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NHL DFS: 1/10/23

There is only one lopsided game tonight when Columbus visits Tampa Bay. The other 9 games on this slate are evenly matched so we need to look deeper.  

New Jersey is in Carolina and the Hurricanes shoot the puck from everywhere. They are not necessarily quality shots but they count towards our goalie bonuses, so play whichever goalie is in for the Devils.

Looking at the Vegas Odds and implied totals, we have Tampa, Pittsburgh and San Jose projected to score the most goals.  We will use these teams to build lineups.

For a sneaky contrarian play, game stack Seattle and Buffalo. Players will be down on the Sabres after they were shut out last night, but I see that as motivation for a bounceback. Seattle has been scoring in bunches and Buffalo’s goaltending is average at best.

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Top Teams to Target

Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
San Jose Sharks

Favorite Lines/Stacks

TB 1: Point – Hagel – Kucherov
TB PP: Point – Stamkos – Kucherov – Hedman
PIT 2: Zucker – Malkin – Rakel
SJ: Meier – Hertl – Karlsson 

Value Lines

STL 2: Saad – Schenn – Barbashev

Goalies:

Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB
Vitek Vanecek, NJ
Jordan Binnington, STL

Defense:

Rasmus Dahlin, BUF
Dougie Hamilton, NJ
Victor Hedman, TB
Erik Karlsson, SJ
Mikhail Sergachev, TB
Filip Hronek, DET
Jonas Brodin, MIN

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