Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)

Last night, the three-game slate’s biggest feature was the Central Division first-place contest between Colorado and Minnesota. Didn’t seem fair. 15% of the Wild’s salary cap is in limbo, and their best player is out on IR. The game was also at the Ball Arena in Denver, where the reigning champs, well, reign. None of [...]

Do you know (or hazard a guess?) how many combined goals Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Mark Scheifele, and Josh Morrissey have scored in the Winnipeg Jets’ last nine games? I’ll give you a hint - not many. The Jets, who desperately need points to hang onto the West’s second wild card spot, have [...]

A bit of a shorter article maybe today, as I recover from watching the late-night barnburner between Minnesota and St. Louis. The Wild are 11-0-3 in the last month, and are knocking on the door of the Central Division lead. No Kirill Kaprizov, no problem! Both Marc-Andre Fleury and Filip Gustavsson step up every game, [...]

Isn’t it interesting how team points become so much more valuable in the last quarter of the season, but individual stats are much less so. Why? Well, as teams race to get those last playoff wildcard spots, or home ice advantage for those sitting #2 or #3 (let alone in the crazy Pacific Division), it’s [...]

The frenzy that’s been a trade deadline WEEK isn’t likely to be done a day early - I’ve been following the Dobber hockey authors for their takes on the fantasy implications, and the forum for the hysteria (LOL). Certainly, the Rangers, Devils and Maple Leafs have made big splashes into the pool of available talent, [...]

Wow, what a tense and exciting game between Tampa and Arizona last night! Not at all what I anticipated, how about you? In the shootout, Connor Ingram bested two of three likely Hall of Famers, and came out with the 47-save shutout. This isn’t really fantasy relevant however, as Ingram is rostered in only 3% [...]

I’ve enjoyed my all-star break without being sucked into the silliness, whether pro football’s “flag football” game, or Sergei Ovechkin scoring on Igor Shesterkin. (Sergei is draft-eligible in 2036, for  dynasty league planning.) And today is the first day since January 28th with even seven games on the schedule - a light night for a [...]

The Canucks fell back to reality last night after a very good performance for Rick Tocchet’s initial game. Two statistics stand out: first, this was the Kraken’s only win against their northern neighbor in their existence (now 1-5-1), and second, when I gave up at the mid-point of the 2nd period, the combination of Bo [...]

I’m looking at an 11-game smörgåsbord menu - pick what you like - and there aren’t really any matchups that seem badly unbalanced.  Should be a fun night to watch scores (although I’ll do so from within the PPG arena in Pittsburgh).   I’m going to go with the Pennsylvania teams, absolutely a first for me, [...]

So, I’ll think through the daily fantasy reasoning first today. There are many ways to look at tonight’s 13-game slate. We can look at home teams playing against weaker defense and goaltending (Flyers v. Hawks, Blue Jackets v. Ducks, Golden Knights v. Red Wings) or maybe good teams hosting back-to-back squads playing on the road [...]