There is only one team playing the second night of a back to back tonight, and that’s the Anaheim Ducks. Most teams should be rested, even though teams like Columbus and Los Angeles have some key injuries (Bobrovsky, Kopitar) that might make secondary GPP targets against them viable.
Update: Los Angeles also played last night. That was an oversight on my part.
No team is a significant favorite tonight – odds taken from Covers Experts show that no one is better than a (-125) favorite tonight. That makes picking a goaltender pretty tough. I think the best option would be to go with Pekka Rinne for Nashville tonight, if only because it seems they have the best matchup. It’s still not ideal, though.
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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 |
| Johansen (CBJ) – $6800 | Atkinson (CBJ) – $5800 | Savard (CBJ) – $3600 | Rinne (NSH) – $9000 |
| Getzlaf (ANA) – $7400 | Benn (DAL) – $7800 | Vatanen (ANA) – $4700 | Howard (DET) – $7400 |
| Seguin (DAL) – $9000 | Abdelkader (DET) – $5100 | Daley (DAL) – $5100 | |
| Smith (NSH) – $4900 | Perry (ANA) – $8500 | Johnson (CBJ) – $3600 | |
| Kadri (TOR) – $3800 | Lupul (TOR) – $4600 | Franson (TOR) – $3400 | |
| Spezza (DAL) – $7000 | Beleskey (ANA) – $4500 | ||
| Kessel (TOR) -$8000 | |||
| Hemsky (DAL) – $3100 | |||
- As is obvious, I do like Columbus tonight, as well as their prices. There are some very good values for Toronto, though, so I’m definitely not opposed to taking players from both sides.
- There are a lot of cheap wingers tonight in positions to succeed like Lupul, Beleskey, and Hemsky. That makes spending at other positions, especially goalie, especially viable.
- Defense is a bit of a mess tonight. Because savings can be had elsewhere, it might not be a bad idea to spend some extra cash there.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Center | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Seguin (DAL) – $9000 | Benn (DAL) – $7800 | Franson (TOR) – $3400 | McElhinney (CBJ) – $6200 |
| Spezza (DAL) – $7000 | Perry (ANA) – $8500 | Vatanen (ANA) – $4700 | Lehtonen (DAL) – $7700 |
| Getzlaf (ANA) – $7400 | Beleksey (ANA) – $4500 | Savard (CBJ) – $3600 | |
| Johansen (CBJ) – $6800 | Atkinson (CBJ) – $5800 | Jones (NSH) – $3300 | |
| Kadri (TOR) – $3800 | Lupul (TOR) – $4600 | ||
| Kessel (TOR) – $8000 | |||
- I would be avoiding the Detroit/Los Angeles game if possible tonight. It just doesn’t look like there will be many goals in that one.
- Columbus/Toronto and Anaheim/Dallas are the two games to really pick on.
- There aren’t many good goalies tonight. It truly is a shot in the dark, so I would roll with McElhinney if only because he’s cheap.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
Colin Wilson (NSH-C, $2900) – Wilson should be avoiding the Brodie/Giordano matchup all game, and he gets secondary power play time as well.
Tomas Jurco (DET-W, $2800) – He’s been taken off the top power play unit, but he’s still going to get secondary time against a weaker second PK unit for Los Angeles.
Fedor Tyutin (CBJ-D, $2800) – Tyutin will probably have to block a few shots tonight, and he gets second unit power play time. He could reach value without even tallying a point.
Good luck!
