesday!

Welcome back to another Filip Forsberg Day! Tonight Nashville hosts the Capitals, the team that drafted Forsberg. That matchup is one of the premier games on the slate. We also have Boston at MSG to take on the Rangers and the Stars traveling to Colorado. As for the remaining six games on the slate, they don’t seem as big but are still good games for us to target in DFS.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Igor Shesterkin ( vs Boston): Boston is a one-line team essentially and with 2/3 of that one line out the lineup they don’t pose much of a threat. Shesterkin is having a great season for the Rangers as well and this matchup just screams big night for the Russian.
Juuse Saros ( vs Washington): You all know I love Saros and while he has burned me a few times this season, more often than not he is one of the top goalies on every slate. Since the start of the new year, Saros is 9-4-2 while averaging 34.3 save per game. Saros is not expensive on either site tonight and once again has the potential to be the top goalie on the slate
Jacob Markstrom ( vs Columbus): Markstrom is actually cheaper on FanDuel today, so he might be the better play over there tonight. Either way, Markstrom is one of the top goalies in the NHL this season and leads the league in shutouts (8), doubling up the goalie with the next most. Markstrom has a home matchup with Columbus tonight so a 9th shutout is not out of the realm of possibilities.
Matt Murray ( vs St. Louis): This is your super risky, high reward play of the night. Murray has been absolutely stellar since returning from injury on January 1st. Murray is averaging just 2.2 goals per game and making 33 saves per game in his 10 games since January 1st. If you remove the 6 goals he allowed on 1/1 to Toronto his goals-against goes down to 1.7. This is risky like I said but Murray has held his own against teams like Pittsburgh, Edmonton, Carolina, and Washington lately so why not tonight against the Blues.

Other Options: Pavel Francouz, Tristan Jarry, Andrei Vasilevskiy

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

Teams to build around:

Colorado Avalanche

I know this may upset some people, ok one person (sorry GravMatt) but Colorado is one of the top teams on the slate. There are teams with “easier” matchups than Colorado but Dallas has been porous defensively in recent games. In their last 6 games, Dallas has allowed four goals or more in five of them, including four to Colorado on Sunday.

If you know anything about hockey, then you know the Av’s top line is one of the top lines in all of the NHL, but also one of the most expensive ones to stack in DFS. They are the best play on this slate but since they are so obvious I want to look for some value as well to get you exposure to Colorado in other ways especially for those playing on FD. For value, I will look to line 2 from Colorado. Both Valeri Nichushkin and Andre Burakovsky are affordable and have been playing well for the Avs. Nichushkin has four points and is averaging 4 shots on goal in the Av’s last five games and Burakovsky has three assists in that same span. Nazim Kadri has seven points in the last five for the Av’s, but he is only a play on DK because FanDuel does not know what they are doing and has him priced at $10K (second-highest on the slate).

Other Value: Both JT Compher and Logan O’Connor play on the third line and kill penalties for Colorado. They are both min price on DK and in the $4K range on FD. If you need some cheap plays to fill out a lineup they are viable.

Defensemen: Cale Makar is the top dman for the Av’s but his production has not been matching his price lately. Devon Toews has been more productive from a DFS aspect and is much cheaper (on DK) so he is my preferred play. Erik Johnson and Samuel Girard offer up some decent value.

Buffalo Sabres

I know what you’re thinking, but Buffalo has been better offensively in the last ten games. They are not the sexiest team and I am probably taking a big risk suggesting them tonight but with so many top teams on this slate, they will go overlooked and could give you a shot at a takedown. Jeff Skinner is coming off a four-goal game on Sunday and both Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch have been equally as hot. Since Tuch debuted for the Sabres on 12/29 it has turned this team in the right direction. Tuch himself has 17 points in his 15 games with the Sabres including five multi-point games. Buffalo’s problem isn’t scoring, it’s stopping teams from scoring so this is a game stack consideration as well.

Sabres Dmen: Rasmus Dahlin (PP1), Casey Fitzgerald (cheap and productive)

If you want to stack the Isles with Buffalo tonight, I would suggest their third line. This line has been as productive as the top two lines in the team’s last five games and comes at a much lower price. If you are just looking at a two-man stack, then Zach Parise (PP2) and Oliver Wahlstrom (PP1) would be my suggestion. On Defense, Noah Dobson (PP1) is the Isles’ top fantasy defenseman, but Ryan Pulock (PP2) is right behind Dobson production-wise and much cheaper.

Top Stacks

Pittsburgh L1: Guentzel – Crosby – Rust (all 3 on PP1), Dmen to use: Letang (PP1), Matheson, Dumoulin

Nashville L1: Forsberg – Granlund – Duchene (All 3 on PP1), Dmen to use: Josi (PP1), Ekholm (PP2), Carrier

Dallas L1: Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski (All 3 on PP1), Dmen to use: Lindell, Heiskanen

Calgary L1: Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk (All 3 on PP1) – You can use Monahan as a PP1 value piece over one of the forwards. Dmen to use: Tanev, Hanifin (PP2), Andersson (PP1)

Tampa Bay L1: Kucherov (PP1)- Point (PP1) – Palat (PP2). Dmen to use: Hedman (PP1), Sergachev (PP2), Ruuta

Value Stacks:

Calgary L2: Mangiapane (PP2) – Backlund (PP2)- Coleman – This stack may change if Toffoli is active on Tuesday. Watch for updates on the Flames lines on Twitter or in discord.

Los Angeles L2: Moore – Danault (PP2) – Arvidsson(PP2) Dmen to use: Doughty(PP1), Moverare, Durzi

Ottawa L2 (Especially if Binnington plays): Formenton (PP1) – Paul (PP2) – Connor Brown. Dmen to use: Zaitsev, Holden, Chabot (PP1)

New Jersey L1: Sharangovich (PP2) – Hughes (PP1) – Zacha (PP1). Dmen to use: Graves, Severson (PP1), Smith PP2)

New York Rangers L2: Panarin(PP1) – Strome(PP1) – Goodrow(PP2). Dmen to use: Fox (PP1), Lindgren, Trouba

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NHL DFS Man Advantage for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 14)

rmferenc@gmail.com 3 years ago

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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

It’s Valentine’s Day so why don’t you put down the phone and go spend time with your significant others… oh, no, you’d rather spend it playing NHL dfs? Ok, whatever you want.

Tonight is a four-game slate that has a later than usual start time of 8 pm eastern. This slate features a couple of potential lopsided matchups in the first two games on the slate and two matchups of teams still trying to figure out who they are in the late games.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Cam Talbot (vs Detroit): Talbot is the top goalie on this slate for me and honestly, it isn’t even really close. In his four starts since returning from injury Talbot is unbeaten, has allowed only five goals, and shut out the Blackhawks. Detroit is no offensive juggernaught and even though they put up four on Philly on Saturday I am not worried.
Jack Campbell ( @ Seattle): On the opposite end of the spectrum from Talbot is Jack Campbell. In his last six games Campbell has not been good, except for his win over New Jersey on Feb 1st. Campbell is still a good play and has the perceived best matchup on the slate with Seattle. Petr Mrazek has been playing much better than Campbell lately and may get the start, if so you can safely roll with him too.
Connor Hellebuyck (vs Chicago): Hellebuyck is similar to Campbell, solid goalie who has had a rough patch of late. In January, Hellebuyck was bad, but since February 1st he has been much improved. In four starts, Hellebuyck is 2-2 with eight goals allowed and a shutout. Hellebuyck has also stopped 31 shots or more in three of those four starts. It looks like Helly is starting to heat up along with the Jets and I will definetly have some shares of him tonight.
James Reimer (vs Edmonton): Both the Sharks and Reimer shoud be will rested as this is their first game in 13 days. I don’t love this play, but he is a good upside GPP play at home against the Oilers. We all know Edmonton has been struggling to score with only eleven goals in their last five games.

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

Teams to build around:

Toronto Maple Leafs:

Toronto’s offense has been stymied some in their last two games, but those were against two top goalies in Markstrom and Demko, tonight is not one of those goalies. In their four games prior, Toronto scored 24 goals, including seven goals twice. Toronto should pick apart the Seattle D tonight and have a monster game offensively.

One positive about the Leafs is, outside of Auston Matthews, they aren’t overly expensive on either site. You could also make a case for stacking any of the top three lines and you could also use pieces from their fourth line as well.

Toronto L1: Bunting (PP2) – Matthews (PP1) – Marner (PP1)

Toronto L2: Kerfoot – Tavares (PP1) – Nylander (PP1)

Other options: Mikheyev (PP2), Kase (PP2), Spezza (PP2)

Defensemen to use: Morgan Rielly (PP1), Rasmus Sandin (PP2), Justin Holl

Minnesota Wild:

Minnesota is similar to Toronto where they haven’t been their best offensively, but a home matchup with the Red Wings should be able to turn things around. The Wild have only scored three times in their last two, but in the previous eight, they scored three or more goals in all eight. After Toronto’s top line, the first line for the Wild is next as far as projected points rank, but they are a more expensive stack. You can replace Ryan Hartman (PP2) with either Joel Eriksson Ek or Matt Boldy to save some salary for a PP1 stack with Kaprizov and Zuccarello. Both Eriksson Ek and Boldy is cheaper than Hartman, significantly so on DraftKings.

Minnesota’s second line has been more productive of late, featuring the aforementioned Boldy. Both Kevin Fiala and Frederick Gaudreau are point per game players in the team’s last five games with Fiala also seeing time with Hartman on the second PP unit.

Defensemen to use: Jon Merrill (Value), Jonas Brodin (PP2), Jared Spurgeon (PP1)

Other stacking options:

Edmonton L2: Kane (PP1) – Draisaitl (PP1) – Yamamoto. Dmen to use: Ceci, Nurse (PP2), Barrie (PP2)

Winnipeg L1 and L2: L1: Stastny (PP2) – Scheifele (PP1) – Wheeler (PP1), L2: Connor (PP1) – Copp – Perfetti (PP2). Also, you can use Pierre-Luc Dubois with the guys from PP1. He has been hot with 5 points in his last five but is centering line three

Dmen to use: Dillon, Schmidt (PP2), Heinola (value).

Detroit L1: Raymond (PP1) – Larkin (PP1) – Zadina (PP2). Dmen to use: Seider (PP1), Oesterle, Staal (value)

Value Stacks:

San Jose L2: Balcers – Couture (PP1) – Dahlen (PP2). Dmen to use: Burns (PP1), Meloche

Seattle 2: Jarnkrok (PP1) – Gourde (PP2) – Appleton (PP2). Dmen to use: Dunn (PP2), Fleury, Giordano (PP1)

Chicago L1: Kubalik (PP2) – Strome (PP1) – Kane (PP1). Dmen to use: de Haan, McCabe, Seth Jones (PP1)

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NHL DFS Friday Night Forecheck for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 11)

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Friday 2/11 NHL Breakdown

Welcome back for another installment of the Friday Night Forecheck here at Win Daily Sports. Tonight, we get a four game slate that starts at 8:30pm Eastern. This one looks a little ugly at first glance, but let’s see where we can go with it. Good luck!

Goalies

John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks: The Ducks host the Kraken tonight, in what should be a win for them. The Kraken have been struggling to score on the road, converting just 6.2% of their shots over their last five road games. Gibson is a solid goaltender, especially on home ice, and he should be a top point per dollar play tonight.

Brian Elliott – Tampa Bay Lightning: The Lightning are on a traveling back to back, and Vasilevskiy played last night, so the assumption is that Elliott will likely get the start tonight. Should Vasilevskiy get the start again tonight, he is an even better play. Elliott does carry some risk, since he doesn’t play all that much, but it’s the Coyotes, who have played a good bit recently, so this is feels like a safe play.

Bonus GPP Goalie Pick – Stuart Skinner – Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers….wow. What happened to this team? They were absolutely dominating in the first part of the season. Fast forward to February, and they fired their head coach. What a free-fall they have been on. We have to be careful with the Oilers tonight because new coach = most likely new approach, new lines, and new matching schemes, and even growing pains as the team adapts. Anyway, Skinner has been a bit up and down, but arguably the better goalie for the Oilers, especially recently. In a home matchup, against the visiting Islanders, this should be a decent play that carries some risk and upside. On the other side of this game, Ilya Sorokin (Islanders) can also be considered for a risky GPP upside play.

Lines to Build Around

Tampa Bay Lightning Power Play – Brayden Point/Alex Killorn/Steven Stamkos/Nikita Kucherov/Victor Hedman: The Lightning are far and away the best play on the board tonight. Even though they played last night, they are a far superior team to the Coyotes. On top of that, the Coyotes have played quite a bit over the last few days, so the Lightning should be able to skate through them all night long. Tired or not, the Coyotes don’t pose much of a defensive threat, and their 31st ranked penalty kill should be no match for this unit.

Dallas Stars 1 – Roope Hintz/Jason Robertson/Joe Pavelski/John Klingberg: The Stars host the Jets tonight, and Dallas is a much better team on home ice. Hellebuyck has been struggling of late, posting a 3.06 GAA over his last five games, which is second highest on the slate behind Vejmelka for Arizona. This line is the primary scoring line for the Stars and should be able to shine at home tonight.

High Risk Lines

Anaheim Ducks Power Play – Ryan Gezlaf/Trevor Zegras/Rickard Rakell/Maxime Comtois/Jamie Drysdale: The Ducks’ 7th ranked power play unit will take on the Kraken’s 25th ranked penalty killing unit tonight. Since the Kraken are fairly disciplined, this play is not so much about the power play matchup as it is about getting access to the top two lines for the Ducks. Anaheim tends to match the Lundestrom line to the opposing top line, which will open up the matchups for the top two lines against the depth of the Kraken. Playing the power play unit gets you a mix of top and second line guys who are all in good spots. This game feels like it hits the under, which is why they are high risk, but the Ducks carry some nice upside tonight.

Winnipeg Jets 2 – Andrew Copp/Kyle Connor/Cole Perfetti: This second line for the Jets has a nice matchup tonight against the second/third line for the Stars. It feels like this game is going to be the key to the slate, so getting either Winnipeg and/or Dallas right could be the path to success. Josh Morrissey is a good defenseman to correlate with this line.

Edmonton Oilers 2 – Leon Draisaitl/Ryan McLeod/Zack Kassian: As mentioned above, the Oilers are going through a lot of changes, which is why this line is a high risk line tonight. They used to loosely match this line against the opposing second, but we don’t know if that will continue. If they do, this is a good spot for the Draisaitl line, who has been much better of late than the McDavid line.

Honorable Mentions: SEA1, TBL3, WPG1, NYI1, EDM1

Value Options – DraftKings

Center: Anthony Cirelli ($4000) – Tampa Bay Lightning

Wing: Cole Perfetti ($3000) – Winnipeg Jets

Defense: Ryan McDonagh ($3300) – Tampa Bay Lightning

Value Options – FanDuel

Center: Cole Perfetti ($3900) – Winnipeg Jets

Wing: Kailer Yamamoto ($3700) – Edmonton Oilers

Defense: Jamie Drysdale ($4000) – Anaheim Ducks

Cash Considerations – DraftKings

Center: Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars

Wing: Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning

Defense: Evan Bouchard – Edmonton Oilers

Goalie: Brian Elliott – Tampa Bay Lightning

Cash Considerations – FanDuel

Center: Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars

Wing: Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning

Defense: Evan Bouchard – Edmonton Oilers

Goalie: Brian Elliott – Tampa Bay Lightning

All line combinations are courtesy of www.dailyfaceoff.com, and the advanced rates referenced in the above article are pulled from www.naturalstattrick.com.

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NHL DFS Hot Shot for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 10)

Richard Masana 3 years ago

written by Richard Masana

This article focuses on 2/10 NHL Picks for both DraftKings Sportsbook and DraftKings Daily Fantasy. We analyze tournament tactics, statistics, pricing, and attempt to tackle this highly variable Daily Fantasy format so that we can gain an edge on the field at large. Full rankings for each position for both sites are available below.

Thursday 2/10 NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan

Welcome back to the Hot Shot for a seven-game Thursday slate!

Full Game Odds/Totals and DraftKings Rankings can be found below as well as cash game considerations for each site.

Three Favorite Lines Per Dollar

Columbus One “Patrik Laine, Gustav Nyquist, Boone Jenner”, Buffalo One “Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson”

The first very thing that jumped out at me on this slate when digging through pricing was how ridiculously cheap skaters from this game are. I get it, these are two bad teams. However, this should be a high-scoring game as the 6.5 total indicates. Furthermore, Patrik Laine is only $4,500 despite coming off three straight two-goal games. Perhaps DraftKings decided that they’ll only raise his price if he bags a hat trick. On the flip side, Alex Tuch stands out to me as a particularly great value individually and he has been on fire as well. If looking to use a full line and only pick one, I would side with Columbus’ top unit with six full lines goals off of 57 SATF across their last ten games, placing them just outside the NHL’s top ten lines.

Washington One Two Man “Evgeny Kuznetsov, Conor Sheary”

Alex Ovechkin has been ruled out for this game as of the time of writing. Nevertheless, no matter who joins these two skaters on the top line, we can count on them having some opportunities. The Capitals will be -210 favorites on the money line tonight in a 6.5 total game against a flailing Montreal team that is really struggling and missing their starting goalies in particular. There is not much of sample size on these two but consider it more a combination of price and matchup putting them in play.

St. Louis Two “Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou”

Despite a few mismatches on paper earlier on in the slate, the Blues are the heaviest favorite at -275 against a Devils team that has been going through hell, so to speak. Of the options, I prefer the second line featuring Vladimir Tarasenko and Jordan Kyrou but the way the St. Louis lines are dispersed, you can really opt for any one of the three, depending on your budget. This line with Saad as opposed to Tarasenko has five full lines goals over their last ten games, the by-product of 48 SATF and an unlucky .968 save performance against, so due for positive regression.

2/10 NHL Game Odds and Totals

Main Slate of Games – Beginning 7 p.m. ET

Columbus Blue Jackets (-110) at Buffalo Sabres (-110) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Washington Capitals (-210) at Montreal Canadiens (+170) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Pittsburgh Penguins (-210) at Ottawa Senators (+170) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

Carolina Hurricanes (+100) at Boston Bruins (-120) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Toronto Maple Leafs (-120) at Calgary Flames (+100) – 6 Projected Goal Total

New Jersey Devils (+220) at St. Louis Blues (-275) – 6 Projected Goal Total

Tampa Bay Lightning (+100) at Colorado Avalanche (-120) – 6.5 Projected Goal Total

2/10 NHL DraftKings Individual Rankings

Centers

Auston Matthews – Toronto – $9,700
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh – $7,000
Brayden Point – Tampa Bay – $6,200
Jeff Carter – Pittsburgh – $4,400
Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington – $6,500

Wingers

Patrik Laine – Columbus – $4,500
Alex Tuch – Buffalo – $5,100
Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh – $7,100
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay – $6,500
Gustav Nyquist – Columbus – $3,300

Defense

Rasmus Dahlin – Buffalo – $4,700
Dmitry Orlov – Washington – $3,500
Mike Matheson – Pittsburgh – $3,300
John Carlson – Washington – $6,500
Thomas Chabot – Ottawa – $5,900

Goalies

Ville Husso – St. Louis – $8,300
Ilya Samsonov – Washington – $8,100

Cash Considerations

Patrik Laine, Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, Auston Matthews, Ville Husso

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NHL DFS Man Advantage for DraftKings and FanDuel (Feb. 8)

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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for the 2021-22 season.

Tuesday night delight

After a weak two-game slate on Monday, the NHL is back on Tuesday with a solid seven-game slate. Included on this slate are three of the four teams who played on Monday (only Toronto isn’t playing on Tuesday). We also have a battle of two of my favorite goalies on the late-night part of the slate and a”chalky” Caps team that I may or may night want to stack up

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Kaapo Kahkonen ( @ Winnipeg)

Kahkonen has been solid in net for the Wild this season but unfortunately, Minnesota prefers to use Talbot as their #1 so we haven’t seen enough of Kahkonen of late. Since January 6th, Kahkonen is 6-0-1 and is averaging over 35 saves per game during this stretch. Minnesota allows a lot of shots, obviously, and Winnipeg takes a lot of shots (9th most in the NHL on the season) so Kahkonen should have a heavy workload on Tuesday.

Thatcher Demko/Karel Vejmelka

These are two goalies who seem to always stir up a bit of controversy in discord of late but they are both good goalies who tend to have outstanding performances on occasions this season. Demko is definitely the better of the two goalies and has been more consistent. Demko is the more expensive goalie, but this should also keep his ownership down which makes him a good GPP play. Before losing his last start, Demko was 2-0-1 in his previous three starts allowing just 4 goals and making 31 saves per game.

As for Vejmelka, he is a more volatile play but has had many a huge upside game. There should be plenty of opportunities for Vejmelka to make saves as Vancouver is a top 15 team in shots. There is plenty of risk involved with this play, but we have seen him have huge games this season and the potential is there for Vejmelka on Tuesday.

Other Options: Robin Lehner ( @ Edmonton), Ilya Samsonov (vs Columbus), Jeremy Swayman (vs Pittsburgh)

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

Teams to build around:

Washington Capitals

After testing positive for COVID last week, Alexander Ovechkin is eligible to return for the Caps on Tuesday and that is one thing we will need to watch for. I am going to go on the basis that we will see the Great 8 back on the ice and not on his couch eating cereal with Backy. Ovi will slot right back in with Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson on the top line making this my favorite line stack on the slate. Washington’s second line is also in a great spot with Nicklas Backstrom underpriced on DK ($4.7K) centering Conor Sheary and Daniel Sprong two other cheap options. John Carlson is the top option on defense for the Caps, but he hasn’t been that productive recently. Both Dimitri Orlov and Trevor van Riemsdyk offer similar upside to Carlson lately at $3-4K less.

Other top stacks to consider:

Vegas L1: Pacioretty-Stephenson-Stone, Vegas L2: Smith-Karlsson-Marchessault – Dmen to use: Pietrangelo, Theodore,
Carlina L2: Svechnikov-Trocheck-Jarvis – Dmen to use: DeAngelo, Slavin, Skjei
Boston L1: Marchand-Bergeron-Smith, Boston L2: Hall-Nosek-Pastrnak – Dmen to use: McAvoy, Reilly
Minnesota L1: Kapriov-Hartman-Zuccarello, Minnesota L2: Fiala-Gaudreau-Boldy (can use Boldy w/L1 for PP stack) – Dmen to use: Spurgeon, Goligoski, Merrill
Edmonton L1: Kane-McDavid-Yamamoto, Edmonton L3 : Hyman-RNH-Puljujarvi – Dmen to use: Nurse, Ceci, Lagesson — Edmonton second player salaries are too high in my opinion. I can see why you would want to play them, but I think there are better options for your money.
Pittsburgh L1 : Rust-Crosby-Guentzel – Dmen to use: Letang, Dumoulin

Value Stack:

Montreal Canadiens

This is actually more of a game stack situation, but I want to focus on the Canadiens since they didn’t play on Monday and the Devils did. Both the Canadiens first and third lines are the line stacks I am interested in. Nick Suzuki is my favorite on the top line but both Tyler Toffoli and Artturi Lehkonen are solid plays. As for line three, Mike Hoffman is the top play from that line and he can be used with any of the three line one skaters for a power-play stack with Chris Wideman on defense. Christain Dvorak centers the third line and makes for a nice mini-stack with Hoffman. Ben Chiarot and Jeff Petry are other dmen you can use. Unfortunately, FD pricing is atrocious and the Canadiens are priced up over there so they don’t really count as value.

Other value stacks to consider:

Ottawa L2: Formenton-Paul-Brown
Vancouver L2: Pearson-Horvat-Garland – Dmen to use: Ekman-Larsson, Hunt, Myers
Carolina L3: Niederreiter-Staal-Fast
Columbus L4: Robinson-Kuraly-Chinakhov – Dmen to use: Werenski, Boqvist, Peeke
New Jersey L1: Sharangovich-Hischier-Bratt – Dmen to use: Severson, Graves, Siegenthaler

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