Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks
This will be the best series of the first round and I am very much looking forward to these games.
There’s no real way to go about these two teams except to say that they are extremely evenly-matched. Both teams were top three in possession in the regular season, both teams are deep throughout their lineup, and both teams feature Stanley Cup-winning goalies (though how good they really are, I’m not so sure).
The regular season match up saw just 20 goals between the two teams in their five games and I expect that average of four goals per game to come down throughout this series. One concern about the Kings as far as DFS is concerned is that their power play was just 1-for-15 over their final five games and 0-for-15 in their final four games against San Jose. The cheaper players are the way to go with LA tonight.
It’s nice to have Tomas Hertl back if you’re the Sharks, more offensive depth usually isn’t a bad thing. He is on the third line, though, so I wonder how much it will hurt him to not play alongside Joe Thornton. This move has left Joe Pavelski on the top line and Martin Havlat on the second line. The latter is another good value.
Like I said, these should be close, low-scoring games. The goalies on either side would be a good bet to post good DFS numbers on the nights they win, but I have no clue how each game shakes out. I’d rather just take some value skaters and leave the rest alone.
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Top RW Value |
Top LW Value |
Top C Value |
Top D Value |
Bargain Bin |
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Martin Havlat (SJS) $8271 |
(SJS) $10,711 |
(LAK) $4214 |
(SJS) $8019 |
(LAK) $5360 |
Good luck!
