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Three Stars of the Night

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

• Alex Ovechkin – W - WAS – $8000 DK/$8700 FD - Ovechkin is in the top 10% of players on the slate for individual scoring chances, corsi, and shots on goal. He’s also been averaging almost a goal a game at home over the past 5 games.

• Patrick Kane – W - CHI – $7800 DK/$8200 FD - Kane has a great matchup against a week Buffalo team at home. Kane has been great at home with an average of over 4 shots on goal a game and over an assist a game over the past 5 home games. Kane also comes in at a slightly lower price than Ovechkin which makes him a solid pivot if you can’t squeeze Ovechkin in your lineup.

• John Carlson – D -WAS- $5700 DK/$6200 FD – Tonight, Josi and Carlson are the top tier plays at D. Josi isn’t a bad play, but Carlson is slightly cheaper and has been more productive over the past 5 home games compared to Josi. 

Line Stacks

The top lines for Washington and Vegas will probably be popular tonight, but here’s a few if you want to get off of the chalk:

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

Top Shelf Plays

Here’s 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. If you’d like any specifics of why a certain player made (or didn’t make) the list, give us a holler in NHL chat.

Goaltenders 🥅 

These goals aren't going to tend themselves, let's goooooo......

• Pekka Rinne – NSH - $8000 DK/$8700 FD

• Corey Schneider – NJ - $7900 DK/$8300 FD

• Braden Holtby – WAS - $8200 DK/$9100 FD

• Sergei Bobrovsky – CLS - $7600 DK/$8900 FD GPP ONLY

• Devan Dubnyk - $7300 DK/$8600 FD

Punts of the Night 👍

Trying to find the best 3rd and 4th liners that could provide some salary relief in your lineups:

• Alex Tuch – W - VGK - $3700 DK/$3900 FD

• Colin Miller – D - VGK - $3500 DK/$4900 FD

• Francois Beauchemin – D - ANH - $3100 DK/$3700 FD

• Brayden McNabb – VGK - $3000 DK/$3500 FD

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