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” (4PM ET) goes live! For more details on our NHL articles and videos, check out our NHL Content Schedule! Since this article is released early in the morning, it will be updated with notes if we get line-changes throughout the day.
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TB2 (Johnson-Point-Kucherov)
The 2nd line for the Lightning should be a popular stack tonight, but for good reason, as they host the Caps. They should see a lot of the Ovechkin line, which is one that can certainly be targeted against, as they allow their fair share of quality chances, while the Lightning have been as solid as any line, producing over 65 Corsi For per 60 and 31.2 Scoring Chances For per 60 at 5v5. With a good even-strength matchup and one of the best power-play matchups on the slate, they make for a fantastic spend-up option on either site tonight despite being one of the highest-owned stacks.
MTL2 (Byron-Domi-Shaw)
**Lehkonen skated on MTL2 this morning instead of Byron**
The Canadien’s 2nd line has posted some impressive numbers at 5v5 and gets an excellent home matchup versus the Blackhawks, who have tons of issues defensively. On the year, the Hawks have allowed them most SCA/60 and HDCA/60 at 5v5, and looking at the matchups here, they should see the most time against the Saad-Toews-Sikura line, which is arguably the worst defensive line for Chicago. Byron, Domi, and Shaw have a 68 minute sample where they’ve generated 73 CF/60, 40.7 SCF/60, and 17.8 HDCF/60 at 5v5. They’ll also be fully correlated on the top power-play against the league’s worst PK, making them a bargain for just $15,400 on DraftKings.
MIN1 (Parise-Staal-Fiala)
**Zucker is projected on L1 with Parise and Staal**
The new-look top line for the Wild comes into tonight against a tired Rangers’ team that is on the back-end of a road back-to-back. We don’t have much of a sample on this trio, but for under $15K on DraftKings, they deserve consideration in tournament tonight as one of the best values due to their 5v5 and PP matchup. If there is a matchup for the Wild to bust out of their lengthy home slump, it would be against a Rangers team that has been blasted on the road this season for the 3rd-most CA/60, 4th-most SCA/60, and 5th-most HDCA/60 on the road this season. Their kill has been equally bad on the road (76%), so it’s tough to pass on MIN1, as they’ll have full power-play correlation on the top unit as well.
