The puck drops for Thursday’s 12-game NHL DFS slate at 7 p.m. ET. Once again, I’ll be providing GPP stacks, positional rankings, and pick’ems on Underdog.
As always, I’ll also be on Discord throughout the day to answer all of your questions.
Below you’ll see a list of all the games on the NHL slate along with the goal total for each:
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes – 6
New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning – 6
Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens – 6
New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres – 6
Arizona Coyotes at Detroit Red Wings – 6.5
San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins – 6
Ottawa Senators at Columbus Blue Jackets – 6.5
Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers – 6
Anaheim Ducks at Minnesota Wild – 6.5
New Jersey Devils at Dallas Stars – 6.5
Vegas Golden Knights at Calgary Flames – 6.5
Washington Capitals at Seattle Kraken – 6
GPP Line Stack Rankings
New York Islanders Power Play 1
Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson
Pittsburgh Penguins Line 1
Michael Bunting, Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust (with Erik Karlsson)
Dallas Stars Power Play 1
Jamie Benn, Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen
Vegas Golden Knights Line 1
Jonathan Marchessault, Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev
Boston Bruins Line 1
David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha, Danton Heinen
Buffalo Sabres Line 2
Zach Benson, Dylan Cozens, Jordan Greenway (with Bowen Byram)
San Jose Sharks Power Play 1
Fabian Zetterlund, Mikael Granlund, William Eklund, Thomas Bordeleau, Calen Addison
Seattle Kraken Power Play 1
Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann, Matty Beniers, Eeli Tolvanen, Justin Schultz
Favorite Individual Plays
Centers
Jack Eichel, Golden Knights (DK: $8,200, FD: $9,300)
Dylan Cozens, Sabres (DK: $4,800, FD: $5,900)
Mikael Granlund, Sharks (DK: $4,700, FD: $5,900)
Pavel Zacha, Bruins (DK: $4,800, FD: $5,700)
Mika Zibanejad, Rangers (DK: $6,200, FD: $7,000)
Matty Beniers, Kraken (DK: $3,800, FD: $4,500)
Aleksander Barkov, Panthers (DK: $7,200, FD: $7,700)
Nick Bjugstad, Coyotes (DK: $4,500, FD: $5,600)
Wingers
Michael Bunting, Penguins (DK: $4,300, FD: $4,800)
Ryan Hartman, Wild (DK: $5,300, FD: $5,300) – eligible at C on FD
David Pastrnak, Bruins (DK: $9,700, FD: $10,100)
Jamie Benn, Stars (DK: $4,300, FD: $5,100)
Kirill Kaprizov, Wild (DK: $9,000, FD: $9,700)
Jordan Eberle, Kraken (DK: $4,000, FD: $5,500)
Alexander Nylander, Blue Jackets (DK: $4,800, FD: $4,800)
Kyle Palmieri, Islanders (DK: $5,200, FD: $5,800)
Brock Nelson, Islanders (DK: $6,400, FD: $7,800) – eligible at C on FD
Jason Robertson, Stars (DK: $6,300, FD: $7,400) – can also play Pavelski
Bryan Rust, Penguins (DK: $6,800, FD: $6,600)
Thomas Bordeleau, Sharks (DK: $3,600, FD: $3,700) – eligible at C on FD
Jonathan Marchessault, Golden Knights (DK: $6,600, FD: $8,100)
Lucas Raymond, Red Wings (DK: $4,400, FD: $5,900)
Timo Meier, Devils (DK: $5,500, FD: $6,200)
Defensemen
Bowen Byram, Sabres (DK: $3,900, FD: $4,400)
Zach Werenski, Blue Jackets (DK: $6,400, FD: $6,900)
Daniil Miromanov, Golden Knights (DK: $3,100, FD: $3,800)
Jakob Chychrun, Senators (DK: $5,400, FD: $6,100)
Arber Xhekaj, Canadiens (DK: $2,900, FD: $3,800)
Shayne Gostisbehere, Red Wings (DK: $4,500, FD: $5,000)
Justin Schultz, Kraken (DK: $3,100, FD: $4,100)
Joel Edmundson, Leafs (DK: $2,600)
Goalies
Remember, shots = saves = points, so I am generally very aggressive with my goalie choices. I want goalies who provide some sort of floor and a lot of upside due to the potential high shot volume.
Always check goalie status right before lock.
Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers (DK: $7,500, FD: $8,200)
