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The Eastern Conference Finals and the Stanley Cup playoffs resume Saturday. The NHL DFS Showdown slate for Saturday features the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers. Game 6 is set for 8 p.m. ET at Amalie Arena where the Lightning are 6-1 in these playoffs and 6-0 in their last six games.  New York […]

With the MLB DFS schedule providing us several DFS slates Saturday, I’m going to break down the best stacks and hitters to target for the late slate at 7:15 p.m. ET. If you are looking for pitcher breakdowns for the 4 p.m. slate, head over to the MLB DFS main slate breakdown. Let’s get into it.  […]

The Eastern Conference Finals and the Stanley Cup playoffs resume tonight. The NHL DFS Showdown slate for Thursday features the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers. Game 5 is set for 8 p.m. ET at MSG where the Bolts have an 8-1 record in these playoffs.   Tampa Bay Lightning @ New York Rangers, […]

The Eastern Conference Finals in the Stanley Cup playoffs resume Tuesday night. The NHL DFS showdown slate features the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. the New York Rangers. Game 4 is set for 8 p.m. ET at Amalie Arena, where the Bolts have a 5-1 record in these playoffs (27-8-6 regular season).   New York Rangers […]

The Western Conference Finals in the Stanley Cup playoffs begins Tuesday. The NHL DFS showdown slate features the Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers. Game 1 is set for 8 p.m. ET at Ball Arena, where the Avs posted a 32-5-4 record during the regular season. The Avs swept the Predators in the first round but […]

Only one game on the NHL DFS Showdown Slate for Monday, May 30. We shouldn’t see two games on the same night for the final two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, so that means it’s NHL DFS Showdown SZN!   Tonight we have Game 7 between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers. The […]

With the early season MLB schedule providing us several day DFS slates, I’m breaking down the best stacks and hitters to target for the short slate. If you are looking for pitcher breakdowns for the early slate, head over to The Opener article, which will break down pitchers from both the early and main slates today. […]

There’s only one game on the NHL DFS showdown slate for Wednesday. The Colorado Avalanche can close out the St. Louis Blues at home with a win in Game 5. The Avs took both meetings in St. Louis and outchanced them significantly in Game 4 and Game 1 at home.   Colorado won 6-3 in […]

There are only two games on the NHL DFS slate for Tuesday. The Battle of Alberta continues in Edmonton as the Oilers look to take a 3-1 series lead on the Calgary Flames. But first, it’s Game 4 between the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes at MSG with puck drop set for 7 p.m. […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the four stats I find most relevant to Monday’s 10-game DFS slate.    1. Jordan Lyles has allowed the most home runs since the start of 2020. Jordan Lyles has allowed a league-high 55 bombs since the start of […]

For the first time in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we have a three-game slate. The puck drops at 1:30 ET, as the Tampa Bay Lightning look to take a 3-0 series lead against the best regular season team in the league in the Florida Panthers.    The Battle of Florida has been […]

There are six MLB games on the early slate on DraftKings Saturday, with first pitch set for 1:05 p.m. ET. FanDuel has a “Very Early Only” slate that gets underway at the same time but only features three games: Yankees/White Sox, Cubs/Diamondbacks and Blue Jays/Reds.   Below is the list of all six games on […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the four stats I find most relevant to Thursday’s three-game late DFS slate.    1. Yordan Alvarez has 11 home runs against RHP Yordan Alvarez has a league-high 11 bombs against right-handed pitchers this season. He may add to […]

The puck drops on the two other series in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Wednesday. The battle of Alberta gets us underway with the Calgary Flames hosting the Edmonton Oilers (9:30 p.m. ET). The two-game slate gets underway in Carolina as they welcome the New York Rangers to PNC Arena (7 p.m.).   […]

Welcome back to Ahead of the Count. This MLB DFS article is going to cover my thoughts on the slate, top to bottom. My goal is to provide you with as much analysis, strategy and advice as possible on a daily basis to help you guys not only make winning lineups, but learn, develop and […]

The puck drops on Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Tuesday. The battle of Florida gets us underway with the Panthers hosting the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning (7 p.m. ET). The Colorado Avalanche will play for the first time in eight days as they welcome the St. Louis Blues to […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Monday’s DFS slate.    1.Freddy Peralta is projected for the most strikeouts today. According to our MLB Strikeout Model, Freddy Peralta’s projected for 8.8 strikeouts, which is 2.6 higher than the next-closest […]

There are three MLB games on the early slate on DraftKings for Saturday, with first pitch set for 4:05 p.m. ET. FanDuel’s early slate gets underway at the same time, but it has five games as it included the Toronto Blue Jays/Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers/Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds/Pittsburgh Pirates.    However, the first […]

There are three series reaching Games 5 Thursday for NHL DFS action, with puck drop set for 7 p.m. ET. Two of the three games have a goal total of 6.5. The lowest goal total is in Calgary as the Flames welcome the Dallas Stars to Scotiabank Saddledome with the series tied at 2-2.    […]

Welcome back to Ahead of the Count. This article is going to cover my thoughts on the MLB DFS slate, top to bottom. My goal is to provide you with as much analysis, strategy and advice as possible on a daily basis to help you guys not only make winning lineups, but learn, develop and […]

There are four series on Game 5 Wednesday for the NFL DFS slate, with puck drop set for 7 p.m. ET. All four series are tied at two games apiece. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins are looking for their first leads of their respective series. Every other team has been up at least […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Monday’s DFS slate.      1. Carlos Rodón leads baseball with a 36.9% strikeout rate Carlos Rodón is the highest priced pitcher on DraftKings and FanDuel tonight, and for good reason. […]

There are four MLB games on the early slate for Saturday, with first pitch set for 12:35 p.m. ET. Below are all four games with the run total for each contest. The Rangers/Yankees game has been postponed for the second straight day. There shouldn’t be any weather concerns with the other games.   Pittsburgh Pirates […]

Four NHL playoff series reach Game 2 Wednesday, which means we have a four-game DFS slate, with puck drop set for 7 p.m. ET. Below you’ll see a list of all four games on the NHL slate along with the goal total for each.    The only game on the slate that doesn’t have a […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Monday’s DFS slate.    1. Arizona has a league-high 26.4% strikeout rate against right-handed pitching.  The Diamondbacks have the fifth-highest strikeout rate in baseball (25%) and the highest rate against RHP […]

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are finally here. Below is a full preview of each first-round series, along with Stanley Cup predictions and advice on how to approach your fantasy hockey playoff pools.  Check out the FTN NHL Bet Tracker for Future bets and for picks throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I gave a few […]

With the early season MLB schedule providing us several day game slates, I’m breaking down the best stacks and hitters to target for the short slate. If you are looking for pitcher breakdowns for the early slate, head over to The Opener article, which will break down pitchers from both the early and main slates today. […]

There are nine games on Thursday’s NHL DFS slate with puck drop set for 7 p.m. ET. Below. you’ll see a list of the highest total games on the slate, led by the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers at 6.5. All five games as you see below has a goal total of at least […]

There are five games on the NHL DFS slate Wednesday, with puck drop set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Below you’ll see a list of the highest total games on the slate, led by the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers at 6.5. All five games as you see below has a goal total of at […]

Welcome back to Ahead of the Count. This article is going to cover my thoughts on the slate, top to bottom. My goal is to provide you with as much analysis, strategy and advice as possible on a daily basis to help you guys not only make winning lineups, but learn, develop and dial in […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Monday’s DFS slate.    1. Corbin Burnes had at least nine strikeouts in eight of his 15 home starts in 2021.  Corbin Burnes is projected for 9.7 strikeouts tonight, which is […]

There are four MLB games on the early DFS slate for Saturday, with first pitch set for 1:05 p.m. ET. I listed all four games below, with the run total for each contest. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs have the highest run total on the early slate as it sits at 10.    Pittsburgh […]