Lets go a nice mid week six game slate and the calendar turns over to December. This is officially the sweet spot for Hockey DFS from now through February.
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KEY THREE SKATERS
Mika Zibanejad – NY Rangers – $6,800
Shockingly this is the first game between the Rangers and Flyers this year. Zibanejad though was a thorn in Philly’s side a year ago with two hat tricks in back to back games against the Flyers. It’s a different Philly team this year but they come in not playing very well either with 11 goals allowed over their last two games and on a 6 game losing streak.
Other Centers:
- Auston Matthews (TOR)
- Dylan Larkin (DET)
- JT Miller (VAN)
- Chandler Stephenson (VGK) – Will see top line and top PP exposure at $4.7k, nice value for someone who is on fire.
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Tyler Bertuzzi – Detroit Red Wings – $6,300
The expansion Kraken have won two in a row on the road and now are even money against a bad Detroit team. Gimme all the Detroit top line against Seattle tonight.
Other Wings:
- Max Pacioretty (VGK)
- Jordan Eberle (SEA)
- Chris Kreider (NYR)
- Brock Boeser (VAN)
- Michael Bunting (TOR) – Value
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Thomas Chabot – Ottawa Senators – $6,300
Vancouver is statistically the most generous team to opposing defenseman. Chabot leads the way as the Canucks penalty kill is also atrocious killing just 63% of attempts.
Other Defenseman:
- Morgan Rielly (TOR)
- Moritz Seider (DET)
- Quinn Hughes (VAN)
- Alex Pietrangelo (VGK)
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TOP STACKS
Detroit Red Wings
Larkin – Bertuzzi – Raymond – Seider
The Kraken are now on their 4th straight road game and damnit they are not winning three in a row. Larkin to me has too much speed for Seattle and should have a multi-point night.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthews – Marner – Bunting – Rielly
This will be the marquee DFS game tonight as the Avs/Leafs always draw the most attention for good reasons. With Toronto back at home I would trust AM34 line over the Tavares line.
Vegas Golden Knights
Stephenson – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore
This foursome has full strength and power play upside against one of the bottom defensive teams. Stephenson is looking to keep a 3 game goal streak going and had 1G+1A on Oct 29th when the Knights beat the Ducks 5-4. Dating back to last season the Knights have won 8 of their last 9 against Anaheim with 3+ goals in 5 straight.
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LEVERAGE STACK
Philadelphia Flyers
Hayes – Konecny – Provorov
Kevin Hayes paired with Konecny is a nice value stack as Hayes himself at $2900 vs his former team is in a really good spot to help balance salary. He has been out six games after playing in just two games, registering a point in each and 3 SOG in each game. They will need a strong game from him tonight and his presence back also is why I am not going HEAVY on the Rangers — just Zibanejad
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GOALIES
It has been a wild past couple of days with contrarian/leverage goalies being the spot to ride onto.
Robin Lehner (VGK) – Looks to be where I would lean going. Even on the road, Lehner faces a low upside Ducks team who is shooting the puck a decent volume to trust him to have a nice floor game.
FADE
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) – On paper looks to be the logical choice. We like the Rangers to win this game and the expected shots faced volume is above 30 so lots of favorable factors for him.
Leverage Spots
Carter Hart (PHI) and Filip Gustavsson (OTT) are the two goalies who will be low owned but have strong upside.
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SLAP … SHOTS
LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT:
Larkin – Bertuzzi – Raymond – Seider (Detroit)
FAVORITE ONE OFF CENTER:
Mika Zibanejad
FAVORITE ONE OFF WINGERS:
Brock Boeser
FAVORITE VALUE WINGERS:
Michael Bunting
FAVORITE DEFENSEMAN:
Thomas Chabot
LEVERAGE GOALIES:
Filip Gustavsson
FAVORITE BETS:
Flyers/Rangers 1st Period OVER 1.5
Pittsburgh/Edmonton UNDER 6
Knights + Red Wings ML Parlay