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” (5:30PM ET) goes live!
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OTT2 (Tkachuk-White-Stone)
The 2nd line for the Sens should be able to create their fair share of shots and scoring chances tonight on the road in Chicago. The Hawks have gotten a bunch of wins lately, but their defense has been nothing short of horrendous, allowing by far the most Scoring Chances Against per 60 and High-Danger Chances Against per 60 at 5v5 since January 1, while the Stone line has had no issues generating offense all season. This line is still only $15,6oo on DraftKings, and in a great matchup against mostly the Kane and DeBrincat lines, which have 100+ minute samples of being giving in their own end.
VGK1 (Marchessault-Karlsson-Smith)
The Vegas top line comes into tonight at only $15,200 on DraftKings despite a solid matchup on the road in Colorado against the Avs. Colorado has done a decent job at 5v5 this season, but their kryptonite has been staying out of the penalty-box, as they lead the league (by a good margin) in Times Short-Handed and also own a bottom-5 penalty-kill. The power play for the Golden Knights has struggled lately, but a line that has solid even-strength numbers (62 CF/60, 30 SCF/60) and has full-power-play correlation on the top unit is much too cheap on a slate that has a lot of top lines to pay up for.
TB2 (Gourde-Point-Kucherov)
The new-look 2nd line for the Lightning have had success in their short time together, and they’ll get a favorable matchup against the Columbus top-6 tonight. So far, this line has a 61.3 Corsi For Percentage with over 30 Scoring Chances For per 60 and 14.3 High-Danger Chances For per 60 at 5v5, while the Blue Jackets’ top line has been leaky, allowing over 15 High-Danger Chances Against per 60 over their last 15 games (110 minutes). The Jackets’ kill has been great as of late, but if there’s ever a night for them to be tested, it would be against this loaded Tampa power-play, which ranks #1 in the league in PP success rate. Even if they aren’t able to do a ton of damage at 5v4, this is still a winnable 5v5 matchup for a very good line for under $20K.
