Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – January 13

Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings

The Canucks were able to end their five game losing streak on Friday night with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. It wasn’t that impressive of a win, though, as the Canucks were pretty much outplayed from the opening face-off and it required a .968 save percentage performance from goaltender Eddie Lack to get the win. It will be Lack in net again tonight, as Roberto Luongo is still out with a lower-body injury.

Los Angeles outshot Detroit 45-26 on Saturday night but lost the game 3-1, giving the Kings seven losses in their last nine games. It’s been a weird run for the Kings of late, as they have outshot their last four opponents by an average margin of 19 shots per game but have only outscored those opponents 9-7. There is a shooting percentage problem in Los Angeles, which has been their issue for a few years now.

One of those last four opponents for the Kings were these very Canucks, a 3-1 win for Los Angeles in January 4 and was a game where the Kings outshot the Canucks 49-28. I expect more of the same tonight.

These two teams have scored just 21 goals in their last 10 combined games so this is probably going to be another low-scoring game. It’s a little worrisome for DFS, though, because a 46-save performance from Eddie Lack is better for DFS than a 23-save win for whoever starts for Los Angeles. That said, I’ll still take whoever starts for Los Angeles (presumably Jonathan Quick) and hope that the Canucks can manage some offense.

Good luck!

Michael Clifford

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