NHL Building Blocks – March 6
Solid three-gamer tonight featuring a few good offenses. Let’s dive in!
The premise of each article in this series is to feature starting spots (building blocks) for your lines. These are plays that are cash-viable as well as GPP-worthy and can be considered in all contest formats.
Starting Lineup – March 6
The Goalie: Ilya Samsonov ($8200 DK / $8200 FD)
Solid play here as the Sabres do have some talent, but if the Leafs can contain their mistakes and the Bruins’ top line, Samsonov could be in line for a win. Toronto is 8-2 in their last 10 games and they’ll want to keep pushing to grab a top four spot in the East. Before losing his past start, Samsonov had won six in a row and has been looking much better than he did to start the season.
The Center: Nathan Mackinnon ($10300 DK/ $10300 FD)
Best play on the slate. Five goals (22 shots) and seven assists in his last five and has an eight-game point streak (to go along with 52 SOG in those). Wings won’t have an answer for him.
The Wing: Alex DeBrincat ($5700 DK/ $6900 FD)
Four goals and two assists in L5, and the Avs’ defense is fairly pedestrian. Will have to step up in Larkin’s absence.
The Defenseman: Cale Makar ($8300 DK / $8100 FD)
Highest upside for defensemen tonight; four assists in L5 and 66 points in 58 games this season.
The Value: Todd Bertuzzi ($4800 DK / $4400 FD)
Still on L2/PP1 for cheap; five goals in his last five games.
The Stack: COL1 (Mackinnon-Rantanen-Lehkonen-Makar-Toews)
Great spot for the Avs tonight as not only does Detroit have an average defense, but they will also be without Larkin, which lowers their offensive upside. The Avs have the league’s best goals scored average at 3.65 per game and a power play better than 24%. Mix and match the first four as they are L1/PP1 together; Lehkonen and Drouin are additional solid secondary pieces.
The Builder: COL/DET O6.5 and TOR ML parlay
Nathan MacKinnon, No. 29, and his Colorado Avalanche teammates celebrate his goal in the second period of Game Six of the Stanley Cup Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday.Julio Aguilar / Getty Images
