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!
BUF1 (Reinhart-Eichel-Skinner)
The Buffalo top line comes into tonight as one of my highest projected stacks on the night despite it not being a matchup most will want to pick on. Their opponent, the Lightning, have been middle-of-the-pack defensively in Corsi Against per 60, Scoring Chances Against per 60, and High-Danger Chances Against per 60 on the road this year, while the Skinner-Eichel combo has been fantastic so far. Top power-play time is crucial for these Sabres, too, as the Lightning have been short-handed the 4th-most times in the NHL this year. Reinhart’s price make this line fairly affordable on DraftKings for under $19K and what should be fairly low ownership on home ice.
SJ2 (Meier-Couture-Hertl)
The Sharks’ 2nd line trio of Timo Meier, Logan Couture, and Tomas Hertl has been dominant at even-strength this year, attempting almost 75 shots per 60, 40 Scoring Chances per 60, and 11 High-Danger Chances For per 60. They’ll be taking on an adequate Nashville team, but one that is on a road back-to-back after a shootout loss to the Ducks. They should see a lot of the top Nashville line, which has been leaky without Viktor Arvidsson, as the Johansen-Forsberg combo (without Arvidsson) has allowed 14.4 High-Danger Chances at even-strength. Meier, Couture, and Hertl all play on the power-play in some fashion, so adding Erik Karlsson or Brent Burns to make this underpriced 3-man ($17,100 on DK) a 4-man is certainly doable if you want the Sharks onslaught in GPPs.
MIN2 (Zucker-Staal-Granlund)
Despite their immediate success since being put back together, this Minnesota line is still underpriced on both site and they find themselves in a favorable spot on home ice. The defending Stanley Cup Champions are allowing the 3rd-most Scoring Chances and the most High-Danger Chances per 60 of any team on the road this year, and putting the big guns (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Oshie) on line 1 all but guarantees the Staal line will see great matchups all night at even-strength. Throw in top power-play time for Zucker, Staal, and Granlund against a 71.7% Caps kill, and we’ve got one of the best values stacks of the night.
