This 5-game slate is one of my favorites—compact and full of high-scoring potential. The Detroit-Pittsburgh and Vegas-Anaheim matchups both come in with an O/U of 6.5 goals, making them prime targets for offense. I’m particularly interested in the Detroit-Pittsburgh game, as both teams struggle defensively, creating a strong opportunity for a single-game stack.
We also have Toronto playing the second game of a back-to-back, traveling to Washington. With the Leafs likely turning to a backup goalie, this could favor the Capitals’ surprisingly high-scoring offense.
Carolina and Colorado are worth watching as well. While they’re capable of big nights offensively, they’ve been inconsistent, so I’ll focus on them for value plays rather than full line stacks.
Favorite Stacks
- Pittsburgh (PIT): Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby
- Washington (WSH): Dylan Strome, Connor McMichael, Alex Ovechkin
- Detroit (DET): Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Larkin, Patrick Kane
Value Stack
- Detroit (DET): Jonatan Berggren, Marco Kasper, Vladimir Tarasenko
Additional Players
Goalies
- Lukas Dostal (ANA)
- Pyotr Kochetkov (CAR)
- Logan Thompson (WSH)
Defense
- Brent Burns (CAR)
- Pavel Mintyukov (ANA)
- Jeff Petry (DET)
- Sean Walker (CAR)
- Devon Toews (COL)
Wingers
- Frank Vatrano (ANA)
- Lucas Raymond (DET)
- Michael Bunting (PIT)
- Nic Roy (VGK)
- Alex Killorn (ANA)
- Alex Kerfoot (UTA)
Centers
- Nathan MacKinnon (COL)
- Jack Eichel (VGK)
- Max Domi (TOR)
- Nick Bjugstad (UTA)
- Trevor Zegras (ANA)
- Jack Drury (CAR)