Vancouver, Carolina, and Columbus all played last night, which should mean tired teams and backup goalies abound tonight. As far as Vegas goes, the biggest favorites tonight (via Covers Experts) are Anaheim and Edmonton. DFS players will want to get their goalie from one of these teams.
Dallas has been pretty bad on the penalty kill so far this year, so using a couple cheap players from the New Jersey Devils that get good power play time like Ryane Clowe or Damon Severson isn’t a bad idea.
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Players will be in order of perceived value, by position, and there should be enough to mix-and-match for each type of game available on Draft Kings. Some positions might only have a few plays, some might have several. It all depends on the day, the matchups, and the price.
Remember: players are in order of value, not necessarily in cost. Just because Sidney Crosby is $8000 one day doesn’t mean he’s a better value than Andrew Shaw at $4000.
Cash Games
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Ryan Kesler (ANA) – $5700 | Jaromir Jagr (NJD) – $4700 | Tobias Enstrom (WPG) – $3600 | Frederik Andersen (ANA) – $9200 |
| Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $6200 | Ryan O’Reilly (COL) – $5400 | Damon Severson (NJD) – $3400 | Ben Scrivens (EDM) – $6400 |
| Mark Scheifele (WPG) – $3800 | Taylor Hall (EDM) – $7200 | Sami Vatanen (ANA) – $4700 | |
| Travis Zajac (NJD) – $4000 | Devante Smith-Pelly (ANA) – $4100 | Anton Stralman (TBL) – $3400 | |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) – $5000 | Blake Wheeler (WPG) – $5000 | ||
| Jordan Eberle (EDM) – $5000 | |||
| Alex Tanguay (COL) – $4200 | |||
| Jonathan Drouin (TBL) – $5100 | |||
- Anaheim should be getting to face backup goalie Curtis McElhinney tonight, and that should bump up the Anaheim skaters. I will probably avoid expensive Ducks players tonight and look to get exposure through cheaper players like Vatanen and Smith-Pelly.
- I’m not particularly high on Colorado most nights, but tonight should be a good spot for them with Vancouver having played last night and likely starting Eddie Lack in net.
- I don’t see many defensemen past Sami Vatanen worth paying for tonight. Unlike most short slate nights, I would save on defensemen and spend on forwards and in goal.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) – $5000 | Taylor Hall (EDM) – $7200 | Justin Schultz (EDM) – $5000 | Cory Schneider (NJD) – $7000 |
| Travis Zajac (NJD) – $4000 | Jordan Eberle (EDM) – $5000 | Damon Severson (NJD) – $3400 | Ben Scrivens (EDM) – $6400 |
| Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $6200 | Jaromir Jagr (NJD) – $4700 | Anton Stralman (TBL) – $3400 | |
| Steven Stamkos (TBL) – $8800 | Gabriel Landeskog (COL) – $5500 | Sami Vatanen (ANA) – $4700 | |
| Ryan O’Reilly (COL) – $5400 | |||
| Jonathan Drouin (TBL) $5100 | |||
- I will be hard-pressed not to use the big guns for Edmonton tonight. I’d rather they were facing Cam Ward in net for Carolina, but it’s Anton Khudobin starting. Even still, this is a Carolina team still missing significant pieces to their lineup. Edmonton should fare well tonight.
- Stacking cheap New Jersey power play options allows for more expensive options like Steven Stamkos and Taylor Hall.
- I think Cory Schneider should make a good contrarian play tonight, if only because it’s not an ideal matchup for him. Those wanting to shy away from facing Dallas, though, should feel good about using Ben Scrivens.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
William Karlsson (ANA-C, $2800) – The young former second round pick is still getting top power play minutes with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.
Brett Connolly (TBL-W, $2500) – The highly-touted winger is getting second line minutes and first unit power play time. In Tampa Bay, that’s a great place to be.
Jon Merrill (NJD-D, $2700) – Those wanting to save even more money from using Damon Severson are just fine to use Jon Merrill, who is himself getting some good power play minutes.
Good luck!
