Daily Fantasy Hockey DFS Value Update – April 21

Anaheim Ducks at Dallas Stars – ANA Leads 2-0

The Ducks are ahead 2-0 but the series has been pretty close. Each game was a one-goal game, and the Ducks nearly blew a 4-0 lead in Game 1. The series has been close both in goals and in underlying numbers, so I do think this series takes a turn in Dallas.

Dallas was 20^th in goals against at home this year but that number climbs all the way to 5^th-most when talking about games on the road. There is also a bit of a discrepancy in home/road goal scoring (10^th to 15^th). In short, like most teams, Dallas was considerably better at home than they were on the road. In fact, they beat Anaheim at home 6-3 this year (also once in Anaheim as well).

If there were one game I would look at today for stacking, it would be the top line in Dallas in this one. The prices have dropped a bit because they haven’t produced a lot yet this series so it’s not too hard to fit them into the lineup. I would also be using Kari Lehtonen in net for my games.

A few notes so far in this series:

Dallas coach Lindy Ruff has been pulling the “Let the players pick their lines” in morning skates. This means we don’t have a read on who is playing with who in the games until the games start. Besides Benn/Seguin, I wouldn’t assume anything… Anaheim’s Matt Beleskey continues to be out for the Ducks, Devante Smith-Pelley has been his replacement on the top line in Anaheim… Mathieu Perreault and Patrick Maroon continue to be the two extra forwards on Anaheim’s top PP unit.

Good luck!

Michael Clifford

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