NHL DFS: 2/18/23

If you didn’t hear the news, Toronto made a blockbuster trade, obtaining Ryan O’Reilly from the Blues. This has an effect on tonight’s slate, as Toronto is heavily favored against Montreal at home. We still want to target this game, but checking the starting lines before game time is essential. O’Reilly will NOT accrue points tonight on DraftKings, but he will play, which could affect who you roster. For this writing, I will be posting TOR 1 and 2 as they are known. The assumption is O’Reilly will play on TOR 2 with Marner and Tavares.

With that out of the way, we have an 8-game slate with many good matchups. My favorites are Toronto, Carolina, Los Angeles, San Jose, and Buffalo. Buffalo and San Jose pay each other tonight and that game has the highest implied total. Both teams are scoring a lot and neither can play defense. I will finish this with my beloved Red Wings, who are currently on a 5 game winning streak, tearing through Western Canada with wins in Edmonton and Calgary. They play a Seattle team who ranks in the button half of the league in goals against. In these 5 games Dylan Larkin has 6 goals and 6 assists. Let’s ride the hot streak while we can.

Top Teams to Target

Toronto
Detroit
Carolina
San Jose

Favorite Lines/Stacks

TOR 1: Bunting – Matthews – Nylander
CAR 1: Svechnikov – Aho – Jarvis
DET 1: Larkin – Bertuzzi – Kubalik
TOR 2: Tavares – Marner
SJ PP: Hertl – Barbanov – Meier – Karlsson

Value Lines

NYR 3: Chytil – Lafreniere – kakko
LA 3: Fiala – Lizotte – Iafalo
DET 2: Rasmussen – Copp – Fabbri

Goalies:

Frederick Andersen CAR – $8300
Carter Hart, PHL – $7500
Ville Husso, DET – $7200

Defense:

Erik Karlsson, SJ – $7700
Rasmus Dahlin, BUF – $7100
Drew Doughty, LA – $5700
Tony DeAngelo, PHI – $5500
Brady Skjei, CAR – $4700
Filip Hronek, DET – $4200

Here are some other players I like for tonight

Wingers
Travis Konecny, PHI – $7500
Alex Tuch, BUF – $7100
Jeff Skinner, BUF – $6700
Kevin Hayes, PHI – $6200
Artemi Panarin, NYR – $6000
Gabriel Vlardi, LA – $4200
David Perron, DET – $4200

Centers
Tage Thompson, BUF – $8700
Elias Pettersson, VAN – $7500
Phillip Danault, LA – $4700
Scott Laughton, PHI – $4500
Paul Stasny, CAR – $2900