Daily Fantasy Hockey Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings 2/23/18

Hello fellow hockey fans and welcome to another exciting night of NHL action here at DFSR. Today, we have five games on tap with three teams playing in back-to-back games(MIN, NYR, SJ) and there are a few high-powered offenses in action to go along with some vulnerable defenses, so let`s not waste any more time and dive right into the picks.

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GOALIE

Marc-Andre Fleury FD - $8700 DK - $8500
Opponent - VAN
Proj Pts FD - 13.88 DK - 3.47

Whenever the Canucks and their 24th ranked offense are in action on the road, it is a good idea to strongly consider the opposing team's goalie. Well, tonight it happens to be this guy, who is having a terrific season as he carries a 20-7-2 record to go along with a superb .930 save %, and a 2.10 GAA. The veteran tender has won four of his last five games and while he has allowed 11 goals during that span, he gets a ton of support from the second-ranked offense. The Golden Knights are currently listed as massive -240 favorites, so with all of these things considered, Fleury is my top cash game goalie and safe in all formats.

Matt Murray FD - $8800 DK - $8300
Opponent - CAR
Proj Pts FD - 15.96 DK - 3.99

It is happening again and opposing teams could be in trouble as this guy is heating up at the right time, just like in the previous two years and we all know what happened(two Stanley Cups in a row). Murray has won his last four games while allowing only eight goals and he has won eight of his last nine to go along with a terrific .939 save % during that span. The Hurricanes own the league's 26th ranked offense, so lock and load Murray this evening in your GPP lineups.

Also Consider: Devan Dubnyk(MIN) GPP formats only

CENTERS

Evgeni Malkin FD - $9200 DK - $7500
Opponent - CAR
Proj Pts FD - 15.74 DK - 4.63

This guy is elite in almost every aspect of his game and he is on quite a roll with points in 10 of his last 11 games, with six of them being multi-point efforts and he has two goals, three assists and eight shots in his last three to give him a monstrous ceiling. What makes Malkin even more impressive is the fact that he averages 3.07 shots per game which gives him a solid floor, so all things considered, fire the superstar center up in all formats against the Hurricanes and their 18th ranked defense.

Stack with: Patrick Hornqvist, Carl Hagelin

Artem Anisimov FD - $5200 DK - $4200
Opponent - SJ
Proj Pts FD - 9.45 DK - 2.75

This position is not pretty today, but Patrick Kane seems to be at the beginning of one of his hot streaks again and this guy plays beside him at regular strength and on the powerplay. The wily veteran has two goals and five shots in his last three games while averaging 16 minutes of ice-time and three minutes on the powerplay during that span.  The Sharks own the ninth-ranked defense, but they just lost 7-1 in Nashville as I write this and they will be on very short rest, so at these cheap prices, Anisimov is an above average play in all formats.

Stack with: Patrick Kane, Thomas Jurco

 

Also Consider: Eric Staal(MIN)

WINGERS

Vladimir Tarasenko FD - $8100 DK - $6700
Opponent - WPG
Proj Pts FD - 15.24 DK - 4.44

The superstar sniper loves playing the Jets as he has three goals, an assist, and 16 shots against them in three meetings this season. In his last three games overall, he has three goals, three assists, and a whopping 24 shots on goal and has 53 points in 61 games on the season to go along with an average of 3.97 shots per game, which gives him a high ceiling and an elite floor  The Jets are ranked seventh defensively, but they dip down to 11th on the road and with Tarasenko`s recent success against his opponent, he is an elite play in all formats.

Stack with: Alex Steen, Paul Stastny

Reilly Smith FD - $6300 DK - $6600
Opponent - VAN
Proj Pts FD - 9.71 DK - 2.82

I would bet that the Panthers are a little upset that they let this guy get away, but hey, Vegas is happy. The young superstar in the making has six goals and eight assists in his last nine games which give him a high ceiling and he has averaged 3.1 shots on goal during that span. The Canucks are ranked 25th in defense, so let`s keep things simple here folks and lock Smith into your lineups in all formats and reap the rewards.

Stack with: William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault

Mikkel Boedker FD - $3800 DK - $3700
Opponent - CHI
Proj Pts FD - 6.91 DK - 2

I know the Sharks just got throttled as I write this, but I can't see that happening in Chicago tonight as the Hawks aren't a great team anymore and they own the league's 15th ranked defense. Boedker offers us huge value at these prices as he has five goals and two assists in his last four games to go along with an impressive 20 shots in his last six. Safety is rare for the forward position at these prices and he has upside to boot, so rostering Boedker in all formats allows us to comfortably fit players such as Malkin and Tarasenko into our lineups.

Stack with: Chris Tierney, Timo Meier(PP)

Also Consider: Blake Wheeler(WPG), Bryan Rust(PIT)

DEFENSEMEN

Matt Dumba FD - $4700 DK - $4800
Opponent - NYR
Proj Pts FD - 10.24 DK - 3

This young man plays on the top defensive pairing with Ryan Suter as well as on the top powerplay unit for the Wild. The rising star had two assists last game(he just recorded another one as I write this) and he has 11 shots and nine blocks in his last three, so he offers the proper amount of upside and safety that we are looking for in all formats against the Rangers and their 25th ranked defense.

Brian Dumoulin FD - $3700 DK - $2900
Opponent - CAR
Proj Pts FD - 6.67 DK - 1.95

When looking for value here today, I liked this guy's Fanduel price, then I noticed at his Draftkings price and it is just way too cheap for the kind of production that he has been churning out lately. The young point man plays on the top defensive pairing with Kris Letang and he has a goal, five shots, and eight blocks in his last three games while logging 22.5 minutes of ice-time. Dumoulin also kills penalties for the Penguins, so lock him into your cash game lineups and spend elsewhere my friends.

Also Consider: Justin Braun(SJ) All formats, Nate Schmidt(VEG) GPP formats only.

 

Hockey is back and with it comes our NHL projections which help inform these picks every night. When you purchase a DFSR NHL subscription to our base hockey projections you also get access to our brand new NFL DFS suite of tools including full projections, optimal NFL lineups and our Player Lab, which includes filters to help you create NFL lineups for FanDuel and DraftKings for any format. It’s a set of tools well beyond anything we’ve ever had, and something we feel will help our users *ahem* tackle the NFL season.

If you want to see the numbers behind our projections, create linueps with a single click, or research as deeply as your heart desires, click the button below to test out yourself.