NHL

Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Tuesday night! We have a huge 9 game slate tonight that is frontloaded with the top teams playing early, but could there be a sneaky late-night hammer? Let’s find out!

With only two of the nine games tonight carrying an over/under of 6 this has the makings of a low-scoring slate. Pittsburgh is at the Rangers tonight in their first game since getting trounced by Boston. Carolina host Florida in the other game with the 6 goal o/u. Both of these games are on my radar tonight, as well as a few others. Let’s dig in and see if we can’t find some green tonight!

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Cash Game Goalie:

Juuse Saros ($8,100/$7,600) vs Detroit

Saros and the Preds are in MoTown to take on the Red Wings tonight who just put up 5 goals on Sunday against Tampa. I can’t give Detroit all the credit for those goals, most of them were a result of bad goaltending or lucky bounces. Saros is a thousand times better goaltender then Christopher Gibson and should handle himself well tonight against the Wings. In his last 5 starts, Saros has averaged 30 saves per game and allowed just 1.4 goals per game. In two starts against Detroit this season (3 games played), Saros has stopped 56 of 58 shots and allowed just 2 goals for a sv% of .966.

Other Cash Options: Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,500/$8,600), Mackenzie Blackwood ($8,000/$6,800) – Are you serious FD with this pricing?, Martin Jones ($7,900/$7,800)

GPP Goalie:

Linus Ullmark ($7,200/$6,700) vs New Jersey

Ullmark and the Sabres get very little respect and love from the DFS community, and rightfully so. But when there is a matchup that just screams out to us to play them, we must! Ullmark has actually been pretty solid in net for the Sabres of late with back-to-back wins while stopping 59 of 62 shots in those contests. Believe it or not, Ullmark is actually undefeated in 4 starts against New Jersey this season. Ullmark is 4-0 with a .949 save% against the Devils this season, stopping 112 of 118 shots faced. With nine games on the slate, and 18 goalies to pick from I think Ullmark could be criminally under-owned and help someone get a takedown tonight.

Other GPP Options: Ilya Sorokin ($7,800/$8,100), Chris Driedger ($7,400/$8,300), Dan Vladar ($7,700/$8,000), Casey DeSmith ($7,700/$8,00)

NHL DFS: Line Stacks

Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Rangers

Like I mentioned in the open this game is one of the two with the highest projected goal total on the slate so we will want to try and get exposure to it. I really like what the Penguins’ top line has done versus the Rangers this season. Pittsburgh’s top-line trio of Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, and Bryan Rust have combined for 8 goals and 4 assists in 6 games. Both of the wingers have amassed incredible shot totals against NY as well this season. Guentzel has 23 SOG in 6 games, while Rusty has hit the net 28 times in 6 games. I love seeing these totals because that means we don’t need to solely rely on them scoring multiple points to make value. Kris Letang ($6,100/$5,800) is the top point man on the power-play for Pitt, but we can also use Mike Matheson ($3,400/$3,600). Matheson has points in three straight games but is only a GPP play because he is point-dependent to make value.

As for the NY side of things, both of their top lines are in play as well. All three lines I have mentioned are expensive on both sites and should be considered your top stack on the night. Colin Blackwell ($2,600/$3,500) is back on line 2 with Strome and Panarin and is a nice inexpensive piece to help keep your stack down or paired up with Pavel Buchnevich ($6,000/$5,600) for a PP2 mini-stack. Another interesting player to keep in mind is superstar prospect Vitali Kravtsov for the Rangers. He is min price on both sites and saw over 10 minutes of ice time in his NHL debut Saturday. Adam Fox ($6,800/$5,900) is the only defenseman I would recommend from the Rangers, but I prefer him on FD to DK.

San Jose Sharks

San Jose’s top line is one of my favorite stacks and they are that late-night hammer I mentioned in the open. If you don’t want to pay up for either of the Rangers or Penguins’ top lines, then San Jose is where I would go for GPP stacks. Anaheim is terrible in their own zone and has allowed teams to just pepper their netminders, especially in high danger zones. They are allowing 4 goals a game in their last 3, and are 29th in the league in goals allowed on the season. San Jose put up 9 goals in early March in their last two games against Anaheim with the top line of Evander Kane, Logan Couture, and Kevin LaBanc doing the bulk of the damage. San Jose’s second and third lines are also decent value, especially Ryan Donato ($3,400/$3,300) who plays on the second power-play unit. Erik Karlsson, Brent Burns, and Mario Ferraro are the three d-men you can use with these lines as well.

Florida Panthers

We all know about Florida’s top two lines as being great line stacks and are two of the top cash lines for tonight’s slate. If you need value and want exposure to the Panthers tonight, I would look at the third line tonight. Both the top lines are in play of course for tournaments of course, but to be different and gain an ownership advantage I would look at the third line of Noel Acciari, Frank Vatrano, and Owen Tippett. Vatrano is on a 3 game goal-scoring streak and has amassed 16 shots in those three games. All three are on the Panthers’ 2nd power-play unit as well. This line projects at a high floor for their price as well, meaning they are safe for cash game value as well.

Cash game Line stacks:

I already mentioned a bunch of good cash game stacks in Pittsburgh, New York, and Florida, but there are some other teams that can anchor your lineups tonight in cash games. I really like both of the top lines from Washington and Chicago tonight as higher-owned cash game lines. Carolina 1 is always a good play, but I prefer Carolina 2 tonight. They have the safer floor and Vincent Trocheck against his former team is a great narrative play as well. Philadelphia 2 and Boston 1 both performed well last night and I have no problem going back there tonight.

As for some other value plays, one of my favorite lines is Chicago 3. They are cheap and give you exposure to both PP units. Boston 3 and NY Islanders 3 are two other 3rd lines I really like tonight as well. Nashville 2 has to be in consideration against Detroit tonight also.

NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings

** Remember to always try and pair your defenseman up with forwards. One-off dmen are not usually the best option**

Top Defensemen

1. Victor Hedman (TB)
2. Dougie Hamilton (CAR)
3. Adam Fox (NYR)
4. Ivan Provorov (PHI)
5. Roman Josi (NSH)
6. John Carlson (WAS)
7. Kris Letang (PIT)
8. Seth Jones (CBJ)
9. Brent Burns (LA)
10. Miro Heiskanen (DAL)

Top Value Defensemen:

1. Gustav Forsling (FLA)
2. Ryan Lindgren (NYR)
3. Mackenzie Weegar (FLA)
4. Scott Mayfield (NYI)
5. Dmitry Orlov (WAS)
6. Jaccob Slavin (CAR)
7. Mario Ferraro (SJ)
8. David Savard (CBJ)
9. Ryan Murray (NJ)
10. Mike Matheson (PIT)

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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Monday night! We have a 7 game slate tonight that looks like it could be a lot of fun with a variety of ways to build.

Tonight is another seven-game slate, which seems to be a very common thing in the NHL this season. Three of tonight’s seven games are from the high-scoring North (Canadian) Division and those three games are spots I want to try and focus on for my lineups. Boston, who just dropped 7 on Pittsburgh in their last game, is taking on a Philadelphia team that has been dreadful defensively of late as well.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Cash Game Goalie:

Robin Lehner ($8,000/$8,200) vs St. Louis

Since his return from a concussion on March 19th, Lehner has been a virtual brick wall stopping 107 of 113 shots he’s faced. Lehner gets a matchup with the Blues tonight who are an abysmal 2-7-4 since March 6th and are averaging just 1.9 goals per game during this stretch. Lehner’s price isn’t overly high on either site and he just make sense as a safe cash play.

Other Cash Options: Philipp Grubauer ($8,100/$8,600) vs Minnesota, Connor Hellebuyck ($8,500/$7,500) vs Ottawa — How do you not play him on FD?

GPP Goalie:

Cam Talbot ($7,200/$8,400) vs Colorado

Talbot is more of a DK play at this price, but either way the man has been on fire since he has returned from injury as well. In his last five starts, Talbot has averaged 32.6 saves per game and allowed just 1.6 goals per game. I know Colorado is the top scoring team in the league, but a hot goalie can shut a hot offense down on any night. Over their last 10 games Colorado has averaged 38.6 shots on goal per game, which is one of the reasons why I like Talbot tonight. Colorado will shoot the puck and Talbot will have plenty of save opportunities. In their last two matchups Colorado took 55 and 42 shots on goal respectively.

Other GPP Options: Jack Campbell ($7,900/$8,100) vs Calgary, Mike Smith ($7,400) vs Montreal, Filip Gustavsson ($7,000/$6,600) vs Winnipeg

NHL DFS: Line Stacks

Boston Bruins

As I mentioned in the open Boston takes on the Flyers tonight who have been terrible in their own zone of late. Boston has (at the time of writing) switched up their lines by moving David Pastrnak ($8,900/$8,300) off the top line and onto line 2. I prefer line 2 from Boston tonight as a stacking option with David Krejci ($4,200/$5,200) and Nick Ritchie ($4,200/$4,400). Pasta is still on the top power play unit with Ritchie so using them with Matt Grzelcyk ($4,80/$4,300) is also a great way to go.

Winnipeg Jets

Winnipeg is at home to Ottawa tonight and should be one of the better options in fantasy tonight. Ottawa is one of the worst teams defensively this season and has been even worse of late. They have had some really good goaltending which makes them see better than they have been though. In their last 5 games, Ottawa has only allowed 12 goals, but they have allowed at least 53 shot attempts in all 5 games, and even allowed as many as 66 to the Leafs a few games back. My preferred line tonight would be their top line Kyle Connor-Mark Scheifele-Nikolaj Ehlers ($20.5K/$20K). Ottawa has been good on the penalty kill, allowing just 1 power-play goal in their last 8 games, so I wouldn’t try and get weird with different power-play stacks here.

Minnesota Wild

Both sides of this game have upside, as do both goalies, but if you are playing GPP’s and Talbot why not run a Wild stack with him. Minnesota’s top line is inexpensive industry-wide and is one of the highest projected scoring lines in my opinion tonight. Kirill Kaprizov ($6,100/$6,000) is the highest-priced player on this line tonight and to me seems like a bargain at his salary. He is playing alongside Jordan Greenway ($3,100/$3,700) who has 3 assists in his last four games, including setting up Joel Eriksson Ek ($4,100/$3,800) for the game-winner on Saturday night. Eriksson himself has 3 points in his last 4 games also. Colorado has allowed 3 power-play goals in their last 5 games and has averaged 4 penalties per game. Because of this I also like pairing Karpizov with Jared Spurgeon ($4,100/$4,400) for a two-man PP stack.

Cash game Line stacks:

Both Toronto and Edmonton’s top lines are the best options for cash game builds. Of course, they are expensive but have the safest floors on the slate. After those two lines, Colorado’s first line, and then Vegas would be the next best options. All of these lines are good plays in any type of contest, but they will most likely carry the highest ownership.

As for some value to pair with those expensive lines for cash (or GPP really), you can look at both Calgary 3 and Philadelphia 2. Both lines are cheap and carry a relatively safe floor. Montreal 1 and Montreal 3 are two other lower-priced options that have pretty safe floors as well. Similar to Montreal, Los Angeles’ first and third lines are good value tonight taking on a Coyotes team who is on the second night of a back-to-back.

NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings

** Remember to always try and pair your defenseman up with forwards. One-off dmen are not usually the best option**

Top Defensemen

1. Jakob Chychrun (ARI)
2. Alex Pietrangelo (VGK)
3. Darnell Nurse (EDM)
4. Ivan Provorov (PHI)
5. Shea Theodore (VGK)
6. Shea Weber (MTL)
7. Cale Makar (COL)
8. Drew Doughty (LA)
9. Morgan Rielly (TOR)
10. Matt Grzelcyk (BOS)

Top Value Defensemen:

1. Noah Hanifin (CGY)
2. Sean Walker (LA)
3. Joel Edmundson (MTL)
4. Michael Stone (CGY)
5. Alex Goligoski (ARI)
6. Brayden McNabb (VGK)
7. TJ Brodie (TOR)
8. Vince Dunn (STL)
9. Ilya Lyubushkin (ARI)
10. Austin Strand (LA)

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