NHL DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups & Stacks Today: Saturday Playbook
Published: Dec 14, 2024
Its a big time Saturday slate and without much College Football for the public to lean on come play some NHL DFS! There are a whopping 11 games on tonight' slate giving us nearly every player in the league to sort through.
From top-tier options to value plays, this slate offers everything we could want when it comes to building lineups, let's jump in!
NHL DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, December 14th
NHL DFS Pick'em Picks On Sleeper Fantasy
- Sidney Crosby Over 0.5 Assists
- William Nylander Over 3.5 Shots on Goal
- Nathan MacKinnon Over 1.5 Points
Crosby and the Pens are finding their groove in the post Thanksgiving NHL season and tonight they get an Ottawa team that played last night and are on a back to back. Senators have played decent defense this season but the Penguins are hot on the goal scoring side and Crosby to notch just one helper seems like a lock.
The Red Wings allow so many shots on goal per game, over 30 on average and the Maple Leafs forwards, Nylander especially should have plenty of chances to go over his prop once again as he has done in 2 of his last 3 games.
MacKinnon and the Avalanche are just built different on home ice scoring over 3 goals per game and their star has enjoyed the home cooking as well. In 15 home games the all-star has 26 points on the season and they are hosting a Predators team that is just lost this season, lock it in.
Saturday Salary Cap DFS Picks
Goalie Of The Day: MacKenzie Blackwood - COL
What a great thing to have happen in Blackwood's career as he goes from the lowly Sharks a few weeks ago to playing for a postseason team!
He should not take this chance for granted either and has a wonderful matchup tonight against the Predators who score just 1.81 goals per game on the road this season. Saves could be capped but there's a real chance at a win and maybe a shutout for him tonight.
Play Of The Day: Nathan MacKinnon - COL
Some more love for Colorado today on the playbook, starting to sense a trend? The Predators are awful in every which way but their Corsi and Expected goals against numbers are the most alarming.
The Avalanche should score plenty tonight and MacKinnon will lead that charge of course. The Predators also allow the MOST DFS points to centers this season in DK scoring and big Mac has recorded at least one point in 5 of the last 6 games!
Value Play Of The Day: Bryan Rust - PIT
The Penguins are back from the dead! At least for right now. Rust has lead the charge in the goal scoring department of late with 5 goals in the last 5 games including a hat trick his last time out!
He's going to get a tired Senators team tonight that just played less than 24 hours ago and Ottawa allows the 4th most DFS points per game to right wingers this season, Rusty is a lock for me tonight.
Stack Of The Day: FLA PP1 (Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe)
Good spot for the Panthers tonight and it could be lower key with the Avalanche and Maple Leafs on the slate tonight which will hold people attention. The Flames are known to allow goals and play poor defense but their penalty killing unit is a big issue as well! Calgary ranks 26th in PK this season and this Florida unit is nasty, they could stack points if they get the chances tonight.
Today's NHL DFS Cheat Sheet & Stacks
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