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NHL DFS Man Advantage Monday December 10th

By Matt Vecchio

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 15: Nikita Kucherov #86 of the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrates with teammate Victor Hedman #77 and Brayden Point #21 after scoring a goal against Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals during the second period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Capital One Arena on May 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 15: Nikita Kucherov #86 of the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrates with teammate Victor Hedman #77 and Brayden Point #21 after scoring a goal against Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals during the second period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Capital One Arena on May 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – DECEMBER 04: Jimmy Howard #35 of the Detroit Red Wings skates against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Little Caesars Arena on December 04, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Tampa Bay won the game 6-5 in a shootout. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) NHL DFS
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – DECEMBER 04: Jimmy Howard #35 of the Detroit Red Wings skates against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Little Caesars Arena on December 04, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Tampa Bay won the game 6-5 in a shootout. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) NHL DFS /

Welcome to NHL DFS Man Advantage for Monday night December 10th.  Tonight is small 4 game slate that features some of the leagues lowest scoring teams.  Out of the 8 teams on tonight’s slate, 5 of them are in the bottom 15 teams in the league in scoring ( LA, NYR, NYI, NJ, and Det). 

With there being so many low scoring teams a lot of the focus of NHL DFS lineups are going to come from the remaining 3 teams (Pit, SJ, TB). We will have to dig deep and find the best options from the bottom teams to mix with the high scoring teams to cash tonight and I am here to dig through and hopefully give you some options to help you win tonight.

NHL DFS Goalies:

My top goalie on the night is Martin Jones from San Jose. Jones comes winning 2 of his last 3 starts and only allowing 5 goals in the 3 games. San Jose is 9th in the league in shots allowed and the Devils average 33.4 SF/G, 5th highest in the league. In the 2 wins Jones faced 81 combined shots and stopped 79 of them, so the heavy shot load is not a deterrent for me using him, instead it’s a positive.

Another viable option for tonight is Jimmy Howard. Howard has quietly been having a pretty decent season with a 2.70 GAA and a .920 SV%. Over his last 3 starts Howard is 2-1 but he has allowed 10 goals in those games which is higher than usual for Howard this season, but he is facing a Kings team who is the bottom of the league in goals scored. Detroit also allows the 3rd most shots per game, combining this with the inability to score makes Howard a viable option.

Other options: Casey Desmith, Jonathan Quick, and Louis Domingue

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 01: Thomas Greiss #1 of the New York Islanders makes the first period stop on Jake Guentzel #59 of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Barclays Center on November 01, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 01: Thomas Greiss #1 of the New York Islanders makes the first period stop on Jake Guentzel #59 of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Barclays Center on November 01, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

NHL DFS Top Plays

Nikita Kucherov ($7,700) – Kucherov has supplanted Steven Stamkos as the Lightning’s best player, though line mate Brayden Point is trying to stake a claim to that as well. Over the teams last 10 games Kuch has 4 goals and 16 assists for a 2 point per game average ( 6.02 FPPG avg). Kucherov is practically a must play on such a small slate.

Jake Guentzel ($6,700) – Guentzel has made hmseld home as Sidney Crosby‘s main winger. During his last 10 games Guentzel has 6 goals and 7 assists. While playing alongside Crosby on the Pens first line, he sees time on the Peneguins 2nd PP unit

Dylan Larkin ($6,200) – Larkin’s line are pretty much the only Red Wings producing regularly at this point in the season.  Over his last 5 games Larkin has 2 goals and 5 assists, and line mate Gustav Nyquist ($6,000) has 4 goals and 5 assists.

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Logan Couture ($5,900) – With the Devils coming into San Jose on the second night of a back to back they could have some tired legs allowing the Sharks to skate circles around them and pot some goals. Couture is one Shark I expect to get some points tonight. Couture has points in 4 straight games for the Sharks (2 goals 3 assists) and looks to make it 5 straight tonight.

Mika Zibanejad ($5,400) – The Rangers are for the most part a one line team with their top 3 scorers all from the 1st line and Zibanejad leading the way. Zibanejad is second on the team with 9 goals and leads the Rangers with 17 assists. Over his last 5 games Zibanejad has 2 goals and 5 assists.

Brian Dumoulin ($4,000) – During the Pens last 4 games Dumoulin has 3 assists to go along with 12 fantasy points (3 FPPG avg). Dumoulin plays on the Penguins top  d pair, but unfortunately he doesn’t see regular time on the PP

Anthony Cirelli ($3,600) – Cirelli has goals in back to back games for Tampa and also over averaging over 4 FPPG. Cirelli makes for a decent value play to get you some exposure to Tampa against the Rangers,

NHL DFS Top Stacks

New Jersey 1 – Taylor Hall – Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri :  Looks like the Jesper Bratt trial on the top line is over. This line is not a value anymore, but still the Devils best chance to score on Monday.

Pittsburgh 2 – Riley Sheahan – Tanner Pearson – Evgeni Malkin: Now here is your value scoring line. Pay attention to the lineups after the morning skate to see if Sullivan has made changes

NY Islanders 1 – Anders Lee – Brock Nelson – Jordan Eberle: Lee had his goal scoring streak ended last game, time to start a new !

San Jose 2 – Marcus Sorenson – Joe Thornton – Timo Meier: Both Thornton and Meier are playing well. Sorenson has not done much, but for his price ($2,700) he might be worth a flyer.

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