There are no teams playing a back to back today and the biggest favorite via Covers Experts is Pittsburgh.
This is a short slate. It was supposed to be four games, but the Rangers/Sabres game was cancelled because of the snowstorm that ravaged the area. That leaves us with three games to pick from, one of them being New Jersey/Edmonton (yay?). I will not be playing GPPs today, so there will not be any GPP analysis for this Friday. Apologies to those that might bother, but this is a three-game slate and I’m trying to stay out of the habit of having money in play just because there’s hockey on TV.
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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 |
| Krejci (BOS) – $4800 | Lucic (BOS) – $3500 | Hamilton (BOS) – $3700 | Rask (BOS) – $9100 |
| Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) – $5800 | Hornqvist (PIT) – $8000 | Maatta (PIT) – $3100 | Scrivens (EDM) – $6200 |
| Nielsen (NYI) – $6200 | Hall (EDM) – $7500 | Krug (BOS) – $4300 | |
| Soderberg (BOS) – $4000 | Bailey (NYI) – $3500 | Leddy (NYI) – $3800 | |
| Malkin (PIT) – $8600 | Eriksson (BOS) – $3800 | ||
| Jenner (CBJ) – $4700 | Eberle (EDM) – $6000 | ||
- I would assume the Bergeron line matches up against the Johansen line, so for the most part, I will be avoiding both tonight.
- The Pittsburgh/Islanders matchup should be high-scoring. I don’t have the high-priced Islanders because the high-priced Penguins are a better value. Going a bit off the beaten path and going with Islanders skaters isn’t necessarily a bad idea, though.
- There’s a lot of good value among the defensemen. Considering Tuukka Rask’s price today, it’s not necessarily a bad day to avoid paying up on defensemen.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
Seth Griffith (BOS-C, $2900) – Still playing on the David Krejci line, and still gets good power play time.
Matt Calvert (CBJ-W, $2800) – There are no good bargain-priced wingers today. Throwing a dart with Matt Calvert.
Jeff Petry (EDM-D, $2800) – He’s Edmonton’s best defenseman and has been earning more ice time of late.
Good luck!
