The only teams that played last night that are also playing tonight are Arizona and Detroit. The Coyotes go to Long Island to face the Islanders – which makes New York a good target – while Detroit goes into Los Angeles. The Red Wings are likely going to be without Henrik Zetterberg again, and are starting Jonas Gustavsson in net.
There are a lot of heavy favorites on the board tonight. Both the Wild and Islanders are (-300, via Covers Experts), while Columbus (-270) and Nashville (-200) are big favorites as well. There are a lot of cheap goalies starting tonight in good matchups which means spending a bit more on the blue line isn’t necessarily a bad idea.
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As always, check Left Wing Lock for goalie confirmations.
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 Draft Kings. 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 |
| Lee (NYI) – $4700 | Frolik (WPG) – $4400 | Leddy (NYI) – $4100 | Johnson (NYI) – $6700 |
| Johansen (CBJ) – $5500 | Bailey (NYI) – $4100 | Suter (MIN) – $4200 | Dubynk (MIN) – $8400 |
| Ribeiro (NSH) – $4300 | Neal (NSH) – $5600 | Franson (NSH) – $4200 | Rinne (NSH) – $9200 |
| Toews (CHI) – $5500 | Parise (MIN) – $8200 | Wisniewski (CBJ) – $4900 | |
| Granlund (MIN) – $4500 | Toffoli (LAK) – $6300 | Dumba (MIN) – $3200 | |
| Little (WPG) – $5700 | Hartnell (CBJ) – $5200 | ||
| Tavares (NYI) – $9000 | Kane (CHI) – $7100 | ||
| Carter (LAK) – $7700 | Kreider (NYR) – $4600 | ||
| Lindholm (CAR) – $3500 | Schwartz (STL) – $5200 |
- It’s tough to say any player is a “must play” but Anders Lee at $4700 in this matchup tonight is as close to it as it gets.
- With an injury to Blake Wheeler, Frolik is now on the top line for Winnipeg.
- There are enough values overall at center tonight that there is not much need to spend over $6000 down the middle tonight. I would look to spend a bit more on the wing.
- While Johnson is the only cheap goalie listed, there are other price levels given for a bit of change. Scott Darling and Anton Forsberg are both cheap goalies in good matchups as well.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Lee (NYI) – $4700 | Hartnell (CBJ) – $5200 | Leddy (NYI) – $4100 | Darling (CHI) – $7000 |
| Tavares (NYI) – $9000 | Neal (NSH) – $5600 | Weber (NSH) – $6400 | Forsberg (CBJ) – $6200 |
| Nielsen (NYI) – $5200 | Forsberg (NSH) – $5200 | Keith (CHI) – $5200 | Talbot (NYR) – $7700 |
| Johansen (CBJ) – $5500 | Hossa (CHI) – $5500 | Suter (MIN) – $4200 | |
| Wennberg (CBJ) – $3100 | Saad (CHI) – $4700 | ||
| Ribeiro (NSH) – $4300 | Parise (MIN) – $8200 | ||
| Toews (CHI) – $5500 | |||
| Granlund (MIN) – $4500 | |||
- Columbus and the New York Islanders are obvious. Not much needs to be said there.
- Nashville has loaded the top line with Ribeiro/Forsberg/Neal and with their relative prices, they’re not a bad option outside of the obvious plays.
- Chicago’s top line has seen its total cost drop by several thousands in a few days so it seems they present good value tonight at home to the Florida Panthers.
- Finally, I like the mini stack of Parise/Granlund tonight. They should get good in-game matchups against the Oilers.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
J.T. Miller (NYR-C, $2800) – Centering a good third line that should avoid the Giordano/Brodie pairing for the most part. Gets power play time, too, but Calgary has a pretty good penalty kill, so that’s not where he’s deriving his value.
Carl Klingberg (WPG-W, $2500) – I didn’t see any good bargain priced winger plays tonight, so this one is a complete shot in the dark.
Mattias Ekholm (NSH-D, $2500) – In a good matchup, even if he’s been pushed down the depth chart.
Good luck!
