There were three teams who played last night that are also playing tonight: Boston, the New York Rangers, and Washington. I don’t have a ton of interest in the Rangers game, though stacking against Washington might not be a bad idea. They’re either starting Braden Holtby on both games of a back to back, or going with Justin Peters. Either way, it’s a good spot for Philadelphia.
The biggest favorites on the board, as usually is the case, is the team facing Buffalo with Carolina at (-200) via Covers Experts. Nashville and Boston are also big favorites, but picking a team facing Dallas and a team coming off a big overtime victory last night aren’t exactly great spots.
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Players will be in order of perceived value, by position, and there should be enough to mix-and-match for each type of game available on DraftKings. Some positions might only have a few plays, some might have several. It all depends on the day, the matchups, and the price.
Remember: players are in order of value, not necessarily in cost. Just because Sidney Crosby is $8000 one day doesn’t mean he’s a better value than Andrew Shaw at $4000.
Cash Games
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Duchene (COL) – $4900 | Voracek (PHI) – $5800 | Barrie (COL) – $4400 | Ward (CAR) – $7000 |
| Staal (CAR) – $6700 | Skinner (CAR) – $4500 | Ellis (NSH) – $4700 | Crawford (CHI) – $7900 |
| Toews (CHI) – $5600 | Tarasenko (STL) – $5800 | Del Zotto (PHI) – $3300 | Varlamov (COL) – $8300 |
| Smith (NSH) – $5200 | Forsberg (NSH) – $5700 | Faulk (CAR) – $5200 | |
| Giroux (PHI) – $8000 | Wheeler (WPG) – $6300 | Sekera (CAR) – $3500 | |
| Lehtera (STL) – $3100 | Burrows (VAN) – $3600 | ||
| Carter (LAK) – $5300 | Hossa (CHI) – $5700 | ||
| O’Reilly (COL) – $4400 | |||
- Either Jeff Skinner or Jakub Voracek (maybe both) should be staples of cash games tonight. Voracek’s price is absurd, and Skinner is in a great spot with a cheap salary.
- I don’t have a problem paying up for Giroux tonight. He’s in a good spot, there are cheap options in net, and very good values elsewhere.
- I want one of the two Carolina defensemen in cash game lineups. For those that don’t want to pay for Faulk, it won’t take much for Sekera to reach value.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Toews (CHI) – $5600 | Hossa (CHI) – $5700 | Seabrook (CHI) – $4700 | Svedberg (BOS) – $6500 |
| Staal (CAR) – $6700 | Saad (CHI) – $5700 | Faulk (CAR) – $5200 | Elliott (STL) – $8100 |
| Staal (CAR) – $3200 | Ladd (WPG) – $6400 | Streit (PHI) – $4500 | |
| Lindholm (CAR) – $3600 | Wheeler (WPG) – $6300 | Holden (COL) – $2700 | |
| Giroux (PHI) – $8000 | Chiarot (WPG) – $2600 | ||
| Schenn (PHI) – $4200 | |||
| MacKinnon (COL) – $5700 | |||
| Mitchell (COL) – $3100 | |||
| Little (WPG) – $5800 |
- It just worked out that the stacks I’m looking at tonight are center-heavy. I guess it makes picking wingers easier.
- Colorado has spread out their lines, which is terrible for DFS. I’ll take a cheap duo in MacKinnon/Mitchell and let the chips fall where they may.
- Philly’s top line is relatively cheap again, and are in a good spot tonight at home to Washington.
- It appears that San Jose may be without Joe Thornton again tonight. If that’s indeed the case, I do like the Blues at home a lot. I would look to the Lehtera/Tarasenko/Schwartz line if Thornton is out.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
Mark Arcobello (NSH-C, $2800) – Arcobello has joined Nashville’s second line with Colin Wilson.
Dmitrij Jaskin (STL-W, $2900) – Can easily reach value in a good matchup at home alongside Paul Stastny.
David Rundblad (CHI-D, $2700) – In Rundblad’s first 13 games of the season, he never cracked 15 minutes of ice time. He’s done so in four of his last eight games.
Good luck!
