We have lots of games on this Saturday night and a good amount of teams playing 3 in 4 nights and/or on back to backs. Use this information more for betting purposes.
The teams playing 3 in 4 AND on back to back include
- Flyers (at Arizona)
- Devils (at NY Islanders)
Teams on a back to back
- Capitals (home-road)
- Penguins (road-home)
- Coyotes (home-home)
- Sabres (home-home)
Teams playing 3 in 4 night but were off last night
- Stars, Bruins
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LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT
Arizona Deadbeats
Boyd, Kessel, Keller, Gostisbehere
Look, Deadbeats just sounds better than assholes who wont pay their rent. But the Coyotes not paying their rent is just down right hilarious. It’s almost as if a hockey team in Arizona isn’t exactly going to work out, but tonight they’ll be the best value leverage spot we can find and I am calling a 3 goal night from this trio who are all 4k or cheaper against the putrid Flyers. We got the Flyers win last night, that’s fantastic boys, now they hop on a quick plane ride from Vegas to Phoenix which I have done in the winter personally connecting out of Vegas and let me tell you that you never want to fly at night vertically up and down the western/mountain region. Or maybe that’s just me personally. None the less, I am just occupying your time here because there is no data about the Coyotes which screams good play — but they’re winning, the game is going over, and this top line is going to feast on that Flyers 28th ranked D vs centers over the last month, 16th vs LW, 15th vs RW and yes, gimme the Ghost revenge goal.
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SECONDARY STACKS
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthews, Tavares
While the Blackhawks have been better lately over the last month, they are still a gaping hole against centers, which is not ideal when playing a Saturday night in Toronto. Consider playing AM34 & John Tavares together
Washington Capitals
Kuznetsov, Ovechkin, Wilson
Washington seemingly always plays well in Buffalo and even on a back to back, this is a spot where playing Ovechkin can definitely pay off even at a massive price tag. Single entry players should give serious consideration tonight to rostering Tavares (or Matthews), Ovechkin and then a really cheap line stack.
New York Islanders
Nelson, Palmieri, Parise
Oh, well hello there. You are probably wondering where you can find such a really cheap line stack? May I tempt you with the revenge Devils narrative here? Okay, so the former Devils here aren’t exactly sad that they are no longer in New Jersey, but the Islanders have finally turned the corner and will get hot in their new building. I like the top line law firm of Barzal, Bailey and Lee, but this is a much cheaper stack to pair with the one off studs.
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KEY ONE OFF SKATERS
These are top plays outside of what is mentioned above which are mostly stack situations.
CENTERS
- Austin Matthews / John Tavares (TOR)
- Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH)
- Boone Jenner (CLS)
WINGS
- Alex Ovechkin (WSH)
- Oliver Bjorkstrand (CLS)
- Teuvo Teravainen (CAR)
- Brandon Saad (STL)
- Zach Hyman (EDM)
DEFENSE
- Shayne Gostisbehere (ARI)
- Morgan Rielly (TOR)
- Jared Spurgeon (MIN)
- Zach Werenski (CLS)
- Dougie Hamilton (NJ)
BEST VALUE
- Arizona Top Line
- NY Islanders Top Line
- Mikael Backlund (CGY)
- Brandon Saad (STL)
GOALIES
- Elvis Merzilikins (CLS) – Wont see a TON of shots, but could push into the 30’s and should win without giving up much
- Jacob Markstrom (CGY)
- John Gibson (ANA)
- Vitek Vanecek (WAS)
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SLAP SHOTS
LEVERAGE GOALIE
- John Gibson – Anaheim
BETS:
- Capitals -1.5 Puck Line
- Anaheim Ducks ML
- Canadiens/Blues UNDER 6
- Devils/Islanders OVER 5.5
- Flyers/Coyotes OVER 6
- Coyotes ML
- Wild/Kings 1P Under 1.5