The following Spotlight Stacks were selected by Awesemo.com writer Jake Hari. For more analysis on the slate, check out the Projections page as well as Awesemo’s NHL Player and Stack Rankings. Subscribe to the Awesemo.com YouTube Channel to get notifications when “Hit The Ice” (4ET Weekdays) goes live!
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ANA1 (Rakell-Getzlaf-Kase)
The Getzlaf line had another high-event game against the Canucks last time out, and we should see more of the same against the Oilers, especially because they can avoid the McDavid line at even-strength. Ondrej Kase has been a madman in terms of creating chances since returning from injury and this line had 10 Scoring Chances in total vs. Vancouver, and they should have big advantages against the Nugent-Hopkins and Marody lines at even-strength. Throw in the 24th-ranked penalty kill for the Oilers and top power-play time for Rakell and Getzlaf, and you’ve got a great value at $17K for this early slate stack.
MIN1 (Zucker-Staal-Granlund)
The Wild top line continues to get great matchups at even-strength, so I’m going to keep riding them until they stop producing. Today they’ll have the pleasure of going up against the Connor-Little-Laine line at even-strength, which allows over 33 Scoring Chances Against per 60 and 13.4 High-Danger Chances Against per 60. We have max correlation here as these guys stick together on the power-play, and they’ll likely be lower-owned than NJ1, WSH1, and VGK1, making them an excellent pivot if you’re not with the chalkier options this afternoon.
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CAR1 (Teravainen-Ferland-Aho)
The Hurricanes are usually a pretty easy team to read when they’re at home, as the Staal line will take the opposing top line (Dadonov-Bark0v-Hoffman) while the Aho line will get primarily the 2nd and 3rd lines. The 2nd line for the Panthers gave up 8 Scoring Chances and 6 High-Danger Chances in their first game without Vincent Trocheck, and Florida also has a bottom-5 penalty-kill on the season. This is one of the highest-event lines in the entire league in a great matchup at all strengths, and they are oddly priced down on DK as they can be had for just $16,500.
SJ1 (Kane-Pavelski-Donskoi)
Speaking of high-event lines that are underpriced, the San Jose Sharks’ top line is only $17,300 on DK despite their team having the highest implied total of the entire day. They are attempting 62 shot attempts per 60 minutes at even-strength to go along with 33 Scoring Chances and 17 High-Danger Chances per 60. They don’t have great correlation on the man-advantage, but the even-strength matchups against the Canucks are good enough to warrant a full-stack even on an 8-game slate, especially because you can afford a 4-man with Brent Burns or Erik Karlsson.
