There are more teams who are back tonight and I made a stupid (rusty) mistake last night chasing a team in the Sharks who hadn’t played in a while. That has always been a bad indicator for a team to be in sync on offense and it showed with San Jose.
Tonight we are going to see the following teams back on the ice who haven’t been playing in a while
- LA Kings – First game since Feb 2nd.
- NY Rangers – First game since Feb 1st.
Steven Stamkos – Lightning
Stammer had a 2 goal game for us the other night vs Arizona and now gets a team he has historically loved playing. In 38 career games Stammer has 38 points against the Devils. On the road and on the second line he’ll see the weakest part of the Devils defense.
Filip Forsberg – Predators
Two narratives here for the narratives crowd. First off we have Forsberg on a Tuesday. Second off we have Forsberg against the team who drafted and shipped him off for [EDIT: lets just not go there okay???]… in Washington — who isn’t exactly playing consistent shut down defense lately as pieces are moving around quite a bit.
Devon Toews – Avalanche
For salary purposes Toews offers a $1600 discount off teammate – and stud – Cale Makar. Cale has the advantage of being on PP1 but Toews gets as much regular strength ice time. Dallas is a middle of the road target for defenseman and should be over-matched with the Avs forwards tonight opening up a SOG boost here.
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CENTERS
- Mathew Barzal – Islanders
WINGS
- Matthew Tkachuk – Flames
- Gabriel Landeskog – Avalanche
- Johnny Gaudreau – Flames
- Patrik Laine – Blue Jackets
- Jordan Kyrou – Blues
- Alex Tuch – Sabres
- Matt Duchene – Preds
VALUE
- Jesse Puljujarvi – Oilers
- Travis Konecny – Flyers
- Danton Heinen – Penguins
DEFENSE
- Devon Toews – Avs
- Rasmus Dahlin – Sabres
- Drew Doughty – Kings
- Justin Faulk – Great price on Faulk at $4100.
- Noah Hanifin – Flames – Value
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PREDATORS
Granlund – Forsberg – Duchene – Ekholm
LIGHTNING
Stamkos – Killorn – Hedman
FLAMES / BLUE JACKETS
Lindholm – Tkachuk – Gaudreau (CGY)
Laine (CBJ)
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Best game for value… Islanders vs Sabres
Igor Shesterkin – Rangers
One of the traits of a team who is “rusty” is that they dont get quality shots on goal and they give up a ton of shots. So the first part hurts Igor in that the win chances are reduced however Boston is also short handed tonight so we can get lucky with that and the SOG volume that Igor should see warrants a chance at the SOG bonus and him having a massive score.
He is the only goalie I am trusting tonight.
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Slap Shots …
LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT:
Granlund – Forsberg – Duchene (Preds)
FAVORITE ONE OFF FORWARDS:
Steven Stamkos (Lightning)
Patrik Laine (Blue Jackets)
FAVORITE ONE OFF VALUE:
Danton Heinen (Penguins)
FAVORITE ONE OFF DEFENSEMAN:
Devon Toews (Avs)
Justin Faulk (Blues)
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TOP BETS:
- Preds/Caps OVER 6
- Oilers ML
- Blue Jackets / Flames OVER 6