Welcome to the Thursday editions of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. Today we have a 10 game slate to work with for our daily fanasy needs,
Tonight’s Slate
Tampa Bay Lightning @ New York Islanders (Tampa Bay, -185, 6.5 over/under)
Arizona Coyotes @ Carolina Hurricanes (Carolina, -210, 5.5 over/under)
New York Rangers @ Philadelphia Flyers (Philadelphia, -220, 6 over/under)
Florida Panthers @ Columbus Blue Jackets (Columbus, -140, 5.5 over/under)
Edmonton Oilers @ Ottawa Senators (Edmontom, -120, 6 over/under)
Washington Capitals @ Detroit Red Wings (Washington, -165, 5.5 over/under)
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Nashville Predators (Nashville, -180, 6 over/under)
Vancouver Canucks @ Chicago Blackhawks (Chicago, -185, 6 over/under)
Los Angeles Kings @ Colorado Avalanche (Colorado, -120, 5.5 over/under)
Vegas Golden Knights @ San Jose Sharks (San Jose, -135, 6 over/under)
Tonight I want to start much of my roster construction around the Tampa Lightning vs. New York Islanders game. Since the All-Star break the Islanders have allowed an NHL third-worst 3.52 goals against per game while Tampa Bay has allowed an NHL sixth-worst 3.33 goals against per game. The Islanders have lost three of their past four games but did get a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Let’s take a quick look at the goals allowed per game by the Islanders over the past four games:
March 15: 7 goals against
March 16: 6 goals against
March 18: 4 goals against
March 20: 1 goal against
Over the past 10 games the Islanders have CF% of 48.55 percent while Tampa Bay has a league fifth-best CF% of 53.59 percent over the past 10 games. Over their past 10 games the Lightning have a SCF/60 of 30.99 — sixth-highest in the leaugue. The Islanders have a league sixth-worst SCA/60 of 30.91 over their past 10 games with a league fourth-worst HDCA/60 13.03 over that same time frame.
Tampa Bay has a GF/60 of 3.51 over the past 10 games — fourth-highest in the NHL — while the Islanders have a league sixth-worst GA/60 of 2.98 over that same time.
Still, I really want shares of the Islanders power play tonight as Tampa has allowed a league second-worst 22 power play goals against since the All-Star break while Islanders have scored a league seventh-best 17 power play goals since the All-Star break.
Our Tampa Bay Snapshot
| Scor | Scor | Scor | Goal | Goal | Goal | Assi | Assi | Assi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | G | A | PTS | EV | PP | SH | EV | PP | SH | S | BLK |
| Nikita Kucherov | RW | 37 | 57 | 94 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 257 | 11 |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 27 | 58 | 85 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 204 | 33 |
| Brayden Point | C | 27 | 31 | 58 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 194 | 50 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 24 | 32 | 56 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 123 | 39 |
| Victor Hedman | D | 13 | 40 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 191 | 99 |
| Tyler Johnson | C | 20 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 161 | 45 |
| Alex Killorn | LW | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 133 | 22 |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | 8 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 126 | 58 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | 8 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 42 |
| Chris Kunitz | LW | 12 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 26 |
| Anton Stralman | D | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 90 |
| Ryan Callahan | RW | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 36 |
| Dan Girardi | D | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 141 |
| Braydon Coburn | D | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 67 |
| J.T. Miller | LW | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Slater Koekkoek | D | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 24 |
| Andrej Sustr | D | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 32 |
| Cedric Paquette | C | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 28 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Adam Erne | LW | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| Team Total | 258 | 443 | 701 | 191 | 59 | 8 | 322 | 113 | 8 | 2376 | 1010 |
Our Tampa Bay Stacks
Line One
J.T. MILLER $6.1K
STEVEN STAMKOS $8.6K
NIKITA KUCHEROV $8.9K
Line Two
ONDREJ PALAT $5.3K
BRAYDEN POINT $6.3K
TYLER JOHNSON $5.6K
Line Three
ALEX KILLORN $4.8K
ANTHONY CIRELLI
YANNI GOURDE $5.5K
Power Play Stack
NIKITA KUCHEROV
STEVEN STAMKOS
ALEX KILLORN
J.T. MILLER
(D) VICTOR HEDMAN $6.5K
Power Play Two Stack
TYLER JOHNSON
YANNI GOURDE
ONDREJ PALAT
BRAYDEN POINT
(D) MIKHAIL SERGACHEV $4.2K
And we have to keep New York’s Power Play on our radar tonight:
ANDERS LEE $6.4K
JOHN TAVARES $8.0K
JOSH BAILEY $6.0K
MATHEW BARZAL $6.3K
(D) NICK LEDDY $4.8K
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