Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – December 28

Montréal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

These are two teams that are having sneaky-good months of December. The Canadiens, despite all their problems, are 7-4 so far this month while the Lightning, who have been rolling along without Steven Stamkos, are 7-2-2 this month.

The Habs and Lightning met back in November and it was the game after the Stamkos injury, a 2-1 shootout win for Tampa Bay. It’s not like that should be unexpected: Carey Price and Ben Bishop are sixth and fifth respectively in save percentage among qualified goalies this year.

The Canadiens have mixed their lines up a bit:

Les trios: Pacioretty-Desharnais-Gallagher, Bourque-Plekanec-Gionta, Galchenyuk-Eller-Brière et Moen-White-Prust. (Bournival, Parros) #Habs

— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) December 27, 2013

Coach Michel Therrien probably feels as though Desharnais can be carried by his line mates, as can Daniel Brière. It’s a dangerous way to live as a real life hockey team, but that provides a good value opportunity in the fantasy game.

This should be another low-scoring game but Ben Bishop’s price is just getting too exorbitant. For me, if you’re not comfortable going with Price, I would stay away from this game completely.

Michael Clifford

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