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.
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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 |
| 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.
