Best hockey DFS stacks and plays for August 9

The 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifying Round wraps up Sunday night, and what a week it’s been. There’s been no shortage of upsets and there could be one more as the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets will play the fifth and final game of their series, with the winner advancing to face the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

The Philadelphia Flyers took care of the bolts 4-1 Saturday to finish the round robin with a 3-0 record. The No. 1 seed is theirs and it means they have “home ice” throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs and a date with the Montreal Canadiens. The Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals round out the RR as both teams are looking for their first win. The loser will play the Carolina Hurricanes while the winner takes on the New York Islanders. 

There’s one final game in the Western Conference round robin Sunday between the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars. Whichever team finds a way to get its first win will play the Calgary Flames. The loser will finish the RR 0-3 and face the Vancouver Canucks. Vegas won the Western Conference yesterday and will play the Chicago Blackhawks. The Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes are the other matchup in the West. 

Kind of funny how it’s worked, out isn’t it? All four teams playing in the round robin are still searching for their first win. We here at FTNDaily want to keep the excitement level high and continue to provide you with an informational edge for DFS on the three-game Sunday slate.

Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals (Round Robin) – 12 p.m. ET
Dallas Stars vs. St. Louis Blues (Round Robin) – 3 p.m. ET
Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (Qualifying Round) – 8 p.m. ET

If you’re playing catchup on DFS hockey, check out my Basics of DFS Fantasy Hockey, and you can check out our Eastern Conference and Western Conference breakdowns.

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Saturday stacks

• Toronto Maple Leafs Line 1, and PP1
  • Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner, Zach Hyman
  • Matthews, Marner, John Tavares, William Nylander, Tyson Barrie

• Boston Bruins Line 1, and PP1
  • David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand
  • Pastrnak, Bergeron, Marchand, Jake DeBrusk, Torey Krug

• Washington Capitals Line 1, and PP1
  • Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson
  • Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom (questionable), T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov (if no John Carlson)

Solo plays

Ryan O'Reilly
Pierre-Luc Dubois 
T.J. Oshie
Vladimir Tarasenko

Top defenders

Seth Jones
Torey Krug
Morgan Rielly
Charlie McAvoy
Dmitry Orlov (if no John Carlson)
Tyson Barrie

Contrarian plays 

Tyler Seguin with Jamie Benn
Cam Atkinson
John Klingberg

Values 

Brayden Schenn
David Krejci
Nicholas Robertson 
Ondrej Kase (making playoff debut on second line)
Zach Sanford
Jason Spezza
Roope Hintz