NHL · December 16, 2021

NHL DFS: The Slapshot – December 16th

Even with a lot of games tonight nobody is on back to back and nobody is playing 3 in 4 nights (due to nobody playing on Monday).

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LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT

Minnesota Wild

Hartman – Kaprizov – Zuccarello – Spurgeon

Like Aaron Judge against the Orioles in Camden Yards, we have teo like Kirill Kaprizov against the 32nd ranked defense against left wingers and honestly just a bad team in Buffalo who is not going to win back to back games on the road tonight, they just won’t.

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SECONDARY STACKS

Vegas Golden Knights

Karlsson – Marchessault – Smith

I think Rob wrote up Mark Stone but I still prefer Vegas 2 for their value and given that they are on the road.

Philadelphia Flyers

Couturier – Konecny – Laughton

LW should continue to do very well against the Canadiens, and that would be Mr. Laughton here today.

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GOALIE BREAKDOWN

Linus Ullmark (BOS)

The Bruins are playing down a few men due to COVID protocols but don’t sleep on their goalie on the road tonight.  The Islanders always play lower scoring games and the save upside might not appear as great but with Boston being a little thin they should give up more shots and they won’t be high danger shots.  Ullmark is my favorite contrarian goalie tonight.

James Reimer (SJ)

Reimer is going against the 6th highest SOG team on the slate in Vancouver and is at home where the Sharks are normally a better team.

Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA)

You could be scared off from Florida goalies after the beat down that Spencer Knight took on Tuesday – but the Kings did go from Tampa to Miami with a day off in between and for those who follow the Baseball advice, we gotta think that factors in here, no?

#SouthBeachTheory

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BIG SLATE THOUGHTS

Bos/Nyi:  Low scoring

Det/Car:  Aho being out just kills any desire I would have for Carolina.  Dont like this game much but we do have Neddledick against his former team in goal.

LAK/FLA:  Panthers win and should have high SOG volume.  Good spot for one offs

PHI/MTL:  Like the Flyers to keep their momentum going.  No team is more streaky than the Flyers and right now they are back on an offensive streak.

VGK/NJD:   Nice game stack spot

OTT/TB:   Tampa wins.  Shutout potential.

BUF/MIN:  Love the Wild, I see them scoring 5+ goals.

COL/NSH:   Nashville defense playing well, Colorado too pricey

CBJ/EDM:   Edmonton 2nd line if you touch this

VAN/SJ:   Tanner Pearson & Timo Meier

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SLAP SHOTS

TOP PAY UP STUDS

Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton

Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay

Timo Meier – San Jose

RANDOM/VALUE ONE OFFS

Jesper Bratt – New Jersey

Martin Necas – Carolina

Frank Vatrano – Florida

Ondrej Palat – Tampa

Ben Chiarot – Montreal

BETS:

  • Tampa Bay Lightning ML
  • Florida Panthers ML
  • Flyers/Canadiens OVER 5.5
  • Sabres/WILD OVER 6

 

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