We have an NHL DFS showdown slate for today’s game five in the Eastern Conference Finals as the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs roll on. The ECF series shifts back to New York with Igor Shesterkin and the New York Rangers hosting Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Tampa Bay Lightning. You can build daily fantasy hockey lineups on DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo Fantasy for Thursday, June 9th NHL playoffs action. Before you build those NHL daily fantasy lineups, don’t forget to check out our NHL DFS projections, the NHL Value Finder, and the NHL DFS lineup generator. Let's now take a closer look at the daily fantasy hockey top plays for tonight's NHL DFS Showdown slate.

 

 

 

 

The Captain

We have some solid options on both teams for the captain spot. 

 

 

Andrei Vasilevskiy was very good in-game four stopping 34 of 35 shots he faced and getting the win. He hasn’t played as well in New York in this series, but when he gets hot he can stay hot for weeks on end.

 

 

 

We continue to see consistency from Nikita Kucherov who has scored in three straight games and has averaged more than four shots per game in this series.

 

 

 

Statistically speaking Igor Shesterkin wasn’t at his best in game three, but largely the goals he gave up were largely out of his control. He has been spectacular at home all season long, so I would look for him to be good today.

 

 

 

While Mika Zibanejad’s goal streak ended at three games in game four, he did still put five shots on goal, and it will be more difficult for the Lightning to slow him down when the Rangers are at home.

 

The Rest

 

 

It was a rare zero game from Adam Fox in game three, but he continues to be a solid option as it is unlikely we see back-to-back games where he misses the scoresheet entirely.

 

 

 

We did get an assist and a couple of shots from Chris Kreider in game four, I would look for bigger games from him when he is at home as the Rangers will try to take advantage of offensive zone faceoffs.

 

 

 

Artemi Panarin continues to be solid in this series with five points in four games, and in the only game, he didn’t get any points he had five shots.

 

 

 

Steven Stamkos continues to be a useful piece, and you could consider him in the captain spot as well if you want. He has scored in three of the four games, and he is averaging more than four shots per game as well.

 

 

 

Corey Perry continues to be a nice option with him getting time on the top power-play. He isn’t as inexpensive as I might like with him only playing 10 minutes a night five on five, but that has been enough for him to be effective on many nights.

 

 

 

It wasn’t a banner game on the scoresheet for Victor Hedman in game four, but we know he is capable of getting you scoring in all three scoring categories so he should continue to be considered even when coming off a lackluster game.

 

 

 

Ondrej Palat has come out of nowhere it seems to be red hot in this series. He has scored three goals and has five points while playing more than 16 minutes per night on average.

 

 

 

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