NHL DFS: 12/19/22

We have a nice sized 8 game slate tonight, which kicks off a very busy week of hockey ahead of the holiday break. We have been red hot lately, so lets keep up the good work and take down some tournaments.

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Top Teams to Target

Dallas Stars – The Stars are the lucky recipient of the Columbus Blue Jackets who is giving up the most goals per game in the league. Dallas has the 4th highest goals per goal, making this a perfect smash spot for their top line.

Vegas Golden Knights – VGK has the second highest implied score on the night (3.74) and are playing at home against Buffalo who surrenders a ton of shots and goals. This is actually a good game stack with Tage Thompson being the hottest player in the league for the Sabres.

Boston Bruins – Boston is the best team in the NHL and are unbeatable at home, setting an NHL record of 14 wins to start the season before a shootout loss to Vegas late last week. Their top 6 players all contribute, so while big names are expensive you can find some value.

Washington Capitals – The Capitals have quietly started scoring a lot of goals on their quest to get Ovi the scoring record. The Red Wings have been hit by injuries and are playing poor defense at the moment. 

Favorite Lines

DAL 1: Jason Robertson-Roope Hintz-Joe Pavelski
VGK 2:Jonathan Marchessault-William Karlsson-Reilly Smith
BOS 2: Pavel Zacha-David Krejci-David Pastrnak
BUF 1: Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
WSH 1:Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Conor Sheary

Value Lines

DAL 3: Jamie Benn-Wyatt Johnston-Mason Marchment
DET 3: Dominik Kubalik-Pius Suter-Oskar Sundqvist
ARI 2: Lawson Crouse-Nick Bjugstad-Matias Maccelli

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 – $8200
Karel Vejmelka, ARI – $7900
Ilya Sorokin, NSH – $7300

Defense:

Rasmus Dahlin, BUF – $7200
Jakob Chychrun, ARI – $6500
Charlie McAvoy, BOS – $6200
Brandon Montour, FLA – $5800
Darnell Nurse, EDM – $5500
Miro Heiskanen, DAL – $5200
Shayne Gostisbehere, ARI – $5000
Hampus Lindholm, BOS – $4600
Daniil Miromanov, VGK – $3700

Wingers 

Cole Caufield, MON – $6900
Patrik Laine, CLS – $6600
Vladimir Tarasenko, STL – $5600
Pavel Buchnevich, STL – $5500
Clayton Keller, ARI – $5200
Nick Schmaltz, ARI – $4500

Centers

Dylan Cozens, BUF – $6200
Nick Suzuki, MON – $5900
Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH – $4700
Brayden Schenn, STL – $4200
Travis Boyd, ARI – $3700
Nicolas Roy, VGK – $2700