Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – March 27

Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers

Carolina is just 2-4-0 in their last six games and just 5-10-0 since the Olympic break so the team has not been very sharp for about the last 20-percent of the season. That’s a lot of time to really not be playing very good hockey. It’s not just losses, the possession rates have seen a big dip as well. There are no random percentages fueling this downswing, this team just inconsistently sucks. They are still scoring goals (averaging three per game over their last four) but that has been driven by an 11.1-percent shooting rate in those four games. In other words, this team is performing poorly on an analytical level and their DFS value is being propped up by an inflated shooting percentage. That’s bad for DFS, but thankfully they get Florida tonight.

The Panthers won their last game, a 3-2 shootout win against the Ottawa Senators. They, too, haven’t won much lately, going 5-8-1 in the month of March. Their shots against are starting to be a problem as the team has allowed 36.8 shots on goal per game over their last five, and that’s some Toronto Maple Leafs defense right there. The team also has just five goals in their last four games, so there’s not much to rely on here in the DFS game.

This will be one of the last games of the season where a Hurricanes stack would be advisable; the ‘Canes have eight goals in their two games against Florida this year. I wouldn’t be opposed to Anton Khudobin if he starts for Carolina for some GPPs (I would actually avoid their goaltenders in 50/50s and heads up matches).

Michael Clifford

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