The NHL is back after the Christmas break with a massive 14-game main slate on DraftKings. We have 7 games with an implied game total of 7 goals, all of which are viable player pools:
CLS@NJ
FLA@TB
OTT@TOR
DET@MIN
DAL@STL
COL@ARI
SJ@LA
I lean towards these games to find fantasy value in such a large slate. Of these games, I like Detroit at Minnesota. Detroit is scoring on droves but has no goaltending and will be starting a 3rd string goalie tonight. Patrick Kane has played just 10 games and has 5 goals and 5 assists for Detroit. Minnesota is almost a carbon copy of the Wings. This game could be 9-10 goals. Florida at Tampa Bay is always a fun game and usually high-scoring, with Kucherov on a record-breaking goal-scoring season.
Winnipeg is in an interesting position against the Blackhawks. Chicago is fun to watch with Connor Bedard, but they are not a good team and can give up a lot of goals. Toronto is another good target with the Senators spiraling out of control, but they are expensive. Look at Columbus and Buffalo for some value.
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Teams to Target
Detroit
Minnesota
Florida
Tampa Bay
Toronto
My Favorite Stacks
DET: Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Patrick Kane
MIN: Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
TB: Nick Paul – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
FLA: Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
TOR: Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
BUF: Jeff Skinner – Tage Thompson – Alex Tuch
Value Stacks
DET: Joe Veleno – JT Compher – Lucas Raymond
BUF: JJ Peterka – Dylan Cozens – Jack Quinn
ARI: Matias Maccelli – Nick Bjugstad – Lawson Crouse
MIN: Marcus Johansson – Marco Rossi – Ryan Hartman
Goalies
Igor Shesterkin, NYR – $8100
Jacon Markstrom, CGY – $8000
Jose Saros, NSH – $8000
Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB – $7800
Defense Player Pool
Roman Josi, NSH – $7100
Josh Morrissey, WPG – $6500
Morgan Rielly, TOR – $5900
Zach Werenski, CLS – $5700
Jake Walman, DET – $5500
Noah Hanifin, CGY – $4500
Jacob Slavin, CAR – $4400
Brock Faber, MIN – $4300
Owen Power, BUF – $3600
Damon Severson, CLS – $3400
Travis Hamonic, OTT – $2900