NHL DFS

Welcome the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Monday night. This week have a five-game slate with teams like Edmonton, Carolina, and St. Louis on the slate. There is also a re-match from Saturday night that is intriguing when it normally wouldn’t be. Also on this slate, we have teams like Arizona and Buffalo on the second night of a back-to-back.

NHL Bets:

Check discord on Monday for any potential bets. With trades being made some lines will most likely change.

NHL DFS: Goalies

Goaltending is strange tonight because the goalies from the teams you’d want to play have not been playing well, so while I won’t talk you out of Frederick Andersen or Ville Husso I won’t be writing them up. There are some other, less expensive, options on this slate that might give you an upper hand on the competition if they come through.

• Thatcher Demko ( @ StL)- I know I am typically alone on this hill since many seem to pick on him whenever they can but I will not. Demko has been up and down most of the season and he is in the middle of another stint like that now. Since the start of March (11 games), Demko is allowing 2.8 goals per game and making 29.5 saves per game to go with his .913 save %.
• Dustin Tokarski ( @ Chi) – Since Craig Anderson played on Sunday it is safe to assume Tokarski gets the nod in ChiTown on Monday. Tokarski has been better than good in his last three starts with only four goals allowed, averaging 30 saves per game, and a shutout.
• Philipp Grubauer ( @ LA) – Another goalie that many will never play, myself included, but he has been decent of late. In his last five starts, Grubauer is 3-2 with only 3 goals allowed per game. Listen, this isn’t a cash game play, or even a Single Entry type play, but if you want to take a risk in a GPP on a goalie, you could do worse than Grubauer on Monday.

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

There are a few top lines that I want to build around on Monday, and I am sure they will not surprise anyone

• Edmonton L1 – Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto Dmen: Bouchard, Ceci, Kulak
• Carolina L1 – Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis Dmen: DeAngelo, Sjkei, Pesce
• Washinton L1 – Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Johansson Dmen: Carlson, Orlov, Schultz

After you decide which line you want to build around, you will need some value pieces to make it work.

Seattle Kraken

Seattle has been averaging 3 goals per game and 32 shots on goal per game in their last ten. I know they aren’t a sexy pick to use on this slate, but there isn’t much to go within the value tier on stacks on Monday. There are a good amount of top lines we should want to get exposure to and Seattle allows that. The Kraken’s top line of Alex Wennberg centering Jared McCann and Jordan Eberle is the best option from Seattle. Now, there is a slight chance that Jaden Schwartz returns to the lineup on Monday so we need to watch for news of that. Their stats don’t jump off the screen at me, but they combine for just $10.3K on DraftKings as a full unit. For more savings, you can replace McCann (highest priced player) with a defenseman from Seattle. Vince Dunn is the best option, but both Adam Larsson and Carson Soucy are near min price on DK and have been playing well.

Yanni Gourde has been the Kraken’s best player of late with four goals in his last five games. Gourde centers the second line with Ryan Donato and Karson Kuhlman. Both are near min price on both sites, but I would prefer to stack Gourde with Dunn and either Eberle or Wennberg for a power-play stack.

Other top-line stacks:

Buffalo L1: Tuch – Thompson – Skinner Dmen: Dahlin, Jokiharju, Samuelsson

Vancouver L2: Pettersson – Horvat – Boeser Dmen: Ekman-Larsson, Schenn, Hughes

Chicago L1: DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Dmen: de Haan, Seth Jones, McCabe

St. Louis L3: Barbashev – Schenn – Kyrou Dmen: Parayko, Faulk, Leddy

St. Louis L1: Saad – O’Reilly – Perron

Los Angeles L2: Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Dmen: Durzi, Stetcher, Maata

Value Stacks:

Buffalo L2: Asplund – Mittlestadt – Olofsson

Chicago L2: Kubalik – Toews – Raddysh

Edmonton L3: Brassard – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi

Arizona L2: Crouse – Boyd – Kessel Dmen: Mayo, Gostisbehere, Dineen

Carolina L3: Niederreiter – Staal – Fast

Los Angeles L3: Vilardi – Byfield – Kupari

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Another Monster NHL Tuesday slate

It’s Tuesday, so you know what that means! Another gigantic NHL DFS slate of games. We have eleven games on the schedule so there’s no time for me to ramble on, let’s just get into it!

NHL DFS: Goalies

Anton Forsberg:

Forsberg has been one of the hottest goalies in the NHL over the past 5 weeks, but for some reason both sites have him priced extremely low ($6.8K/$7K). Looking at his DK numbers, Forsberg has only scored lower than 12.5 DKFP once in his last 10 starts. During this span, Forsberg is averaging 31.5 saves per game and has a .924 save %. Forsberg also has hit the 35+ ave bonus four times in 10 games. The Islanders are semi-risky to play goalies against because they aren’t a high shot on goal team, but I feel like this is a must-play because of the upside for the incredibly low price tag.

There are three high-priced goalies that I also have a lot of interest in on Tuesday if you don’t trust Forsberg and want to pay up. Igor Shesterkin, Jacob Markstrom, and Tristan Jarry are all in plus matchups on Tuesday against New Jersey, San Jose, and Columbus respectively. All three are expensive, but with eleven games on this slate, you can easily find the value needed to pay up for these goalies.

Other Options: Connor Hellebuyck, Karel Vejmelka, Carter Hart (Cheap, has two solid starts back-to-back, and is playing Detroit)

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

There are A LOT of teams that stand out on this slate and of course, we can’t play them all. I will rank their top lines a little bit further down, first though, I want to give you my overlooked value team to pair with these top teams.

Philadelphia Flyers:

This is so hard for me to do, but I am going to write up the Flyers as a great play on this slate. My thought is that people will gravitate towards the bigger, better teams and overlook potentially the highest-scoring team on this slate. Detroit has been absolute trash defensively over the last month. Dating back to February 14th (13 games), the Red Wings are allowing 5 goals per game and 36.5 shots on goal per game. Meanwhile, the Flyers have scored 3+ goals four times in their last nine games.

The Flyers made a couple of deals on Monday so their lines will be different on Tuesday from the ones that skated Sunday. We can assume that the line of Travis Konecny, Kevin Hayes, and Joel Farabee will stay together for this game. Outside of Cam Atkinson, these three have been the Flyers’ best forwards. Both Farabee and Hayes are averaging a point per game in their last five, and Konecny has four assists and is averaging nearly 4 shots on goal per game in his last five. Speaking of Atkinson, he has eight points in his last eight games and has 29 shots on goal. Atkinson and James van Riemsdyk will have a new center with Brassard being traded.

Owen Tippett was part of the Giroux deal from Florida and was in the lineup on Sunday, it’ll be interesting to see who he skates with now on Tuesday. I will update the Flyers lines in discord on Tuesday when or if they have a morning skate. As for defensemen, both Travis Sanheim and Rasmus Ristolainen are great plays and Cam York is the best value dman from Philly.

Top Stacks:

Nashville Predators L1: Forsberg-Granlund-Duchene. Dmen to use: Josi, Fabbro, Carrier

Pittsburgh Penguins L1: Guentzel–Crosby-Rust. Dmen to use: Letang, Matheson, Marino

New York Rangers L2: Vatrano-Strome-Panarin. Dmen to use: Fox, Trouba, Miller

Calgary Flames L1: Gaudreau-Lindholm-Toffoli. Dmen to use: Andersson, Tanev, Zadorov

Arizona Coyotes L1: Schmaltz-Boyd-Keller. Dmen to use: Mayo, Stralman

Winnipeg Jets L2: Connor-Dubois-Ehlers. Dmen to use: Morrisey, Schmidt, Stanley

Value Bin:

Tampa Bay Lightning L3: Hagel-Colton-Paul. Dmen to use: Hedman, Sergachev, McDonagh

Carolina Hurricanes L3: Lorentz-Staal-Fast. Dmen to use: Skjei, Pesce, Bear

Ottawa Senators L2: Formenton-Stutzle-Brown. Dmen to use: Brannstrom. Zaitsev

Calgary Flames L3: Coleman-Jarnkrok-Mangiapane

Dallas Stars L2: Peterson-Seguin-Gurianov. Dmen to use: Lindell, Suter, Klingberg

Seattle Kraken L3: Donskoi-Gourde-Donato. Dmen to use: Dunn, Larsson, Soucy

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Welcome the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Monday night. We have a four-game slate on the schedule with the big matchup being MacKinnon vs McDavid in Colorado. Something else to note is Monday is the NHL trade deadline so there will be an influx of trades coming down throughout the day. If you plan on playing this slate you need to pay attention to Twitter and discord because some of these plays and line combos are bound to change. I will do my best to post any changes and trades I see, but do yourself a favor and try to follow along if you can.

NHL Bets:

Check discord on Monday for any potential bets. With trades being made some lines will most likely change.

NHL DFS: Goalies

At the time of writing, there are no confirmed goalies, so I will just be giving you a couple of spots I like, but make sure to check in discord for follow up and goalie starts on Monday.

Whoever starts in goal for the Bruins on Monday is one of my top plays on the slate. Montreal has lost four of their last six and they’re averaging over 31 shots on goal in that span.

My top goalie on the slate is Juuse Saros on the road in Anaheim, but that’s if he starts. Saros is not guaranteed to start because the Preds do play on Tuesday night as well. We will have to wait and see who starts, but if it’s Saros, then it’s all systems go!

Outside of Saros and the Bruins starter, I like whoever is in net for Colorado and Laurent Brossoit. I know he has been bad, but Minnesota has not been good either. The Wild have lost 8 of 13 games and are averaging 34 shots on goal per game and only scoring 3.2 goals per game.

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

On a small slate, the Avalanche is going to be a very popular team to pay up for so my top overall stack may go under-owned. Don’t completely write off the Avs, there are some ways to use them on the cheap. Both Josh Manon and Erik Johnson are cheap on defense and offer some upside via blocked shots and shots on goal. Up front, you can look at both Andre Burakosvsky and Valerie Nichushkin as cheap plays and both have points in back-to-back games.

Nashville Predators:

My top line on this slate is the first line for the Predators, specifically Filip Forsberg and Matt Duchene. While there might be better plays, none of them give you the value that Forsberg and Duchene do. I mentioned McDavid and MacKinnon in the open, but they will make you break the bank. Both Forsberg and Duchene are on fire right now and are the two players I want to build around. Duchene is currently on a nine-game point streak where he is averaging nearly 2 points per game (17 points). During his point streak, Duchene has scored nine goals, has four multi-goal games, and six multi-point games.

As for Forsberg, he is on his own six-game point streak where he is averaging 2 points per game (12 Points). Forsberg has four multi-point games during his streak to go along with six goals. There are three other pieces you can use to make this a three-man stack. If you want to pay down to complete the stack, both Mikael Granlund and Ryan Johansen are cheap. Granlund is the least productive of this group with only five points in his last 8 and eleven shots on goal. Johansen has nine points in his last ten and plays on the power-play with Forsberg and Duchene.

Lastly, you can pay up for Roman Josi on defense. I know he is incredibly expensive, but I think you can find the value to make Josi work. Josi is currently on his own nine-game point streak with 22 points in that span, nearly 2.5 points per game (2.4). Josi also is riding a four-game streak of 3+ points per game. Dante Fabbro, Mattias Ekholm, and Alexandre Carrier are three other cheap defensemen you can use to finish out stacks.

Other top stacks:

Boston Bruins L2: Pastrnak-Haula-Hall – Dmen to use: McAvoy, Reilly, Clifton

Colorado Avalanche L1: Nichushkin-MacKinnon-Rantanen – Dmen to use: Makar, Johnson, Toews

Montreal Canadiens L1: Caufield-Suzuki-Anderson – Dmen to use: Petry, Kulak, Wideman

** Pay extra attention to any news about the Canadiens as they are sellers and some of their top players could move on Monday **

Minnesota Wild L1 and L2 – Dmen to use: Dumba, Spurgeon, Goligoski

Edmonton Oilers L1: Kane-McDavid-Yamamoto – Dmen to Use: Nurse, Barrie, Ceci

Value Stacks:

Boston Bruins L3: Smith-Coyle-Frederic

Vegas Golden Knights L2: Carrier-Stephenson-Roy – Dmen to use: Pietrangelo, Coghlan, Whitecloud

Anaheim Ducks L2: Comtois-Henrique-Terry – Dmen to use: Fowler, Shattenkirk, Sustr

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Another Monster NHL Tuesday slate

It’s Tuesday so that means another gigantic slate of games in the NHL tonight. We have eleven games on the schedule so there’s no time for me to ramble on, let’s just get into it!

NHL DFS: Goalies

Cash game/Single Entry

1. Darcy Kuemper/Pavel Francouz (@ LA): Whoever starts for the Av’s on Tuesday is my top play in net. Los Angeles does have some firepower, but they are not an offensive juggernaught. Since the start of February, LA has averaged 3.1 goals per game (15 games), but they are averaging 34.6 shots on goal during that same stretch. I like the odds of a 35+ save performance and win for the Av’s goalies on Tuesday.
2. Igor Shesterkin (vs Anh): Anaheim has been just brutal during their four game road trip, losing all four games. During this losing streak, Anaheim has scored just eight goals and has allowed an average of 32 saves per game.
3. Sergei Bobrovsky (@ SJ): Another expensive goalie in another great spot. San Jose is pathetic offensively, averaging just 2.3 goals per game in their last 13 games. The only worrisome thing about the Sharks is that they also don’t shoot much so the save opportunities are limited for Bob in this game.

Other Options: Linus Ullmark (Bos), Thatcher Demko (Van), Mikko Koskinen (Edm)

GPP Plays

1. Ilya Sorokin (@ Was): In his last nine starts Sorokin is 6-1-2 with just 16 goals allowed for a 1.77 GAA. During that same nine game stretch, Sorokin is also averaging just under 30 saves per game (29.4). I know Washington can be a dangerous team offensively, but with how good Sorokin is I am willing to take that chance on Tuesday.
2. Connor Hellebuyck (vs VGK): Vegas has been reeling of late, losing seven of their last ten games. During this horrid stretch of games, the Golden Knight have averaged just 2.3 goals per game while allowing 34.9 saves per game. Hellebuyck has had a rough season, but this is a matchup that I just can’t ignore.

Other Options: Sam Montembault (Mtl), Tristan Jarry (Pit), Jake Oettinger (Dal)

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

When it comes to a slate like this, there is no need to be cute or worry about ownership. We have 11 games, 22 teams, and about 198 forwards in play on this slate. Ownership will not be an issue. You can go ahead and build lineups with the top lines that we love to play, Colorado, Pittsburgh, Florida, and Edmonton. You can also stack the Dallas and Toronto game because we know how porous the Leafs D has been. All those teams’ top lines are in play and will be in my lineups most likely. The issue will be how do you fit them into your lineups together. A couple of those teams have some decent value plays to stack, mainly Florida, but outside of the Panthers, I don’t want much of the value from those teams. My goal today will be to point out a few of the best value stacks to go with the lines we love to play.

Boston Bruins Line 3 vs Chicago:

Trent Frederic/Charlie Coyle/Craig Smith

Of course, the Bruins’ top two lines are in play tonight, but those lines have not been nearly as productive as this line and I would prefer to stack the top lines mentioned above over them. Boston’s third line has been on a roll lately and I don’t see the Blackhawks slowing them down. Craig Smith has eight points in his last five games, seven of which have been goals. Both Coyle and Frederic have six pints during the same five games and all three are averaging over 13 minutes of ice time per game. This stack is still cheap, especially on DK where they will only cost you $8.9K in salary combined. I like playing all three of these guys, or even just as a two-man salary saver stack. You can add a defenseman to a two-man as well, both Connor Clifton and Mike Reilly are cheap and have been productive with shots on goal and blocked shot points of late.

***Please remember, when I say add a defenseman this does NOT mean play this as a four-man stack. There are 11 games on this slate, there is no reason to play more than three players from one team***

Monreal Canadiens Line 1 vs Arizona:

Mike Hoffman/Nick Suzuki/Brendan Gallagher

The Coyotes played last night with Scott Wedgewood tending the goal, which means Montreal should see Vejmelka in net so it is all systems go for the Habs tonight. Montreal’s top line doesn’t really fit the value category for me, but they are cheap enough, especially the wings, that you can make this work. Both Gallagher and Hoffman are in the low $3K salary range on DK. Hoffman has been the more productive of the two with six points in the last five games while Gallagher has been peppering goalies with 3.1 shots on goal per game in his last nine games and he has either hit the 5+ bonus or missed by 1 shot in five of those nine games. Meanwhile, Nick Suzuki is the expensive piece of this stack, but he has nine points (five goals) in his last five games and averaging 3.2 SOG. Similar to the Boston stack, you can use just two pieces here with a defenseman, I recommend either Jeff Petry or Chris Wideman. Both are cheap (on DK) and have been putting of fantasy points. Ben Chariot is the best play, but he is pricey on DK, but he is actually cheaper than Petry on FD so he is the better play there.

Other top stacks:

Chicago L1: DeBrincat – Strome – Kane. Dmen to use: Seth Jone, de Haad, McCabe

Winnipeg L1: Stastny – Scheifele – Wheeler. Dmen to use: Pionk, Dillon, Demelo

Nashville L1: Forsberg – Granlund – Duchene. Dmen to use: Josi, Fabbro, Ekholm

Vancouver L1: Pearson – Miller – Boeser. Dmen to use: Hamonic, Hughes, Ekman-Larsson

New Jersey L1: Sharangovich – Hughes – Bratt. Dmen to use: Severson, Hamilton, Subban

Some more value…

New York Rangers L2: Panarin – Strome – Hunt. Dmen to use: Trouba, Fox, Miller

Arizona L2: Crouse – Galchenyuk – Kessel. Dmen to use: Mayo, Gostisbehere, Stralman

Dallas L2: Benn – Seguin – Gurianov. Dmen to use: Klingberg, Lindell, Suter

New York Islanders L3: Bailey – Pageau – Palmieri. Dmen to use: Dobson, Pulock, Pelech

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