Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Daily Fantasy Hockey Morning Coffee, where I walk you through some of my initial thoughts for tonight’s slate. Today we have a four game slate on deck to pick through for our DFS needs.
Tonight’s DFS slate is certainly interesting. We have a high scoring Toronto team against a Minnesota team that is the best in goals against allowed per game (2.04). We have a Bruins team, with their top-heavy offense and solid defense on the road against a Washington team that really hasn’t found an offensive groove yet. The Senators head to San Jose in what could be a low-scoring affair. Carolina and their fourth-worst 2.28 goals per game head to Anaheim to face off against the Ducks and their ninth-worst 17 power play goals allowed.
Okay, so where are we finding goals tonight?
I’m dipping back into the Boston Bruins first line well once again. On Monday we noted that 44 percent of all Boston’s scoring can be traced back to a skater on Boston’s first line. What happened? David Pastrnak scored two of Boston’s four goals Monday night. It may feel redundant at this point, but I’m stacking this line again:
Brad Marchand $7K (7G, 15A, 4 PPP, 66 SOG)
Patrice Bergeron $6.6K (4G, 4A, 2 PPP, 80 SOG)
David Pastrnak $6.5K (15G, 6A, 5 PPP, 71 SOG)
While I will never talk you out of using Alex Ovechkin and a Washington power play stack, it should be noted that Boston is second best in the NHL in SCA/60 with 6.49. Assuming Rask is in net, and that Bergeron gets the task of shutting down Ovechkin and his line, it could be a tournament move to fade Ovechkin tonight and load up elsewhere. This comes with a huge caveat that, obviously, Ovechkin is capable of going off any night. Fade at your own risk.