Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – March 11

I generally pick two players playing against each other in the same game for a daily fantasy hockey lineup. The same applies for a goalie and a player from opposite teams. You might see two players among the “value picks” from opposite teams, but that doesn’t mean you should take them both. No matter the value, you’re also likely cannibalizing points, so any gains made below a certain price point – the point where production and cost intersect – can be lost if production declines overall as well.

There are many things that determine value: The player’s history (both short and long-term), the price, recent production, opponent, line matching at even-strength, power play time and injuries are just some of the factors to consider. The “Top Value” doesn’t necessarily mean the cheapest player, either.

Finally, as far as goalies go, it’s the one position I’ll pay through the nose for if I really like the match-up. The same applies for back-ups with good match-ups. In a given night, with a full slate of games, I won’t have more than three different goalies across all my lineups, usually two. I’ll name the goalies I like specifically in the match-ups they appear in.

Here is today’s slate of games (and DraftStreet values). Reminder: check Left Wing Lock for up-to-the-minute information on starting goalies.

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Games are color-coded as follows:

Green means stack for GPPs. Yellow means targets for cash games. Red means value plays only.

Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Nashville seemed well on their way to cruising to a win in Ottawa last night but blew a 3-0 lead with less than 15 minutes left in the third period. The Predators ended up winning 4-3 in overtime but it was a lot more nerve-wracking than it should have been. On the season, Nashville is 1-2-1 on the second game of back-to-backs this year and haven’t won in such a situation since October. The team’s power play went 0-fer again last night bringing their dry spell to 0-for-18 in their last five games. Back-up goalie Carter Hutton is already named as tonight’s starter, too.

The Sabres have lost two in a row after starting 3-1 off the break but it’s not all bad: Buffalo lost the second of a back-to-back to Florida and then lost to Chicago. Not really a lot of blame to go around for those there. The bright spot for Buffalo is goaltender Jhonas Enroth; since the Ryan Miller trade, Enroth has managed a .935 save percentage in five games. The team is generating a lot of offense – they’re averaging 22.5 shots on goal in their last four games – but the goaltending has been outstanding and that’s allowed them to win a few games.

With the way Buffalo is playing, this would seem to be a good game to take Enroth, regardless of the type of game. It also seems like a good spot for them to score a few goals so I will be sprinkling some Sabres players across both 50/50s and GPPs tonight.

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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