Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. Tonight we have a five game slate to work with for our daily fantasy hockey needs:
(my top stacks in bold)
New Jersey Devils @ Toronto Maple Leafs (Toronto, -185, 6 over/under)
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals (Washington, -128, 6 over/under)
Boston Bruins @ Colorado Avalanche (Boston, -129, 5.5 over/under)
New York Islanders @ Anaheim Ducks (Anaheim, -137, 5.5 over/under)
Calgary Flames @ L.A. Kings (Los Angeles, -130, 5.5 over/under)
The real life game of the night is clearly the Pittsburgh vs. Washington game featuring a Crosby / Ovechkin matchup. And we will certainly deploy skaters from these teams in our lineups tonight, but the team I am most interested in for both cash and tournaments is the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Toronto is off to a scorching start this season and over just three games played have scored 18 goals (an average of 6.33 goals per game). And much of this offensive firepower comes exactly we’re looking for it when considering players on FanDuel: on the power play. Toronto has six power play goals over their first three games and both power play units are in play tonight. Here’s a quick snapshot of Toronto’s top five scorers:
- Auston Matthews (2G, 3A, 1 PPA, 10 SOG)
- Tyler Bozak (1G, 3A, 2 PPA, 7 SOG)
- Nazem Kadri (2G, 2A, 2 PPG, 10 SOG)
- James van Riemsdyk (2G, 2A, 1 PPG, 2PPA, 13 SOG)
- Nikita Zaitsev (D) (2G, 2A, 5 SOG)
Power Play 1 Stack
TYLER BOZAK $5.4K
NAZEM KADRI $6.1K
JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK $5.9K
MITCHELL MARNER $6.3K
MORGAN RIELLY (D) $4.4K
Power Play Two Stack
CONNOR BROWN $3.7K
AUSTON MATTHEWS $7.9K
WILLIAM NYLANDER $6.5K
PATRICK MARLEAU $5.6K
JAKE GARDINER $4.5K
I think an under the radar tournament play could be