Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – April 5

Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks

The Kings lost one of the best games I’ve watched all year to San Jose a couple of nights ago, 2-1. L.A. was playing the second of a back to back, though, so I’ll give them a lot of credit for hanging in so well.

One problem that’s cropping up for Los Angeles that they haven’t normally had to deal with is the penalty killing; the team is under 80-percent over their last six games. Not that they’ll have their hands full with Vancouver on the PK, but it is worrisome when relying on a goaltender for DFS that he’s essentially down 1-0 before the game starts.

Vancouver has lost three in a row, being outscored 11-4 and being outshot 98-80 along the way. This isn’t a team running into bad luck, they’re running into sucking again.

The penalty kill for the Canucks has been very good (90-percent in their last six games) while the power play hasn’t been too bad either (going off at over 22-percent for their last eight games). Everything in between has been average for the Canucks and relying on special teams is a quick way to lose games.

In four games this year, the Kings have won all four games and outscored the Canucks 12-4 in those games. Now that Vancouver has essentially nothing to play for, I worry about their DFS value. I will take whoever starts in net tonight for the Kings and a couple of decent value plays.

Michael Clifford

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