Six game slate today.
Thursday – January 21st
STACKS
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Brayden Point – Steven Stamkos – Ondrej Palat
No Kuch vs Columbus, but Point-Stammer-Vasilevskiy will still do what they do and that is dominate the Blue Jackets in the regular season.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Matthew Barzal – Jordan Eberle – Anders Lee
The Islanders are the tough team to peg tonight. I do think the Devils are starting to become a better team as Jack Hughes is playing extremely well, their defense is a little stable and they have a damn good young goalie in Mackenzie Blackwood. But they’re still the bleeping Devils and they’re gonna give up scoring chances to their opponents. I would be SHOCKED if the Islanders do not get two goals from their centers tonight (Barzal, Nelson, Pageau) and so if you wanna get creative stacking two Islanders blindly with a defenseman is a little creative way to play this game. However, for simplicity sakes, Barzal-Lee-Eberle as the top line at home with full PP correlation makes the most sense.
POSITIONAL ONE OFFS
CENTERS
Brayden Point (TB)
Matthew Barzal (NYI)
Elias Pettersson (VAN)
Nazem Kadri (COL)
WINGS
Anders Lee (NYI)
Steven Stamkos (TB)
Kyle Palmieri (NJD)
Brady Tkachuk (OTT)
All the Canadiens on the top two lines — Gallagher, Tatar, Anderson, Drouin. Oh man I love Josh Anderson tonight.
Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) – Value
DEFENSE
Ryan Pulock (NYI) – Also consider Nick Leddy for cheaper.
Shea Weber (MTL) – We’re going to want to pick on the Canucks with defenseman all season
Mikael Sergachev (TB)
Erik Gustafsson (PHI)
GOALIES
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB) … Tampa has owned Columbus as long as it’s the regular season.
Matt Murray (OTT) … Should win today.
Jonathan Quick (LAK) … Nothing more than a value play for a home team who lost the front end of the double-header.
SLAP … SHOTS!
LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT: Barzal / Eberle / Lee
ONE OFF STUD: Brayden Point (TB)
CONTRARIAN ONE OFF: Kyle Palmieri (NJ)
ONE OFF VALUE WINGER: Josh Anderson (MON)
TOP DEFENSE-MAN: Shea Weber (MON)
GPP FADE TEAM OF THE NIGHT: Colorado Avalanche
FAVORITE BETS:
I’m not going after any over/unders tonight. As great as the picks have been this year, I am staying away on tonight’s games because there’s no strong lean.
However …
Ottawa Senators ML +105