NHL DFS Core Plays February 14: Top DraftKings & FanDuel Picks

Published: Feb 14, 2023
Welcome to the NHL DFS Core Plays with a four-game slate tonight! 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!
NHL DFS Core Plays Notes:
- New Jersey has the highest implied team total at 43.9, followed by Pittsburgh at 3.7. ( Ottawa has the lowest at 2.6).
- Alex Ovechkin will not be in the lineup tonight due to personal reasons.
- Cale Makar remains out for Colorado with a head injury.
- Matthew Tkachuk has 17 points in the last ten games.
- Timo Meier has 15 shots on goal in the last five games.
- Andrew Peeke had eight blocked shots in his last game against the Leafs
- Vitek Vanecek is 9-0-1 in his last ten starts.
- Vitek Vanecek is the top cash-game goalie on the slate and Aaron Dell is for GPP.
- Goalies are voodoo.
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Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
C | Tim Stutzle | Mark Scheifele | Erik Haula |
W | Matthew Tkachuk | Pavel Buchnevich | Rafael Harvey-Pinard |
D | Dougie Hamilton | Kris Letang | Andrew Peeke |
G | Vitek Vanecek | Jake Oettinger | Aaron Dell |

Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
C | Bo Horvat | Nico Hischier | Dawson Mercer |
W | Matthew Tkachuk | Cole Perfetti | Rafael Harvey-Pinard |
D | Erik Karlsson | Kris Letang | Samuel Girard |
G | Jake Oettinger | Vitek Vanecek | Jake Allen |

Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
C | Bo Horvat | Mark Scheifele | Nick Suzuki |
W | Matthew Tkachuk | Timo Meier | Dawson Mercer |
D | Dougie Hamilton | Josh Morrissey | Samuel Girard |
G | Vitek Vanecek | Jake Allen | Casey DeSmith |
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