NHL

Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night February 1st and we have a 5 game slate on tap!

Tonight should be another high scoring night in the NHL with 7 of the 10 teams projected to score over 3 goals. Only Vancouver, Washington, and Nashville to score under 3 but with both Washington and Vancouver ranked 1st and 4th respectively in goals for this season I don’t have a problem looking at them for my lineups tonight as well.

Montreal vs Vancouver and NY Rangers vs Pittsburgh seem to be the spots that will have the highest goal totals tonight and where I want to focus on first when building lineups tonight. Winnipeg vs Calgary is another game with a high projected goal total, but both teams ranked towards the top of the league in goals against, but Winnipeg does rank tenth in the league in goals for.

NHL DFS: Goaltenders

Connor Hellebuyck ($7,900/$8,400)

Like I mentioned in the open this game has a projected goal total over 6 tonight but I think this game goes under tonight and Hellebuyck is a good reason why. Helley is one of the league’s best goalies and the matchup with the Flames is a good one tonight. Calgary is one of the worst 5 of 5 teams in the NHL with a 4.7% shot percentage at even strength and the Jets do not take penalties. Winnipeg averages less than 3 penalties a game, so Calgary should have a tough time scoring tonight against Hellebuyck and the Jets.

Other Options: Vasilevskiy (TB), Vanecek (WAS), Markstrom (CGY), Price (MTL)

NHL DFS: Forwards

Top Overall Center:

Patrice Bergeron ($7,800 on both sites)

I know, I know this is a really tough pick to say one of the best overall centers in the game is a top play today but the new B’s captain has been on fire of late and it should continue tonight. Bergeron has 4 goals and 4 assists in his last four games with all of those games being multi-point games. Along with putting up points, Bergeron is averaging 4 shots on goal per game and is averaging huge FPPG (23.1 on DK and 27.7 on FD). Boston also got David Pastrnak ($7,800/$7,500) back last game to complete one of hockey’s best lines along with Brad Marchand ($7,700/$8,200) making them also my favorite overall line stack tonight.

Other Options: Point (TB), Scheifele (WPG), Zibanejad (NYR), Crosby (PIT), Backstrom (WAS), Pettersson (VAN), Suzuki (MTL), Horvat (VAN), Malkin (PIT)

Top Value Centers:

DraftKings Value Center: Ryan Strome (NYR) – $4,000

FanDuel Value Center: Adam Lowry (WPG) – $4,200

Other Options: Kotkaniemi (MTL), Blueger (PIT), Danault (MTL), Backlund (CGY), Coyle (BOS)

Top Overall Winger:

Andrew Copp ($5,500/$4,700)

There are plenty of other great plays at this position tonight, but I wanted to put a spotlight on Copp because of how well he has been performing of late. In the Jets last 5 games, Copp has been averaging over a point P/game (2 goals, 4 assists), 5 shots on goal per game, and playing near 20 minutes per game while not playing on the power play. Copp was moved up to the Jets top line today with Mark Scheifele ($7,200/$7,600) and Nikolaj Ehlers ($6,100/$6,600) which is a good contrarian stack on a small slate tonight

Other Options: Boeser (VAN) Arvidsson (NSH), Stamkos (TB), Forsberg (NSH), Ovechkin (WAS), Connor (WPG), Toffoli (MTL), Panarin (NYR), Miller (VAN), Gaudreau (CGY), Gallagher (MTL), Rust (PIT)

Top Value Wingers:

DraftKings Value Winger: Kasperi Kapanen & Jason Zucker (PIT) – $3,100/$3,300

FanDuel Value Winger: Nils Hoglander (VAN) – $3,900

Other Options: Lucic (CGY), Coleman (TB), Smith (BOS), Panik (WAS), Granlund (NSH), Ritchie (BOS)

NHL DFS: Defensemen Rankings

Top Defensemen

1. Roman Jose (NSH)
2. Victor Hedman (TB)
3. John Carlson (WAS)
4. Adam Fox (NYR)
5. Ryan Ellis (NSH)
6. Charlie McAvoy (BOS)
7. Rasmus Andersson (CGY)
8. Alex Edler (VAN)
9. Jeff Petry (MTL)
10. Shea Weber (MTL)

Top Value Defensemen

1. Juuso Valimaki (CGY)
2. K’Andre Miller (NYR)
3. Joel Edmundson (MTL)
4. Christopher Tanev (CGY)
5. P.O. Joseph (PIT)
6. Zdeno Chara (WAS)
7. Jacon Trouba (NYR)
8. Ryan McDonagh (TB)
9. Brandon Carlo (BOS)
10. Callen Foote (TB)

NHL DFS: Line Stacks

Top Line Stack:

Vancouver Canucks Line 1

JT Miller ($5,400/$6,900) – Elias Pettersson ($6,200/$6,700) – Brock Boeser ($5,800/$6,800)

Top Value stack:

Montreal Canadiens Line 3

Tyler Toffoli ($5,900/$6,000) – Jesperi Kotkaniemi ($3,500/$4,500) – Corey Perry ($2,700/$3,400)

Thanks for reading this article on the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday, January 25th, 2021. Make sure you head to the Win Daily Sports Discord for up to date info and help directly from our pros! Head over to Twitter and give the @WinDailySports account and me (@MVecchio81) a follow for all things Fantasy Sports and make sure to check out WinDailySports.com for more money-making content.

Welcome to the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night January 25th! Tonight we have a single game showdown slate with a 10 pm Eastern start time

Typically when we have showdown slates we can look to one side having the advantage in net, but when it comes to this matchup tonight, neither Ottawa nor Vancouver have been great on defense or in net.

Both the Senators and Canucks are in the bottom half of the league in goals allowed with Vancouver ranking dead last (31st) with 33 goals allowed in just 7 games. Ottawa isn’t much better, ranking 26th and allowing 20 goals in just 5 games.

I don’t think I will be using either goaltender in this game, and honestly, with how bad all four goalies have been for these teams it doesn’t matter who starts when it comes to building my lineups.

NHL DFS Captain Picks:

One thing to remember, on DraftKings you have to choose your captain carefully because there is a price difference. I will gear this section more to DraftKings for that reason. Also any player listed in this section is also a great play in the flex/util spot as well.

Top Overall Plays:

Brady Tkachuk ($14,700/$14,500)

Tkachuk is far away the Sens best offensive player and is also the highest priced skater on both sites (same price as Pettersson on FD) but he is worth paying up for. In 5 games this season, Tkachuk is averaging nearly 4 shots on goal per game and has 2 goals and 2 assists so far.

JT Miller ($12,600/$13,500)

Miller is my favorite lower priced high end play for this game in the captain spot. While he hasn’t scored yet, to me that just means he’s due, Miller does have 5 assists in just four game this season. Miller is skating on the Canucks second line with Pettersson and Jake Virtanen. Virtanen ($3,600/$7,000) is a potential value play in GPP’s because everyone will most likely pair Miller with Pettersson, or other pieces on the top PP and you can differentiate yourself by using Virtanen and paying up elsewhere.

Value Captains Pick

Jordie Benn ($3,600/$6,000)

Benn is an odd pick to say the least for captain, and is only viable on DK for this spot because of the salary savings. Benn has only played one game because of COVID protocols but contributed in a big way with an assist, a shot on goal, and 3 blocked shots (earing the 3 point bonus) on Saturday. Using Benn at captain on DK leaves you over $9K per player for your final 5 spots and lets you load up on PP skaters and will also make your team very different then the rest of the field.

NHL DFS Flex/Utility Plays:

Ottawa Senators:

Ottawa’s top line is definitely a good place to start especially if you are using Tkachuk as your captain. You can go three man stack from each team if you’d like, but I would prefer to have 4 Senators in my lineups because I think they win this game. Going with the top line stack and then either adding a value piece like Evgenii Dadonov ($4,600/$11,500). Another piece I like to add to the line 1 stack would be Nikita Zaitsev ($7,600/$7,000). Zaitsev is really more of a FanDuel play because of his salary. He doesn’t open as much up on DK as he does on FD. Zaitsev had his 4 game assist streak snapped on Saturday, but that just means he can start a new one on Monday. Zaitsev plays on the Sens top D pair alongside Thomas Chabot ($9,000/$13,000) so he should see plenty of time with the top line.

Vancouver Canucks:

There is a lot to like about this Canucks team except they just aren’t playing well right now so it’s hard to want to roster anyone from this team. Bo Horvat($9,600/$12,500) is the best player on the Canucks right now and he will be in my lineups on Monday. Horvat has points in three straight games totaling 4 goals and 2 assists in that span. During this stretch Horvat also has 7 shots on goal and 2 blocked shots. If you have the salary, Brock Boeser ($8,200/$9,500) is a my second favorite Canuck and make for a nice mini stack with Horvat. After Horvat and Boeser, Tyler Myers ($6,400/$6,500) is a good play and if you are strapped for salary, Adam Gaudette ($2,800/$6,500) is a good value piece.

Thanks for reading this article on the NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday, January 25th, 2021. Make sure you head to the Win Daily Sports Discord for up to date info and help directly from our pros! Head over to Twitter and give the @WinDailySports account and me (@MVecchio81) a follow for all things Fantasy Sports and make sure to check out WinDailySports.com for more money-making content.