Welcome back for another NHL Playbook! We have a short four game slate to take your attention away from the first week of fantasy football playoffs. Sundays are about football, but we can build some good NHL DFS lineups even on a short slate. Let’s dive into the action and see which players we need to be focusing on.

 

 

 

NHL Pick 'Em At Sleeper Today

Before we get into DFS, let’s make some pick’em picks for the night over on Sleeper There are lots of ways we try to fill your wallet over here at Fantasy Alarm and this is just another option. 


Sleeper NHL Picks, Sunday, December 15th:

Auston Matthews is an elite shooter and he loves to fire the puck on home ice. He’s averaging over five shots on goal at home and he has a great matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, who can’t defend that well and are without Rasmus Dahlin. This is a smash spot for him.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are playing their second game in as many nights and they have a very tough matchup against Carolina. The Blue Jackets aren’t very good on the power play, so we need to exploit that. Martin Necas is having a sensational season, so if anyone can find the scoresheet on the power play, it’s him.

The Sabres have lost nine games in a row and are playing their second game in as many nights. Tage Thompson is an elite forward, but his numbers on the road are just not good. He is averaging just over two shots on goal away from Buffalo and with how good the Leafs have been this season on home ice, it could be a long night. I’ll take the under here and hope for the best.

 

 

 

SALARY CAP DFS

Goalie Of The Day: Pyotr Kochetkov

This is a no-brainer. The Carolina Hurricanes are at home and have a date with the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are playing their second game in as many nights. Pyotr Kochetkov is a very good goalie and has the best chance of picking up a win of any goalie on the slate. All we need to confirm is if he’s starting.


Play Of The Day: Auston Matthews - TOR

It was a tossup between Kirill Kaprizov and Auston Matthews, but in the end, I flipped a coin and it landed on Matthews. The Leafs Captain has seven goals in ten home games and averaging over five shots on goal. The volume is key here because he probably needs the shot bonus on DraftKings to hit value. Kaprizov is a good option, but there’s better value on the wing that we can exploit.


Value Play Of The Day: Jake Neighbour - STL

The New York Rangers are a mess and that brings a smile to my face. For DFS purposes, it means we should be exploiting them. St. Louis isn’t elite by any means, but there are players we need to target, one being Jake Neighbour. He’s skating on the second line and top power play unit while also seeing close to 17 minutes a night. He’s affordable and in a pretty decent spot. He’s the best value on the slate.


Stack Of The Day - CAR PP1  (Sebastian Aho - Martin Necas - Andrei Svechnikov)

Columbus is in the bottom third of the league when it comes to killing penalties, so it would be wise to target some Carolina skaters who are on the power play. Sebastian Aho and Martin Necas are two easy choices and if you want some five-on-five correlation, Andrei Svechnikov gives you that. If you need to save some salary, you can swap him for Seth Jarvis or even Shayne Gostisbehere. Whatever three-man power play combination works for you is good with me.


 

 

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