Good day, all! This is a fun slate today and I do think there's a couple of very interesting spots that I'm looking to stack outside of the heavy hitters tonight.

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Detroit Red Wings

On Tuesday I thought that the Columbus top line that was at full even strength and power play correlation, would be able to get on the board and help out in a stack. That was a mistake, and maybe just lesson learned on Columbus. Detroit is in a similar spot tonight and I have more faith in this club than I do Columbus. Not by much, but it's marginal.

Florida got shown the penalty box more than any other club in the last month and I can't help but feeling that if Detroit is given a few chances tonight, they couldn't get on the scoresheet. For me, I like the top line of Alex DeBrincat ($6,900), Viktor Arvidsson ($5,500) and Emmitt Finne ($4,400), and just like when we stack the Predators with Mavrik Bourque, hope that Emmitt Finnie can get on the board to really add value to this stack.

For single-entry contests, I'm interested in throwing something together with Detroit, and do think if that's the direction that I choose to go, then I'd also consider adding Moritz Seider as well on the blueline.

Winnipeg Jets

I passed on this matchup the last time the Jets and Stars faced off and was lucky to do so, as that was a low scoring contest that would not have garnered much in lieu of DK points. Today though, I have Winnipeg circled as a potential top line to roster tonight.

What's drawing me to the Jets is their play at even strength, which has been suitable over their past 10 games. On the flipside, the Stars have been towards the bottom of the league in offense at 5v5, which is drawing me towards a correlated Winnipeg top line.

To me, this might be where I go at even strength, and although I decided to fade this matchup last go around, it may be a spot I look to target. This also I think plays in single entry or multi-entry.

St. Louis Blues

Another road target! The Mammoth played last night and lost 5-3 and while I love to target clubs on a back-to-back, it's targeting Karel Vejmelka that has my interest here on this ten-gamer.

In the past calendar month, Karel Vejmelka has a league-worst goal saved above average and goals saved above expected. Any struggling goaltender draws interest from me, along with a Mammoth team that does take a good amount of minor penalties.

For me, it's probably some sort of Blues power play stack that I like the most out of this game, only because I don't want to try and guess which Blues line will be the flavor of the day, with the power play forwards spread out along their lines. In single entry, this would be a strategy if you were putting all your eggs in one basket, while in multi-entry, you could potentially have a lineup or two of St.Louis skaters if this club can put points on the board tonight.

Defense

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No shock, Cale Makar is top of my board coming off back-to-back multi-point games, with Quinn Hughes following him at $6,900. Seth Jones is another priced defenseman that I have circled at $5,800, who continues to stack up assist's night in and night out.

Middle of the road pricing-wise, I like Thomas Harley coming off a three-point night priced at $5,400, and although Josh Morrissey has returned to the lineup, I do like Neal Pionk in this spot at $4,900. Dougie Hamilton priced at $4,500 is another decent play on this slate, and at a point to where I'm comfortable throwing him into my lineup.

A value option for me tonight would be Ivan Provorov coming off a 20-point DK performance priced down at $3,600, but that would only be an option if your lineup needs salary relief from an expensive stack.

Goalies

Jesper Wallstedt is again at the top of the board for me at $8,300, he has been my DFS goaltending darling all season and is in a good matchup up against the Maple Leafs.

MacKenzie Blackwood is sub-$8K which caught my eye as a goaltender with 10 wins on the season priced below that number could be excellent value.

I do have interest in Joel Hofer priced at $7,400; if the Blues can provide any offense in front of him then I do believe he is in an excellent spot to earn the win. That's it for now — best of luck tonight!

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