NHL DFS: 10/15/22
The first week of the NHL ends with an all-out scrum of 14 games (12 games in the main slate). We only have a game or two of data to mine, so navigating such a large slate can be daunting. We are going with hot offenses and avoiding most back-to-back teams this early in the season.
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Top Teams to Target
Pittsburgh Penguins – The penguins have started the season firing on all cylinders and we will ride the adrenaline as long as we can. Tampa comes to town on the second half of a back-to-back and will play a backup goalie.
Boston Bruins – Coming off a big win on opening night Boston is well rested and have the lowly Coyotes coming to town. This may be the most lopsided game of the night.
St. Louis Blues – This is the Blues’ first game of the season. With few changes from last year, their top 2 lines still look dominant. They face Columbus on the second game of a back-to-back.
San Jose Sharks – The Chicago Blackhawks are entering the Shark Tank.
Favorite Lines
PIT 2: Jason Zucker – Evgeni Malkin – Bryan Rust
BOS PP: Taylor Hall – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak – David Krejci
BOS 2: Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak – David Krejci
STL 1: Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Vladimir Tarasenko
SJ 1: Timo Meier – Tomas Hertl – Luke Kunin
STL 2: Brandon Saad – Ryan O’Reilly – Jordan Kyrou
Value Lines
SJ 2: Steven Lorentz – Logan Couture – Kevin Labanc
DET 3: Elmer Soderblom – Michael Rasmussen – Oskar Sundqvist
VGS 3: Jonathan Marchessault – William Karlsson – Paul Cotter
Player List
This list contains players not listed in the lines above.
Centers
Auston Matthews, TOR – $8700
Sidney Crosby, PIT – $7600
John Tavares, TOR – $5700
Brock Nelson, NYI – $4800
William Karlsson, VGA – $4000
Dylan Strome, WSH – $3900
Wingers
Jake Guentzel, PIT – $8100
Alex Ovechkin, WSH – $7800
Mitch Marner, TOR – $7500
William Nylander, TOR – $6000
Rickard Rakell, PIT – $4700
Michael Bunting, TOR – $4100
Anthony Mantha, WSH – $3900
Defense:
Kris Letang, PIT – $6600
Erik Karlsson, SJ – $6000
Miko Heiskanen, DAL – $5600
Torey Krug, STL – $4800
Justin Faulk, STL – $4700
Mario Ferraro, SJ – $4500
Adam Pelech, NYI – $3600
Adam Larsson, SEA – $2900
Goalies:
Jeremy Swayman, PIT – $8500
Jordan Binnington, STL – $8300
Ilya Sorokin, NYI – $8100
Kaapo Kahkonen, SJ – $7900
Alex Nedeljkovic, DET – $7200