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Three Stars of the Night

If you’re going to spend up, these are our favorite targets on the night:

Evgeni Malkin – PIT – ($7500 DK/$8500 FD) – Always been of the “Malkin on the road, Crosby at home” school, but Malkin has been more consistent and should have a great night alongside Phil Kessel against a Sabres team that gives up 3.35 G/60 on the road.

Patrik Laine – WPG – W- ($7300 DK/$7500 FD) – Everyone is going to be on Winnipeg tonight and for good reason. I like Laine over Wheeler or Schiefele because he comes in at a cheaper price but has similar upside.

Oscar Klefbom - EDM – D ($5200 DK/$5500 FD) – His numbers have been great over the past 5 games and should be a part of the scoring for the Edmonton side tonight.

Line Stacks

FLA – Huberdeau-Barkov-Dadonov ($18700 DK/$19000 FD) – Florida is averaging 4.61 GF/60 at home and Dallas (on the end of a back to back) is giving up 2.95 GA/60 on the road. My favorite on the night

BUF – Kane-Eichel-Reinhart ($17700 DK/$18200 FD) I was looking at goaltenders and Murray has one of the worst GSAA numbers on the night. For this reason, I’m looking at Buffalo.

MIN – Niederreiter-Staal-Zucker ($16100 DK/$17200 FD) Over the past 10 games, this has been one of the most productive lines playing tonight.

The Risk-It-For-The-Biscuit Stack:

VGK – Marchessault-Karlsson-Smith ($14500 DK/$17000 FD) A better bargain on DraftKings, but one of my favorite stacks due to their production and value over the past month

Top Shelf Plays

You can assume on most nights that players like McDavid and Seguin are in play. There’s no need to list them here. Also, players listed in favorite stacks can be assumed to be a top play as well. What we’re trying to provide is a list of players at the top, middle, and value salary tiers that you should consider in your lineup based on their line, power play time, shots on goal, or consistency over the past month.

Goaltenders 🥅

• Connor Hellebuyck – WPG ($8400 DK/$9100 FD) Confirmed

• Jonathan Quick – LA ($8200 DK/$9100 FD) Expected

• Braden Holtby – WAS ($7600 DK/$6400 FD) Confirmed

• Charlie Lindgren - MON ($7700 DK/$7400 FD) Confirmed - GPP Only

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