What you need to know
It’s Sunday. It’s March. It’s Selection Sunday. The clocks have been moved up and the weather is warming up, the pitchers and catchers have long been reported and there is a hockey slate that locks at 5:00 pm EST this evening. What more could you want?
STACKS
Dallas vs Columbus
Riley Nash – Patrik Laine – Olivier Bjorkstrand (Columbus side)
Jason Dickson – Jamie Benn – Denis Gurianov (Dallas side)
Blue Jackets home games this year have been averaging around 6 1/2 goals per game compared to under 5 1/2 when they go on the road. Conversely the Dallas Stars are just not as comfortable playing away from Big D. I guess they just don’t like being in areas where masks are worn and I can understand it. Look for Laine to do what he does against Dallas historically and that is put a few pucks on goal with a couple going in tonight. This is the best all around game stack for me today.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner – Zach Hyman
Auston Matthews draws the Senators tonight, and he’s done just about what everyone else seems to do vs Ottawa this year and that’s put up big scores. Both Tavares and AM34 figure to be popular plays today but AM34 with over 20 fpts average in 5 games vs the Senators is the must own to lock in for me.
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen – Gabriel Landeskog
COL1 has a big blow up game in them and I’d go right back to them again vs the Kings tonight as a pivot off Toronto or on a second lineup.
POSITIONAL TARGETS
CENTERS
- Auston Matthews
- Nathan MacKinnon
- Joe Pavelski
- Riley Nash
WINGS
- Patrik Laine
- Jamie Benn
- Gabriel Landeskog
- Denis Gurianov
- Anthony Beauvillier.
DEFENSE
- Samuel Girard
- Jake Muzzin
- Zach Werenski
- Miro Heiskanen
TOP VALUE
- Jason Dickson (DAL)
- Jason Robertson (DAL)
- Anthony Beauvillier
GOALIES
- Semyon Varlamov
- MacKenzie Blackwood … Eventually the Devils are gonna steal a game off the back of Blackwood and this would be the contrarian pivot for cheaper today.
SLAP SHOTS
| LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT | Nash – Laine – Bjorkstrand (Blue Jackets) |
| ONE OFF STUD | Auston Matthews |
| ONE OFF CONTRARIAN | Nathan MacKinnon |
| BEST VALUE | Dallas’ Jasons, Anthony Beauvillier |
| TOP DEFENSEMAN | Miro Heiskanen |
| FAVORITE BETS | Dallas / Columbus O5.5 |