Below is a breakdown for Sunday’s four-game NHL DFS main slate followed by example lineups.

Teams to Target

Vegas is the clear chalk as a -320 home favorite with the next biggest favorite being at -150. The Knights have won eight in a row with wins over Tampa, Washington and St. Louis in that stretch. Tonight, they host the worst team in the conference, a Los Angeles team that also played yesterday. With Mark Stone likely out again tonight, the line to target is Paul Stastny centering Reilly Smith and Jonathan Marchessault with the entire trio playing on the top PP unit as well. Smith is an excellent value on FD, and Stastny is easily the most reasonably priced Knight on DK. Shea Theodore is the D-man on the top PP unit, and his pair has played the most with the Stastny line at even in recent home games. His partner is Alec Martinez if you need a cheaper option.

Per my own matchup stat, the two best matchups of the day belong to Anaheim and Columbus. Both teams are home favorites against teams playing for the second day in a row.

Anaheim is the slightly bigger favorite, and their top line pair of Ryan Getzlaf and Rickard Rakell is priced well on both sites, particularly on FD. The pair also plays together on the power play, making them a solid mini-stack option. Sonny Milano is the third member of that line if you want to stack the entire line or if just need some savings along with the bigger names. Defenseman Christian Djoos joins the Getzlaf line on the power play.

As for Columbus, both of their top six centers, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Boone Jenner, are priced well on both sites. Jenner is probably preferable because he’s playing with the better wingers in Gustav Nyquist and Nick Foligno, though it’s Dubois who plays with those wingers on the top PP unit. Foligno is a bit overpriced on both sites but not drastically so, and Nyquist is priced well on DK. We should note that Dubois centered Nyquist and Foligno on Saturday, but the centers switched spots at practice yesterday. It’s possible they switch again mid-game today. On the blue line, Zach Werenski is Columbus’ stud blue liner with Seth Jones out. Werenski is expensive on FD where defensive pricing is more compressed, but he’s in play on DK. If it was a larger slate Werenski could be ruled out on FD, but you might just have extra money to spend on a short slate.

Value Plays

One of the better values of the slate at the center position is Nico Hischier. He could be used as a one-off is you need a cheaper option at the position, but he’s priced so well he makes up for his wingers being a bit overpriced if you want to stack NJ’s top line in GPPs. Jack Hughes and Kyle Palmieri play with Hischier, and the line stays together on the top PP unit. D-man Damon Severson could be included in the stack on FD as he is priced well there and plays with the top line on the top PP unit.

Per my projections, three of the best forward values on DK come from Minnesota, but none of those three are on a line together. Zach Parise is probably the best option as he plays on the top PP unit. A cheaper option is Mats Zuccarello who plays on the third line and second PP unit. On the blue line, Mathew Dumba continues to be a major value on FD at only 4K even after a three-point game on Thursday. He’s actually a good value on DK as well, just not as good of a value as he is on FD. Brad Hunt plays with Dumba on the power play and is a bargain bin option on DK under 3K.

Another guy who is always a good value on FD is Tom Wilson. He plays on the top line with Alex Ovechkin (who is your luxury option if you just so happen to have cash left over), and he will work in on the second PP unit.

If you need a sub-4K option on either site, consider Danton Heinen. He plays on Anaheim’s second line and second PP unit. He has a goal and assist in his first two games in Anaheim.

Alexander Edler is a cheap blue line option on FD with a decent floor. Edler leads all D-men on the slate in shots plus blocks per minute played, and he’ll take up 4.4-percent less of the cap on FD than he will on DK.

Goalies

With Vegas being such a large favorite, Marc-Andre Fleury is an obvious option for cash games on either site. If you need a cheaper cash game option. John Gibson is your best option. The Ducks are a -150 home favorite. If you can afford Fleury, he has a great matchup against the Kings who average the third most shots on goal per game but have the second lowest shooting percentage.

Gibson is also a good GPP option on FD where he is priced well and where a high save total isn’t as important as it is on DK. He has a below average shots faced projection, so you might look elsewhere in GPPs on DK. The goalie with the highest projected shots faced total is Vancouver’s Louis Domingue who is likely to start after Thatcher Demko started for the Canucks last night. If you want to be straight up contrarian, you could go with LA’s Calvin Petersen. He has faced 30 shots or more in each of his last five starts and has had big games with 23 and 30 points in two of his last five.

 

Pivots in Example Lineups are intended to skew more towards GPP plays.