Daily Fantasy Hockey Value Update – December 23

Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers

Winnipeg is finishing up a three-game-in-four-day stretch today in Edmonton, having lost last night in Vancouver 2-1. I thought Vancouver would walk all over the Jets, but the team from Winnipeg put up a very solid game from start to finish.

That type of game is extremely difficult to put together two days in a row on the road; there’s been two instances this year where the Jets have had to play back-to-back nights on the road, and they’re 0-2 in those games (a 3-2 loss to Colorado, a 4-2 loss to Buffalo). It’s not to say that Edmonton is anything resembling a good team, but they’re getting the Jets in a great spot tonight.

The Oilers have lost six games in a row, scoring just six goals in those games. They have been shutout three times along the way in those games, including a 6-0 blowout home loss to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.

Edmonton should have a little bit more spirit tonight if they have any sense of pride in their team and their play, so I expect a better effort than Saturday night. They get the Jets at the right time, so I will have lots of top Oilers across my lineup.

Michael Clifford

Michael Clifford was born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and is a graduate of the Unviersity of New Brunswick. He writes about fantasy hockey and baseball for XNSports and FantasyTrade411.com. He can be reached on Twitter @SlimCliffy for any fantasy hockey questions. Follow @SlimCliffy !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

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