Key Skaters

C Brayden Point (TB)

It’s been a slow start early on for Point but of late he has a goal in three of his last four games. The Coyotes come in winless sporting a record of 0-5-1 posing little resistance defensively. At $6,200 Point is a nice value in a smash spot and should be a popular option.

W Vladimir Tarasenko (STL)

Another top talent option that can be considered a value is Vlad Tarasenko at $5,700. On the season Tarasenko leads all skaters with at least 50 minutes of ice time in scoring chances per 60 at 5v5, is eighth in goals per 60 at 5v5, and is second in shots per 60 at 5v5. This should be a game that has scoring chances back and forth and having a sniper-like Tarasenko as this value is extremely convenient.

C Nathan MacKinnon (COL)

MacKinnon is obviously expensive but in what should be a fast-paced game with scoring chances on both sides it’s tough to avoid him. MacKinnon has point in each of his last five games and the Blues are among the leagues leaders in scoring chances per 60 at 5v5.

Favorite Line Stacks

Tampa Bay Lightning

Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat, Steven Stamkos

• This is a tough spot to avoid Tampa in against the lowly Coyotes and they should be popular. We’re getting a nice discount with Point and Palat making paying for Stamkos doable as we have power play correlation on the top unit with Point and Stamkos while Palat find himself on the second unit.

Buffalo Sabres

Victor Oloffson, Tage Thompson, Rasmus Asplund, Rasmus Dahlin

• There’s full power-play correlation on the top unit here as the Sabres take on the Ducks who have the second-highest expected goals-against average. Oloffson, Thompson, and Asplund have the fifth-highest expected goals average. There’s plenty of value attached to this stack in what is a tremendous, overlooked matchup.

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, Viktor Arvidsson

The top line for the Kings has been clicking on all cylinder to this point with the second-highest expected goals rate for at 5v5. The Jets have been allowing a ton of shots and Connor Hellebuyck has been strong to this point but the Kings top line is rolling right now.

Also consider:

Boston Bruins: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Pasternack

Calgary Flames: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk

Top Positional Skaters

*Not mentioned in “key skaters'” section. Last skater at each position is my favorite value

Center

• Elias Pettersson (VAN)
• Logan Couture (SJ)
• Nick Suzuki (MTL)
• Nazem Kadri (COL)

Wing

• Mikko Rantanen (COL)
• Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)
• Connor Garland (VAN)
• Kevin Fiala (MIN)
• Taylor Hall (BOS)

Defense

• Cale Makar (COL)
• Brent Burns (SJ)
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson (VAN)
• Torey Krug (STL)
• Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)
• Keith Yandle (PHI)

Goalies

• Jacob Markstrom (CGY)
• Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB)
• Cam Talbot (MIN)
• Craig Anderson (BUF)

NOTE: All pricing references pertain to DraftKings

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