Daily Fantasy Hockey Update and Value Picks – December 14

Montréal Canadiens at New York Islanders

The Canadiens went on a pretty good tear but have now lost back-to-back games, being outscored 8-1 in the process. It’s not to say they were grossly outplayed – the overall shots were 57-52 against – but their power play has gone ice cold and that’s a problem for a team like Montréal.

The Islanders are coming off a fairly disastrous Western road trip, going 1-4 in those five games, being outscored 21-8 over that stretch. Part of it is penalty killing, where they were just 71.4-percent over those games, and part of it is goaltending, as it has been for a few years now on the Island.

Coincidentally, the last time these two teams met, the Canadiens won 4-2, which snapped a four-game losing streak. The Canadiens would go on to win 10 of their next 12 games.

I don’t have a lot of confidence in either power play right now, as the Canadiens has been shut down for five straight games while their penalty kill has been stifling. I just really don’t have much of a read on this game, so will only be taking value plays here and there.

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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