The Blues and Oilers are the only teams among the 20 playing tonight who played last night and both are on the road.
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MAPLE LEAFS
The Sharks are just god awful at hockey, which is fairly important when you are an NHL team. Look for Toronto’s strong skating ability and better blue line play to stand out tonight as Matthews, Tavares and Rielly are their top players to consider with pairing a winger here or there to round out a full Toronto stack.
I am taking my chances with the second line to save money and since they are on the road while also seeing PP1 time.
Tavares – Nylander – Rielly
PANTHERS / FLYERS
Bobrovsky vs Hart is gonna go one of two ways. We have these guys standing on their heads (as Bob has done vs Phily before) or this is the Barkov breakout game and the Flyers get equal production to make this a sneaky shootout. Go all in or fade it IMO, but I hear someone Barking tonight…
Barkov – Tkachuck – Verhaegle
Hayes – Konecny – Ristolainen
BRUINS
To ride the Pasta train as a one off or just go full Boston is a critical lineup choice tonight. I lean going with Pastrnak as a one off but the Wings haven’t been good at all vs LW so Taylor Hall figures to be someone that could push this stack into the top of the leaderboards. Boston should get back to a high scoring game tonight on their end and win this one fairly easily 4-1.
Krejci – Pastrnak – Hall
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KEY ONE OFFS
The below three guys are my favorite skaters from the stacks above and I would start a build with each of them. For those doing a 3 lineup mentality type build tonight, you could start with each of these guys and pair the recommended stacks accordingly in 3 different builds.
Aleksander Barkov
He is going to get a big game soon and being this far into the season without a goal I would venture its any day now. Historically he’s been a Saturday night lock but we’ll setup his upcoming hat trick with a 1 G – 2 A night tonight.
Taylor Hall
While Pastrnak is certainly the “safer” route, I like the cost savings here with Hall as a one off.
Morgan Rielly
Some form of Maple Leafs exposure is critical today and Rielly should be able to get some SOG through to give him a nice floor tonight.
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CENTERS
- Auston Matthews / John Tavares
- Roope Hintz
- Tage Thompson
- Elias Pettersson
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WINGS
- David Pastrnak
- William Nylander
- Kyle Connor
- Matthew Tkachuk
- Matt Boldy
- Jaden Schwartz
- Joe Pavelski
- Travis Konecny
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DEFENSE
- Seth Jones
- Thomas Chabot
- Rasmus Ristolainen
- Dmitry Orlov
- Josh Morrissey
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Jonathan Quick – Kings
Linus Ullmark – Bruins
Jake Oettinger – Stars
Jake Allen – Canadiens – Value
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Slap Shots …
LINE LOCK(S) OF THE NIGHT:
Barkov – Tkachuk – Verhaegle (Panthers)
FAVORITE ONE OFF FORWARDS:
Taylor Hall (Or Pastrnak)
FAVORITE ONE OFF VALUE:
Anze Kopitar (Kings)
FAVORITE ONE OFF DEFENSEMAN:
Morgan Rielly (Leafs)
TOP BETS:
Bruins + Stars + Leafs ML Parlay
Panthers/Flyers OVER 6.5
Winnipeg / LA Kings Under 6