Welcome back for another NHL Playbook! We have a short five game slate with some good matchups to target. On a shorter slate, it’s important that we find good value so we can afford the elite players.

We don’t have a ton of goalies to choose from, but there are some that we need to consider. The matchups may not be the best, but that can help us get them at low ownership.

 

 

 

NHL DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, December 18th

Before we get into DFS, let’s make some pick’em picks for the night over on Sleeper Fantasy. 

There are lots of ways we try to fill your wallet over here at Fantasy Alarm and this is just another option.

 

 

 

NHL DFS Pick'em Picks On Sleeper With Promo Code VAULT3

The Winnipeg Jets may be playing their second game in as many nights, but don’t let that distract you from the fact that the Anaheim Ducks are terrible. They allow a ton of shots against per game, so Lukas Dostal should be VERY busy tonight. The only thing that can derail us is if he doesn’t finish the game.

Sleeper has given us a discount on Marc-Andre Fleury’s total saves, and we are going to take it. The Panthers have struggled to score goals on their road trip, but it’s not due to a lack of effort. Even if Aleksander Barkov doesn’t play, Florida has enough offensive firepower to generate scoring chances.

I know the Flyers’ power play isn’t anything special, but the Red Wings’ penalty kill is truly awful. They are operating under 70% for the season, so if we’re going to take a swing, this is the spot to do so. Travis Konecy is a great offensive threat to score any game, and he is on the top power play unit. We need Philadelphia to draw penalties and for Konecny to capitalize on one. 

 

 

 

Wednesday Salary Cap DFS Picks

Goalie Of The Day: Marc-Andre Fleury - MIN

There’s no question that Eric Comrie is the best goalie option on the slate, but I don’t think he offers the best value. Florida has scored eight goals on their current road trip, six of which came last game against Edmonton. They have been shut out twice and Barkov is questionable to play. There is enough upside here for Fleury to go off.

Play Of The Day: Kyle Connor - WPG

Kyle Connor scored two goals and racked up NINE shots on goal yesterday against San Jose and now has four goals and 23 shots on goal in his last five. Did I mention the Jets face the Duck? There is no reason Connor can’t go off tonight against one of the worst team in the league.

 

 

 

Value Play Of The Day: Gabriel Vilardi - WPG

DraftKings has given us a free square tonight with Gabriel Vilardi. He finished yesterday’s game with three assists and now has seven points in the last four games. I know the Jets are going to be popular on this slate, but we can’t pass up that kind of value, not in this economy.

Stack Of The Day - PHI PP1 (Matvei Michkov - Travis Konecny - Jamie Drysdale)

We have already established that the Red Wings are a mess on the penalty kill, so it would be foolish not to have one PHI power play stack. I would have liked to see Travis Sanheim on the top unit, but John Tortorella hates fun. Regardless, the stack above provides good value and gets you exposure to the top two lines five-on-five.

 

 

 

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