Saturday's ten-game NHL slate is loaded with top-tier scorers featuring a great matchup as Elias Pettersson and the Vancouver Canucks head into Toronto to face Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs. 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 November 11th

DFS Lineup Construction Thoughts

There are a handful of key games to build around tonight. Expect there to be a lot of play on the Los Angeles Kings today, with them facing a Flyers team that played last night and is just 3-6-1 in their last ten games while giving up nearly four goals per game in the last two weeks.  Also, look for lots of ownership with the Penguins today as they are facing a Sabres team that also played last night. I would put much more confidence in the Kings however, as the Penguins have been inconsistent this season, and Buffalo has gotten strong goaltending in the last two weeks giving up just 2.67 goals per game. Other interesting plays today that could see less ownership are the Vancouver Canucks, and Carolina Hurricanes. The Canucks are in Toronto facing a Maple Leafs team that is giving up 4.3 goals per game over the last two weeks while Vancouver has scored 5.17! Carolina is facing a Tampa team that looks like it is starting to miss Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Lightning have given up the second most goals per game over the last two weeks at 4.33 (slightly worse than Toronto), and the Hurricanes are starting to get healthy, so they could score four goals or more tonight.

Recommended DFS Starting Goalies

Top Options for Saves

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Joonas Korpisalo vs Calgary Flames

Cal Petersen vs Los Angeles Kings

Best Odds for a Win

Cam Talbot vs Philadelphia Flyers

Alexandar Georgiev vs St. Louis Blues

Jeremy Swayman vs Montreal Canadiens

Favorite Goalies to Use for DFS Lineups

Cam Talbot, G, Los Angeles Kings

If you are looking to play in the top end of the goalie price market Talbot should be a solid choice. He has won four straight games, and he hasn't given up more than two goals in any of those games. Add to that, he will be facing a Flyers team that played last night and who has also had times where they have struggled to score goals. I would just want to keep his usage to cash games only as the Flyers may not put a lot of shots on goal.

Thatcher Demko, G, Vancouver Canucks

It seems like it is taking the DFS sites a bit to catch up on how good Demko has been this season. Through his first nine games, he has a save percentage of 0.948, a goals-against average of 1.61 and a goals-saved-above average of 12.1(which is the best in the league). With all of this, you are still getting him at a discount price. I wouldn't be scared away by him playing in Toronto today, and I would want to get him into a few lineups.

Joonas Korpisalo, G, Ottawa Senators

Korpisalo should get the start today in Ottawa. He will face a Flames team that lost in overtime yesterday in Toronto. Korpisalo has played well in his last four starts with a save percentage of 0.900 or better in all four of them while facing solid competition. He should see lots of shots against the Flames as well which can help make up for any goals he might give up.

Recommended DFS Skaters

Highest Expected Goal Totals 

Los Angeles Kings vs Cal Petersen (4.1)

Colorado Avalanche vs Jordan Binnington (4.1)

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (4.0)

Favorite Skaters to Use for DFS Lineups

Elias Pettersson, C, Vancouver Canucks

While I wouldn't have picked Pettersson to be the league leader in points this far into the season, he has absolutely earned it with his play. The crazy thing right now is that there isn't anything that says that his play isn't sustainable right now either. His shooting percentage is a bit high (21.2 percent), but it is far from being off the charts. I would look for the Canucks star to keep things going today against a Toronto team that played yesterday and has looked completely lost defensively lost in their last few games.

Nikita Kucherov W, Tampa Bay Lightning

Kucherov has stayed hot and he is a player I would keep putting into my lineups until he is cold. He has scored in four straight games, and he has 12 total points in those games. He has been the most consistent player in hockey this season. The only caution I would put up is that I would keep his usage to GPP's today. Carolina looks to have figured out their defensive issues, so I might look for a better matchup in cash games.  

Quinton Byfield, W, Los Angeles Kings

Byfield has gotten hot early in the season. He has points in five straight games, and seven of his last eight games overall. His price is still low as he has just two goals on the season, but at his price tag, I would be willing to buy in on the point production in hopes that the game where he scores a couple of goals is coming (which it could be, as his shooting percentage is only 8.7).

Jamie Oleksiak, D, Seattle Kraken

I certainly wouldn't expect much in the way of point production from Oleksiak, but boy can he block some shots! He has blocked 10 shots in his last two games, and he will face an Edmonton team today that has struggled to score goals, but it's not because they don't shoot the puck. The Oilers have put a league-high 40.2 shots on goal over the last two weeks so I would expect Oleksiak to get lots of blocked shots in this game as well.

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