NHL DFS: 12/10/22
It’s Saturday, and we have a small 5 gamer on our hands. We have one game in particular that I am highly interested in: Buffalo at Pittsburgh. This is a home-to-home, back-to-back series of games that may open up some opportunities.
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Top Teams to Target
GAME STACK: Buffalo at Pittsburgh – I find this game interesting. Both teams played in Buffalo last night, with Pit winning 4-3. There was a lot of secondary scoring, but the top lines still got some points. Since this is game 2 on a back t back, you can expect Backup goalies to be played for both teams. The sportsbooks have this as a 7-goal game with Pittsburgh a slight favorite, meaning another 4-3 game. Stacking this game makes sense—pair PIT 1 with BUF 2. Or use PP lines and fill in with the other team’s top 2 lines. With Jeff Skinner suspended I like BUF PP 1 as it will give exposure to the top 3 lines for Buffalo.
Toronto Maple Leafs – Calgary heads to Toronto after an embarrassing loss in Columbus last night. The second half of a back-to-back, border crossings and travel, and terrible play makes this a smash spot for Toronto. The Maple Leafs are also playing their best hockey so far this season. This has the potential to be very lopsided
Los Angeles Kings – LA has an Implied Goal tally of 3.5 goals tonight. Montreal gives up a ton of shots and goals, and they have enough firepower to keep it close. LA players are cheap and good fillers for other rosters.
Vancouver Canucks – Minnesota travels to Vancouver on the second night of a back-to-back. These are the situations we love to target, with Minnesota playing a backup goalie and boeing road weary.
Favorite Lines
PIT 1: Jake Guentzel-Sidney Crosby-Rickard Rakell
PIT PP: Rickard Rakell-Sidney Crosby-Jake Guentzel-Jeff Petry-Evgeni Malkin
BUF PP: Alex Tuch-Dylan Cozens-Victor Olofsson-Tage Thompson-Rasmus Dahlin
TOR 1:Michael Bunting-Auston Matthews-William Nylander
PIT 2:Jason Zucker-Evgeni Malkin-Bryan Rust
TOR 2: Denis Malgin-John Tavares-Mitch Marner
LA 1: Kevin Fiala-Anze Kopitar-Arthur Kaliyev
VAN 1: Nils Hoglander-Bo Horvat-J.T. Miller
BUF 1:Peyton Krebs-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Value Lines
LA 2:Trevor Moore-Phillip Danault-Viktor Arvidsson
BUF 3:Casey Mittelstadt-Tyson Jost-Victor Olofsson
VAN 2: Ilya Mikheyev-Elias Pettersson-Brock Boeser
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:
Matt Murray, TOR – $8100
Antti Raanta, CAR – $8000
Ilya Sorokin, NYI – $7200
Defense:
Brent Burns, CAR – $6400
Quinn Hughes, VAN – $5900
Sean Durzi, LA – $4900
Mark Giordano, TOR – $4400
Brady Skjei, CAR – $3300
O. Ekman-Larsson, VAN – $3300
Wingers
Cole Caufield, MON – $7000
Martin Necas, CAR – $6700
Seth Jarvis, CAR – $3800
Mike Hoffman, MON – $3800
Steffan Noesen, CAR – $3000
Josh Anderson, MON – $2800
Centers
Nick Suzuki, MON $5900
Joel Eriksson Ek, MIN – $5700
Matthew Barzal, NYI, $5400
Jeff Carter, PIT – $3300
David Kampf, TOR – $2500