NHL · December 20, 2022

The Slapshot – Dec 20th

NHL DFS – The Slapshot

Eight games tonight and your teams that are on B2B include Columbus (Road) and St. Louis (road)

Ducks at Kings

Obviously the L.A. Kings will grade out really well on home ice vs the Ducks.  And the Kings are once again in their middle/low $ price range.  Really hard to not expect them to come through tonight.

  • LAK:  Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe (PP1/FWD1)
  • ANA:  Frank Vatrano

Blue Jackets

John Tortarella is like the town slut when it comes to NHL coaching because everywhere you turn he’s facing his old mates and while he continues to just shuffle things around with the Flyers I still think they’re ripe for giving up goals to snipe shooters on the wings.  Tonight, he’s gonna keep fucking around, and with Johnny Hockey and Laine coming into Philly he’s about to find out…

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We’ll likely see ownership going to the Flyers since they are a home fave and the Jackets are playing a B2B.  Not so fast my friends, this will be a generous spot for Columbus to get more SOG and with Laine and Johnny together I see them just firing away most of the game.  We can take the value with Kent Johnson centering them

  • Johnson, Gaudreau, Laine, Fire the CANNONS….

 

Flames

Calgary and San Jose just played on Sunday in this exact spot and it was 5-2 CGY.  I don’t believe that much changes here tonight.

  • Kadri – Lucic – Huberdeau

 

Contrarian Spot:  New Jersey

The Hurricanes have been pretty generous to opposing teams centers and the Devils get most of their production from Nico/Hughes down the middle.  If that continues tonight and we get a little Dougie vs his former team revenge narrative I can see the PP unit doing some damage enough to justify a contrarian pay up Devils stack

  • Hischier, Hughes, Bratt, Hamilton

 

Player evaluation: Kopitar - LA Kings InsiderCENTERS

  1. Jack Hughes …  9 of Hughes 16 goals have come on the road despite playing just 13 of 31 games as a visitor.  Nobody will have him or any Devils tonight and they’re my favorite sleeper team.
  2. Anze Kopitar … The Undertaker line is together and facing the Ducks for the first time this season.  A year ago he had 2+ points in 3/4 games vs Anaheim and has 28 goals, 52 assists and a plus-minus of +16 in 83 career games against Anaheim.  The Duck killer strikes tonight.
  3. Nazem Kadri
  4. Pierre-Luc Dubois
  5. Kent Johnson

WINGS

DEEEEEEEEEEEEP.   VERY DEEEP…

  1. Adrian Kempe / Kevin Fiala … LAK correlation
  2. Johnny Gaudreau … Not quite Jersey, but close enough.  Johnny hockey vs the Flyers is a must if you like Columbus with me.
  3. Patrik Laine
  4. William Nylander
  5. Johnathan Huberdeau
  6. Travis Konecny
  7. Jesper Bratt
  8. Chris Kreider

DEFENSE

  1. Vince Dunn
  2. Drew Doughty
  3. Tony DeAngelo
  4. Ivan Provorov
  5. Dougie Hamilton
  6. Noah Hanifin

VALUE

  1. Jordan Eberle
  2. Frank Vatrano
  3. Erik Gudbranson (D)
  4. Calle Jarnkrok
  5. Erik Haula
  6. Oliver Bjorkstrand

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My Pick …

David Rittich (Jets) … Let me outline the Senators that I like tonight in Winnipeg….

End of list…

Other Choices

Phillip Grubauer (Kraken)

Vitek Vancek (Devils)

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LINE LOCK(S) OF THE NIGHT:

Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe (KIngs)

FAVORITE ONE OFF STUD FORWARDS:

Nico Hischier, Johnny Gaudreau

FAVORITE ONE OFF VALUE:

Jordan Eberle (Kraken)

FAVORITE ONE OFF DEFENSEMAN:

Vince Dunn (Kraken)

BETS:

Kraken ML + Jets ML Parlay

Jackets/Flyers OVER 6

Devils ML

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