Game Picks
Penguins over Islanders … OVER 5 goals
Knights over Wild … Lower scoring game
Panthers over Lightning … Best series of the first round in my mind
Line Stacks
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Barkov ($8,000) – Verhaeghe ($5,800) – Yandle ($3,900)
Florida is my top team overall today in what should be a high scoring and fun series. Wennberg-Hornqvist/Vatrano third line is the sneaky one here as well but I would pair them with Barkov naked because he’s scoring for sure.
Point ($6,800) – Palat ($4,700) – Hedman ($6,000)
I will fade Kucherov until I see him get a game or two under his belt here and Hedman gives us one of the top Defenseman plays on the slate.
NY Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins
Crosby ($7,700) – Rust ($6,000)
Pageau ($3,800) – Palmieri ($3,200)
GOALIE
Marc-Andre Fleury (Knights)
BEST VALUE SKATERS
Reilly Smith (VGK)
Mattias Janmark (VGK)
Kyle Palmieri (NYI)
TOP DEFENSEMAN
Hedman
Yandle
Theodore