NHL DFS Picks: Power Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, Saturday, 2-22-20

DraftKings and FanDuel NHL DFS Picks: It’s Saturday and that means some big NHL DFS contests on DraftKings, FanDuel, Yahoo and FantasyDraft. This eight-game slate is a nice one, but it is full of traps. Let’s get into some top NHL DFS picks for Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, including Mika Zibanejad and Max Pacioretty along with a few new wrinkles


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NHL Schedule for Saturday, Feb. 22

AWAY – the opening line O/U HOME TIME – EST
Carolina 6.5 Toronto  -140 7:00 p.m.
Montreal  -130 6.5 Ottawa 7:00 p.m.
San Jose 6.5 NY Rangers  -165 7:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay  -170 5.5 Arizona 8:00 p.m.
Columbus 5.5 Nashville  -155 8:00 p.m.
Boston  -145 5.5 Vancouver 10:00 p.m.
Florida 6.5 Vegas  -185 10:00 p.m.
Colorado  -155 7.0 Los Angeles 10:00 p.m.

Centers

Mika Zibanejad — NYR vs SAN — ($7,600 DraftKings, $8,300 FanDuel)

Zibanejad will be almost chalky on this medium NHL DFS slate. The matchup is against a San Jose team (even on a back-to-back) is an excellent one. New York plays at an even more frenetic pace at home. The center racked up three more points against Carolina (1 goal, 2 assists). This New York top line is rolling and it is hard to see it get slowed down too much by what is left of the Sharks’ defense at this juncture.

Pivoting to Patrice Bergeron or even John Tavares could pay off as their matchups are as favorable. Watch for Nick Suzuki as the rookie has quietly put up 40 points this season for Montreal and keeps seeing more and more of a role. His doughnut against Washington could quickly be erased by a plus matchup in Ottawa.

Kyle Turris — NSH vs CLB — ($4,200 DraftKings, $3,800 FanDuel)

For now, Turris is getting the ice time of a showcased forward. He may not get traded but if he continues to see nights where he is getting 18-20 minutes a contest, then he is worth a value play. His price is rock bottom at this juncture and does have a good matchup against an injury-riddled Columbus team. Yes, this carries risk because of Turris’ erratic shot volume but the scoring chances should be there especially if he stays with Matt Duchene and Filip Forsberg.

Wingers

Anthony Duclair — OTT vs MTL — ($5,300 DraftKings, $4,500 FanDuel)

Duclair generates solid shot volume. He averages nearly three shots a game of late and had six just a few games ago. Overall, the Ottawa winger has been a bit cold in his last ten games with three points but all of those have come in the past three contests. Duclair endured a couple of bad bounces on Thursday against Winnipeg but he had three scoring chances. Montreal is a team that is defensively vulnerable to speed as I witnessed first-hand last Saturday against Dallas. Duclair has plenty of speed and ability to position himself around the net. Also, look at Brady Tkachuk here as well.

Keep an eye on this game. Like others tonight, it has a high potential for six goals or more, which makes for some stacking with Montreal and Ottawa on multiple fronts. These two teams should be able to trade goals given the fact that their defenses give up chances all over the ice. David Pastrnak and Artemi Panarin are obvious choices, but let us continue with the not-so-obvious.

Mike Hoffman — FLA vs VGK — ($6,000 DraftKings, $6,400 FanDuel)

Hoffman is not very good defensively, but his offensive potential is still excellent. He has seven points (four goals) in the last nine games while averaging nearly four shots a game on the net. The Vegas Golden Knights can still be made to look silly defensively and Alec Martinez will not change that much. If anything, he may make them worse down the road. For this matchup. Hoffman on the power play and even at even-strength should enjoy a plus matchup. His price is a bit higher than most expect but he often gets overlooked too. On this road trip, the winger has at least one point in every game.

A Final Note

Look at Ilya Kovalchuk against the Senators as well. Even a Frank Vatrano play is plausible on Saturday. Do not forget Taylor Hall on Saturday against what could be a slightly worn down Tampa Bay team. Arizona needs the points more than Tampa Bay does now.


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Defensemen

Quinn Hughes — VAN vs BOS — ($4,800 DraftKings, $5,300 FanDuel)

This is a pure power play. Hughes has unbelievable quickness and play-making ability. Boston is never an easy team to play against but Hughes should have chances on the man advantage as the Bruins could be a little fatigued in this one at times. Hughes also has 13 points (three goals) in his last ten games and comes off one of his best performances of the season. Against Minnesota, he had five shots on goal, hit a post, blocked a shot, and generated four scoring chances.

Also, consider Adam Fox or Brady Skjei from the Rangers here. From the Colorado side of things, look at Ryan Graves again. If one wants to spend up, Shea Weber going up versus Ottawa is not a bad idea. Ottawa yields the most DFS points to defensemen.

NHL DFS Stacks

NYR1 — Mika Zibanejad – Chris Kreider – Pavel Buchnevich

There is nothing to expect but quality chances with this group. Again, San Jose has packed it in for the season on the surface. Watch for some mixing of Ryan Strome and Artemi Panarin on the man advantage especially. It seemed to occur more as the Carolina game went on Friday night. This will be an interesting nugget to watch. Also, Zibanejad after his seven-shot, three-point night against Carolina has 16 points in his last ten games and seven goals on his previous 37 shots on net. There are few players hotter in the league currently.

BOS1 or COL1 

Both are very good choices with excellent matchups. Boston’s top line excels even in back-to-back scenarios for some reason. It is uncanny but they find ways. Colorado is intriguing in that its top line was almost missing in action on Friday night. Fortunately, a better albeit slower matchup exists on Saturday night. Nathan MacKinnon typically does not have two sub-par games in a row. He had five shots and four scoring chances in their only meeting earlier in the season. Likely, Colorado’s top line rebounds on Saturday. Finally, Boston’s top line, especially with power-play correlation and Torey Krug remains a threat as well.


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