Hello folks and welcome to my NHL Positional Breakdown for Fanduel!
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I will be breaking down each position with the players who I like with my reasonings for liking them on the slate! I am a Fanduel player, so these articles will include Fanduel pricing and scoring references! Remember to always check for confirmation of goalies and lines! Let’s dive into this big Wednesday Slate!
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Goalies
Louis Domingue (8.6k): Here’s your chalk goalie tonight. Domingue has been wonderful since filling in for Vasil though. The matchup with the Ducks is also great as they only are scoring 1.8 goals/game over their last 10 games. The big issue I have here is the volume against the Ducks since they do not shoot a ton. He does have 5 straight games with 30 or more saves and has scored at least 20 fanduel points in 5 of his last 6 games, topping 30 points twice.
Carter Hutton (7.9k): Hutton is our top goalie on the RS tonight, but I do have some concerns with the matchup against the Sharks. The Sabres are one of the hottest teams of late though and Hutton will be lower owned. He’s been great over his last to games going 7-2-1 allowing just 2.3 goals per game with a fanduel average of 21.8 points. I think I’ll keep him more towards tournaments though.
Marc-Andre Fleury (8.4k): The Knights have picked up their play of late, scoring 3.5 goals/game in their last 10 and are implied close to 3 goals tonight. The Blackhawks is a good matchup here for Fleury as they are not scoring a ton. Marc has been exceptional in his last few starts recording 2 shutouts against good offenses in the Sharks and Flames. He’s on the road, so I’ll temper my expectations, but I still really like him tonight.
Curtis McElhinney (7.5k): Large-field GPP play for me tonight. He’s looked amazing over his last 3 starts allowing just 4 goals on 101 shots. He should see good shot volume tonight from the Habs but they have been allowing under 3 goals per game. McElhinney has a solid 6-2 record this year allowing just 2.25 GA and has a .919 save %. He’s cheap and could end up seeing close to 35-40 shots tonight.
Jacob Markstrom (7.6k): Another GPP only goalie for me tonight. The matchup at home with the Kings is a great one for Mark though. He hasn’t been the best, with an SV% under .900, but the Kings are doing virtually nothing on offense of late. He could be a late night hammer guy who can get 20+ on fanduel tonight.
Centers
Since we have had some technical issues today, the article will have centers, wings, and defensemen listed. These are the players that I will have interest in tonight!
Sean Couturier (6.5k) top cash play for me
Anze Kopitar (6.7k)
Brayden Point (7.4k)
Elias Pettersson (5.9k) value
Eric Staal (7.2k)
Matt Duchene (6.6k)
Sebatian Aho (6.3k) GPP
Colin White (3.7k) value
Bryan Little (5.1k) value; he plays with Laine and Connor
Wings
Nikita Kucherov (8.6k)
Claude Giroux (7.7k)
Evander Kane (6.1k) if not using Hutton
Leon Draisaitl (6.6k)
Alex Tuch (5.3k) value
KYLE CONNOR (6k) Love using him and Laine
Alexander Radulov (6.4k)
Brady Tkachuk (4.5k) value
Patrik Laine (8.4k)
Jonathan Marchessault (7.3k)
Austin Watson (3k) value, playing on NSH1
Reilly Smith (4.7k) good value and has scored 11+ in his last 5 games.
Travis Konecny (5.4k) value
Dustin Brown (6.2k)
Andrew Shaw (3.9k) GREAT VALUE
Alex Chiasson (3.4k) value with McDavid
Zach Parise (6.4k)
Defense
Matt Dumba (5.7k)
Thomas Chabot (5.3k)
Jeff Petry (4.6k) value
Rasmus Ristolainen (4.4k) value
Brandon Montour (4.3k) value
Roman Josi (6.3k)
Kris Letang (6.6k)
Erik Karlsson (6.8k)
Dustin Byfuglien (6.1k)
Rasmus Dahlin (4.6k) value: no one will use him, but he’s been getting tons of assists. He has 5 out of his last 6 games with over 10 fanduel points!!
I’m keeping COL as more of a GPP play tonight and they will not make my cash lineups. This is it for today, sorry for it being so short! Hopefully the next article we won’t get technical difficulties!
