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Welcome to the Saturday Slapshot.  There are a couple of early games today but this article will be solely focused on the massive 11-game NHL DFS slate we have tonight.  There are some lopsided matchups that we’ll want to take advantage of tonight as well as some of the more explosive offenses in the league taking the ice. 

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

NHL DFS Goaltending

Ilya Sorokin ($8.4K DK/$8.4k FD) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets – Ilya Sorokin’s season stats have been amazing.  Through 11 starts he has just a 2.09 GAA and a .936 save percentage.  He’s a little more expensive than I’d normally like to pay for a goalie, but between his play this season and the matchup, he should be one of the leading scorers for goalies tonight. 

Sorokin and the Islanders are heavy favorites tonight vs. a Blue Jackets team that hasn’t been doing a whole lot in the way of scoring recently.  Over the last 2 weeks, the Blue Jackets are scoring just 2.5 goals per game on around 30 shots.  There will be decent volume for Sorokin and his second shutout of the season is very much in play.  He’s one of my favorite cash game goalies tonight and is also in play for GPP’s. 

John Gibson ($7.8k DK/$7.2k FD) vs. Chicago Blackhawks – Playing a Ducks goalie normally makes me feel a little sick in the stomach, but you have to love the matchup for them tonight.  After starting out the year pretty well, the Blackhawks are now playing how everyone thought the Blackhawks would play.  They’ve scored just 10 goals in their last 6 games and have as anemic of an offense as there is in the game right now. 

While the Ducks are sloppy defensively and give up just a ton of shots, they should be able to prevent a poor Blackhawks team from scoring more than a goal or 2 tonight.  This pick is solely reserved for GPP’s as you can never trust the Ducks.  That said, this is a great spot, and the price, especially on FD is extremely appealing.  

NHL DFS Stacks

Vegas 1 (Eichel, Stephenson, Stone) + Pietrangelo vs. St. Louis

The Golden Knights get a great matchup tonight vs. a St. Louis Blues team that is giving up close to 5 goals per game over the last 2 weeks.  Their goaltending has been a mess as they have just a .850 save percentage.  This is something we’ll want to take advantage of tonight.  This is a great spot for the top line of Vegas.  Thanks to an empty net goal the other night, Eichel was able to score a hatty in his return to Buffalo.  That makes it 5 goals in his last 5 games and 9 points overall.  A price of $7k for him on DK tonight seems very fair considering the matchup and upside. 

My next important piece next to Eichel will be Stephenson.  Over his last 5 games, Stephenson has 7 points thanks to 5 assists.  I’ll pair those 2 with Pietrangelo.  Pietrangelo has been a huge part of this offense and is essentially an additional winger.  He is pricey for a D at $7k though. 

Vegas 2 is also very much in play.  Smith and Karlsson make for a great pairing at just $8.9 combined on DK.

Pittsburgh 1 (Crosby, Guentzel, Rust) + Letang vs. Montreal

Pittsburgh should be able to get to a Montreal team that has been giving up about 3.5 goals per game over the last 2 weeks.  I’m going to attack the Canadiens tonight with the top line for Pittsburgh.  This line is pricy, but they’ve also been extremely productive over the last handful of goals.  My main targets for this line are going to be Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel.  The two have combined for 12 points over their last 5 games.  Guentzel has been leading the way for the Penguins as he has 4 goals over his last 5.  These combined are going to be costly, but in this matchup, they should be able to pay off their salaries and more. 

Pittsburgh 2 is also in play tonight.  The line of Malkin, Rakell, and Zucker has also been productive and they’ll come in much cheaper and potentially lower ownership.    

New Jersey 1 (Hischier, Tatar, Zetterlund) + Hamilton vs. Arizona

The New Jersey Devils are the hottest thing in the NHL right now.  They’re coming into this riding an 8-game winning streak and have won 9 of their last 10.  A date with the Arizona Coyotes is one that should enable to them add another win to the win/loss column.  While the Coyotes have actually been pretty good defensively of late, I just don’t think they’ll be able to keep up with the Devils. 

I love this spot for Nico Hischier tonight as he’s been playing great of late.  Over his last 5 games, he has 4 goals and 3 assists for 7 points.  At $6.4k he’s very fairly priced tonight.  I’ll look to pair him with Tomas Tatar.  Tatar has some upside at $4k tonight.  He’s got 6 points in his last 5.  The two of these combined will only cost us around $5.2k on average. 

On D, we can look to pair them with Dougie Hamilton.  Hamilton has been averaging close to 5 shots on goal per game and also has 4 points in his last 5.  The only concern with him is that he’s fairly pricey at over $7k tonight. 

Other Stacks: The top 2 lines for Boston and Colorado are very much in play.  Tor 1 and 2, NYI 1 and 2, NYR 1, WPG 1, CHI 1 if you’re fading Gibson. 

NHL DFS Top Value Defenseman

  • Josh Manson – $2.6k on DK
  • Brayden McNabb – $3.3k on Dk
  • Marcus Pettersson – $3.9k on DK
  • Ryan McDonagh – $2.7k on DK

Summary

Tonight should be a fun slate of NHL DFS.  I plan on going heavy with the Knights and Devils tonight as both teams are playing extremely well and in great matchups.  Don’t sleep on the Rangers either tonight.  They scored 6 goals in the third period the other night and that may have woken up the sleeping beast. 

Make sure to use our Projection model when setting lineups.

Good luck and hope to see you in the green!

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After a crazy week of games, we have reached our Friday article, and we have a lot of interesting options in today’s slate! Without further ado, for tonight’s 11/11 NHL slate, we have a small-sized four-gamer, and the slate begins at 7:00 pm ET. Don’t forget to lock your lines and check the discord for any updates! Let’s get right into it!

11/11 NHL Stack Report

1. Minnesota Wild 1 (Kaprizov-Gaudreau-Zuccarello)

— We’re starting off the article with the latest game of the slate as the Minnesota Wild are taking on the Seattle Kraken out west. The Kraken have been surprisingly good this season, as they have one their last five games and for the most part Martin Jones has been holding up between the pipes (Although, historically, he’s been the king of inconsistency). However, interestingly, the Kraken have had most of their success on the road while holding a losing record in their own arena with the same being true for the Wild, where they seem to dominate on the road and struggle at home. With today’s game taking place in Seattle the Wild may actually end up having a bit of an advantage based on how the season has gone to this point. (The Kraken just blanked the Wild 4-0 in Minnesota about a week ago)

The Wild have seen some decent goaltending out of Fleury but he does have the odd game where he just isn’t playing at the standard he should be. Even if the Wild haven’t been able to fully bail him out of games, they still put up a lot of points to keep it interesting. Kaprizov is far and away the star on this line. He started off the season extremly hot as he had a seven game point streak but has been a little inconsistent since then. Last game however, he pounced on the Ducks for two goals and nine shots over nearly 23 minutes of ice time. Every member of this line sees time on the Minnesota power play with Kaprizov and Zuccarello on the top line and Gaudreau on the second unit.

Odds wise, this game is coming in really close as the Wild currently have a small advantage according to the sportsbooks (-115 and a 3.4 implied goal total) but more importantly, with a line that is set at 6.5, Vegas is expect a boat load of goals out of this matchup.

Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Jared Spurgeon (Calen Addison is a cheaper alternative)

2. Dallas Stars 1 (Robertson-Hintz-Pavelski)

— This line has been pumping out goals left right and center. Robertson alone has embarked on a six game goal streak, which has included seven goals and give assists. His linemates aren’t too far behind him as Hintz has put up 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) over the length of Robertson’s goal streak and Pavelski has put up 5 (2 goals, 3 assists). The Dallas Stars have been one of the most high flying offences in the NHL this season as they currently sit in fourth place in goals per game as they are averaging 3.62. On top of that, they are coming into this matchup as -226 favourite with the best implied total of the slate at 3.7 and are facing the team with the lowest implied total in the Sharks who are at 2.5 at the time of writing. The Sharks defense is extremley shaky as they have been allowing 3.29 goals per game and they have dropped their last five games. With this being on the road in Texas, I think the Sharks are facing a massive hill to climb. I never like to count out James Reimer but it wouldn’t make sense to avoid the Stars in this slate.


Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Miro Heiskanen

Honorable Mention(s): Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (Kerfoot-Matthews-Marner), Seattle Kraken 1 (Bjorkstrand-Wennberg-Burakovsky)

11/11 NHL Goalie Tracker

Best (Goalies to Roster)

  1. Andrei Vasilevskiy (Vasilevskiy has consistently been one of the best goaltenders in the NHL, he’s appeared in the top three for goalie of the year in four of the last five years. Despite a shaky start to the season, he’s coming up against one of the lowest goal producing teams in the NHL this season in the Washington Capitals who are 27th in the league in goalscoring with 2.73 goals per game. Not to mention that the Capitals have one of the lowest implied totals of the slate at 2.8. Finally, Vasilevskiy and the Lightning are coming into this one at around -150 at time of writing)
  2. Erik Kallgren
    Honorable Mention(s): Scott Wedgewood

Worst (Goalies to Target)

1. Martin Jones
Honorable Mention(s): Marc-Andre Fleury, James Reimer

11/11 NHL Wild Card Targets

Brandon Hagel
– Hagel has been as hot as it gets. Over his last three, he scored twice and netted three assists. After a shaky first few games, Hagel has found his footing and has become a consistent scorer on the top line alongside Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point. Because of his performances, he’s seen an increase in ice time to around 18 to 19 minutes a game and has been seeing shifts on Tampa’s top power play unit. Hagel is a very affordable way to get correlation with Tampa’s top line while also picking someone who has been putting up great stats consistently.
Honorable Mention(s): Brandon Tanev, Alex Killorn, Matt Boldy

Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)

Center Auston Matthews

Winger Kirill Kaprizov (or Brandon Hagel)

Defenseman – Miro Heiskanen

Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy

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Honorable Mention(s): MIN v SEA 2/2 Rapidfire

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Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Between the Benches.   I’ll be focusing on tonight’s 4-game main slate of NHL DFS on DraftKings and FanDuel.  3 of the 8 teams in action tonight played last night, with one game being entirely of teams on the tail end of a back-to-back.  There should be plenty of offense to go around between the teams.

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

NHL DFS Goaltending

Before we start, goalie at first glance tonight looks to be as bad of a night as we’ve seen this year.  Just about every goalie has a reason not to play them.  With how this slate is for goalies, I’d recommend sticking with GPP’s tonight instead of Cash games. 

Sergei Bobrovsky ($7.8K DK/$8.4k FD) vs. Carolina Hurricanes – To say the start of this season has been a bit of a struggle for Bobrovsky would be an accurate statement.  Through his first 8 games played, Bob has a GAA of 3.28 and a save % of just .897.  The GAA would be a career-high and the save % would be a career-low for the veteran goalie.  Could father time finally be catching up to him?  It’s quite possible, but our options are limited tonight and he’s facing off against a team that really hasn’t been scoring much. 

Over the last couple of weeks, the Hurricanes are scoring just 2.83 goals per game while firing close to 38 shots on goal per game.  Their 86.93 shooting % over the last 2 weeks is the second-lowest of any team on the ice tonight.  Due to the risk of him potentially giving up a ton of goals, Bob is reserved solely for GPP’s tonight. 

Darcy Kuemper ($7.5k DK/$8.1k FD) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Anytime you use a goalie vs. the Penguins, you’re running some level of risk.  That said, the Penguins of late have not been scoring much.  Over the last 2 weeks, they’re scoring just 2.40 goals per game.  Outside of the 5 goals they scored against the Bruins to start the month, their offense has essentially been MIA.  Kuemper’s numbers for the year are fairly solid.  He has a 2.42 GAA and a .919 save percentage.  He’s a little on the cold side based on his last 2 games, but this seems like a matchup he can take advantage of tonight.  He’s a huge risk, but could also give us a huge reward if he plays well.    

NHL DFS Stacks

Vancouver PP 1 (Bo Horvat, Andrei Kuzmenko, Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller) + Hughes vs. Montreal

Both of the teams in this matchup played last night so neither team will have the advantage of facing off against tired legs while having fresh legs.  The Canucks will have a big advantage tonight though because the Canadiens just aren’t a good team.  Over the last 2 weeks, they’re giving up around 3.50 goals per game.  While not extreme, they’ve been extremely lucky that number isn’t higher as they’re giving up close to 17 high-danger chances per game. 

Goaltending has been saving them but against a rolling Canucks team that scored 6 last night, they’re going to have their struggles tonight.  While I’m targeting the main power-play unit for the Canucks, the main piece I want here is going to be Bo Horvat.  Over his last 5 games, Horvat has scored 8 goals.  He has 4 multi-goal games over that stretch.  If you want to save some money tonight, you can also add in his line 3 mates. 

The main guy to focus on from that line would be Conor Garland at just $3.4k.  He’s had 4 helpers over the last 5 games and plays a bigger role offensively than Vasily Podkolzin.  Either way, I’m loading up on Canucks tonight in the hope that goaltending for Montreal regresses and the offensive prowess of the  Canucks continues.  My order of priority with these guys will be Horvat, Pettersson, Miller, Kuzmenko, and Garland. 

Minnesota 1 (Gaudreau, Kaprizov, Zuccarello) + Spurgeon vs. Anaheim

Minnesota has too many weapons for their offense to stay this cold for too long.  Yes, they were shutout by the Kings last night.  As a team, they’ve scored just 12 goals in their last 6 games.  There is no better slump buster in the league than getting to face off against the Anaheim Ducks.  These aren’t the same Ducks that were coached by Gordon Bombay.  They’re worse.  Way Worse. 

Over the last 2 weeks, they’ve given up 4.71 goals per game and 19 high-danger chances.  Again, this is going to be the slump buster that the Wild is looking for.  Kirill Kaprizov is extremely expensive at $8.7k tonight.  That should suppress his ownership in a great matchup.  He has a ton of upside, even at his current price.  I’ll look to include Gaudreau in this stack because he’s going to create the salary relief we need since he’s only $3.7k tonight.  That will make paying the $8.7k for Kaprizov a little easier to stomach. 

Minnesota 2 is also in play and much cheaper.  Erikson Ek, Greenway, and Boldy should get into the scoring colum tonight.

Florida 1 (Barkov, Verhaeghe, White) + Montour vs. Carolina

This one is a little risky because the Hurricanes aren’t a bad defensive team.  We’re limited with our options though tonight so I’m going to attack them with a line that’s rolling.  This line has one of the hottest players in the game in Carter Verhaeghe.  Over his last 5 games, Verhaeghe has 6 goals and 3 assists.  He’s also been averaging nearly 4 shots per game.  He’s on a heater and we’ll want to prioritize getting him in there.  At $5.4k he’s also very reasonably priced. 

We’ll pair him with Barkov who’s also playing well with 5 points in his last 5 games.  Adding in Colin White at just $3.6k is a cheap way to get exposure to this unit for Florida.  Don’t expect much out of him, but if this line goes off he could potentially have a solid night at a cheap price.

Other Stacks: Washington 1 and 2, Pittsburg 1 and 2, Montreal 1, Anaheim 1 (very cheap, especially Henrique who is scoring some goals)

NHL DFS Top Value Defenseman

  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson – $4.1k on DK
  • James Brodin – $3k on Dk
  • Joel Edmundson – $3.9k on DK
  • Tyler Myers – $3k on DK

Summary

Tonight should be a fun little slate of NHL DFS.  We only have 8 teams in action, but some of the teams have potential to put up a lot of goals.  Especially Minnesota and Vancouver.

Make sure to use our Projection model when setting lineups.

Good luck and hope to see you in the green!

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Tuesday brings us a massive 11 game slate in the NHL, and with NBA off for the day, all eyes will be on hockey. 11 games means you don’t have to worry too much about ownership, and there will be plenty of options. Check out our top NHL DFS picks for DraftKings and FanDuel below. And, don’t forget to use our NHL Projection Model to fill out your lineups. Good luck!

Goalies

Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning: The Lightning host the Oilers tonight, which is usually reason to avoid a goalie spot. However, the Oilers come into Tampa on the back end of a traveling back-to-back. While there is certainly risk to this play, Vasilevskiy should see a ton of shots tonight, and Tampa has a slight advantage overall.

Vitek Vanecek – New Jersey Devils: The Devils host the Flames tonight, who are in a similar situation as the Oilers. The Flames went to OT last night on the road. The Devils should get a jump on the Flames tonight on home ice. Vanecek has been solid so far this year, and he should see a fair amount of shots, with a nice chance at a win.

Ville Husso – Detroit Red Wings: Detroit hosts Montreal tonight in a game that they should be able to win. Husso has been playing very well all year, sporting a 1.69 GAA for the year, and a fantastic 0.86 GAA over his last five starts.

Carter Hart – Philadelphia Flyers: The jury is still out on whether the Flyers will be good with Tortorella at the helm, but Torts certainly did something to help Carter Hart. He has a 1.49 GAA this season, and a 2.02 GAA over his last five. The Flyers host the Blues tonight, who have been struggling mightily. They also just played a game in Boston last night.

High Risk Goalie Pick – Logan Thompson – Vegas Golden Knights: Thompson has been very solid for the Knights this year, and he gets a road matchup with Toronto tonight. The Leafs can score, and the road matchup makes it a bit tougher for Thompson, but the shot volume will be there, so we could be talking save bonus on DraftKings.

Others to Consider: Connor Hellebuyck (WPG)., Scott Wedgewood (DAL), Martin Jones (SEA)

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).

Tampa Bay Lightning Power Play – Brayden Point/Steven Stamkos/Nikita Kucherov/Vladislav Namestnikov/Victor Hedman: The Lightning will be hosting the Oilers tonight, who, as mentioned above, are on a traveling back to back. Additionally, the Oilers have the 29th ranked penalty killing unit, putting this power play squarely in play tonight. The top two lines for Tampa are in fantastic spots tonight, so feel free to mix and match with the top six here.

Vancouver Canucks Power Play – Bo Horvat/Elias Pettersson/JT Miller/Andrei Kuzmenko/Quinn Hughes: The Canucks head to Ottawa tonight to face the Senators, which makes for a good matchup for them. Your primary focus here should be the trio of Pettersson/Kuzmenko/Hughes, but mixing and matching can work too.

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).

Buffalo Sabres Power Play – Tage Thompson/Jeff Skinner/Alex Tuch/Jack Quinn/Rasmus Dahlin: The Sabres have a great power play matchup tonight against the lowly Coyotes. Expect a bunch of scoring from the Sabres tonight, which is why the power play is the way to stack it. Doing so gives you access to multiple lines.

New York Rangers 2 – Vincent Trocheck/Jimmy Vesey/Alexis Lafreniere: The Rangers moved Panarin to the top line, so this becomes a lot more risky. If, however, Panarin comes back to play on this line, it becomes a top play, as the Rangers host the Islanders tonight. Even strength line matching suggests that this line should see a whole lot of opportunity tonight.

Seattle Kraken 1 – Alex Wennberg/Oliver Bjorkstrand/Andre Burakovsky/Justin Schultz: Based on the line matching tendencies, this top line should hard match Nashville’s top line, putting them in a very nice looking spot. They should see a bunch of chances tonight, and they make for a real nice late game hammer.

Philadelphia Flyers Power Play – Kevin Hayes/Travis Konecny/Owen Tippett/Scott Laughton/Tony DeAngelo: The Flyers’ power play unit will be up against the 28th ranked St. Louis penalty kill. While the Flyers’ power play is middle of the road, they are in a very good spot.

NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: NJDPP, DET1, EDMPP, DALPP, OTT2, TOR2, VGK1, NYRPP, ARIPP

Value Options – DraftKings

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

Center: Vladislav Namestnikov ($2600) – Tampa Bay Lightning

Wing: Ilya Mikheyev ($3500) – Vancouver Canucks

Defense: Justin Schultz ($3100) – Seattle Kraken

Value Options – FanDuel

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

Center: Scott Laughton ($4500) – Philadelphia Flyers

Wing: JJ Peterka ($4400) – Buffalo Sabres

Defense: Esa Lindell ($3900) – Dallas Stars

Cash Considerations – DraftKings and FanDuel

Consider these NHL DFS plays for your cash lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel. Cash lineups do not need to be stacked, and it is recommended to play no more than two players from a given team.

Center: Elias Pettersson – Vancouver Canucks

Wing: Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning

Defense: Rasmus Dahlin – Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Eric Comrie – Buffalo Sabres

Player Props

In this section, we will highlight some NHL player props that we like for the upcoming NHL slate.

Mark Stone (VGK): over 2.5 shots on goal (+100 on DK Sportsbook)

Steven Stamkos (TBL): over 3.5 shots on goal (+100 on DK Sportsbook)

Alex Tuch (BUF): any time goal scorer (+155 on DK Sportsbook)

Elias Pettersson (VAN): any time goal scorer (+150 on DK Sportsbook)

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Welcome to the Man Advantage for Monday, November 7, 2022. Tonight brings us a small, three game slate for NHL DFS with some interesting places to look. There are some pretty obvious plays tonight, so it feels like it is going to be a tough one. Make sure to keep it simple tonight, maybe play a little light, and have some fun. Good luck!

Goalies

Linus Ullmark – Boston Bruins: The Bruins host the Blues tonight, who have been pretty bad early on. The Blues have lost five straight coming into tonight, and it doesn’t get any easier having to face the Bruins. Ullmark has had his ups and downs, but tonight he feels like a safe play.

Stuart Skinner – Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers head to Washington tonight to face the depleted Capitals. Skinner has the best GAA on the slate tonight, at 1.84, and the Capitals will be without their top D man in Carlson. This feels like a pretty good spot for the Oilers.

High Risk Goalie Pick – Ilya Sorokin – New York Islanders: The Flames and Islanders game could see a bunch of scoring, which makes this play risky right off the bat. However, Sorokin has very good looking numbers of late, and he should see a decent amount of shots.

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).

Edmonton Oilers Power Play – Connor McDavid/Leon Draisaitl/Evander Kane/Ryan Nugent-Hopkins/Tyson Barrie: As mentioned above, the Capitals are pretty depleted, having Carlson out on D, and potentially even Orlov. If that happens, you will want as much Edmonton as you can get. Mix and match with this unit, but prioritize McDavid and/or Draisaitl.

Boston Bruins Power Play – Patrice Bergeron/Brad Marchand/David Pastrnak/Jake Debrusk/Hampus Lindholm: The Bs appear to be in a very, very good spot tonight against the Blues, and it is a true coinflip for which of these top plays comes out as the best.

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).

Boston Bruins 2 – David Krejci/David Pastrnak/Taylor Hall/Matt Grzelcyk: To get a little different, you can run this line out tonight. They are in a great spot at even strength, and all but Pasta correlate on the second power play unit.

Calgary Flames 2 – Nazem Kadri/Dillon Dube/Andrew Mangiapane/Noah Hanifin: This is another good even strength spot, and there should be some goals scored in this game. The top Calgary line can be considered, but this one is doing far more damage.

New York Islanders 3 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau/Kyler Palmieri/Zach Parise/Ryan Pulock: This third line should see the top Calgary line for a good portion of the night, putting them in a plus matchup. Palmieri has been kind of on a tear recently, so this look is very intriguing.

NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: STL1, CGY1

Value Options – DraftKings

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

Center: Jean-Gabriel Pageau ($3100) – New York Islanders

Wing: Andrew Mangiapane ($3100) – Calgary Flames

Defense: Erik Gustafsson ($2600) – Washington Capitals

Value Options – FanDuel

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

Center: Jean-Gabriel Pageau ($4900) – New York Islanders

Wing: Dillon Duber ($4200) – Calgary Flames

Defense: Erik Gustafsson ($3700) – Washington Capitals

Player Props

In this section, we will highlight some NHL player props that we like for the upcoming NHL slate.

Leon Draisaitl (EDM): over 3.5 shots on goal (+135 on DK Sportsbook)

Kyle Palmieri (NYI): anytime goal scorer (+350 on DK Sportsbook)

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Saturday Slapshot.   I’ll be focusing on tonight’s massive 10-game main slate of NHL DFS on DraftKings and FanDuel.  We’re now close to a full month into the season.  This is getting to be my favorite part of the year as we now how have plenty of data to tell us who is good and who is bad.  Which teams to target and which teams to avoid. 

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

NHL DFS Goaltending

Carter Hart ($7.3K DK/$8.4k FD) vs. Ottawa Senators – I’m going to continue to ride Carter Hart on DK until they raise his price and he cools off.  There is a massive price discrepancy tonight with Hart as he’s $1.1k cheaper on DK than FD.  That’s something we should look to take full advantage of.  It also helps that Hart’s play this year has been simply amazing. 

He’s now played 7 games this season and has really only had 1 questionable start against the Hurricanes.  Even in that game he still ended up with nearly 12 DK points.  On the year, Hart is 5-0-2 with a 2.10 GAA and a .943 save %.  The Senators are a solid offense, but Hart’s play has just been too good to ignore.  This play is reserved entirely for GPP’s tonight, and only on DK.     

Logan Thompson ($8.3k DK/$8.6k FD) vs. Montreal Canadiens – The Vegas Knights are one of the heaviest favorites on the board tonight at -200.  Should Thompson get the nod in goal tonight, he’ll easily make for a solid play against a weak Canadiens offense.  The Canadiens are scoring just 2.67 goals per game over the last couple of weeks.  Just not good. 

With Thompson, we’re getting someone that is playing really well.  Although he gave up 4 goals in his last game against the Senators, he still amassed over 40 saves and over 24 DK points.  The offense he’ll face tonight won’t be nearly as strong.  Considering his price and matchup, if you’re playing cash games tonight Thompson should be your guy.  

NHL DFS Stacks

San Jose 1 (Hertl, Meier, Labanc) + Karlsson vs. Anaheim

Targeting offensive weapons vs. the Ducks is normally a profitable strategy.  Over the last 2 weeks, the Ducks have been a mess.  They’re giving up close to 5 goals per game and nearly 37 shots on goal per game.  We’ll attack them tonight with San Jose’s top line.  With doing that, we’ll want to try our hardest to squeeze in Erik Karlsson who is playing some out of this world hockey right now.  He’s been essentially playing as another winger.  Over his last 5 games, Karlsson has 7 goals and 5 assists.  For a defenseman, that’s insane.  He’s $7.8k on DK tonight so he’s extremely expensive, but he hasn’t had less than 27 DK points since October 25. 

I’ll look to pair him with Timo Meier and Tomas Hertl here.  Meier has also been playing some great hockey, with 4 goals in his last 5 and an iCorsi of 53.  He’s also been averaging close to 7 shots on goal per game over those 5.  Hertl will be important here as he’s just $4.4k on DK and will help us save some money.  This top unit for San Jose has immense upside tonight in this matchup. 

The second line of Nieto, Couture, and Barabanov is also very much in play and at a fraction of the cost of the first line. 

Vegas 1 (Eichel, Stephenson, Stone) + Pietrangelo vs. Montreal

Vegas has a chance tonight to put up a monster number.  They get a sweet matchup vs. a poor defensive team in the Canadiens.  Over the last 2 weeks, Montreal is giving up close to 19 high-danger chances per game.  To put that into perspective, the average of all the teams playing tonight is just 12.5.  They’ve been extremely lucky to have not given up more than the 3.5 goals per game that they’ve been giving up during that stretch. 

I’m going to target this mess of a team with Vegas’ top line.  My main targets from this line are going to be Jack Eichel and Mark Stone.  Both guys have been showing a healthy amount of offensive prowess.  Over his last 5 games, Eichel 2 goals and 4 assists while Stone has 3 goals and 2 assists.  There’s no reason to think that against a bad Canadiens team they won’t be able to light the lamp like they’ve been doing. 

Vegas 2 is also in play and much cheaper.  Karlsson, Marchessault, and Smith should help in the scoring tonight.

Vancouver 2 (Pettersson, Mikheyev, Kuzmenko) + Hughes vs. Nashville

After starting out the season pretty poorly, the Canucks are heating up and get a matchup against a Nashville team that hasn’t been all that great of late.  The 3 guys on this second unit for Vancouver have been putting up some impressive numbers of late.  Over his last 5 games, Elias Pettersson has 9 points thanks to 7 assists.  He’s had points in 4 of his last 5 games and that should continue tonight.  

Andrei Kuzmenko has also been playing very well with goals in 3 of his last 4 games and a hat trick in his last game.  Kuz is only $4.1k tonight on DK and is a solid value play.  Overall, this second line for the Canucks is extremely affordable and the spot where we’ll look to save money. 

Other Stacks: Toronto 1 and 2, Boston 1 and 2, Philly 1, Seattle 1 and 2 (both cheap), Pittsburgh 1

NHL DFS Top Value Defenseman

  • Nathan Beaulieu – $2.5k on DK
  • Erik Cernak – $3.8k on Dk
  • Ryan McDonagh – $3k on DK   

Summary

Tonight should be a fun slate of NHL DFS.  With 20 teams in action, there are going to be plenty of places for offense.  I plan on going heavy with the Sharks because the Ducks are just an awful defensive team.   

Make sure to use our Projection model when setting lineups.

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Wednesday brings us a tiny little two game slate, as Win Daily Sports takes you Between the Benches for our NHL DFS picks. Two games means this will be a very volatile slate, about as volatile as it can get. If you are playing, the best approach here is to pair the best plays with something off the wall. Either the chalk will crush and sink you, or you can have a great night if your off the wall plays happen to hit. Good luck!

Goalies

Instead of listing favorite goalies as we usually do in this section, we will rank them by their goals against average. It is best to just correlate your goalies with your main stacks tonight and hope for the best. Goalies tonight are very sketchy.

Ilya Samsonov – Toronto Maple Leafs: 2.35 GAA is the lowest on the slate, facing a Philly team that just went to OT in New York last night.

Casey DeSmith – Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.97 GAA and he will draw the start, as the Penguins are back-to-back tonight.

Felix Sandstrom – Philadelphia Flyers: As mentioned, the Flyers are on the back end of a traveling back-to-back, so Sandstrom should start. He has a 3.14 GAA, and is definitely no Carter Hart.

Eric Comrie – Buffalo Sabres: The worst GAA on the slate, he is sporting a 3.34 and facing a Pittsburgh team who can score from anywhere. However, they did travel to Buffalo after hosting the Bruins in a slugfest last night.

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).

Toronto Maple Leafs Power Play – Auston Matthews/John Tavares/William Nylander/Mitch Marner/Morgan Rielly: It’s the obvious play on the board, with the Leafs facing the Flyers on home ice against their backup goalie. There should be a lot of scoring from this unit tonight. On a short slate, power play looks tend to be successful, since you get access to multiple lines. They only edge out the Penguins because the Pens played last night and traveled.

Pittsburgh Penguins Power Play – Sidney Crosby/Evgenii Malkin/Jake Guentzel/Bryan Rust/Jeff Petry: Petry joining this unit makes him a very solid play on D tonight. This unit should have some success against the Sabres, who people may chase after their 8 goal explosion against the Red Wings a couple of nights ago.

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).

Buffalo Sabres Power Play – Tage Thompson/Jeff Skinner/Alex Tuch/Jack Quinn/Rasmus Dahlin: The Sabres power play is definitely in play tonight, as they come into the game with the 12th ranked unit. The Pens have the 27th ranked PK, so there is a chance we could see some scoring from these guys. If stacking the power play, Tuch is almost a must, and mix and match the others.

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – Pontus Holmberg/Calle Jarnkrok/Pierre Engvall: This line is in a fantastic spot against the top line for the Flyers. Everyone should be flocking to the top line, so get yourself some of this third line to be different, with a chance at upside.

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – Drew O’Connor/Kasperi Kapanen/Danton Heinen: This is a similar spot to the Leafs’ third line, and will definitely be different. Kapanen/Heinen make a nice pair if you want to limit the exposure.

NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: PHI1, TOR2, PIT2, BUF4

Value Options – DraftKings

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

Center: Casey Mittelstadt ($2900) – Buffalo Sabres

Wing: Alexander Kerfoot ($2900) – Toronto Maple Leafs

Defense: Marcus Pettersson ($3000) – Pittsburgh Penguins

Value Options – FanDuel

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

Center: Casey Mittelstadt ($4600) – Buffalo Sabres

Wing: Pierre Engvall ($3800) – Toronto Maple Leafs

Defense: Brian Dumoulin ($3900) – Pittsburgh Penguins

Player Props

In this section, we will highlight some NHL player props that we like for the upcoming NHL slate.

Sidney Crosby (PIT): over 3.5 shots on goal (+130 on DK Sportsbook)

Alexander Kerfoot (TOR): anytime goal scorer (+240 on DK Sportsbook)

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Welcome to November! We are into the second month of the NHL season already, and the first slate of November is a massive one. Twelve games are on the slate tonight, so there are a lot of places to go. We will do our best to narrow down the slate to the best plays. Good luck!

Goalies

Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers: The Rangers host the Flyers tonight in what should be a fairly lopsided matchup. The Rangers outmatch the Flyers in a big way, and this should be a fairly safe bet for a win.

Logan Thompson – Vegas Golden Knights: The Knights head to D.C. tonight for a matchup with the Caps. Vegas has been playing well to start the season, and Thompson is one of the better young goalies in the league. He also gets overlooked quite a bit, so this is a good spot on a big slate.

Jack Campbell – Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers host the Predators tonight, and this should be a solid matchup for Campbell. Coming into tonight, the Preds are scoring just 2 goals per game on the road. This play does present a little bit of risk, so just be wary of that.

High Risk Goalie – Linus Ullmark – Boston Bruins: The Bruins head to Pittsburgh tonight for a matchup with the Penguins. Ullmark has a solid 1.7 GAA and should see plenty of shots from the Penguins. We are looking for a save bonus with this play, and anything above that, like a win, is a bigger bonus.

Others to Consider: Jacob Markstrom (CGY), Ilya Sorokin (NYI), Vitek Vanecek (NJD)

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 Power Play – Aleksander Barkov/Sam Reinhart/Matthew Tkachuck/Anton Lundell/Brandon Montour: The Panthers face the Coyotes tonight, and they should be in line for a high scoring night. Most lines are in play tonight for the Panthers, including the third line. Mix and match with the power play here, and hopefully you can nail the scoring.

Dallas Stars 1 – Roope Hintz/Jason Robertson/Joe Pavelski/Nils Lundkvist: The Stars host the Kings tonight, who are on the back end of a traveling back-to-back. They are also rolling out Cal Petersen, who has a GAA of 4.1 on the season so far. With the Kings giving up 3.82 goals against so far this year, and the Stars scoring just over 3 per game, this is a really nice matchup for the top line. Lundkvist provides some nice value with power play correlation. Keep an eye on news, though, as Heiskanen might be back. If he is, he may slot into the top power play in place of Lundkvist.

San Jose Sharks Power Play – Logan Couture/Tomas Hertl/Timo Meier/Alexander Barabanov/Erik Karlsson: The Sharks take on the Ducks tonight, who are giving up a whopping 4 goals against per game so far this season. They are also sporting one of the worst penalty kill units in the league so far.

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).

Nashville Predators 1 – Ryan Johansen/Filip Forsberg/Matt Duchene/Roman Josi: The Preds are in a nice spot tonight against the Oilers in Edmonton. As good as the Oilers are on offense, their defense can be spotty, so this one is definitely risky. The Preds haven’t been the best road team in the league, but they could be extremely sneaky tonight.

Los Angeles Kings 1 – Anze Kopitar/Adrian Kempe/Gabriel Vilardi/Drew Doughty: Ever since they moved Vilardi to the top line, these guys seemed to be clicking. They are risky tonight because they are on a back-to-back and traveling to Dallas. However, Dallas is likely to start Wedgewood in net, who has a whopping 4.29 GAA so far this season. This line should be able to produce in that environment.

Minnesota Wild 1 – Frederick Gaudreau/Mats Zuccarello/Kirill Kaprizov/Jared Spurgeon: You can pull Gaudreau and Spurgeon out of this stack and play Eriksson Ek/Addison instead for a power play look. The Wild host Montreal tonight, and they should be able to light the lamp against the Canadiens.

Montreal Canadiens 1 – Nick Suzuki/Cole Caufield/Kirby Dach: The other side of the MIN game is the Canadiens. The Wild have had a very tough run on defense so far this season, and their goaltending has been very bad. Expect this line to be able to do some damage as well. This could be one of the higher scoring games on the slate.

New Jersey Devils Power Play – NIco Hischier/Jack Hughes/Jesper Bratt/Nathan Bastian/Dougie Hamilton: If playing a trio, the preferred will be Hughes/Bratt/Hamilton. These guys have a nice matchup tonight against the next-to-last ranked PK for Vancouver. Their splits early on show that the Devils are much better at home so far, which is where the risk comes in. They should be an interesting spot and could make for a nice late-night hammer.

NHL DFS Honorable Mentions: CGYPP, NYIPP, ARIPP, NYR2, NSH1, TBLPP, OTT1, VGKPP, ANHPP

Value Options – DraftKings

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

Center: Anton Lundell ($3400) – Florida Panthers

Wing: Mike Hoffman ($3400) – Montreal Canadiens

Defense: Caleb Jones ($2800) – Chicago Blackhawks

Value Options – FanDuel

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

Center: Kirby Dach ($4700) – Chicago Blackhawks

Wing: Alexander Barabanov ($3800) – San Jose Sharks

Defense: Nils Lundkvist ($4000) – Dallas Stars – especially if Heiskanen is not on the top power play

Cash Considerations – DraftKings and FanDuel

Consider these NHL DFS plays for your cash lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel. Cash lineups do not need to be stacked, and it is recommended to play no more than two players from a given team.

Center: Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers

Wing: Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild

Defense: Roman Josi – Nashville Predators

Goalie: Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers

Player Props

In this section, we will highlight some NHL player props that we like for the upcoming NHL slate.

Aleksander Barkov (FLA): over 1.5 points (+135 on DK Sportsbook)

Artemi Panarin (NYR): anytime goal scorer (+205 on DK Sportsbook)

Cole Caufield (MTL): anytime goal scorer (+170 on DK Sportsbook)

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Saturday Slapshot.   I’ll be focusing on tonight’s nice-sized 9-game main slate of NHL DFS on DraftKings and FanDuel.  We’re now close to a full month into the season.  This is getting to be my favorite part of the year as we now how have plenty of data to tell us who is good and who is bad.  Which teams to target and which teams to avoid. 

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

NHL DFS Goaltending

Carter Hart ($7K DK/$6.9k FD) vs. Carolina Hurricanes – If you aren’t following the play of Carter Hart this season, you are severely missing out.  Hart is 5-0 to start the season and has been playing some absolutely brilliant hockey.  He has a 2.00 GAA and a .947 save percentage.  Both numbers are just insane.  While they are much higher than his numbers over the last 2 seasons, if we look at his first 2 seasons in the NHL, they’re not too far off and this just might be the goaltender that he is, really good. 

He’ll face a Carolina Hurricanes team today that just isn’t scoring many goals this season.  Through 7 games, they’re scoring just over 3 goals per game, while taking over 36 shots per game.  Ilya Sorokin had a great game against them last night and Carter Hart will again tonight.  His price on both sides is just egregious.   

Jordan Binnington ($8.5k DK/$8.9k FD) vs. Montreal Canadiens – If you want to pay up for goalie tonight, Jordan Binnington is your guy.  He’s priced up on both sites due to his play and matchup.  He’s probably more reserved for Cash games tonight though.  Binnington has also been brilliant this season.  He’s 3-1-1 through his first 5 games and is sporting a 1.74 GAA and a .936 save percentage. 

He gets a great matchup vs. the Canadiens tonight.  The Canadiens just haven’t been good.  They’re scoring just 2.5 goals per game and less than 30 shots on goal.  With how well Binnington has played, he’s almost a lock for the W tonight as the Blues are heavy favorites to win tonight. 

NHL DFS Stacks

Toronto 1 (Matthews, Marner, Kerfoot) + Rielly vs. Los Angeles Kings

Is this the breakout game for Toronto’s top line?  It’s quite possible.  To say Matthews has had a slow start would be an understatement.  Through 8 games, he has just 2 goals and 5 assists for 7 points.  He’s well off of his career pace per game.  Last season, he’s had 60 goals in 73 games.  At some point,he’s going to break out and there are certainly some signs that he’s getting there. 

Over his last 5 games, he has over 30 scoring chances and is averaging close to 5 shots per game.  Few players have the upside that he has and with a price pushing $9k on DK I have a feeling his ownership will be lower than it should be.  The Kings are giving up over 4.3 goals per game so there should be some scoring in this one.  Hopefully, that involves Matthews tonight.  I’ll look to pair him with Marner and Rielly tonight.  You can certainly add Kerfoot there to save some loot, but he just isn’t fantasy relevant on most nights.  

Calgary PP1(Kadri, Toffoli, Lindholm, Huberdeau) + Anderson vs. Edmonton

Only 3 teams have given up more power-play goals this season than the Edmonton Oilers.  They’ve given up 10 so far through 8 games.  I’m going to target that, especially with the Flames being on home ice tonight.  Their top power play unit has a lot of firepower in it.  I’ll start with their big free agent signing in Nazm Kadri.  Unsurprisingly, Kadri is playing some great hockey right now.  Over his last 5 games, he has 4 goals and 4 assists.  He’s also added 14 high-danger chances and a total of 24 scoring chances.  His goal total could be a whole lot higher.  On DK, Kadri is priced very fairly at $6.6k and he won’t break the bank for us. 

Next up I’ll try to prioritize getting Toffoli with him.  Toffoli has also been playing, with 4 points in his last 5 games.  I’ll pair those 2 with Rasmus Anderson.  Anderson has 5 helpers in his last 5 games and is also averaging nearly 3 shots plus blocks over that stretch.  He’s been consistently around that 10 DK point mark all season long. 

Minnesota 1 (Gaudreau, Zuccarello, Kaprizov) + Spurgeon vs. Detroit

The matchup isn’t one that is amazing tonight, but you have to respect what this top line for Minnesota has done.  Over their last 5 games, Zuccarello and Kaprizov have combined for 14 points.  They are extremely pricy and will be tough to pair with the other 2 lines I recommended, but they may just be the hottest line in the game right now.  Each player has 7 points in their last 5 games and is generating just a ton of scoring chances. 

Combined, they have 72 scoring chances and 33 high-danger chances.  They are doing damage and I’ll absolutely want a piece of them tonight in my NHL DFS lineups.  Detroit can be tough at times, but we saw them just give up 5 goals to the Bruins on Thursday night.  They can be had and there’s a great chance Minnesota has a solid night tonight. 

Other Stacks: Chicago 1(value), Minnesota 2 (value), Detroit 1, Philly 1, STL 2, Col 1

NHL DFS Top Value Defenseman

  • Mark Giordano – $3.3k on DK – Gets a decent amount of shots and blocks.
  • Jamie Oleksiak – $2.7k on Dk – Goals in back-to-back games.  Would be chasing though
  • Brady Skjei – $3.5k – Heavily involved in the offense.   

Summary

Tonight should be a fun slate of NHL DFS.  I plan on going heavy with the Wild and Toronto tonight.  Then sprinkling in some value pieces along the way.   

Make sure to use our Projection model when setting lineups.

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I hope everyone has had a successful week filled with lots of NHL wins. We have reached our Friday article, and we have a great slate coming at you today! Without further ado, for tonight’s 10/28 NHL slate, we have a medium-sized five-gamer, and the slate begins at 7:00 pm ET. Don’t forget to lock your lines and check the discord for any updates! Let’s get right into it!

10/28 NHL Stack Report

1. Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (Rust-Crosby-Rakell)

— The Vancouver Canucks just got their first win of the season last night as they beat the Seattle Kraken 5-4. This comes after an abysmal start to the season, which saw them lose their first seven games of the season. Will last night’s win change the fortunes of the Canucks? I wouldn’t bet on it. Especially considering the fact that they’re coming in from Seattle on the second half of a back-to-back against a Pens team who currently sits 4-2-1, which also means that the Canucks will be starting their backup goalie Spencer Martin. The Pens also have an extremely high-powered offence which puts them in first place in goals per game in the entire league (4.29 GPG) and second in shots on goal in the entire league (38.1 SOG/game). On top of that, the Pens are coming in with the highest implied total of the slate at 3.8 goals. All three members of the top line also appear on the Pens’ top power play unit, and you get a discount on the Pens’ usual top line as Rakell is replacing an injured Jake Guentzel. I think the Canucks will come out looking tired and will be a step behind the Pens for the entire game.

Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Kris Letang

2. Winnipeg Jets 2 (Perfetti-Dubois-Wheeler)

— The Jets are in a very different position than the Pens as they are the ones coming into tonight’s game on the second half of a back-to-back following a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings. However, the Coyotes have nearly had as bad of a start to the season as the Canucks, losing four of their first six games. The Jets have won their last two and currently sit at over three goals scored per game. More importantly, however, is that the Coyotes hold the League’s worst goals allowed average per game at 4.83, which is coupled with a 4.77 GAA from their starter Karel Vejmelka. It then should come as no surprise that the Jets are coming into tonight’s slate with the second-highest implied goal total at 3.7. The Jets’ second line has been far more consistent than the top line, and you’ll see a similar time on ice out of the second line when compared to the top line as well. All three of the members of the second line see power play time, with Dubois and Wheeler on the top unit and Perfetti on the second unit. All in all, I see the Jets as a much more complete team with a higher-powered offence, and I see a defensive liability in the Arizona Coyotes. Expect a lot of goals in this matchup.


Ideal Defensive Partner(s): Josh Morrissey

Honorable Mention(s): Colorado Avalanche 1 (Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Rantanen)

10/28 NHL Goalie Tracker

Best (Goalies to Roster)

  1. Alexandar Georgiev (Georgiev has four of five wins to start the season, only losing one game in OT to the Jets. On top of that, the Devils have the highest shots-on-goal per-game average in the league but are nowhere near the top in goals meaning that a lot of their shots are low-danger scoring chances which will translate into a lot of fantasy points and the Avalanche are coming into tonight’s game as the favourites)
  2. Tristan Jarry
    Honorable Mention(s): Frederick Andersen

Worst (Goalies to Target)

1. Karel Vejmelka
Honorable Mention(s): Elvis Merzlikins, Spencer Martin, Vitek Vanecek

10/28 NHL Wild Card Targets

Martin Necas
– For our first returning Wild Card target of the season, we are going to none other than Martin Necas. Necas has been a superstar for the Canes this season, scoring 8 points in six games (3 goals and 5 assists). He’s shockingly been seeing more ice time than both Aho and Svechnikov, and he’s been seeing time on the Canes’ top power-play unit. Necas is slowly becoming a favorite for coach Rod Brind’Amour as due in part to Necas’ efforts, the Canes currently sit 4-1-1 to start the season. Offensively, this game isn’t the most explosive of the slate, but the Canes currently sit at 3.3 implied goals and have the best odds of the slate at -190. I would recommend using Necas while he is still underpriced on both FanDuel and Draftkings.
Honorable Mention(s): Jeff Carter, Valeri Nichushkin, Yegpr Sharangovich

Core Four: (ALWAYS BE STACKIN’)

Center Pierre-Luc Dubois

Winger Bryan Rust

Defenseman – Cale Makar

Goalie Alexandar Georgiev

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Honorable Mention(s): PIT v VAN RapidFire 2/2

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