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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

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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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Showdown in the Canadian capital

Monday night is a one-game slate between the Coyotes and Senators. This is an interesting game because it features two of the league’s bottom feeders that have actually been two of our favorite DFS teams this season. These two teams met fairly recently in Arizona with the home team winning 8-5. This will be a tough game to gauge because it depends on the goalie starting for Arizona.

Karel Vejmelka has been awful since the end of January. In eleven games since January 22nd, Vejmelka has allowed 41 goals which is an average of 3.72 goals per game. Scott Wedgewood is 5-4 in nine starts (10 appearances) since January 21st and has allowed just 2.7 goals per game in that stretch. Wedgewood did allow five goals to Ottawa in that game back on March 5th but did get the win. If Vejmelka starts, then I want to load up on Ottawa in my builds, but if it’s Wedgewood, then I could see a path to play him or go with a more balanced approach by stacking both teams.

NHL Bets:

I don’t have any bets for this game.

NHL DFS: Showdown

Ottawa Senators:

When I look at both teams, I think it makes more sense to pay up for the Senators and use the value that Arizona has to build. Ottawa’s top line is my favorite line in this game, especially Brady Tkachuk and Josh Norris. Over their last five games, both have been on fire for Ottawa. Norris has four goals in the last five with three coming on the power-play and Tkachuk has added three goals of his own with one on the power-play.

You’ve probably figured out where I’m going with this, a Senators pwer-play stack is where I think we should be looking. Arizona has allowed 16 power-play goals in their last 23 games, while Ottawa has scored eight power-play goals in their last 13 games. Tim Stutzle has one goal and six assists in his last five with four points coming on the power-play. Thomas Chabot is the point man on the power-play and while he only has two points on the PP in his last 5 he does have 16 shots on goal in his last five games. Colin White is the one value piece on this power-play unit. Connor Brown plays on the second unit and on the top line with Tkachuk and Norris. Ottawa’s second power-play unit is much cheaper but not as effective as the top unit but if you’re building multiple lineups you can go there.

Arizona Coyotes:

Arizona has some great value on this slate, now of course if you want to pay up for the Yotes you most definitely can. Their top line of Keller/Boyd/Schmaltz is on a hot streak right now and will be in a few of my builds. If you’re building one lineup I think the strategy of paying up for Ottawa and using the Yotes value is the way to go.

Matias Maccelli is one place to start for Arizona as the center for line 4. The 21 year old Finn has only played five games but has one goal and four assists in those games. Maccelli also sees over 14 minutes per game and time on the Coyotes second power-play unit. Oh, I buried the lead, he’s min price on DK. Lawson Crouse skates with Maccelli on line three and is another good value piece to use as a two man. Crouse can also be used as a cheap piece on a PP1 stack with the top line. Dysin Mayo has been on a roll recently for the Yotes and is a cheap dman to use. Jakob Chychrun has flown back to Arizona with an apparent back injury. It will be interesting to see if we can an update for the second power-play unit on Monday. Nick Ritchie and Loui Eriksson are both on the fourth line, min price, and have put up good numbers of late. Ritchie also sees time with Maccelli on the second power-play.

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It’s an all Canada affair…well, almost.

Welcome to the NHL Man Advantage for a Wednesday night! Tonight we have just two games on the schedule with the first being the Capitals on the second night of a back-to-back in Edmonton. In the late game, Montreal heads west to take on the Vancouver Canucks.

Since this is just a two-game slate, I will dissect both games individually and give you the top plays from each.

NHL DFS: Game by Game

Washington @ Edmonton

Goalies:

With Vanecek starting Tuesday’s game in Calgary, it should be Ilya Samsonov’s net on Wednesday night. Let’s not sugar coat it Samsonov has been horribly bad of late. In his last nine games (7 starts), Samsonov has allowed 2.56 goals per game and has a .886 save % while just winning three games. If we go all the way back to the start of 2022, Samsonov has won just four games in 14 appearances and his goals-against goes up to 2.79 per game. I am not playing Samsonov on Wednesday and I suggest that you don’t either

As for Edmonton, hopefully, we get Koskinen in net because he has been playing well lately. In Koskinen’s last eleven appearances he has a .920 save % and has won seven games. With a team coming in on a traveling back-to-back Koskinen would be a top play on this small slate. On the other hand, if Mike Smith starts then we are game stacking this game and only play goalies from the late game. Smith is bad, almost as bad as Samsonov has been and if it’s him in net then we attack.

Washington Capitals

Like I said when discussing the goalies, we need to see who starts to make a decision on how to build. If it’s Koskinen and you prefer going with a goalie from the other game I would suggest using the Washington depth scoring. Washington’s second line would be my favorite stack for value. They are inexpensive and work perfectly with an Edmonton first-line stack. Both TJ Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom play on the first power-play unit so if we get Mike Smith pairing them with John Carlson or Alex Ovechkin would be a way to get exposure to Washington’s top players but in a different way than just stacking their top line. Conor Sheary can be used with Anthony Mantha and either Justin Schultz or Dimitry Orlov for a cheap PP2 stack as well.

Edmonton Oilers

As I mentioned above, I like the Oilers’ top line of Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, and Kailer Yamamoto. I did say that Koskinen could be the top goalie on this slate, I will have a lot of Demko in my builds so I do like the game stack in this game. Using Draisaitl and Kane with an Oilers defenseman and Capitals full second line stack is one of my favorite ways to build on this slate. Obviously, you can go with Connor McDavid and/or Zach Hyman with either or both of Kane and Draisaitl for a PP1 stack. Using McDavid will be popular, so fading him and hoping he stays off the scoreboard is ideal. Cody Ceci is the value dman of choice for me, and Darnell Nurse is the pay-up play.

Montreal @ Vancouver

Goalies:

Thatcher Demko is my favorite goalie on this slate. In his last 11 appearances (nine starts), Demko is 8-1 with a .919 save %. Now, Montreal has won seven of their last eight games but they are on the last game of a five-game road trip through Canada and could be tired and road-weary. I am not aware of who will be in net for the Canadiens at the time of writing, but whoever it is will be in play behind Demko and Koskinen.

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver is not an easy team to stack because a lot of their top players don’t see 5v5 ice time together. The Canucks top line of Pearson, Miller, and Boeser is the only one I would stack together. Luckily for us, Montreal has an atrocious penalty kill and they also take a lot of penalties. They recently allowed four power-play goals in a game against Winnipeg. Both Boeser and Miller play on the top power-play unit for Vancouver and are joined there by Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat, and Quinn Hughes. Outside of the skaters I mentioned there isn’t much else I want to use from Vancouver.

Montreal Canadiens

Similar to Vancouver, the Canadiens’ top line is the best option. Nick Suzuki has been a tear of late with four goals and six assists in his last five games. Josh Anderson has three goals in his last five, and Cole Caufield has two goals and four assists in the Habs’ last five as well. Both Artrruri Lehkonen and Mike Hoffman are two top value plays and play together on PP2 with Ben Chiarot on defense. Brett Kulak and Jeff Petry are two other viable plays on defense.

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