Welcome to the Friday edition of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. I hope you have had a profitable week. We end the week with a five-game slate to dig through for our daily fantasy hockey needs.
Tonight’s Slate
Minnesota Wild @ New York Rangers (Minnesota, -150, 5.5 over/under)
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Carolina Hurricanes (Pittsburgh, -120, 5.5 over/under)
Winnipeg Jets @ St. Louis Blues (St. Louis, -115, 5.5 over/under)
San Jose Sharks @ Chicago Blackhawks (Chicago, -120, 5.5 over/under)
Vancouver Canucks @ Vegas Golden Knights (Vegas, -260, 6 over/under)
Tonight I’m going to go heavy with the Minnesota Wild. Both teams are on the second nights of back-to-backs but the New York Rangers are in free fall mode now. New York has lost five straight games and this month have allowed a league-worst 4.00 goals against per game — and last night the Rangers traded Michael Grabner to the New Jersey Devils as they are in now in full rebuild mode. Over their past 10 games the Rangers have a CF% of just 47.64 percent, a SCA/60 of 30.25 and a league sixth-worst HDCA/60 of 13.14. Additionally, the Rangers have a league-worst team save percentage of 88.69 percent over the past 10 games. Per Corisca — when adjusted for venue — the Rangers have an NHL sixth-worst xGA/60 of 2.58 in five on five situations.
The Wild have won two straight and this month have scored a league a league ninth-best 3.33 goals for per game. Minnesota’s power play has also clicked at a nice rate of 25 percent this month. While Minnesota’s SCF/60 is only at 26.06 over their past 10 games they have generated plenty of quality chances with a league 11th-best HDCF/60 of 11.81. After beating a tough New Jersey team last night I think Minnesota makes it three in a row in convincing fashions against the Rangers tonight.
Our Minnesota Snapshot
| Scor | Scor | Scor | Goal | Goal | Goal | Assi | Assi | Assi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | G | A | PTS | EV | PP | SH | EV | PP | SH | S | BLK |
| Eric Staal | C | 26 | 27 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 158 | 36 |
| Mikael Granlund | RW | 15 | 29 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 142 | 26 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | 25 | 18 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 35 |
| Ryan Suter | D | 6 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 123 | 105 |
| Mathew Dumba | D | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 113 | 80 |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 9 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 134 | 41 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 7 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 111 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 38 |
| Nino Niederreiter | RW | 15 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 15 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 29 |
| Tyler Ennis | LW | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 25 |
| Daniel Winnik | LW | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 40 |
| Matt Cullen | C | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 34 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 101 |
| Chris Stewart | RW | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | LW | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 36 |
| Mike Reilly | D | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 18 |
| Zach Parise | LW | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 20 |
| Nate Prosser | D | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 50 |
| Gustav Olofsson | D | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 38 |
| Team Total | 174 | 294 | 468 | 132 | 37 | 5 | 218 | 72 | 4 | 1770 | 946 |
Our Minnesota Stacks
Line One
JASON ZUCKER $6.7K
MIKKO KOIVU $5.7K
MIKAEL GRANLUND $7.2K
Line Two
TYLER ENNIS $3.6K
ERIC STAAL $7.0K
NINO NIEDERREITER $5.6K
Line Three
ZACH PARISE $5.9K
MATT CULLEN $3.6K
CHARLIE COYLE $5.2K
Power Play Stack
MIKAEL GRANLUND
MIKKO KOIVU
CHARLIE COYLE
JASON ZUCKER
(D) MATHEW DUMBA $5.6K
Power Play Two Stack
ZACH PARISE
ERIC STAAL
NINO NIEDERREITER
(D) JARED SPURGEON $5.3K
(D) RYAN SUTER $5.6K
The second team I want plenty of shares of tonight is the