Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. Today we have a nice nine-game slate to work with for our daiy fantasy needs.
Today’s Slate:
Edmonton Oilers @ Columbus Blue Jackets (Columbus, -170, 5.5 over/under)
L.A. Kings @ New Jersey Devils (L.A., -135, 5.5 over/under)
Colorado Avalanche @ Washington Capitals (Washington, -186, 5.5 over/under)
Ottawa Senators @ Buffalo Sabres (even, 5.5 over/under)
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Philadelphia Flyers (even as of 10 a.m., 6 over/under)
Tampa Lightning @ St. Louis Blues (Tampa Bay, -115, 5.5 over/under)
Calgary Flames @ Minnesota Wild (Minnesota, -140, 5.5 over/under)
Florida Panthers @ Chicago Blackhawks (Chicago, -200, 6 over/under)
Carolina Hurricanes @ Vegas Golden Knights (Vegas, -135, 6 over/under)
The team I have the most interest in tonight is the Washington Capitals. Washington and Colorado are both on the second night of back-to-backs and tonight I want to ride the hot hands of the Capitals. Washington has won seven of their past eight games and (not including Monday night’s game) have scored 14 goals over their past three games. In four games this month Washington has averaged a league fourth-best 4.50 goals for per game and their power play has clicked at a nice rate of 26.7 percent — including four power play goals over their past four games. On the season Washington boasts the sixth-best power play in the league scoring at a rate of 21.2 percent.
Both Washington and Colorado are on the second night of back-to-backs and what makes Colorado an interesting tournament options are the splits on back-to-backs. On the second night of back-to-backs (five times) Washington has allowed an average of 3.80 goals against per game — though Colorado hasn’t been much better in terms of goals against per game on the second night of back-to-backs with an average of 3.67 goals against per game. But Colorado has averaged 3.33 goals for per game while Washington has only averaged 1.80 goals for per game.
The ALEX OVECHKIN/NICKLAS BACKSTROM/TOM WILSON line has been impressive. Ovechkin and Backstrom were popular last night with Ovechkin seeing a 21.1 percent ownership rate and Backstrom seeing a 15.7 percent ownership rate. But with three more games on the slate tonight I expect to see that ownership come down. Per LeftWingLock, over their past 10 games this line has been the most productive line in the NHL with nine goals for and 118 shot attempts for. I like this line for both cash and tournament plays.
Our Washington Snapshot
| Scor | Scor | Scor | Goal | Goal | Goal | Assi | Assi | Assi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | G | A | PTS | EV | PP | SH | EV | PP | SH | S | BLK |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 21 | 12 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 140 | 9 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 10 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 10 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 5 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 19 |
| T.J. Oshie | RW | 10 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 20 |
| John Carlson | D | 2 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 55 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13 |
| Lars Eller | C | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 20 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 5 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | RW | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 35 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 39 |
| Jay Beagle | RW | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 |
| Brett Connolly | RW | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 22 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 73 |
| Christian Djoos | D | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Taylor Chorney | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 27 |
| Team Total | 92 | 161 | 253 | 69 | 21 | 2 | 117 | 41 | 3 | 875 | 434 |
Our Washington Stacks
Line One
ALEX OVECHKIN $8.8K
NICKLAS BACKSTROM $6.5K
TOM WILSON $4.4K
Line Two
JAKUB VRANA $4.2K
EVGENY KUZNETSOV $7.0K
ALEX CHIASSON $3.5K
Power Play Stack
BRETT CONNOLLY $3.1K
NICKLAS BACKSTROM
EVGENY KUZNETSOV
ALEX OVECHKIN
(D) JOHN CARLSON $5.7K
The second team I have interest in tonight is the