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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for a Monday night! Tonight we have a seven-game slate, so let’s get started!

With seven games on the slate tonight we have plenty of options to choose from when building our lineups tonight. That may seem like a good thing, but some nights it can be a bad thing. Looking at tonight’s slate we have 5 of the top 10 teams in goals scored (and Vegas is #11) on this slate so there should be plenty of goals scored. We just need to pick the right teams and the right lines, and we all know how easy that is (insert eye roll emoji)

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

There is one obvious play in net tonight, Philipp Grubauer ($8,500/$8,100). Colorado is home to the Ducks who are on the second night of a road back to back. Anaheim just played an overtime game on the road Sunday night in St. Louis, and as one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league who is now also a tired team without one of their best players ( Rickard Rakell), this matchup seems easy for the Av’s netminder. If you are playing cash or on FanDuel, then Grubauer is your guy, but if you’re on DraftKings then this next play may be the one for you.

Kaapo Kahkonen ($7,900/$8,300)

Kahkonen hasn’t played in over a week for the Wild because Cam Talbot ($7,700/$8,300) has been the hot hand in net. If the Wild go back to Talbot tonight is an equally fine play as well. I think the Wild give Kahkonen the start tonight in San Jose against a Sharks team that ranks towards the bottom in most offensive categories. San Jose is 27th in goals for, and average just 2.6 per game. In their last 10 games San Jose has been allowing over 30 saves per game and near 18 FPPG. Kahkonen has mad 2 starts and appeared in a 3rd game, stopping 79 of 85 shots for a .929 sv% and made 31 saves the last time out against San Jose in a Minnesota 6-2 win.

Other Options: Tristan Jarry ($7,800/$8,400), Robin Lehner ($8,200), Connor Hellebuyck ($7,700/$8,500), David Rittich ($7,800/$7,00)

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

Once again, with so many of the top goal scoring teams on this slate (Edm,Col,Tor,Pit,Wpg,VGK) there will be plenty of options for us to use. Of course all three of Edmonton, Toronto, and Colorado’s top lines are in play. Vegas’ top line may be one of the best options on the slate at home to LA. We saw Pittsburgh’s top line destroy the Islanders on Saturday night. All these lines are in play tonight, but I have another line that could rival the scores these teams put up tonight.

Philadelphia Flyers :

Philly has not been the most prolific offensive team of late, notching just 13 goals in their last 5 games (3 loses). Just like you go to the doctor when you’re sick, NHL teams go to Buffalo to feel better and that’s what Philadelphia does tonight.

I like multiple lines from the Flyers tonight, but their top unit stands out to me as the one line that should get it done against the Sabres. They are not overly expensive but have one of the higher ceilings on the slate tonight. Sean Couturier ($6,300/$7,400) centers the top line and he comes in riding a three-game point streak (3 goals 2 assists). On the wings are James van Riemsdyk ($6,100/$5,600) and Travis Konecny ($4,900/$5,600) who haven’t been as hot as Couturier but in this matchup, they could get going. JVR has 4 points (2 goals 2 assists) against Buffalo this season, and Konecny has added a goal against the Sabres. All three are also on the Flyers’ top PP unit, playing against the Sabres who in the bottom third of the league in PK%. Kevin Hayes ($5,500/$5,100) and Shayne Gostisbehere ($5,100/$3,700) round out the Flyers top power-play unit. I really like Ghost on FD today at his cheap $3.7K price tag and he has already scored twice against the Sabres in just three games this season.

Other Stacking Options:

Top Line Stacks:

• Colorado 1 vs Anaheim
• Toronto 1 vs Edmonton
• Pittsburgh 1 vs NY Islanders
• Edmonton 1 vs Toronto
• Winnipeg 2 vs Calgary
• Minnesota 1 vs San Jose
• Vegas 1 vs Los Angeles
• Toronto 2 vs Edmonton
• Philadelphia 2 vs Buffalo
• Los Angeles 1 vs Vegas
• Winnipeg 1 vs Calgary

Top Value Stacks:

• Colorado 2 vs Anaheim
• Vegas 2 vs Los Angeles
• NY Islanders 3 vs Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh 2 vs NY Islanders
• Los Angeles 2 vs Vegas
• Colorado 3 vs Anaheim
• Edmonton 2 vs Toronto
• Minnesota 2 vs San Jose

NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings

Top Defensemen

1. Darnell Nurse (EDM)
2. Kris Letang (PIT)
3. Ivan Provorov (PHI)
4. Tyson Barrie (EDM)
5. Devon Toews (COL)
6. Alec Martinez (VGK)
7. Neal Pionk (WPG)
8. Samuel Girard (COL)
9. Ryan Pulock (NYI)
10. Drew Doughty (LA)

Top Value Defensemen:

1. Scott Mayfield (NYI)
2. Carson Soucy (MIN)
3. Cam Fowler (ANH)
4. Sean Walker (LA)
5. Justin Braun (PHI)
6. Nick Leddy (NYI)
7. TJ Brodie (TOR)
8. Mario Ferraro (SJ)
9. Noah Hanifin (CGY)
10. Logan Stanley (WPG)

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Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night March 22nd! Tonight we have a massive 10 game slate with two of the top fantasy teams, Edmonton and Colorado, on this slate

We have both the Oilers and Avalanche on this slate but they aren’t the top places I want to look on a slate with 20 teams in action. Calgary is back on the east coast to take on the Senators for the 4th time this month. This game is the only one carrying a 6.5 O/U (according to DK Sportsbook).

In the late games, Los Angeles and San Jose is the game that intrigues me the most because it has shootout potential. San Jose has one of the worst penalty kills in the league allowing the 10th most opportunities and the 14th most power-play goals. Meanwhile, Los Angeles has scored the 6th most power-play goals in the league and the 8th most opportunities. If you haven’t already figured it out, the Kings power-play is one of my top plays tonight. They will carry low ownership and are fairly inexpensive industry-wide.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Cam Talbot ($8,300/$8,000)

I would much prefer to play Kahkonen, but Talbot is the starter on Monday, and either way the matchup is still a good one. Since his return from the IR on 2/26 Talbot has only been mediocre, but Anaheim presents an opportunity to get himself back on the right track. The Ducks have only scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, and average a pathetic 2.2 goals per game. One thing Anaheim doesn’t do is shot a lot, only 27.7 S/G per game, but Minnesota does allow over 30 shots on goal per game.

Other Options:

If you play on FanDuel, then Alexander Georgiev ($8,600/$7,500) is a great play against the Sabres on Monday. I won’t pay that price on DK for a middle-of-the-pack goalie on a large slate, but on FD he is a top play.

In a reversal, the Golden Knights Robin Lehner ($8,000/$8,500) is a better play on DK at home against the Blues on Monday night. If you really want to spend up, then Lehner is in a good spot, but I don’t love the price on FD. In his first start back from a concussion on Saturday, Lehner stopped 23 of 25 LA shots in a 4-2 win. St. Louis’ offense is slightly better than Los Angeles, but they are not even close to one of the top teams in the league offensively. I really like Lehner on Monday but more so on DK because of pricing.

All three of Thatcher Demko ($7,600/$7,700), Cal Petersen ($7,500/$7,200), and Semyon Varlamov ($7,900/$8,300) are good plays as well in their matchups on Monday night.

NHL DFS: Slate Overview

As always when they are on a late, both Colorado and Edmonton are great spots to be your pay-up stack or mini stack. I actually like some of the Colorado value tonight against Arizona as well. I mentioned both Calgary and Los Angeles as good places to build stacks, Ottawa is also in a pretty decent spot at home to the aforementioned Flames. Sticking with the Canadian teams, Winnipeg is also in a great spot tonight as well. I know I said Demko is an option in net tonight, but we have seen him give up 4-5 goals and still have a decent fantasy night because of how porous the Canucks defense is and allowing 35-40+ shots on goal per game.

Winnipeg Jets:

When looking at the Jets, their second line is actually where I prefer to start when building stacks. Kyle Connor ($6,400/$7,100) has cooled off some in the Jets last two games, but the entire team seemed to in their two games with the Oilers. Before that two-game stretch, the Jet winger has back-to-back multi goal games and has ten points in his last ten. His linemate Nikolaj Ehlers ($6,700) is playing equally as well. In his last three games, Ehlers has 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists), and has 11 points in his last 10 games. They are centered by Pierre-Luc Dubois ($4,900/$5,400), who himself has five points in his last three games including a 3 assist game last Wednesday. Vancouver’s penalty kill is an absolute dumpster fire right now, well actually all season, and you can use Connor with parts of the top line and/or defenseman Josh Morrisey ($4,500/$4,600) for a power-play 1 stack. Both Dubois and Ehlers see time on the second unit with defenseman Neal Pionk ($4,900/$4,800).

New York Rangers:

Another spot that might be more popular is the Rangers against Buffalo. Both of their top lines are in play or you can mix and match them for power-play stacks as well. New York’s top line has the highest ceiling of any stack in my opinion today based of recent history (9-0 against Philadelphia last week) and their opponents (Buffalo) inability to play hockey currently. Adam Fox ($5,200) is the only defenseman I would use from the Rangers as nobody else really seems to do much offensively. I know some people will look to play Miller or Trouba because of PP2 exposure, but I wouldn’t go there. There are much better value plays on the point tonight with so many teams playing on this slate.

Other Stacking Options:

Top Line Stacks (outside of teams already mentioned):

• Minnesota 1 vs Anaheim (Ryan Miller should start with Gibson still on IR)
• St. Louis 2 vs Vegas
• Vegas 1 vs St. Louis (Monitor the Max Pacioretty injury situation)
• Carolina 1 vs Columbus
• Vegas 2 vs St. Louis
• NY Islanders 1 vs Philadelphia (I prefer to swap Komarov off for Beauvillier for a PP1 stack)
• St. Louis 1 vs Vegas
• Columbus 1 vs Carolina

Top Value Stacks:

• Columbus 2 vs Carolina
• Philadelphia 3 vs NYI
• Anaheim 1 vs Minnesota
• Philadelphia 2 vs NYI
• Arizona 1 vs Colorado
• Montreal 2 vs Edmonton
• Minnesota 2 vs Anaheim
• NY Islanders 3 vs Philadelphia
• Winnipeg 3 vs Vancouver

NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings

Top Defensemen

1. Seth Jones (CBJ)
2. Dougie Hamilton (CAR) – Mainly FD where he is cheaper. Over $7k on DK
3. Shea Theodore (VGK)
4. Tyson Barrie (EDM)
5. Jakob Chychrun (ARI)
6. Jeff Petry (MTL)
7. Cale Makar (COL)
8. Mark Giordano (CGY)
9. Brent Burns (SJ)
10. Drew Doughty (LA)

Pionk, Morrisey, and Fox all mentioned as part of stacks are of course in play as well

Top Value Defensemen:

1. Jared Spurgeon (MIN)
2. Nick Leddy (NYI)
3. Vince Dunn (STL)
4. Zach Whitecloud (VGK)
5. David Savard (CBJ)
6. Sean Walker (LA)
7. Nate Schmidt (VAN)
8. Noah Hanifin (CGY)
9. Ryan Graves (COL)
10. Brett Pesce (CAR)

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