Copp Scores Four, Plus Buy Low, Sell High Options
Catching up on a busy week
It has been a busy week with some schedule changes around here, so a little more difficulty getting to the blog in addition to the columns and podcasts that I’m churning out.
Anyway, this week’s piece for McKeen’s Hockey is here.
BUY LOW
Yanni Gourde, C, Tampa Bay
6 G, 4 A, 31 SOG in past 10
Tomas Hertl, C, San Jose
3 G, 5 A in past 8 GP
Juuse Saros, G, Nashville
.968 SV% in past 6 GP
Alex Nedeljkovic, G, Carolina
.930 SV% in 11 GP
Alexandre Carrier, D, Nashville
1 G, 1 A, 17 SOG, 17 BLK, 22:35 ATOI in past 7 GP
Reilly Smith, RW, Vegas
0 G, 0 A, 22 SOG in past 6 GP
SELL HIGH
Kevin Lankinen, G, Chicago
.898 SV% in past 10 GP
Alex Tuch, RW, Vegas
1 G, 0 A, 18 SOG in past 8 GP
Mike Hoffman, LW, St. Louis
1 G, 1 A, 11 SOG in past 8 GP
WEDNESDAY GAMES
Buffalo 2 Pittsburgh 5
PIT C Sidney Crosby 1 G, 1 A (6 G, 10 A in past 12 GP)
PIT LW Zach Aston-Reese 1 G, 1 A (2 G, 1 A in past 3 GP)
Anaheim 2 Minnesota 3
MIN D Jared Spurgeon 2 G
MIN D Ryan Suter 2 A
Calgary 1 Ottawa 3
OTT G Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 of 29 shots for the win. He has stopped 71 of 73 shots (.973 SV%) in his first three NHL games.
Winnipeg 5 Vancouver 1
WPG LW Andrew Copp 4 G (6 G, 4 A in past 9 GP)
WPG G Connor Hellebuyck stopped 38 of 39 shots. (.929 SV% in past 7 starts)
Los Angeles 2 San Jose 4
SJ LW Evander Kane 2 G (10 G, 9 A in past 16 GP)
SJ D Brent Burns 2 A (6 A in past 8 GP)
SJ G Martin Jones saved 42 of 44 shots. (.966 SV% in past 4 GP)
LA D Drew Doughty 2 A (4 G, 16 A in past 21 GP)
SJ D Marc-Edouard Vlasic was on the ice for three goals for and none against.
Digging Deep
New Jersey center Travis Zajac has needed to take on more responsibility with Nico Hischier out of the lineup again and Zajac has 10 points (2 G, 8 A) in his past 9 games. He has played most of his time with rookies Janne Kuokkanen and Yegor Sharangovich and at has worked. Zajac is rostered in just 1% of Yahoo leagues.
From earlier this week…
Anaheim right winger Troy Terry does have some offensive skill and can move the puck the right way when he is on the ice but does need to generate more shots if he is going to have sustainable scoring production. As it is, he does have five points (2 G, 3 A) during a 4-game point streak and he scored Monday at Minnesota, a game in which he bounced around to multiple lines while playing a season-high 19:32. Rostered in just 1% of Yahoo leagues.
New Jersey winger Jesper Bratt is a skilled young winger who is getting a chance to play prime minutes for the Devils and has been stuck with a low shooting percentage (3.7%). Still, he four points (1 G, 3 A) in his past four games and is rostered in just 2% of Yahoo leagues.
THURSDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
THURSDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
TB C Yanni Gourde $4600 at DAL
CBJ RW Patrik Laine $4800 vs. CAR
CAR RW Martin Necas $4800 at CBJ
PHI RW Travis Konecny $4500 vs. NYR
CBJ D Seth Jones $4900 vs. CAR
BOS D Matt Grzelcyk $4400 vs. NYI
STL G Jordan Binnington $7500 at MIN