None of the teams playing tonight are on the second of a back to back, so every team on the slate tonight should be relatively rested.
Boston is the most heavily favored team tonight, with Tampa Bay in a distant second. Chicago also has a pretty good matchup, but I can understand if people don’t want to rely on a goalie on the road in the non-vs. Buffalo category.
A couple of these games should be high-paced hockey like NYI/COL and CHI/OTT. Picking players from those games can provide a nice floor through shots and blocked shots.
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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
| Center | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Bergeron (BOS) – $5500 | Killorn (TBL) – $3700 | Stralman (TBL) – $3600 | Svedberg (BOS) – $7100 |
| Stamkos (TBL) – $7400 | Sharp (CHI) – $6800 | Visnovsky (NYI) – $3400 | Bishop (TBL) – $7600 |
| Shaw (CHI) – $4100 | Marchand (BOS) – $4100 | Keith (CHI) – $5000 | Darling (CHI) – $6200 |
| Scheifele (WPG) – $3800 | Drouin (TBL) – $4000 | Hamilton (BOS) – $4900 | |
| MacKinnon (COL) – $5500 | Kane (CHI) – $6400 | Ekman-Larsson (ARI) – $5700 | |
| Griffith (BOS) – $3600 | Parenteau (MTL) – $3900 | Campbell (FLA) – $3000 | |
| Filppula (TBL) – $4400 | Boedker (ARI) – $4500 | ||
| Lehtera (STL) – $3400 | Sedin (VAN) – $6200 | ||
| Bjugstad (TBL) – $3900 |
- I will be hard-pressed to not have a couple Lightning players in most cash lineups. Stralman is still cheap and that top line has good values all across it.
- There are pretty cheap goalies with very good matchups tonight. It’s not necessary to pay up for a goaltender for this slate of games.
- I couldn’t argue with an expensive defenseman tonight like Hamilton or Keith. There are a lot of good values elsewhere and that makes it easier to swallow their salaries.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Center | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Krejci (BOS) – $6200 | Lucic (BOS) – $5000 | Hamilton (BOS) – $4900 | Darling (CHI) – $6200 |
| Stamkos (TBL) – $7400 | Killorn (TBL) – $3700 | Stralman (TBL) – $3600 | Smith (ARI) – $6200 |
| Filppula (TBL) – $4400 | Sharp (CHI) – $6800 | Visnovsky (NYI) – $3400 | Miller (VAN) – $8400 |
| Shaw (CHI) – $4100 | Kane (CHI) – $6400 | Edler (VAN) – $4500 | |
| Vermette (ARI) – $4100 | Boedker (ARI) – $4500 | Holden (COL) – $2700 | |
| Sedin (VAN) – $5000 | Sedin (VAN) – $6200 | ||
| MacKinnon (COL) – $5500 | O’Reilly (COL) – $5200 | ||
- That Florida/Arizona game is a game that I don’t think many people will be on. Picking a side and grabbing the goalie from that side isn’t a bad idea. I’ll lean Arizona, but can make an argument for both.
- Boston, Tampa Bay, and Chicago are key matchups, but most people should be on some combination of those three teams. That makes their differentiation a little difficult.
- I do like Vancouver tonight as a contrarian play. The Habs haven’t looked overly sharp on the Western trip so far, so it’s possible that poor play keeps up.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
Vladislav Namestnikov (TBL-C, $2500) – Second power play duties to go along with easy 5-on-5 matchups.
Simon Gagne (BOS-W, $2500) – There’s no power play time here, but he’s playing alongside Patrice Bergeron now.
Nick Holden (COL-D, $2700) – Still getting top power play minutes for Colorado, facing a team with a poor penalty kill.
Good luck!
