New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning
Since the Olympic break i.e. since John Tavares’ season-ending knee surgery, the New York Islanders are averaging 3.2 goals for/game. Huh?
Now, the team is averaging 3.6 goals against/game over those 12 games as well so it’s not like they are on some superhuman tear as a team, but they have kept up the goal scoring and that’s pretty good news for DFS. The fact that they also give up a pile of goals against is good news for DFS: It crosses off one goalie from consideration each night and also gives a boost to the opposition. One problem for the team is the penalty killing, as the Islanders have given up 12 power play goals against in the 12 games since the Olympics.
Tampa Bay is on one heck of a scoring streak; the team hasn’t scored fewer than three goals in nine straight games and have scored 35 goals in the 10 games since Steven Stamkos’ return. Part of this has been fueled by a power play that is absolutely on fire, converting nine of their last 29 power play opportunities (31-percent) dating back seven games. Towards the end of the last game, Victor Hedman was put on the top power play unit while Sami Salo was bumped down. This is the missing link to consistent DFS performance from Hedman.
I expect a lot of goals in this one. Given how prolific the Islanders have been this month and how poorly Ben Bishop has played (.904 save percentage in 11 March games), I would avoid the goalies. But I will be stacking the top Lightning power play unit in most GPPs.
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Top RW Value |
Top LW Value |
Top C Value |
Top D Value |
Bargain Bin |
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(TBL) $8389 |
(TBL) $6987 |
Steven Stamkos (TBL) $17,210 |
Victor Hedman (TBL) $10,632 |
(NYI) $5971 |
