Power Plays 10-11-2018

After a short slate yesterday, we get a MASSIVE slate tonight with 12 games.  On large slates like tonight I wouldn’t worry about ownership at all, and I would just make the best team that you could.  Looking at rest situations, the Capitals and the Golden Knights are both playing on a back to back.  Surprisingly there is no late hammer tonight.  Let’s dig into the slate and see if we can find a couple plays to help you take down that big GPP tonight.  Good Luck!

When you are making your teams, I can’t stress enough that you need to make sure your goalie is actually confirmed and starting.  Sites like Dailyfaceoff.com, Leftwinglock.com, and Goaliepost.com are great places for information.  Another great place to get up to the minute news and information, is the teams beat writers.  I have created a list on Twitter @Votts_DFS  for all of the NHL teams, and a separate list of all the beat writers for you to follow, it’s a great tool and a necessity.  The advanced stats that I use and reference in this article come from Corsica.hockey and also naturalstattrick.com.

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact me on our premium Slack chat, or you can hit me up on Twitter @Votts_DFS.

 

Full Schedule for Wednesday October 10th, 2018 

AWAY HOME TIME – EST
Boston Edmonton 7:00 PM
Colorado Buffalo 7:00 PM
Columbus Florida 7:00 PM
Washington New Jersey 7:00 PM
San Jose NY Rangers 7:00 PM
Vegas  Pittsburgh 7:00 PM
Los Angeles Montreal 7:30 PM
Toronto Detroit 7:30 PM
Vancouver Tampa Bay 7:30 PM
Calgary St. Louis 8:00 PM
Winnipeg Nashville 8:00 PM
Chicago Minnesota 8:00 PM

Bold = Back to Back

 

CENTER

Stephen Stamkos – TB vs VAN – $6,400

Tampa has only played one game this year and they only put one goal on the board.  That shouldn’t happen tonight.  Vegas has already pegged this game for a high over under with the Bolts being massive favorites.  Stamkos’s price has come down from last game and with so many games on the slate tonight, his salary feels light.  He’s playing on the top line alongside electric Nikita Kucherov ($7,500) and Ondrej Palat ($4,500) practiced alongside him on Wednesday.  Vancouver through three games is doing what everyone pretty much expected, they are giving up the most scoring chances (38.45 SCA/60) and the most, high danger scoring chances (17.19 HDCA/60) in the league.  The Bolts should be all over the Canucks tonight and if you’re looking to stack a point man with the Stamkos line you can look to Victor Hedman ($5,900).  If you are looking to not spend as much you can drop down to Brayden Point ($49,00), who makes for a cash lock at his minutes and exposure to the top power play unit.

Vincent Trocheck – Fla vs CLS – $5,700

Trocheck should see the depth matchups with the Barkov line taking the top matchups at home, despite still putting up solid numbers.  Trocheck gets rock solid minutes (24 m/g) and he is a consistent shot producer that isn’t afraid to block shots as well.  Columbus second line is giving up 24.4 scoring chances per 60 this year so far and 11.4 HDCA/60.  Trocheck makes for a great cash play as well as a one off in a gpp tonight.   If you want more differentiation, you can combo Trocheck with Mike Hoffman to get the exposure to the top power play unit.

WINGER

Taylor Hall – NJ vs WSH – $6,800

Hall and the boys are back home and they get to take on a Caps team that played last night.  You can expect the Hall line to stay away from the Backstrom line for most of the night with last change.  all the Devils offense runs through Taylor Hall and you can expect him to create plenty of shots tonight as the Ovechkin line gives up plenty of chances.  the Hall line last year created 27 scoring chances per 60 with almost 14 of them being high danger.  I like NJ1 as a stack tonight as well.

Evander Kane – SJ @ NYR – $6,900

It took a couple games and injuries, but Kane made his way back to the top line of the sharks.  Kane has a ton of talent and he is a volume shooter. Kane has played four games this year and he has only shot under five shots on net one time. The Rangers are in the process of a rebuild, and they will have a rollercoaster year.  We just saw the Sharks go off for eight goals the other night and it wasn’t just a coincidence.  I am assuming the top line of the sharks (Kane-Pavelski-Labanc) to match up with the Rangers first line of Buchnevich – Zibanejad – Fast.  The numbers from last year for the combo of Buchnevich and Zibby are pretty generous.  they are allowing 26.9 SCA/60 and just shy of 12 HDCA/60.  Look for Kane to let it fly a bunch tonight.  If you want to go down to the second line of the Sharks, I wouldn’t mind that either.  Playing Logan Couture with Thomas Hertl will get you the exposure to the Elite top power play unit of the Sharks.

Arturi Lehkonen – MON vs LAK – $3,800

Lehkonen can help save salary tonight for the higher priced stacks we want to jam in.  Montreal has actually opened the season pretty solid with an OT loser against the Leaf’s and then beating the Penguins 5-1.  The metrics for the Habs in 2018 are really skewed so I don’t want to lean on them but we do have some metrics from last year with Lehkonen and Paul Byron.  The duo had a 34 SCF/60 with a 60% offensive zone start and they should avoid shutdown center Anze Kopitar.  The kings are also without Jonathan Quick in net.  Montreal could be a sneaky value stack to go along with your big dollar stacks.

Phil Kessel – PIT vs VGK – $5,600

Kessel’s price seems too cheap.  Playing alongside Evgeni Malkin on the second line and the top power play against a Vegas team that played last night makes a bunch of sense. Especially at his price.  The Kessel / Malkin line should match up with the Paccioretty line most of the night, but they never really hard match anyone.  Vegas played later last night and with the travel from Washington, I’m sure they didn’t get much rest.

DEFENSE

Victor Hedman – TB vs VAN – $5,900

If you have the cash to pay up at defense, Hedman makes a ton of sense tonight. He is a staple of the blue line for the bolts and he quarterbacks the top power play.  Hedman plays big minutes and he produces in all the peripheral stats that we are looking for.  The Canucks are at the bottom of the league in all the advanced metrics.   They are allowing a 38.45 SCA/60, and they are also allowing 17.9 HDCA/60.  Vancouver is in for a treat tonight and I’m expecting a lot of lamp lighters in Tampa Bay.

Henri Jokiharju – CHI @ MIN – $3,600

Jokiharju took off practice yesterday due to illness so please double check he plays.  The young defenseman has broken into the Blackhawks system and now finds himself playing solid minutes and also getting time on the top power play unit for Chicago.  He has good vision on the ice for passing lanes and he’s not afraid to shoot the puck, with an average of 3.5 shots on net per game in this early year.  Jokiharju doesn’t need to do much to pay off the 3.6k price tag.  He helps save you the salary you need with all the high-priced players we want.

GOALIE

Carey Price – MON vs LAK – $7,000

Aaron Dell – SJ @ NYR – $7,400

 

TOP STACKS

TB 1 / TB PP

FLA 1 / FLA 2 / FLA PP

TOR 1 / TOR PP

NJ 1

PIT 2 / PIT PP

BUF 1 / BUF PP

MIN 1 / MIN 2

 

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As an avid competitor, Jeff "Votts" Votteler grew up playing all types of sports. But as he grew up, he gravitated towards hockey and played at a very competitive level. Fantasy sports became a passion of Votts' over 10 years ago, which in turn moved over to the emerging world of daily fantasy sports for the last five years. Votts likes to dive into the analytics of all the sports, where he can turn over those value "rocks" that players depend on to win on a daily basis.

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