DraftKings and FanDuel NHL Power Plays, Monday 1/28

This Monday features a short two game slate in NHL DFS. First off, let’s remind everyone of the Votts media list and a few links to follow.

When you are making your teams, one needs to make sure your goalie is confirmed and starting. Sites like Dailyfaceoff.com, Leftwinglock.com, and Goaliepost.com are great places for information. Another great source exists in team the form of team beat writers.  Jeff has created a list on Twitter @Votts_DFS  for all of the NHL teams, and a separate list of all the beat writers for you to follow, it’s a great tool and a necessity. The advanced stats that I use and reference in this article come from Corsica.hockey and naturalstattrick.com.

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact me on our premium Slack chat, or you can hit me up on Twitter @ChrisWasselDFS.

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A Quick Note…

The picks below cover the Monday slate which starts at 7:00 pm ET and is just two games.

Full Schedule For Monday, January 28th, 2019

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Prices are in DraftKings format unless noted. FanDuel prices will be included as well.

 

NHL DFS GPP Plays For Monday

High Priced Shots

Sidney Crosby ($7,300) — The play will be high owned no matter what. Crosby against a New Jersey team that gives up nearly four goals a game on the road. New Jersey handling Pittsburgh the first few times means a little but not as much. There’s no Taylor Hall and Keith Kinkaid is not the same goalie as he was earlier in the season. Ownership could easily be 50%+ in tournaments. However, it is a dangerous risk to fade. If one does decide to, look toward the second line but remember the contrarian New Jersey second line as well. They will also be cheap!

Claude Giroux ($5,800) — The Phialdelphia forward remains at $7,300 on FanDuel but is still worth a safe, cash and even tournament play on Monday. Winnipeg gives up a lot of shots when Laurent Brossoit is in net. That increases Giroux’s floor at the very least. Expectations are that Giroux figures in on some of the scoring. Brossoit keeps things interesting like we mentioned and so does Winnipeg’s penalty kill which has sputtered a bit of late. Saving money here on DraftKings will allow a player to go after Pittsburgh’s wingers to get some power play correlation on Monday night or take a shot at Winnipeg’s man advantage unit as well.

 

Into The Middle

Sean Couturier ($5,200) — Couturier screams play with his DraftKings price and his production and increased shot and chance volume merits consideration. He has five goals and 11 points in his last nine contests. The FanDuel price is $6,500 which is not as bad given his hot stretch. Again, Couturier firing 3.4 shots per game in this span helps his cause here. He could go under the radar a bit even on this short of a slate. Options are very limited on Monday. Keep that in mind.

Blake Coleman ($5,700) — Coleman is hitting the net at 3.5 shots per game and has eight points in his previous nine starts. One big thing with Coleman is he is not utilized on the power play which increases risk some. FanDuel’s price comes in at just $4,400 where he is getting immense value (less than $400 per point). Coleman’s speed expects to give Pittsburgh fits and create matchup problems galore. Now, if only John Hynes would give the winger some power play time. One can hope!

 

Throwing Some Darts

Brian Boyle ($3,900) — Boyle struggling a bit does not seem to help but is a contrarian play on Monday against a Pittsburgh team a bit vulnerable to how New Jersey plays them. Boyle’s hard shot seems to find holes against them. Consider the last matchup, the forward notched a hat trick on four shots. This screams high danger pick and honestly it is on Monday night. Nolan Patrick is one to consider from Philadelphia but keep in mind his $4,700 price tag on FanDuel (only $3,800 on DraftKings).

Dominik Simon ($3,700) — Simon has 21 shots on net in his last ten games and his ice time keeps increasing (17+ minutes in the game before the break). He tallied seven points in his previous nine games and the more time he sees with Crosby, the better. The forward creates matchup problems with his speed and possesses pretty good hands. His FanDuel price has risen slowly to $4,200 but is still low enough to provide much value on Monday night.

Travis Sanheim ($3,600) — Sanheim makes for a nice option from Philadelphia because of his low price and higher floor (shots and blocked shots above four the past ten games). He is just $3,900 on FanDuel which is not a terrible price either. Again, the key becomes playing the right mix of chalk and value tonight.

 

Goading The Goalies

Again, our best bet with this slate is to simply wait for confirmations to come in. The problem lies in the fact that only Laurent Brossoit has been confirmed so far. The likely other goalies will be Carter Hart (likely). As for the New Jersey and Pittsburgh matchup, it appears Keith Kinkaid will suit up against Matt Murray. Murray expects to be ridiculously owned due to the high chances of a win (around 70% in some circles). Winnipeg comes in with around a 60% chance partially because Brossoit has lost just once in regulation in 12 games this year. The other reason is Brossoit has faced 35+ shots in his last five starts and won them all.

More picks and choices will be available on Slack and social media later.

Best of luck on Monday! This expects to feature a lot of unexpected, slate wise.

 

We humbly apologize for our mistake on Saturday listing the wrong amount of games on the slate. When one gets used to playing slates a certain way, it was just an unacceptable mistake. Again, our apologies…

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