Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. Tonight we have a great 15 game slate to dig through for our daily fantasy hockey needs. As the lines are released we’re seeing six games with 6 over/unders and there should be plenty of scoring tonight.
Tonight’s Slate:
Vancouver Canucks @ Pittsburgh Penguins (Pittsburgh, -225, 5.5 over/under)
Calgary Flames @ Columbus Blue Jackets (Columbus, -155, 5.5 over/under)
New York Rangers @ Carolina Hurricanes (Carolina, -140, 6 over/under)
Minnesota Wild @ Buffalo Sabres (Minnesota, -155, 5.5 over/under)
Boston Bruins @ New Jersey Devils (New Jersey, -125, 5.5 over/under)
Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Islanders (N.Y., -130, 6 over/under)
Edmonton Oilers @ Detroit Red Wings (Detroit, -107, 5.5 over/under)
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Florida Panthers (Toronto, -125, 6 over/under)
Ottawa Senators @ Washinton Capitals (Washington, -140, 5.5 over/under)
Montreal Canadiens @ Nashville Predators (Nashville, -205, 6 over/under)
Chicago Blackhawks @ Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa Bay, -165, 6 over/under)
Dallas Stars @ Colorado Avalanche (Colorado, -120, 6 over/under)
San Jose Sharks @ Arizona Coyotes (San Jose, -130, 5.5 over/under)
Winnipeg Jets @ L.A. Kings (L.A., -135, 5.5 over/under)
Vegas Golden Knights @ Anaheim Ducks (Anaheim, -155, 6 over/under)
The Vancouver Canucks are on the second night of a back-to-back and are on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. We’re seeing Pittsburgh as the healthy favorite with a six over/under in this game. Not including the Tuesday night game, Vancouver had lost two straight games and allowed nine goals over that time. Pittsburgh has won two of their past games.
On the season Pittsburgh has averaged just 2.68 goals per game but that number jumps to 3.13 goals per game at home. In 5v5 situations Pittsburgh has an xGF/60 of 2.53 — ninth-most in the NHL. At home that number jumps to 2.75 — sixth-highest in the league. So we’re seeing some real home/road splits with the Penguins this season. Pittsburgh has a SCF/60 rate of 29.9 which is good for 11th-most in the NHL and their HDCF/60 of 11.57 is also good for 11th-most in the NHL. Keeping with the home/road split theme Pittsburgh’s SCF/60 rate jumps to 32.6 — fifth-highest in the league.
Our Pittsburgh Snapshot
| Scor | Scor | Scor | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Assi | Assi | Assi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | G | A | PTS | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | BLK |
| Phil Kessel | RW | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 86 | 5 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 7 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 6 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 9 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 32 |
| Patric Hornqvist | RW | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 22 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14 |
| Conor Sheary | LW | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 10 |
| Olli Maatta | D | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 32 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 25 |
| Greg McKegg | C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 |
| Ian Cole | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 34 |
| Carl Hagelin | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 9 |
| Ryan Reaves | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 |
| Tom Kuhnhackl | RW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 36 |
| Team Total | 59 | 107 | 166 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 38 | 4 | 775 | 335 |
The Philadelphia Flyers are