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Daily Fantasy Hockey: DFS DraftKings Values – January 10

Michael Clifford lists the best daily fantasy hockey picks and value plays for use on DraftKings.

Columbus, Calgary, and the New York Islanders all played last night. With backup goalies expected in the Islanders/Blue Jackets game, that could be a fairly high-scoring contest. Calgary is on the road in Vancouver, making the Canucks a good target.

St. Louis is the biggest favorite on the board tonight, via Covers Experts. I would hesitate on going wild on the Blues, though, as their opponent (Carolina) has won three of their last four, and their lone loss was a tight 3-2 game in Nashville. Besides St. Louis, Vancouver and Los Angeles are the next-biggest favorites on the board.

Check out the $7K guaranteed, $2 entry Sniper contest tonight on DraftKings! Details below

-$7,000 prize pool.
– First place wins $1,000
– $2 entry fee (FREE with first deposit)
– Top 800 finishing positions are paid.​
– Starts Saturday, January 10th at 7:00 PM EST
– Salary Cap Style Drafting. $50,000 to select 9 spots. 8 players and 1 goalie.
– Roster Format: 2 C, 3 W, 2 D, 1 G and 1 Util.
– First time depositors at DraftKings receive a 100% bonus up to $600

As always, check Left Wing Lock for goalie confirmations.

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
Backstrom (WSH) – $6000 Tarasenko (STL) – $6500 Leddy (NYI) – $3300 Elliott (STL) – $8300
Dubinsky (CBJ) – $6000 Okposo (NYI) – $6400 Bieksa (VAN) – $3700 Holtby (WSH) – $7700
Sedin (VAN) – $4500 Hoffman (OTT) – $3300 Boyle (NYR) – $4600 Quick (LAK) – $7700
Stepan (NYR) – $5800 Perron (PIT) – $4300 Savard (CBJ) – $3500
Lehtera (STL) – $3500 St. Louis (NYR) – $6000 Letang (PIT) – $5200
Vermette (OTT) – $4300 Sedin (VAN) – $5800
Nielsen (NYI) – $4800 Burakovsky (WSH) – $3100
Carter (LAK) – $5300 Atkinson (CBJ) – $4100

 

  • My confidence in Washington and the NY Rangers hinge on if Henrik Zetterberg and Joe Thornton play tonight for their respective teams. They both seem to be game-time decisions, and if they are out, I like the Caps and Rangers quite a bit.
  • If Thornton/Zetterberg do play, I don’t mind spending a bit more to upgrade to John Tavares, if only because there are a lot of good values across the board tonight.
  • Henrik Sedin’s price and matchup dictates he’s as close to a must-play as it gets tonight.
  • This isn’t a good night for stars and scrubs on DK; I’d rather put out a balanced lineup (no players over $7000).

Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments

Centre Wing Defense Goalie
Backstrom (WSH) – $6000 Ovechkin (WSH) – $9200 Green (WSH) – $5000 Anderson (OTT) – $7400
Tavares (NYI) – $7900 Burakovsky (WSH) – $3100 Leddy (NYI) – $3300 Lundqvist (NYR) – $8500
Pageau (OTT) – $2500 Okposo (NYI) – $6400 Karlsson (OTT) – $6500
Sedin (VAN) – $4500 Bailey (NYI) – $3600 Bieksa (VAN) – $3700
Stepan (NYR) – $5800 Ryan (OTT) – $6400 Boyle (NYR) – $4600
Hoffman (OTT) – $3800
Sedin (VAN) – $5800
Burrows (VAN) – $3600
St. Louis (NYR) – $6000

 

  • Like cash games, my confidence in the Rangers and Capitals hinges on the availability of the Joe Thornton and Henrik Zetterberg. For those that want to avoid Detroit altogether, I have no problem moving to the Islanders.
  • Ottawa’s second line is exceedingly cheap and have a great matchup tonight with the Coyotes and Mike Smith. Using that trio allows players to go just about anywhere else.
  • Vancouver is a big chalk play tonight, but have a great matchup at home against Calgary with the Flames playing their second game in as many nights.

Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)

Nick Spaling (PIT-C, $2800) – Playing alongside Evgeni Malkin, and should avoid the P.K. Subban matchup at even strength.

Tanner Pearson (LAK-W, $2500) – At least two shots on goal in six of his last eight games, playing with Jeff Carter, and should avoid Dustin Byfuglien for the most part.

Cody Ceci (OTT-D, $2800) – Has registered a shot on goal in seven straight games (averaging 2.3 shots per game) and usually playing between 19-21 minutes over the last month.

Good luck!

**UPDATE: It looks like both Thornton and Zetterberg are back in the lineup. It makes me a lot less bullish on the Rangers and Capitals as a whole. No problem with Marleau or Nieto in cash games, or stacking those two with Thornton in a GPP. I might just stay away from the DET/WSH game.

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