New Jersey Devils at Dallas Stars
The Devils have been playing in some high-scoring games lately with a record of 2-2 in their last four games but having had 24 goals scored in those games. However, it’s tough to rely on this team to score with any regularity: the Devils have just two wins in seven road games since the Christmas break and they have scored just 12 goals as a team in those seven games. In short, they’re not doing much away from New Jersey and while they can keep games close, they usually don’t have the legs to close the game out.
Dallas has won three of their last four games and have scored 17 goals along the way. Since being reunited, the line of Jamie Benn–Tyler Seguin–Valeri Nichushkin have been ripping apart the opposition but the team has been playing better as a whole of late: over Dallas’ last six games, the Stars have averaged a positive shot differential of 12.83. That means in their last half-dozen games, they’re outshooting every team by nearly 13 shots. That is an obscene total.
The wildcard in this game is Cory Schneider. The Devils goaltending has an unbelievable 11 goals against in his last nine starts and that number is beyond absurd. If Schneider turns in one of those patented 37-save performances, it could sink the DFS night for the player that might stack the Dallas top line.
Schneider scares me enough that I won’t be wildly stacking Dallas players but I will have enough of them sprinkled across my lineups. I do expect Dallas to win this game, though, so Kari Lehtonen might not be a bad choice in net.
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Top RW Value |
Top LW Value |
Top C Value |
Top D Value |
Bargain Bin |
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(DAL) |
Ryane Clowe |
Tyler Seguin $12,680 |
Alex Goligoski |
Trevor Daley |
