TOP TEAMS TO TARGET
Edmonton vs Buffalo
The Sabres should be no match for Edmonton’s top line tonight and Buffalo has been extremely bad at dealing with high end top lines all season. This is just a big time advantage for the Flying McDavid’s to come in and put up a 5 spot. Mostly I would focus on Connor McDavid with Tage Thompson from Buffalo on the other side here, but going over the field in Edmonton exposure is an alternative build to consider as well.
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is a very good home team and the Aho-Svechnkov combination specifically has my eye tonight being at home they should dictate some favorable advantages vs the Flyers. I would look at two value guys who will get good ice time in Martin Neceas ($4k) and Ethan Bear (Top D pairing and $3300). Those two values along with Aho/Svech form the four man build to use from Carolina tonight or just go full Carolina 2 Trocheck-Teravainen-Kotkaniemi.
KEY SKATERS
Connor McDavid – Edmonton
With a very ideal match-up against the Sabres, McDavid is the free square plug and play to roster tonight.
Other Centers: Connor McDavid, Sebastian Aho, Tage Thompson
Andre Svechkinov – Carolina
Pay up for Svech and the Hurricanes today. They will get production from their top two lines and the LW has a favorable advantage against the Flyers. He comes in with 7 goals and 8 assists through 11 games on the season while contributing with 5 power play points as well. It should be another good night for the home Hurricanes on a Friday evening in Carolina.
Other Wings: Alex DeBrincat, Mitchell Marner
Value Wings: Gustav Nyquist, Blake Coleman, Martin Necas, Clayton Keller
Morgan Reilly – Toronto
I like picking on teams on Back to Back and Calgary is doing that going from OTT to TOR, so look for some good opportunities from the blue line with Morgan Reilly being a decent price to afford.
Other Defenseman: Darnell Nurse, Seth Jones, Ethan Bear
GOALIES
- Marc-Andre Fleury (Chicago)
- Joonas Korpisalo (Columbus)
SLAP … SHOTS
LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT:
Aho – Svechkinov – Necas (Hurricanes)
FAVORITE ONE OFF CENTER:
McDavid
FAVORITE ONE OFF WINGERS:
DeBrincat
FAVORITE VALUE WINGER:
Necas
FAVORITE DEFENSEMAN:
Morgan Reilly
LEVERAGE GOALIE:
Jack Campbell
FAVORITE BETS:
Hurricanes/Flyers OVER 5.5