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 Rankings and Stacks. Subscribe to the Awesemo.com YouTube Channel to get notifications when “Hit The Ice” (4ET Weekdays) with myself and Homercles goes live!
CAR1 (Ferland-Aho-Teravainen)
The Hurricanes should have all the chances in the world on home ice against a Blackhawks team that is allowing the 4th-most Scoring Chances Against and High-Danger Chances Against per 60 this year. CAR has been dominant at home possession-wise, posting the most Corsi For per 60, Scoring Chances For per 60, and High-Danger Chances For per 60 of any team on home ice in 2018. The top line should see 18-20 minutes of ice time including top power-play time against likely starter Cam Ward, who is a big step down from Corey Crawford. They’re not going to be a secret tonight, but this is clearly a top play in all formats on both sites.
DAL1 (Benn-Seguin-Radulov)
With the probable return of Alex Radulov, we could see the real DAL1 re-unite at home against the Blue Jackets. Even if these 3 aren’t all together at even-strength, they almost always see a few minutes of ice time together at 5-on-5 and they’ll play on the top power-play tonight against a 76.8% Columbus penalty-kill. The Blue Jackets are allowing the 7th-most Corsi Against and Scoring Chances Against per 60, so if you’re looking for an expensive trio that may go underowned (if they’re not together), DAL PP1 is a great option.
NSH2 (Fiala-Turris-Smith)
The fancy numbers are seemingly always there for this line, but it rarely translates to GPP-winning success. However, tonight could be the night they finally bust out for a multi-goal performance at just $12,900 on DraftKings. They have a 52 Corsi For Percentage, over 30 Scoring Chances For per 60, and 13 High-Danger Chances For per 60 at even-strength, and the best part of this line is that they’ll see mostly ANA2 (38.9 CF%, 17.7 HDCA/60) and ANA3 (Henrique-Aberg duo at 48 CF%, 15.6 HDCA/60) at 5v5. The Ducks have been out-attempted by at least 10 in 5 out of their last 6 home games while being out-chanced in all of those 5 as well, so this sets up to be a great spot looking into possession numbers, and NSH2 is dirt-cheap.
