NHL DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups & Stacks Today: Thursday Playbook

Welcome to another playbook and batch of NHL DFS picks! We have a fantastic nine-game slate with no shortage of great NHL DFS projections to choose from.

We can’t pick every elite player on the slate, so choices will need to be made, and value must be found. Let’s dive right into the NHL DFS picks action and see which players we need to target.

NHL DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, March 6th

Before we get into NHL DFS picks, 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.

NHL Pick 'Em Picks On Sleeper Fantasy Today

• Sam Reinhart O/2.5 SOG
• Valeri Nichushkin O/2.5 SOG
• Sergei Bobrovsky O/22.5 SV

I have no idea why Sam Reinhart’s shot total is so low, but we’ll take it. He has gone over this mark in his last four games and should see more than enough chances against Columbus, who surrender a ton of shot chances. This is an easy over in my books.

Valeri Nichushkin should have gone over his shot total last game against Pittsburgh, but it just wasn’t meant to be. He gets another chance tonight at home against San Jose. The Sharks are horrendous defensively and they’ll likely be sitting out some players due to the Trade Deadline. Martin Necas is sick and his status for tonight is questionable, but even if he does play, this is still a fantastic spot for Nichushkin.

Stick with the Panthers, Sergei Bobrovsky has a very low shot total to clear and it has me scratching my head. The Blue Jackets aren’t as good on the road as they are at home, but they are still middle-of-the-pack when it comes to generating shots. Bob is going to be busy tonight as the Blue Jackets try to keep their playoff hopes alive. I like his chances of going over.

Thursday Salary Cap DFS Picks

Goalie Of The Day: MacKenzie Blackwood - COL

MacKenzie Blackwood revenge game? Yes please! The former Shark is going to get another crack against his former team, and I don’t expect him to lose. 

It may be a challenge for him to hit value, so he’s mostly a cash-game option.

Honorable Mention: Joey Daccord - SEA

The Seattle Kraken are already selling parts of their team, and more players are going to sit, but that doesn’t mean they can’t beat Nashville. 

Joey Daccord has struggled in his last few starts, but the Predators are LAST in goals per game, and they aren’t getting any better. Daccord has a decent matchup on paper, and we can get him at low ownership

Player Of The Day: Nathan MacKinnon - COL

Nathan MacKinnon has 52 points in 31 home games and has a matchup against Alexandar Georgiev and the Sharks. Do you need me to spell it out for you? I’d love to fade him tonight, but Nate Dog may break the slate. 

The sky's the limit for him. He has four assists and six shots on goal in their two meetings so far this season, which isn’t elite, but still very good.

Honorable Mention: Nikita Kucherov - TBL

There’s no nice way of saying this: the Buffalo Sabres are horrible. This team makes my eyes hurt. They look lifeless most nights and now they have a date with the Lightning in Tampa Bay against Nikita Kucherov. If you aren’t going with MacKinnon, Kucherov is your next-best option.

Value Play Of The Day: Kaapo Kakko - SEA

I know Seattle isn’t a dangerous, offensive team, but they do play the Nashville Predators. This is likely a low-scoring affair, but Kaapo Kakko has a very reasonable price tag on DraftKings and is seeing time on the top line and top power play unit. An assist and a couple of shots on goal is all he needs to hit value.

Honorable Mention: Sam Montembeault - MTL

I know we don’t usually think of goalies as a “value play” but that might need to change. It’s never a wise idea to play a goalie against Connor McDavid and the Oilers, but Montreal has been playing very well of late, and the Oilers are a mess. 

Stuart Skinner can’t stop the puck, Mattias Ekholm is out of the lineup and their offence is dry. Montembeault stopped all 30 shots he faced against Edmonton in their first meeting, and while I’m not saying he’s going to get a S-H-U-T-O-U-T tonight, I do expect him to play well. 

Stack Of The Day - COL PP1 (Nathan MacKinnon - Valeri Nichushkin - Cale Makar)

We went with this combo Tuesday and it was alright. Did I expect more from the gang? Yes. Did they still deliver? Also, yes.

Now they get a matchup against the Sharks, and I can’t envision a scenario where Georgiev doesn’t get lit up like a Christmas tree. All three will cost you an arm and a leg but they are the best stack by a wide margin.

Today's NHL DFS Cheat Sheet & Stacks

Player Pool

• FanDuel
• DraftKings

$ Tier	C	G	D	W
High	Leon Draisaitl $8,400	Sergei Bobrovsky $8,500	Cale Makar $8,200	David Pastrnak $9,000
		Jake Oettinger $8,400
		Andrei Vasilevskiy $8,100
Medium	Aleksander Barkov $6,900	Eric Comrie $8,000	Victor Hedman $5,900	Kyle Connor $7,700
	Brayden Point $6,700	Karel Vejmelka $7,600	Thomas Harley $6,000	Jake Guentzel $7,000
	Nick Suzuki $6,300		Rasmus Dahlin $5,800	Seth Jarvis $6,900
				Cole Caufield $6,200
Low	Matt Duchene $5,500	Sam Montembeault $7,100	Brady Skjei $4,600	Patrik Laine $5,200
	Shane Wright $4,700		Mikhail Sergachev $4,900	Jared McCann $5,100
			Lane Hutson $4,400	Oliver Bjorkstrand $3,900

Stacks

Lightning	Brayden Point	Victor Hedman	Nikita Kucherov
DraftKings	6700	5900	8800
Fanduel	7700	6100	8800

Panthers	Aleksander Barkov	Aaron Ekblad	Sam Reinhart
DraftKings	6900	5000	7500
Fanduel	7200	5300	7400

Hurricanes	Sebastian Aho	Seth Jarvis	Mikko Rantanen
DraftKings	7000	6900	7400
Fanduel	7600	6800	7300

Lightning	Brayden Point	Victor Hedman	Nikita Kucherov
DraftKings	6700	5900	8800
Fanduel	7700	6100	8800

Panthers	Aleksander Barkov	Aaron Ekblad	Sam Reinhart
DraftKings	6900	5000	7500
Fanduel	7200	5300	7400

Hurricanes	Sebastian Aho	Seth Jarvis	Mikko Rantanen
DraftKings	7000	6900	7400
Fanduel	7600	6800	7300