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NHL DFS: 12/7/22

We did well last as Pittsburgh and New Jersey came through. Tonight we have 7 games with a couple of smash spots we can exploit. One game, in particular, is Buffalo at Columbus.  The last time these 2 teams met they put up 10 goals.  This is a great game stack.

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Top Teams to Target

Buffalo Sabres (Implied Goals 3.71) – Tage Thompson and the Sabres score a lot of goals. They are second only to Boston, scoring 3.8 goals per game.  Columbus is second worst with 3.96 goals allowed per game. 

Edmonton Oilers (Implied Goals 3.81) – The Oilers have the best matchup on the board when they welcome Arizona to Rogers Place. The Coyotes have the worst record in hockey and are allowing 3.65 goals per game.

Columbus Blue Jackets (Implied Goals 3.0) – As I mentioned in my opening, the Buffalo/Columbus game is a great stack. Buffalo allows 3.65 goals per game making this a potential shootout of a game.

Boston Bruins (Implied Goals 3.48) – Boston is the best team in hockey.  They lead the league with an astounding 3.96 goals per game.  They are facing a very injured Colorado team who just lost Nathan McKinnon for several weeks.  They are expensive to roster so they are last on my board, but you should try to get some of them in a lineup or two.

Favorite Lines

BUF 1: Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
BUF PP: Dylan Cozens-Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Rasmus Dahlin
CLS 1:Johnny Gaudreau-Boone Jenner-Patrik Laine
BOS 2: Pavel Zacha-David Krejci-David Pastrnak
EDM 1:Leon Draisaitl-Connor McDavid-Jesse Puljujarvi
BOS 1: Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Jake DeBrusk

Value Lines 

BUF 2:Jack Quinn-Dylan Cozens-John Jason Peterka
EDM 2: Mattias Janmark-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-Kailer Yamamoto
CLS 2: Kent Johnson-Jack Roslovic-Gustav Nyquist

Below are players NOT listed above in the recommended lines.  Players in BOLD are my favorite plays. Prices are based on Draft Kings and players are presented in salary order.

Goalies:

Linus Ullmark, BOS – $8300
Stuart Skinner, EDM – $8500
Daniel Vladar, CGY – $8100

Defense:

Erik Karlsson, SJ – $8100
Rasmus Dahlin, BUF – $7300
Charlie McAvoy, BOS – $6200
Darnell Nurse, EDM – $5000
Noah Hanifin, CGY – $4800
Andrew Peeke, CLS – $3200
Zach Whitecloud, VGK – $3000

Wingers

Travis Konecny, PHL – $6200
Kevin Hayes, PHL – $5400
Victor Olofsson, BUF – $4000
Logan O’Connor, COL – $3600

Centers

Nazeem Kadri, CGY – $5800
Dylan Strome, WSH – $4200
JT Compher, COL – $3800
Nick Bjugstad, ARI – $3600

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