Welcome to the Thursday edition of the daily fantasy hockey morning coffee. I hope your week has been profitable. Tonight we have a nice 12-game slate to work with for our daily fantasy hockey needs.
Tonight’s Slate
Buffalo Sabres @ Philadelphia Flyers (Philadelphia, -175, 5.5 over/under)
New York Islanders @ Columbus Blue Jackets (Columbus, -160, 6 over/under)
Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins (Boston, -125, 5.5 over/under)
New Jersey Devils @ Montreal Canadiens (Montreal, -165. 5.5 over/under)
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Minnesota Wild (Minnesota, -130, 5.5 over/under)
Chicago Blackhawks @ Winnipeg Jets (Winnipeg, -130, 5.5 over/under)
Anaheim Ducks @ St. Louis Blues (St. Louis, -150, 5.5 over/under)
Tampa Bay Lightning @ Arizona Coyotes (Tampa Bay, -200, 5.5 over/under)
Nashville Predators @ Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton, -115, 6 over/under)
San Jose Sharks @ Calgary Flames (Calgary, -120, 5.5 over/under)
Florida Panthers @ Colorado Avalanche (Colorado, -120, 6 over/under)
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Vegas Golden Knights (Vegas, -115, 6 over/under)
The team I have the most interest in tonight for both cash and tournaments is the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tonight Tampa Bay gets an Arizona team that has allowed a league-worst 3.42 goals against per game and a league fourth-worst 3.33 goals against per game on home ice. Arizona’s CF% of 47.03 percent clocks in as the third-worst in the NHL. Furthermore, Arizona has a SCA/60 of 29.3 — ninth-worst in the league — and a HDCA/60 of 12.51 which is the third-worst in the NHL. Arizona has lost four straight games and have lost seven of their last eight games.
On the other side we have a Tampa Bay team that has won five straight games and have scored 23 goals over that time. The Lightning lead the league this month with an average of 4.60 goals for per game and have a power play that has clicked at a rate of 29.4 percent. Over their past 10 games Tampa Bay has a CF% of 53.03 percent, have a league second-best SCF/60 of 33.26 and a league third-best HDCF/60 of 13.03.
Our Tampa Bay Snapshot
| Scor | Scor | Scor | Goal | Goal | Goal | Assi | Assi | Assi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | G | A | PTS | EV | PP | SH | EV | PP | SH | S | BLK |
| Nikita Kucherov | RW | 21 | 21 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 103 | 5 |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 12 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 85 | 12 |
| Brayden Point | C | 13 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 15 |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 12 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 23 |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 18 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 9 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 19 |
| Tyler Johnson | C | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 17 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 24 |
| Alex Killorn | LW | 3 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 10 |
| Victor Hedman | D | 2 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 38 |
| Chris Kunitz | LW | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 |
| Anton Stralman | D | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 29 |
| Dan Girardi | D | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 70 |
| Braydon Coburn | D | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 27 |
| Ryan Callahan | RW | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 15 |
| Jake Dotchin | D | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 |
| J.T. Brown | RW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| Cory Conacher | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Andrej Sustr | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| Cedric Paquette | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Our Tampa Bay Stacks
Line One
VLADISLAV NAMESTNIKOV $6.5K
STEVEN STAMKOS $8.6K
NIKITA KUCHEROV $8.9K
Line Two
ONDREJ PALAT $5.4K
BRAYDEN POINT $5.8K
TYLER JOHNSON $5.3K
Power Play Stack
ALEX KILLORN $4.2K
VLADISLAV NAMESTNIKOV
NIKITA KUCHEROV
STEVEN STAMKOS
(D) VICTOR HEDMAN $5.6K
Power Play Two Stack
YANNI GOURDE $4.2K
BRAYDEN POINT
ONDREJ PALAT
TYLER JOHNSON
(D) MIKHAIL SERGACHEV $4.4K
The second team I want plenty of shares of tonight is the