Monday's 4-game NHL slate is loaded with top-tier scorers featuring a great matchup as Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche face Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens. We should expect lots of tight games with some great matchups out there, but expect some of the top scorers to shine through still. So, be sure to check in with our NHL DFS Tools, with the daily NHL projections, and our NHL lineup generator when building those lineups today to help you decide which players you should be targeting!

 

NHL DFS Playbook January 15th

DFS Lineup Construction Thoughts

With the four games today, there isn't a lot to stand out. We should expect Colorado to see high levels of ownership as they easily have the highest expected goal total. I would lean into that for cash games, and try to find a way to get some combination of Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen into a lineup. In a GPP, we should look to the Islanders as a potential source of goals facing Minnesota, and I wouldn't completely discount Vegas either as they face Nashville at home.

Recommended DFS Starting Goalies,

Top Options for Saves

Joel Hofer vs Philadelphia Flyers

Jake Allen vs Colorado Avalanche

Juuse Saros vs Vegas Golden Knights

Best Odds for a Win

Alexandar Georgiev vs Montreal Canadiens

Joel Hofer vs Philadelphia Flyers

Logan Thompson vs Nashville Predators

Favorite Goalies to Use for DFS Lineups

Ilya Sorokin G, New York Islanders

One of the most difficult things to do is to pick a goalie on a short slate. There just aren't many options. Sorokin isn't a great option when we look at the numbers. His save percentage on the road is barely over 0.900. However, he will face a Wild team that hasn't been great, and Sorokin is still one of the most talented goalies in the league. So using him in a GPP at his price isn't the worst idea.

Carter Hart G, Philadelphia Flyers

Hart is another good GPP option. There isn't a good reason to think that the Flyers can't win this game on the road, and Hart has been a good option for most of the year even if his numbers don't always pop off the page as seen in his goals saved above average number of 5.

Alexandar Georgiev G, Colorado Avalanche

In cash games, Georgiev represents your safest option. He has won three straight games, and he didn't give up more than three goals in any of those games. The Montreal team he is facing has struggled to score goals this season so he should have a good chance to get the win and not give up a lot of goals doing it.

Recommended DFS Skaters

Highest Expected Goal Totals 

Colorado Avalanche vs Jake Allen (4.0)

Minnesota Wild vs Ilya Sorokin (3.4)

Vegas Golden Knights vs Juuse Saros (3.2)

Favorite Skaters to Use for DFS Lineups

Nathan MacKinnon, C, Colorado Avalanche

MacKinnon has been a top player all season. He continues to shoot the puck a lot and rack up points for the Avs. He has points in seven straight games, and in four of those games, he has had multiple points, as well as having five shots or more in four of those seven games as well. 

Gustav Nyquist, W, Nashville Predators

Nyquist has emerged as on of Nashville's top forwards this season. He has played nearly 20 minutes a night for the Preds, and he is putting up numbers doing it. he has five points in his last five games, and you are going to get him at a very reasonable price.

Cole Caufield, W, Montreal Canadiens

Coming into today, Caufield has five shots or more in three of his last four games. He only has one goal in that stretch, but that could only be an indicator that he is due to get a goal or two today. In a GPP, I don't mind using him, but his price is too high for a cash game.

Noah Dobson D, New York Islanders

Dobson continues to get it done. He has five points in his last two games, and he has blocked at least three shots in back-to-back games as well. He won't be as flashy as Cale Makar or Roman Josi, but Dobson has been very consistent all year

 

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