Welcome to the Friday edition of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. We end the week with a very small three-game slate to go through for our DFS needs:
(Teams to stack in bold — tonight is straightforward in cash)
New York Islanders @ Columbus Blue Jackets (Columbus, -150, 5.5 over/under)
Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa Bay, -165, 5.5 over/under)
Vegas Golden Nights @ Dallas Stars (Dallas, -228, 5.5 over/under)
Tonight the New York Islanders head to Columbus to face a Blue Jackets team that averaged an NHL sixth-best 3.01 goals for per game last season. At home last season Columbus was particularly lethal averaging 3.15 goals per game. Columbus boasted a CF/60 of 56.29 while the New York Islanders had a league second-worst CA/60 of 60.17. New York’s HDCA/60 of 11.86 was also second worst in the NHL. From a purely puck possesion point of view we should see a game tilted toward Columbus — and Columbus bolstered their offense over the offense with the addition of Artemi Panarin. With the Islanders allowing an NHL ninth-worst 2.90 goals against per game last season I want to make sure I have plenty of Columbus skaters in my lineups tonight.
Columbus Line 1 Stack:
ARTEMI PANARIN $7.1K
ALEXANDER WENNBERG $5.5K
CAM ATKINSON $6.2K
Line 2 Stack:
SONNY MILANO $3.3K
NICK FOLIGNO $6.3K
OLIVER BJORKSTRAND $4.1K
Power Play 1 Stack:
NICK FOLIGNO
ALEXANDER WENNBERG
CAM ATKINSON
ARTEMI PANARIN
(D) ZACH WERENSKI $5.2K
*Note: FanDuel rules restrict a lineup to no more than four players from any one team. When constructing your power play stacks try to roster players who play together at even strength and the power play.