NHL DFS Core Plays December 29th: Top DraftKings and FanDuel Picks
Published: Dec 29, 2022
Welcome to the NHL DFS core plays for the first full daily fantasy hockey slate of the season! You will see three tiered options for Yahoo! DFS, DraftKings, and FanDuel every night that there are three or more games. Otherwise, you are still getting the same great top plays and the Discord chat is still open for all of your questions. Don't forget to check out our NHL daily projections, the NHL DFS lineup generator, today's NHL betting odds, and NHL starting lines. Have fun and let's make some money together tonight!
Notes:
- Florida has the highest implied goal total tonight at 4.4, followed by the Islanders 4.1 (Arizona has the lowest at 2.2).
- Aleksander Barkov and Aaron Ekblad will return to the lineup tonight.
- Patrik Laine and Valeri Nichushkin are both OUT for their respective teams.
- William Nylander has 15 points and 47 shots on goal in his last ten games.
- Tage Thompson has 22 points in his last ten games.
- Jake Walman has blocked eight shots in the last two games.
- Jake Oettinger has a 2.01 GAA and a .940 SV% on the road this season.
- Matt Murray is the top cash-game goalie on the slate, and Pheonix Copley for GPP.
- Goalies are voodoo.
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DK | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Tage Thompson | Aleksander Barkov | Morgan Frost |
| W | Timo Meier | Jordan Kyrou | Sam Gagner |
| D | Rasmus Dahlin | Erik Gustafsson | Jake Walman |
| G | Matt Murray | Jake Oettinger | Pheonix Copley |
FD | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Auston Matthews | Logan Couture | Morgan Frost |
| W | William Nylander | James van Riemsdyk | Jack Quinn |
| D | Rasmus Dahlin | Justin Faulk | Erik Gustafsson |
| G | Matt Murray | Jake Oettinger | Jordan Binnington |
Y! Daily | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Tage Thompson | Bo Horvat | Robert Thomas |
| W | Timo Meier | Jordan Kyrou | James van Riemsdyk |
| D | Rasmus Dahlin | Justin Faulk | Mikhail Sergachev |
| G | Matt Murray | Tyler Sheehy | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen |
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