Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – February 1

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Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Buffalo pulled a win out in Phoenix a couple of nights ago thanks to a 38-save performance from Ryan Miller. The problem with stacking against the Sabres is that Miller is one of the few goalies who can have that type of performance with regularity: the Sabres have 15 wins as a team this year, nine of those have come in a game where Miller saved 34+ shots. There’s really not much to say about the Sabres at this point other than they have nine power play goals in 13 games this month and Ryan Miller can steal a game from any team on any given night.

Colorado comes into this game with a 7-2-1 mark in their last 10 games and have pretty much cemented themselves a place in the playoffs. One concern for them of late has been the goaltending; Semyon Varlamov’s save percentage has settled into the .918 range for the last couple of months and that’s probably about where is true talent lies. Other than Varlamov, this is a team that has three lines rolling well right now and it hardly ever seems like Nathan MacKinnon takes a night off.

This would typically be a game where I would stack Avalanche players but Miller has put the fear of god in me. Of note is that Thursday night made two games in a row with Erik Johnson and Alex Tanguay on the point for the first unit power play. Johnson’s price is still pretty cheap across the DFS sites so he’s a guy that could provide cheap production from defense if you’re looking to spend elsewhere. Don’t spend it on Varlamov though.

Top RW Value

Top LW Value

Top C Value

Top D Value

Bargain Bin

Max Talbot

(COL)

$6892

Ryan O’Reilly

(COL)

$9138

Matt Duchene

(COL)

$11,055

Erik Johnson

(COL)

$5446

Zemgus Girgensons

(BUF)

$4628

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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. !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');