Two teams that played last night that are also playing tonight are Philadelphia and Vancouver. Both should be starting their backup goalies, while the Flyers looked a little… disorganized last night.
The biggest favorites tonight are out West in Los Angeles and San Jose, though I’m not so sure about that last team. Remember this is a San Jose team that has lost, twice, to the Buffalo Sabres this year. Being massive favorites against what is a better-than-average Florida is misleading for DFS purposes. Realistically, Minnesota should be much bigger favorites than they are, which makes me think Vegas knows something is up in that game.
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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 |
| Filppula (TBL) – $4600 | Perry (ANA) – $6700 | Daley (DAL) – $3400 | Kuemper (MIN) – $6500 |
| Granlund (MIN) – $3700 | Benn (DAL) – $6600 | Ellis (NSH) – $3700 | Quick (LAK) – $8900 |
| Vermette (ARI) – $4300 | Callahan (NYR) – $5800 | Stralman (TBL) – $3300 | Rinne (NSH) – $8500 |
| Getzlaf (ANA) – $5900 | Parise (MIN) – $5600 | Suter (MIN) – $4300 | |
| Carter (LAK) – $5700 | Kane (CHI) – $7100 | Enstrom (WPG) – $3200 | |
| Richards (CHI) – $5500 | Neal (NSH) – $7600 | ||
| Lehtera (STL) – $6200 | Gaborik (LAK) – $4700 | ||
| Stamkos (TBL) – $8000 | Niederreiter (MIN) – $4800 | ||
| Ribeiro (NSH) – $4800 | Marleau (SJS) – $5000 | ||
| Eakin (DAL) – $4100 |
- Even with Tampa Bay likely widely-owned, it’s hard to get away from Valtteri Filppula’s price tonight. Same goes for Mikael Granlund.
- What will be overlooked is that though Dallas has a good matchup with Arizona, Arizona has equally as good a matchup as the Stars do. The Coyotes will not be widely owned.
- I know Patrick Marleau is on a skid, but his price is getting very, very low. It’ll be hard to leave him off of rosters.
- I like Kuemper a lot tonight. I do think that Minnesota line should be higher, so maybe something’s up. But everything points to a Minnesota win tonight.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Center | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Koivu (MIN) – $4200 | Parise (MIN) – $5600 | Suter (MIN) – $4300 | Pavelec (WPG) – $6300 |
| Ribeiro (NSH) – $4800 | Neal (NSH) – $7600 | Ellis (NSH) – $3700 | Andersen (ANA) – $6200 |
| Filppula (TBL) – $4600 | Callahan (TBL) – $5800 | Stralman (TBL) – $3300 | Luongo (FLA) – $6600 |
| Stamkos (TBL) – $8000 | Kane (CHI) – $7100 | Seabrook (CHI) – $5100 | |
| Richards (CHI) – $5500 | Marleau (SJS) – $5000 | Vlasic (SJS) – $3200 | |
| Couture (SJS) – $5400 | Kennedy (SJS) – $3000 | Daley (DAL) – $3400 | |
| Eakin (DAL) – $4100 | Benn (DAL) – $6600 | ||
| Seguin (DAL) – $8800 | |||
- Minnesota and Nashville both have plus matchups tonight. Those are the places to go without over-thinking it.
- Tampa Bay should be widely-owned tonight because of the last couple of games from the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s still a great matchup for the Lightning.
- For those looking for a bit of a contrarian play, both Arizona and Florida have decent matchups and will probably not be tagged with high ownership rates tonight.
- I like Pavelec’s spot quite a bit tonight for a GPP, and the same goes with Frederik Andersen.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
Vladislav Namestnikov (TBL-C, $2500) – The depth plays from Tampa Bay could have a very good night against the depth from Toronto.
Tom Wilson (WSH-W, $2900) – He’s still on the top line in Washington.
Keith Ballard (MIN-D, $2500) – Ballard seems slated to run the second power play unit.
Good luck!
